The 2010 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach Steve Sarkisian, the Huskies played their home games on campus at Husky Stadium in Seattle and were members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Washington compiled a 6–6 record in the regular season (5–4 in Pac-10, tied for third), and were invited to their first bowl game in eight years. At the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, they upset favored Nebraska 19–7 to finish on a four-game winning streak at 7–6.

Preseason Quarterback Jake Locker, a Heisman hopeful, decided to return to Washington in 2010 as a fifth-year senior. In 2009, he passed for 2,800 yards and 21 touchdowns. Had Locker decided to enter the 2010 NFL draft after his junior year, many draft analysts predicted he would have been a top five pick.

Sophomore running back Chris Polk was primed for another 1,000-yard rushing season. In 2009, Polk had 1,113 yards, averaging 4.9 yards per carry, and scored five touchdowns. Polk surpassed 100 yards rushing in four of the final five games of the season, just missing in the season finale against California (94 yards).

Schedule

Game summaries

BYU

Syracuse

Nebraska

This will be the 8th time these teams have met for non-conference play, with the series currently tied at 3-3-1. Nebraska owns the overall scoring edge at 146-109, and also the last victory, a 55-7 triumph in front of a sold-out home stadium crowd in 1998. This is the start of a home and home series with the Huskies visiting Nebraska next year at Memorial Stadium.

USC

Washington upset 18th-ranked USC for the second consecutive season, winning at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on a last-second 30-yard field goal.

Erik Folk, who hit the game-winning field goal, was named Pac-10 special teams player of the week. He went 4-for-4 field goals and two PAT attempts. Folk kicked a 22-yarder to defeat the Trojans 16-13 the previous season.

Arizona State

Oregon State

Jake Locker threw a career-high five touchdown passes, two in overtime to Jermaine Kearse, and the Huskies stopped the Beavers 2-point conversion in double overtime to keep their bowl hopes alive.

Chris Polk ran for 105 yards on 25 carries for the Huskies.

Beavers running back Jacquizz Rodgers ran for 140 yards on 32 carries and three touchdowns. He also caught four passes for 49 yards and a 10-yard TD catch in the first overtime. The Beavers were playing their first game since Rodgers' brother, James, was lost for the season because of a serious knee injury.

The game came down to the Beavers final possession in the second overtime. On 4th down from the UW 4-yard line, Beaver quarterback Ryan Katz's pass for John Reese fell to the turf in the end zone. The Huskies stormed the field, only then to realize a late flag from back judge Johnny Jenkins was for pass interference against the Huskies' Desmond Trufant.

Jacquizz Rodgers then scored from the 2 on the next play to pull Oregon State to 35-34. Beavers coach Mike Riley called timeout and decided to go for two. But Katz's throw fell out of Joe Halahuni's hands as he was hit by linebacker Cort Dennison and Washington's celebration was on again.

Washington snapped a six-game losing streak to the Beavers.

Arizona

Stanford

Oregon

UCLA

California

Washington scored from the one-yard line without time left in the regulation to defeat Cal and took the Golden Bears out of a bowl game. Chris Polk ran the ball in. Giorgio Tavecchio kicked two field goals for Cal, 53 yards and 47 yards.

For Washington, D'Andre Goodwin scored on an 80-yard pass from Jake Locker and Erik Folk kicked a 37-yard field goal. Cal scored a touchdown in the third quarter when Cameron Jordan took a fumble into the end zone for 21 yards.

Washington State

Chris Polk rushed 29 times for a career-high 284 yards and two touchdowns. The win gave the Huskies a 6-6 record on the season, sending Washington to a bowl game for the first time since the 2002 Sun Bowl.

Nebraska (Holiday Bowl)

This was the second time this season that the Huskies played Nebraska, with the first meeting ending in a 56-21 win for the Cornhuskers. Washington shocked Nebraska despite a poor game from Jake Locker.

Rankings

Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr Exp Hometown/Last School 1 Sean Parker S 5-10 200 FR-HS Los Angeles, Calif./Narbonne 1 Chris Polk TB 5-11 214 SO-1V Redlands, Calif./East Valley 3 James Johnson WR 6-0 201 SO-1V Valley Center, Calif./Valley Center 4 Chris Izbicki TE 6-3 246 JR-1V Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington 4 Vonzell McDowell, Jr CB 5-9 183 SR-3V Kent, Wash./Rainier Beach 5 Anthony Boyles CB 6-3 203 SO-SQ Compton, Calif./Junipero Serra 5 Nick Montana QB 6-3 191 FR-HS Thousand Oaks, Calif./Oaks Christian 6 Desmond Trufant CB 6-0 177 SO-1V Tacoma, Wash./Wilson 7 Cody Bruns WR 5-11 177 JR-2V Prosser, Wash./Prosser 7 Anthony Gobern CB 5-11 189 SO-1V Fair Oaks, Calif./Del Campo 8 Kevin Smith WR 6-0 197 FR-HS Compton, Calif./Centennial 8 Nate Williams S 6-0 215 SR-3V Renton, Wash./Kennedy 9 Devin Aguilar WR 6-0 188 JR-2V Denver, Colo./Mullen 9 Taz Stevenson S 6-0 198 FR-HS Mililani, Hawai'i/Mililani 10 Jake Locker QB 6-3 230 SR-2V Ferndale, Wash./Ferndale 11 Talia Crichton DE 6-3 246 SO-1V Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood 11 D'Andre Goodwin WR 5-11 188 SR-3V Pacoima, Calif./Antelope Valley 12 Luther Leonard WR 6-2 195 SO-SQ Seattle, Wash./Evergreen 13 Mike King QB 6-1 204 FR-HS Aberdeen, Wash./Weatherwax 13 Will Shamburger S 6-0 190 RS FR-HS Compton, Calif./St. John Bosco 15 Victor Burnett LB 5-11 232 FR-HS Los Angeles, Calif./Culver City 15 Jermaine Kearse WR 6-2 205 JR-2V Lakewood, Wash./Lakes 16 Eric Guttorp PK 5-7 170 JR-SQ Seattle, Wash./Nathan Hale 16 Erik Wilson QB 6-0 178 RS FR-HS Redondo Beach, Calif./Redondo Union 17 Erik Folk PK 5-11 197 JR-1V Woodland Hills, Calif./Notre Dame 17 Keith Price QB 6-1 192 RS FR-HS Compton, Calif./St. John Bosco 18 Riley Weik PK 6-0 173 FR-HS Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep 18 Marlion Barnett TE 6-2 215 RS FR-HS Corona, Calif./Santiago 18 Gregory Ducre CB 5-10 170 FR-HS Los Angeles, Calif./Crenshaw 19 DiAndre Campbell WR 6-1 182 FR-HS Oakland, Calif./Oakland Tech 20 Justin Glenn S 5-11 203 SO-1V Mukilteo, Wash./Kamiak 20 Cole Sager TB 5-10 196 SO-1V Burlington, Wash./Burlington-Edison 21 Joey DeRitis TB 5-11 207 FR-HS Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep 21 Jordan Wallace LB 6-0 225 SO-1V Sacramento, Calif./Grant 22 Demitrius Bronson TB 5-10 228 SO-1V Kent, Wash./Kentwood 22 Josh Shirley DE/LB 6-3 225 FR-HS Fontana, Calif./Kaiser 23 Laroy Chase DB 5-11 163 SO-HS Tacoma, Wash./Lincoln 23 Johri Fogerson TB 6-1 207 JR-2V Kent, Wash./O'Dea 24 Jesse Callier TB 5-10 205 FR-HS Downey, Calif./Warren 25 Jamaal Kearse LB 6-2 230 FR-HS Lakewood, Wash./Lakes 27 William Chandler WR 6-0 184 RS FR-HS Sammamish, Wash./Skyline 27 Adam Long CB 5-10 168 SO-1V Los Angeles, Calif./St. Bernard 28 Quinton Richardson CB 6-0 200 JR-2V Renton, Wash./O'Dea 29 Nate Fellner S 6-1 201 SO-1V Fresno, Calif./Clovis West 29 Willis Wilson TB 5-9 178 FR-HS Lakewood, Wash./Lakes 30 Zach Fogerson FB 6-0 238 FR-HS Kent, Wash./O'Dea 31 Cort Dennison LB 6-1 236 JR-2V Salt Lake City, Utah/Judge Memorial 32 Deontae Cooper TB 6-0 193 FR-HS Perris, Calif./Citrus Hill 34 Tim Tucker LB 6-1 221 RS FR-HS Harbor City, Calif./Narbonne 35 Garret Gilliland LB 6-0 215 FR-HS Anaheim, Calif./Orange Lutheran 36 Zach Beebe SS 6-1 211 FR-HS Sultan, Wash./Sultan 37 Princeton Fuimaono LB 6-0 201 FR-HS Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach Jordan 38 Marquis Persley S 6-0 188 JR-1V Redlands, Calif./East Valley 39 Greg Walker S 5-10 194 SO-1V Bellflower, Calif./St. Bernard 40 Mason Foster LB 6-2 242 SR-3V Seaside, Calif./Seaside 41 Victor Aiyewa LB 6-1 219 SR-2V Fresno, Texas/Hightower 41 Tobias Togi FB 5-11 239 JR-SQ Seattle, Wash./Evergreen 42 Ken Egu FS 5-10 181 FR-HS San Francisco, Calif./De La Salle 42 Kimo Makaula FB 6-2 229 RS FR-HS Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou 43 Cooper Pelluer LB 6-3 221 FR-HS Sammamish, Wash./Skyline 45 Matt Houston LB 6-0 235 SR-2V Goleta, Calif./Dos Pueblos 45 Anthony Tokunaga WR 5-11 180 RS FR-HS Honolulu, Hawai'i/Kamehameha 46 Will Mahan P 5-11 200 SR-1V Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield College 47 Austin Sylvester FB 6-1 248 SR-2V Reno, Nev./Bishop Manogue/The Hun (N.J.) 48 Jonathan Amosa LB 5-11 223 SO-SQ Seattle, Wash./Rainier Beach 49 Ryan McLoughlin S 5-11 195 FR-HS San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic 50 Kalani Aldrich DE 6-7 250 JR-1V Hilo, Hawaii/Kamehameha-Hawaii 51 Mykenna Ikehara OL 6-2 265 SO-1V Mililani, Hawai'i/Kamehameha 52 Hau'oli Jamora DE 6-3 238 FR-HS Laie, Hawai'i/Kahuku 52 Nick Wood OL 6-3 287 JR-1V Poway, Calif./Poway 53 Pete Galbraith DE 6-1 250 JR-SQ Deming, Wash./Mount Baker 54 Brandon Huppert LB 6-1 232 SR-1V Edmonds, Wash./Edmonds-Woodway 55 Sione Potoa'e DT 6-2 285 FR-HS Fort Lewis, Wash./Lakes 56 Senio Kelemete OT 6-4 289 JR-2V Seattle, Wash./Evergreen 56 Alec Kimble LB 6-3 211 FR-HS Sammamish, Wash./Eastside Catholic 59 Ben Riva OL 6-6 275 FR-HS Seattle, Wash./O'Dea 60 Brendan Lopez LS 6-0 226 JR-SQ Bellevue, Wash./Michigan 61 Gregory Christine OL 6-2 288 SR-1V Camarillo, Calif./St. Bonaventure 63 Daniel Kanczugowski OL 6-4 327 SO-SQ Edmonds, Wash./O'Dea 64 Colin Tanigawa OL 6-3 310 FR-HS Pasadena, Calif./Loyola 65 Ryan Tolar OL 6-5 296 SR-3V Pasco, Wash./Pasco 67 Skyler Fancher OT 6-5 303 JR-1V Costa Mesa, Calif./Huntington Beach 68 Derek Weston OL 6-3 263 FR-HS Maple Valley, Wash./Seattle Christian/Tahoma 70 James Atoe OL 6-6 355 FR-HS The Dalles, Ore./The Dalles-Wahtonka 71 Cody Habben OT 6-6 290 SR-3V Sammamish, Wash./Skyline 72 Micah Hatchie OL 6-5 274 FR-HS Haleiwa, Hawai'i/Waialua 73 Drew Schaefer C 6-4 281 SO-1V Sammamish, Wash./Eastlake 74 Alameda Ta'amu DT 6-3 330 JR-2V Kent, Wash./Rainier Beach 75 Erik Kohler OL 6-5 306 FR-HS Camarillo, Calif./Oaks Christian 77 Drew Schultz DL 6-1 241 FR-HS Olympia, Wash./Olympia 78 Mike Criste OL 6-5 280 FR-HS Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo 79 Colin Porter OL 6-4 307 FR-HS Bothell, Wash./Bothell 80 Evan Hudson TE 6-6 251 FR-HS Bothell, Wash./Bothell 81 Din Kuses WR 6-1 188 RS FR-HS Edmonds, Wash./Edmonds-Woodway 82 Jordan Polk WR 5-8 161 JR-2V Portland, Ore./Lincoln 84 Michael Hartvigson TE 6-6 246 FR-HS Bothell, Wash./Bothell 85 Marek Domanski TE 6-5 248 SO-SQ Seattle, Wash./Shorecrest 86 Peter Becker LS 6-5 228 SO-SQ Issaquah, Wash./Liberty 87 Peter Follmer DL 6-5 236 SR-HS Kent, Wash./Kentridge 88 Dorson Boyce FB 6-2 228 SR-1V New York, N.Y./Allan Hancock College 90 Chris Robinson DT 6-0 258 RS FR-HS Tustin, Calif./Tustin 92 Everrette Thompson DE 6-6 244 JR-2V Renton, Wash./Kennedy 93 Andrew Hudson DE 6-3 231 FR-HS Redlands, Cailf./Redlands East Valley 94 Kiel Rasp P 6-3 215 JR-SQ Seattle, Wash./Nathan Hale 95 Evan Steinruck P 6-3 217 RS JR-HS Lake Stevens, Wash./Lake Stevens 96 De'Shon Matthews DL 6-4 253 SR-2V Sacramento, Calif./Laguna Creek 97 Lawrence Lagafuaina DT 6-0 344 FR-HS Aiea, Hawai'i/Aiea, Hawai'i 98 Semisi Tokolahi DT 6-2 297 SO-1V Hilo, Hawai'i/Hilo 99 Cameron Elisara DL 6-3 269 SR-2V Spokane, Wash./Ferris

Game starters The follow players were the game starters.