WSUCOUGARS.COM 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12) DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT Sept. 5 Portland State Pullman L, 17-24 (P12N) Sept. 12 Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. W, 37-34 (ESPNU) Sept. 19 Wyoming Pullman W, 31-14 (P12N) Oct. 3 No. 24 California * Berkeley, Calif. L, 28-34 (P12N) Oct. 10 Oregon * Eugene, Ore. W, 45-38 (2OT) (P12N) Oct. 17 Oregon State * Pullman W, 52-31 (P12N) Oct. 24 Arizona * Tucson, Ariz. W, 45-42 (P12N) Oct. 31 No. 8 Stanford * Pullman L, 28-30 (ESPN) Nov. 7 Arizona State * Pullman W, 38-24 (FS1) Nov. 14 No. 18 UCLA * Pasadena, Calif. 7:45 p.m. (ESPN) Nov. 21 Colorado * Pullman 7:45 p.m. (ESPN2) Nov. 27 Washington * Seattle, Wash. 12:30 p.m./1 p.m. (FOX or FS1) * Pac-12 Conference Game ** All times and dates are subject to change Home games in BOLD All times Pacific WASHINGTON STATE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE ADDRESS: Bohler Addition 195 Pullman, WA 99164-1602 OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUG OFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267 MARTIN STADIUM PRESS BOX: 509-335-COUG ASSOC. A.D. / ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Bill Stevens OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 CELL: 916-761-7005 EMAIL: [email protected]SPORTS: Football, Women’s Tennis ASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 CELL: 951-452-6129 EMAIL: [email protected]SPORTS: Football, Baseball, Swimming ASST. DIRECTOR: Linda Chalich OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 EMAIL: [email protected]SPORTS: Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field ASST. DIRECTOR: Jim Crawford OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0265 CELL: 509-715-9788 EMAIL: [email protected]SPORTS: Women’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball ASST. DIRECTOR: Jessica Holmes OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0255 EMAIL: [email protected]SPORTS: Men’s Basketball, Rowing, Men’s & Women’s Golf COUGARS HEAD TO UCLA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT MATCHUP ON ESPN Washington State heads to Los Angeles to face No. 18 UCLA Saturday at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN. SERIES HISTORY WSU will be facing UCLA for the first time since a 2012 meeting in Pullman and will making its first trip to the Rose Bowl since 2011. The Bruins lead the all-time series 40-18-1 and have won the last five matchups including a 44-35 contest in Pullman in 2012, Mike Leach’s first season at WSU. COMING UP The Cougars will close out their home slate hosting the University of Colorado next Saturday at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN2. WASHINGTON STATE (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12) at No. 18 UCLA (7-2, 4-2 Pac-12) 7:45 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14 • ESPN Rose Bowl (80,616) • Pasadena, Calif. TV: ESPN PLAY-BY-PLAY: Dave Pasch ANALYST: Brian Griese SIDELINE: Tom Luginbill RADIO: Washington State IMG Sports Network PLAY-BY-PLAY: Matt Chazanow ANALYST: Bob Robertson ANALYST: Jason Gesser SIDELINE: Jessamyn McIntyre LIVESTATS: wsucougars.com TWITTER: @WSUCougfb INSTAGRAM: @WSUCOUGARFOOTBALL ALL-TIME: UCLA leads 40-18-1 OVERALL STREAK: UCLA +5 LAST MEETING: UCLA 44-36 (11/10/12 - Pullman) LAST WSU WIN: 27-7 (10/27/07 - Pullman) IN PULLMAN: UCLA leads 11-8-1 STREAK: UCLA +2 LAST MEETING: UCLA 44-36 (11/10/12) LAST WSU WIN: 27-27 (10/27/07) IN LOS ANGELES: UCLA lead 23-9 STREAK: UCLA +3 LAST MEETING: UCLA 28-25 (10/8/11) LAST WSU WIN: 37-15 (10/28/06) NUETRAL: UCLA leads 6-1 LAST MEETING: UCLA 27-16 (Spokane - 1977) BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY TEAM • WSU has 35 players who are from the Southern California area including three from the San Diego area • WSU is off to its best start the 2006 team started 6-3, is bowl eligible for second team in three seasons (2013) • WSU is looking for its first win over a ranked team (AP) since winning at No. 25 USC in 2013, lost nine straight • 22 players have made their Cougar debuts this season, and seven players have made their first career start • WSU leads the Pac-12 in passing offense (417.3), the second-best mark in the FBS • WSU is the only team from a Power 5 Conference with three players on the Biletnikoff Watch List • WSU is second in the Pac-12 in tackles-for-loss per game at 8.2, 10th-most in the country • WSU leads the country in 4th-down conversions (21) and is second in the most attempts (29) • WSU recorded its first three-game conference winning streak (at Oregon, Oregon State, at Arizona) since 2003 • WSU’s win at Oregon was the first win over the Ducks since 2006 and first in Eugene since 2003 • WSU’s win at Rutgers was the first win against a Big Ten school since defeating Purdue in the 2001 Sun Bowl • WSU rushed for 117 yards in the win at Arizona, the fourth 100-yard game of season, eighth under coach Leach • WSU has recorded two sellouts of Martin Stadium in 2015, now owns seven sellouts since coach Mike Leach arrived at WSU in 2012, only one sellout in the five seasons prior INDIVIDUAL • WSU’s win over Oregon State gave Mike Leach career win No. 100, he now owns a career 102-71 record • QB Luke Falk leads the Pac-12 in passing yards (415.1 ypg), touchdowns (33) and total offense (404.8 ypg) • Falk is the FBS active leader in passing yards-per-game (373.0) • WR Dom Williams is 2nd in WSU history with 27 career TD catches, trails Jason Hill’s record of 32 • Williams sits 4th in school history with 2,628 career receiving yards, 12th-most among active FBS players • WR Gabe Marks is 2nd in WSU history with 192 career receptions, 3 away from Michael Bumpus’ record (195) • Marks ranks No. 12 among all active FBS receivers in career receptions • Marks leads the Pac-12 in catches (69), TDs (11), catches per game (7.7) and second in receiving yards (865) • Marks owns four career games with 10+ receptions, tying Vince Mayle for most in WSU history • Marks owns 69 receptions, 47 of those have resulted in a WSU first down (68%) • Cougar RBs combine to average 157 all-purpose yards-per-game, 6.0 yds-per-carry and have caught 6 TDs • RB Gerard Wicks recorded a career high 78 rushing yards against Stanford • RB Jamal Morrow rushed for a career-high 68 yards in the win at Oregon • RUSH LB Kache Palacio owns 16 career sacks, good for 10th all-time in WSU history COUGAR QUICK HITS
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COUGARS HEAD TO UCLA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT MATCHUP ON ESPNWashington State heads to Los Angeles to face No. 18 UCLA Saturday at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN.
SERIES HISTORYWSU will be facing UCLA for the first time since a 2012 meeting in Pullman and will making its first trip to the Rose Bowl since 2011. The Bruins lead the all-time series 40-18-1 and have won the last five matchups including a 44-35 contest in Pullman in 2012, Mike Leach’s first season at WSU.
COMING UP The Cougars will close out their home slate hosting the University of Colorado next Saturday at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN2.
WASHINGTON STATE (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12) at No. 18 UCLA (7-2, 4-2 Pac-12) 7:45 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14 • ESPN
Rose Bowl (80,616) • Pasadena, Calif.
TV: ESPN PLAY-BY-PLAY: Dave Pasch ANALYST: Brian Griese SIDELINE: Tom Luginbill
RADIO: Washington State IMG Sports Network PLAY-BY-PLAY: Matt Chazanow ANALYST: Bob Robertson ANALYST: Jason Gesser SIDELINE: Jessamyn McIntyre
ALL-TIME: UCLA leads 40-18-1OVERALL STREAK: UCLA +5 LAST MEETING: UCLA 44-36 (11/10/12 - Pullman) LAST WSU WIN: 27-7 (10/27/07 - Pullman)IN PULLMAN: UCLA leads 11-8-1 STREAK: UCLA +2 LAST MEETING: UCLA 44-36 (11/10/12) LAST WSU WIN: 27-27 (10/27/07)IN LOS ANGELES: UCLA lead 23-9 STREAK: UCLA +3 LAST MEETING: UCLA 28-25 (10/8/11) LAST WSU WIN: 37-15 (10/28/06)NUETRAL: UCLA leads 6-1 LAST MEETING: UCLA 27-16 (Spokane - 1977)
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TEAM• WSU has 35 players who are from the Southern California area including three from the San Diego area• WSU is off to its best start the 2006 team started 6-3, is bowl eligible for second team in three seasons (2013)• WSU is looking for its first win over a ranked team (AP) since winning at No. 25 USC in 2013, lost nine straight • 22 players have made their Cougar debuts this season, and seven players have made their first career start• WSU leads the Pac-12 in passing offense (417.3), the second-best mark in the FBS• WSU is the only team from a Power 5 Conference with three players on the Biletnikoff Watch List• WSU is second in the Pac-12 in tackles-for-loss per game at 8.2, 10th-most in the country • WSU leads the country in 4th-down conversions (21) and is second in the most attempts (29)• WSU recorded its first three-game conference winning streak (at Oregon, Oregon State, at Arizona) since 2003• WSU’s win at Oregon was the first win over the Ducks since 2006 and first in Eugene since 2003• WSU’s win at Rutgers was the first win against a Big Ten school since defeating Purdue in the 2001 Sun Bowl • WSU rushed for 117 yards in the win at Arizona, the fourth 100-yard game of season, eighth under coach Leach • WSU has recorded two sellouts of Martin Stadium in 2015, now owns seven sellouts since coach Mike Leach arrived at WSU in 2012, only one sellout in the five seasons prior
INDIVIDUAL• WSU’s win over Oregon State gave Mike Leach career win No. 100, he now owns a career 102-71 record• QB Luke Falk leads the Pac-12 in passing yards (415.1 ypg), touchdowns (33) and total offense (404.8 ypg)• Falk is the FBS active leader in passing yards-per-game (373.0)• WR Dom Williams is 2nd in WSU history with 27 career TD catches, trails Jason Hill’s record of 32• Williams sits 4th in school history with 2,628 career receiving yards, 12th-most among active FBS players• WR Gabe Marks is 2nd in WSU history with 192 career receptions, 3 away from Michael Bumpus’ record (195)• Marks ranks No. 12 among all active FBS receivers in career receptions• Marks leads the Pac-12 in catches (69), TDs (11), catches per game (7.7) and second in receiving yards (865)• Marks owns four career games with 10+ receptions, tying Vince Mayle for most in WSU history• Marks owns 69 receptions, 47 of those have resulted in a WSU first down (68%)• Cougar RBs combine to average 157 all-purpose yards-per-game, 6.0 yds-per-carry and have caught 6 TDs• RB Gerard Wicks recorded a career high 78 rushing yards against Stanford• RB Jamal Morrow rushed for a career-high 68 yards in the win at Oregon• RUSH LB Kache Palacio owns 16 career sacks, good for 10th all-time in WSU history
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Pac-12 Overall Stanford 7-0 8-1 Washington State 4-2 6-3 Oregon 4-2 6-3 California 2-4 5-4 Washington 2-4 4-5 Oregon State 0-6 2-8
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PAC-12 TELECONFERENCEThe Pac-12 Conference hosts a weekly teleconference call each Tuesday during the football season. The tele-conference call begins at 9:55 a.m., PT, while Mike Leach participates at 10:55 a.m. Contact the Pac-12 media relations office at 415-580-4200 for details and call-in information.
LEACH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE AVAILABILITYWSU head football coach Mike Leach is available for individual media interviews following practices Sun-day, Tuesday and Wednesday, along with after each Cougar game. Arrangements for interviews with coach Leach other than those times must be made through the WSU Athletic Communications office. WSU play-ers are available for interviews after each game and then during Monday’s weekly press conference. Three student-athletes will be brought to the press confer-ence at 12:30 p.m. and will be available at that time. There will be no student-athlete availability following practices during game week. Contact Bill Stevens ([email protected]) or Bobby Alworth ([email protected]) in the WSU Athletic Communica-tions Office. Media are reminded that they should not contact student-athletes via their cell phones or social media accounts. All interviews need to be scheduled through the Athletic Communications Office.
PRACTICE POLICYThe first 15 minutes of each practice is open to media. Interviews with members of the coaching staff will be conducted on the field after practice. Media is asked to not report on injuries or strategy. All walk-thru prac-tices are closed with no media availability.
COUGAR COACH’S SHOWWashington State Head Coach Mike Leach hold his weekly radio show on WSU’s flagship station 920 KXLY every Thursday from 6-7 p.m. live from Zeppoz in Pull-man.
MEDIA INFORMATIONTHE WASHINGTON STATE IMG COLLEGE NETWORK
Cougar football games are broadcast live on the radio throughout the Pacific Northwest via the Wash-ington State IMG College Sports Network. The 18-sta-tion football network reaches from British Columbia to Oregon and can be heard worldwide via the internet and XM Satellite radio. Cougar football broadcasts be-gin an hour before kickoff, carry through the game and conclude with post-game interviews with players and coaches. 710 ESPN will air a weekly season-long segment featuring WSU head coach Mike Leach along with special Cougar Athletics programming on both 710 ESPN Seattle. In addition, a WSU section and archived game podcasts will be highlighted on the 710 Sports page of MyNorthwest.com. IMG College produces the Washington State IMG College Sports Network, which also features radio coverage of WSU men’s basketball, baseball, women’s basketball and women’s volleyball, and the Cougar Coaches Show in the fall and winter seasons. IMG College, founded in 1992 in its corporate home of Winston-Salem, NC, manages corporate marketing opportunities and on-site promotions at WSU football and basketball games as well as oversees sales for all signage at Martin Stadium, Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum and all Cougar competition sites.
YOUNG COUGS TAKE THE FIELD Washington State has seen 22 players make their Cougar debuts this season and five players who have made their first career start in 2015. Thirteen freshmen have contributed including seven true freshmen. Seventeen newcomers appear in the depth chart against UCLA with a total of 12 fresh-man listed including six true freshmen. The players who have made their Cougar debuts this season are: Treshon Broughton (DB), Zach Charme (P), Reggie Coates (DL), Hunter Dale (DB), Nate De-Rider (LB), Kaleb Fossum (WR), Lucas Gravelle (LS), Keith Harrington (RB), Alijah Lee (RB), Chandler Leniu (LB), Shalom Luani (S), Tavares Martin Jr. (WR), Hercules Mata’afa (DL), Jeremiah Mitchell (DL), Darrien Molton (CB), Cody O’Connell (OL), Kirkland Parker (DB), Aaron Porter (LB), Kyrin Priester (WR), Kyle Sweet (WR), Logan Tago (LB), Ngalu Tapa (DL).
AIR RAID HEATS UPThe Washington State Air Raid offense has taken off to new levels over the last five games (4-1), averaging 549.2 yards in total offense, 455.8 yards passing while converting 42 percent on third downs, 85 percent on fourth down and has scored in all 27 trips inside the red zone (19 TD). The Cou-gars have averaged 41.6 ppg in the past five games which included its first three-game conference winning streak since 2003 and scoring 40+ points in three straight for the first time since 2001. WSU has averaged 93.4 rushing yards-per-game in the last five games. Over that same stretch, Luke Falk has thrown for 2,277 yards with 23 touchdowns, five interceptions, averaged 445.4 passing yards-per-game and completed 68.5 percent of his passes while wideout Gabe Marks has caught eight touchdowns and receiver Dom Williams has averaged 98.6 receiving yards-per-game. WSU enters the week second in the FBS in passing (417.3), No. 15 in total offense (499.7) and have rushed for 100+ yards as a team four times this season, matching the total of 100-yard games from the previous three seasons combined.
FALK NAMED DAVEY O’BRIEN AWARD SEMIFINALISTLuke Falk was named a Davey O’Brien Quarterback Award Semifinalist last week. The award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback and is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award. Falk is one of 17 semifinalists and has earned a spot on the Davey O’Brien Award “Great 8” Performance of the Week four times this season. Falk enters the week leading the FBS in passing yards (3,736), passing yards-per-game (415.1), second in passing touchdowns (33) and third in total offense (404.8). In Pac-12 play, Falk has averaged 444.3 passing yards-per-game, completion 68.9 percent of his passes and thrown 25 touchdowns against six in-terceptions and also rushed for two scores. Earlier this season, Falk was named the Walter Camp National FBS Player of the Week, the first Cougar to receive the honor since the 2004 season, the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week three times and the Maxwell Award Player of the Week. Three finalists will be named Nov. 24 and the winner Dec. 10.
FALK EARNS THIRD PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK ACCOLADELuke Falk was named Pac-12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season, conference commissioner Larry Scott announced Monday. Falk threw for 497 yards, completing 36-of-55 passes and five touchdowns to four different receivers with one interception in Washing-ton State’s come-from-behind, 38-24 win over Arizona State. After a slow first half, he completed 20-of-27 passes for 349 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in the second half. All four touchdown drives in the second half went for more than 70 yards. In the fourth quarter alone, Falk threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns, helping the Cougars to their third come-from-behind win of the season as they trailed 21-17 entering the final quarter. Falk’s passing yardage was the third-highest of a Pac-12 quarterback this season, and he owns the top two marks as well. This is Falk’s third Conference weekly honor of the season, the most among all Pac-12 players, also earning the accolade after leading the comeback victory at Rutgers and throwing for a season-high 514 yards and five touchdowns in the win at Arizona. Falk now owns four career player of the week awards, the most in school history since the conference started selecting the award in 1991.
FOUNDED: 1890NICKNAME: Cougars COLORS: Crimson and GrayCONFERENCE: Pac-12 ENROLLMENT: 19,446LOCATION: P. O. Box 641602 Pullman, WA 99164-1602STADIUM: Martin Stadium (32,952 - FieldTurf)
INTERIM PRESIDENT: Dr. Daniel J. BernardoATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Bill MoosTICKET OFFICE: 509-335-9626, 800-GO-COUGSGENERAL DEPARTMENT: 509-335-0311WSU ATHLETICS WEBSITE: www.wsucougars.com
HEAD COACH: Mike Leach ALMA MATER: BYU, 1983 CAREER RECORD (Seasons): 102-71 (14th) WSU RECORD (Seasons): 18-28 (4th) WSU PAC-12 RECORD : 11-22 CAREER BOWL RECORD (Games): 5-5 (11)DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR: Alex Grinch (1st)OUTSIDE RECEIVERS: Graham Harrell (1st)OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS: Roy Manning (1st)RUNNING BACKS: Jim Mastro (4th)OFFENSIVE LINE: Clay McGuire (4th)SPECIAL TEAMS: Eric Mele (1st)ASSISTANT HEAD COACH / DEFENSIVE LINE: Joe Salave’a (4th)LINEBACKERS: Ken Wilson (3rd)INSIDE RECEIVERS: David Yost (3rd)SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D./CHIEF OF STAFF: Dave Emerick (4th)DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS: Antonio Huffman (4th)HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH: Jason Loscalzo (4th)
FALK STAYS HOT Redshirt-sophomore Luke Falk’s impressive 2015 cam-paign continued in the win over Arizona State last week-end, throwing for 497 yards and five touchdowns. Two weeks ago in the win at Arizona, he threw for 514 yards and five touchdowns after posting 407 yards and tying a school-record with six touchdown passes (all in the first half) in the win over Oregon State the week prior. Falk owns eight 300-yard games and five 400-yard games in-cluding a 478-yard effort in a road win over Rutgers and a 505-yard performance in the win at Oregon. In the win over the Ducks, Falk threw for five touchdowns while rushing for another in the first win in Eugene since 2003. In just 15 career games including 12 starts, Falk owns 12 career 300-yard games, tied for second-most in WSU history, 46 touchdowns, tied with Drew Bledsoe for sixth-most in WSU history and 5,595 passing yards, good for ninth all-time.
FALK’S RECORD BOOK WATCH• Falk’s 3,736 passing yards this season rank fifth in WSU single season history, needs 862 yards to break Connor Halliday’s 2013 record of 4,597• The Pac-12 record for passing yards in a season is 4,662 set by Sean Mannion (OSU) in 2013• Falk’s 33 TD passes are third-most in WSU single-season history, needs two to break record of 34 shared by Ryan Leaf (1997) and Connor Halliday (2013)• The Pac-12 record for TD passes in a season is 42 set by Marcus Mariota (ORE) last season• Falk owns 46 career TD passes, tied for sixth in WSU history with Drew Bledsoe, Jack Thompson sits fifth with 53• Falk owns 5,595 career passing yards, ninth in WSU history, needs 342 yards to pass Jeff Tuel for eighth• Falk owns three career 500-yard games, trails only Connor Halliday’s WSU record of five
FALK’S FOURTH QUARTER COMEBACKSLuke Falk hasn’t been a stranger to fourth-quarter comebacks. Falk has played in just 15 games and made 12 starts but already has led the Cougars to four fourth-quarter comebacks in his career. Last season at Oregon State, WSU trailed early in the fourth and Falk led a pair of scoring drives for a 39-32 victory. Earlier this season, trailing by four with 1:31 remaining at Rutgers, Falk leading WSU on a 10-play, 90-yard drive that was capped by an 8-yard touchdown pass to River Cracraft with 13 seconds remaining. In the win at Oregon, Falk led WSU on a pair of scoring drives late in the fourth quarter that erased a 10-point deficit and sent the game into overtime after an eight-yard touchdown pass to Dom Williams with one second remaining. In overtime, Falk rushed for a touchdown and then threw for another before the Cougar defense picked off a pass in the second overtime to clinch the win. Last week against Arizona State, trailing 24-17 to start the fourth quarter, Falk led the Cougars on three touchdown drives (73, 99 and 75 yards) in the quarter, capping each one with touchdown throws to post a 38-24 victory.
FALK, BENDER BATTLED TO LEAD AIR RAIDLuke Falk and redshirt-freshman Peyton Bender battled for the starting quarterback job throughout preseason camp before Falk eventually won the job. Falk gained valuable experience in 2014 after being forced into action after graduated quarterback Connor Halliday suffered a season-ending broken ankle against USC. Falk threw for 346 passing yards and two touchdowns against the Tro-jans. The following week, in his first career start at Oregon State, he threw for 471 yards and five touchdowns and hasn’t looked back. Falk finished the season with 1,889 passing yards (475.6 per game), more yards than 10 other FBS schools had for the season, and 13 touchdowns, more than 18 other FBS schools had for the season. Bender redshirted in 2014 and threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns in the 2015 Crimson & Gray Spring Game.
FALK ADDED TO MANNING AWARD WATCH LISTLuke Falk was added to the Manning Award Watch List Oct. 14, one of 10 quarterbacks added to the watch list for the award given to the top quarterback in country after bowl games. Falk was one of five Pac-12 quarterbacks included on the list of 40 quarterbacks. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the bowls.
FALK NAMED A BURLSWORTH TROPHY NOMINEE Luke Falk was named a Burlsworth Trophy nominee, the Springdale Rotary Club announced Tues-day. Falk is one of 55 football student-athletes selected as nominees for the award, given to the most outstanding collegiate football player who began his career as a walk-on. Falk walked on at WSU in 2013, redshirted that season before earning a scholarship prior to the 2014 season.
BY THE NUMBERS OFFENSIVE LINE BULKED UPLast season, the Cougar offensive line featured three first-year starters and posted the second-best pass attempts-to-sack ratio in the league at 21.4 (771/36), going the second-longest between allowing sacks while dropping back to pass the most times in Pac-12 history in addition to blocking for the nation’s leading passing offense. Not only do all five starters return in 2015 but every offensive lineman (13) also returns from last year. The 2015 offensive line is the biggest (weight) it’s been since coach Mike Leach arrived, averaging nearly 310 lbs after averaging 288.6 in 2012, 288.2 in 2013 and 309.4 lbs last year.
MIDDLETON EARNS SECOND “BONE” AWARD OF 2015 Each week, Washington State coaches give out the “Bone” award to the offensive lineman who per-forms the best during the previous game. Each Cougar starting lineman owns at least one “Bone” award this season. Eduardo Middleton was the recipient of this week’s award after grading out the highest while making his first career start at left guard. Portland State: None; at Rutgers: Joe Dahl; Wyoming: Gunnar Eklund; at California: None; at Oregon: Riley Sorenson; Oregon State: Eduardo Middleton; at Arizona: Cole Madison; Stanford: None; Arizona State: Eduardo Middleton
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE IN THE BACKFIELDThe Cougar running back trio made up of redshirt-sophomores Jamal Morrow and Gerard Wicks, and redshirt-freshman Keith Harrington have become known as Earth, Wind and Fire by WSU run-ning backs coach Jim Mastro. WSU has already posted four 100-yard games this season after re-cording four 100-yard efforts the previous three seasons combined. Each player has had a breakout game this year with Wicks leading the way with 415 rushing yards while also owning 27 receptions. Harrington has caught 37 passes, averaged 7.1 per-carry and owns four touchdowns (3 receiving, 1 rushing) while Morrow is coming off a solid couple games. He set a career-high with 68 yards on eight carries in the win at Oregon, scored his first career touchdowns on touchdown catches in the win over Oregon State and rushed for 59 yards in the win at Arizona. Against the Ducks, the trio combined for 289 all-purpose yards, 15 receptions and averaged 9.7 yards-per-carry. Against OSU, the Cougar backs averaged 7.6 per-carry before WSU racked up another 117 yards in the win at Ari-zona, its third straight 100-yard game for the first time since 2010. Both Harrington and Wicks caught touchdown passes in last week’s win over Arizona State. The Cougars have already rushed for 741 yards this year, the most in Mike Leach’s four seasons at WSU. The three backs have combined to average 6.0 yards-per-carry, the highest by a Cougar backfield since All-American Jerome Harrison and DeMaundray Woolridge combined to average 8.5 per-carry in 2005.
SPREADING THE BALL AROUNDWashington State enters the week as one of two teams in the country with seven players owning 20+ receptions this season. Last season, WSU was the only team in the country that had six play-ers finish with 40+ catches and four of those players returned in 2015 (Cracraft, Morrow, Williams, Lewis). Through nine games, the Cougars have seen 10+ receivers catch a pass in each game. Redshirt-freshman Robert Lewis came up big for Cougars last Saturday against Arizona State, set-ting a career-high with 97 receiving yards on three catches while freshman wideout Kyle Sweet brokeout with season-highs of seven catches for 77 yards.
RECEIVERS MAKING THEIR WAY UP THE RECORD BOOK (TOP-10 APPEAR ON PAGES 19, 23)• Dom Williams owns 27 career TD catches, second in WSU history, trails Jason Hill (32)• Williams’ 27 career TDs are tied for 12th-most in Pac-12 history• Williams owns eight career 100-yard games, seventh-most in WSU history• Williams is fourth in WSU history with 2,628 receiving yards and sixth with 171 career receptions• Gabe Marks set a WSU single-game record, tied a Pac-12 record with four TD catches at Arizona• Marks leads the Pac-12 with 69 receptions in 2015, seventh-most in WSU single-season history• Marks’ 11 TD catches this season are tied for fifth in WSU single-season history• Marks needs 135 receiving yards to record his first career 1,000-yard season• Marks owns 192 career catches, needs four more to break Michael Bumpus’ WSU record of 195• Marks owns 20 career TD catches, fifth-most in school history• Marks also sits eighth in WSU history with 2,232 career receiving yards• River Cracraft sits ninth in WSU history with 160 career catches• Cracraft is closing in on the WSU all-time top-10 for receiving yards (1,937) and TD catches (15)
WILLIAMS ADDED TO BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST, JOINS CRACRAFT AND MARKSDom Williams was added to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List Oct. 28. The Biletnikoff Award an-nually recognizes the outstanding receiver at any position in college football. Williams joins fellow Cougar wideouts River Cracraft and Gabe Marks on the watch list, making WSU the only team from a power 5 conference with three players on the list and the only Pac-12 Conference team with mul-tiple players on the list. Last season, three Cougars were named to the watch list including Cracraft, Vince Mayle and Isiah Myers. Mayle was later selected as one of the ten semifinalists. Williams enters the week third in the Pac-12 with 779 receiving yards, fourth with 54 receptions and tied for fourth with eighth touchdowns. The 10 Biletnikoff Award semifinalists will be announced Nov. 16, three finalists will be declared Nov. 24 and winner announced Dec. 10.
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#9 GABE MARKS YDS REC TD GAME1. 146 11 2 Idaho (2013) 146 14 1 at Rutgers (2015)3. 143 13 1 at Oregon (2013)4. 141 10 1 at California (2015)5. 126 6 1 at UNLV (2012)6. 111 8 2 at Oregon (2015)7. 107 7 1 Colorado (2012)
#21 RIVER CRACRAFT YDS REC TD GAME1. 172 11 3 California (2014)2. 126 9 0 at Utah (2014)3. 125 9 1 vs. Colorado State (2013)4. 121 8 1 at Rutgers (2015)5. 107 8 1 Oregon (2014)6. 102 8 0 at Arizona (2015)7. 100 14 1 at Stanford (2014)
#26 TYLER BAKER YDS REC TD GAME1. 113 9 1 at Oregon State (2014)
#80 DOM WILLIAMS YDS REC TD GAME1. 158 11 2 Oregon State (2015)2. 154 5 2 Utah (2013)3. 143 8 0 Washington (2012)4. 123 6 2 Arizona State (2015)5. 112 4 2 Portland State (2014)6. 108 7 2 UCLA (2012)7. 107 5 0 California (2014)8. 101 3 2 Southern Utah (2013)
#4 CHARLESTON WHITE TACKLES GAME1. 12 California (2014)
#8 JEREMIAH ALLISON TACKLES GAME1. 13 at Utah (2014)2. 12 at Oregon State (2014)3. 12 Portland State (2015)4. 11 at Rutgers (2015)5. 10 Oregon (2014)6. 10 Arizona State (2015)
CAREER 100-YARD GAMES MARKS ADDED TO BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LISTGabe Marks was added to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List two weeks ago and has backed it up. Marks enters Saturday’s game against UCLA leading the Pac-12 with 69 receptions, second with 865 yards and seventh in the country with a Pac-12 best 11 touchdown catches. He owns three 100-yard efforts this season, his 7.7 receptions-per-game average paces the Pac-12 and is sixth-best in the country, and his 96.1 yards-per-game are No. 14 in the country. Marks has put up big numbers in WSU’s three road wins, setting a career-high with 14 catches and tied a career-high with 146 yards and a touchdown in the win at Rutgers, grabbing eight passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns in the win at Oregon before setting a school-record with four touchdowns, tying the Pac-12 mark, in the win at Arizona.
CRACRAFT NAMED TO PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LISTJunior wide receiver River Cracraft was named to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List prior to the season. Cracraft finished last season seventh in the Pac-12 with eight touchdown catches, ninth with 66 receptions and tenth with 771 receiving yards in just nine games. The Trabuco Canyon, Calif. native tallied four 100-yard games and his 66 catches were tenth-most in WSU history. In 2015, Cra-craft is sixth in the Pac-12 with 48 receptions and is eighth in receiving yards (552). He has caught four touchdowns and produced two 100-yard games.
LINEBACKERS LEAD THE WAYThe Cougar linebackers have filled up the stat sheet this season with redshirt-sophomore Peyton Pelluer tied for fourth in the conference with 8.4 tackles-per game (76 total) along with 8.5 tackles-for-loss. Senior Jeremiah Allison is ninth in the Pac-12 averaging 7.6 tackles-per-contest (68 total) after leading the Cougars in tackles in each of the first two games, 12 against Portland State and 11 at Rutgers. Allison added 10 tackles in last week’s win over Arizona State. Pelluer tallied a career-best 14 stops against Wyoming and has shared the team-high in tackles in the win at Oregon (8), the win over Oregon State (11) and made 10 against Stanford. Both backers took over as starters midway through last season and haven’t look back with Allison finishing 2014 second on the team with 78 tackles and Pelluer started the final five games and posted 39 tackles including 5.5 for loss.
PELLUER NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT VIII FIRST TEAMPeyton Pelluer was named to the 2015 Academic All-District VIII First Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Pelluer, from Sammamish, Wash., is a first-time honoree as a redshirt sophomore this season. The linebacker boasts a 3.57 GPA while majoring in history with an emphasis in secondary education. The fourth-generation Cougar, whose father, grandfather, and great grandfather all played football for the Cougars, was a Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selection last season.
GET THE BALL BACKFirst-year WSU defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has emphasized the need to force turnovers and get the ball back to Air Raid offense and the Cougars have done just that. Washington State has forced 16 turnovers in 2015, tied for sixth-most in the Pac-12 and already doubled last season’s total of eight. The Cougars own eight interceptions, are tied for third in the Pac-12 with eight fumble recoveries and have turned the 16 turnovers into 37 points this season.
YOUNG SECONDARY A YEAR OLDER, LUANI LEADS THE WAY The Cougars went through a youth movement in the secondary in 2014, starting six freshmen throughout the year including four true freshmen. Senior safety Taylor Taliulu and sophomore cor-nerback Marcellus Pippins returned as the veterans this season. Taliulu is a three-year starter and Pippins started the final two games last season. The Cougars have received a sold contribution from true freshman Darrien Molton (23 tackles, 1 INT, 1 forced fumble) at cornerback while junior college transfer Shalom Luani has emerged as a playmaker after starting all nine games at safety. Luani is third on the team with 66 tackles, has forced two fumbles and is tied for second in the Pac-12 with three interceptions, the first sealed the double overtime win at Oregon and the next two came in the win over Oregon State, one he returned 84 yards for a touchdown. Sophomore Marcellus Pippins has settled as the starter at the other cornerback, recording a pair of interceptions, five pass break-ups, one fumble recovery and 36 tackles.
DEFENSE PUTS THE PRESSURE ONWashington State has racked up 23 sacks and is tenth in the country with 8.2 tackles-for-loss per game (72 Total), the second-best average in the Pac-12. WSU tallied five sacks against Wyoming, three from Ivan McLennan and two from Kache Palacio, giving McLennan the first three-sack performance since Andy Mattingly recorded four against Arizona State in 2007. Darryl Paulo enters Saturday with a team-best 10.5 tackles-for-loss, fifth-best in the Pac-12 and Palacio owns a team-best five sacks, tied for fifth-best in the conference. Against Wyoming, WSU recorded 14 TFL’s, tied for third-most in school history, and later posted 11 TFL’s at Cal and eight more against Arizona State.
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PLAYER TEAM LAST WEEK THIS WEEKHusain Abdullah (DB) Kansas City Bye at DENDeone Bucannon (S) Arizona Bye at SEAXavier Cooper (DL) Cleveland - L at CIN at PITBrandon Gibson (WR) New England Injured Reserve Out for season with torn ACLTravis Long (LB) Philadelphia Injured Reserve Out for season with torn ACLRopati Pitoitua (DL) Tennessee - W at NO vs. CAR
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SPECIAL TEAMS FULL OF NEWCOMERSWashington State has seen a couple new faces contribute on special teams this season. Freshman punter Zach Charme owns five punts of 50+ yards and has put seven punts inside the 20. Freshman kick returner Tavares Martin Jr. has been close to breaking a couple long returns this season. The Belle Glade, Fla. native produced returns of 29 and 34 yards in his collegiate debut against Portland State, a 40-yarder at California and a game-opening 51-yard return against Oregon State. He enters Saturday fifth in the Pac-12 averaging 24.4 yards-per-return. Although not a new face but redshirt-sophomore kicker Erik Powell posted a career day in the win at Rutgers, hitting all three of his field goal attempts (46, 47, 37 ), setting a career long of 47 and is 8-for-11 on the season. Against Stanford, he tied a school record with five field goals (46, 23, 47, 28, 28).
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA TAKEOVERThe Cougars have tapped into the Rancho Santa Margarita High School pipeline, currently owning four players from the school in center, Riley Sorenson, tight end Nick Begg and receivers River Cracraft and Kyle Sweet. Cracraft’s older brother Skyler is also on the team but played at a different high school. In the season-opener, former Cougar and NBA Champion Klay Thompson brought the Larry O’Brien Trophy to campus and was recognized during the game. Thompson also starred at Rancho Santa Margarita HS before heading to Washington State.
POLYNESIAN PIPELINEThe Washington State roster has seen an influx in Polynesian players since Mike Leach and his coaching staff arrived in 2012. Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Line Coach Joe Salave’a, a native of Pago Pago, American Samoa and a nine-year NFL veteran, has helped bring a number of play-ers to Pullman in his three seasons at Washington State. The 2015 roster has 15 players who are of Polynesian decent including seven who list their hometown from American Samoa.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SONThree Cougars share a unique bond with their dads and/or grandpa, each have worn the crimson a gray. Redshirt-freshman offensive lineman Andre Dillard’s dad, Mitch was an offensive lineman and tight end for the Cougars in the late 1980’s; redshirt-sophomore safety Isaac Dotson’s dad, Mi-chael was an All-American wrestler for WSU from 1983-86; redshirt-sophomore linebacker Peyton Pelluer’s dad, Scott also played linebacker for the Cougs, matching Peyton’s No. 47 from 1977-80; Peyton’s grandpa, Arnie played end for WSU in the mid 1950’s and his great grandpa, Carl, played flanker in the 1920’s.
COUGARS COMEBACK TO NOTCH WIN AT OREGONWSU erased a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter at Oregon to send the game into overtime and later come away with the 45-38 win in double overtime. The Cougars notched their second come-back win of the season after driving 90 yards and scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 13 seconds left in the win at Rutgers week two. It is the first time that WSU had two last-minute comebacks in the same season since 1992. Washington State snapped an eight-game skid to Oregon, winning for the first time since 2006 and claiming its first win in Eugene since 2003. The Cougars have won their last two overtime games and four of their last five.
COUGARS SIGN PAIR TO FINANCIAL AID AGREEMENTSWSU got a head start on the 2016 signing class by signing two players to financial aid agreements two weeks ago. QB/ATH Justus Rogers out of Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Wash. and DB Jalen Thompson out of Downey High School and Bellflower, Calif. each inked financial aid agree-ments, will graduate high school early in December, enroll at WSU in January, 2016 and participate in spring practices. Rogers, 6-2, 220, is rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com and has served as Bellevue’s team captain the past two seasons. As a junior, the dual-threat completed 60-of-92 passes for 900 yards and nine touchdowns without an interception and also rushed 49 times for 400 yards and two touchdowns while leading BHS to the 3A State title game. Rogers is rated the No. 46 athlete in the country and No. 19 athlete in the West by Scout.com and No. 15 overall prospect in Washington by ESPN.com. Thompson, 6-0, 170, is rated a three-star pros-pect by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com and is rated the No. 56 cornerback in the country by ESPN.com. Thompson played his junior and senior seasons at Downey, earning All-CIF and All-San Gabriel Valley League honors as a junior after recording 57 tackles and one interception in addition to catching 22 passes for 450 yards and four touchdowns.
JEREMIAH ALLISON (OL) Wuerffel Trophy Watch List (Preseason) All State Good Works Team (Preseason)
RIVER CRACRAFT (WR) Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Preseason) Preseason All-Pac-12 Third Team (Athlon Sports)
JOE DAHL (OL) Outland Trophy Watch List (Preseason) Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team (ESPN.com) Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team (Athlon Sports) Preseason All-Pac-12 Third Team (Phil Steele)
LUKE FALK (QB) Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 14) Davey O’Brien Award “Great 8” Performance of the Week (Oct. 12) Manning Award Watch List (Oct. 14) Davey O’Brien Award “Great 8” Performance of the Week (Oct. 19) Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 26) Davey O’Brien Award “Great 8” Performance of the Week (Oct. 26) Maxwell Award Player of the Week (Oct. 29) Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist (Nov. 2) Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 9) Davey O’Brien Award “Great 8” Performance of the Week (Nov. 9) Burlsworth Trophy Nominee - Top former Walk-on (Nov. 10)
SHALOM LUANI (S) Jim Thorpe Player of the Week (Oct. 19) Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19) Polynesian College Player of the Year Watch List (Oct. 19)
GABE MARKS (WR) Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team (Phil Steele) Preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports) Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Oct. 14)
KACHE PALACIO (LB) Preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)
PEYTON PELLUER (LB) CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII First Team (Nov. 5)
ERIK POWELL (K) Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (Sept. 15)
DOM WILLIAMS (WR) Preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team (Phil Steele) Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Oct. 28)
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WSU ADDS 25 INTO ATHLETICS HALL OF FAMEWashington State inducted 25 members into the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame Sept. 18, joining the current 177 members. Members of 2015 Class: Pat Beach, Football; Larry Beck, Basketball; Steve Broussard, Football; Rex Davis, Tennis and Gymnastics Coach; Wayne Foster, Football; Jerome Harrison, Football; Scott Hatteberg, Baseball; Allan Kennedy, Football; Josh Kimeto, Track & Field; Curt Ledford, Track & Field; Erin McCleave, Swimming; Keith Millard, Football; Jay Miller, Baseball; Mary Moore, Track & Field; Doug Nordquist, Track & Field; Cassandra Overby, Basketball; Eric Perkins-Jasper, Tennis; Pam Qualls, Track & Field; Geoff Reece, Football; Rick Riley, Track & Field; Richard Stiles, Baseball; Lamont Thompson, Football; Marcus Trufant, Football; Bob Waits, Baseball; Bob Yard, Track & Field.
COLLEGE GAMEDAY RECORDDating back to the beginning of the 2004 season, ESPN’s College GameDay has had the WSU flag appear throughout the show. The streak is up to 173 after last week’s appearance at Alabama. Two flags – Ol’ Crimson and Gray – have been flown in the background of the GameDay set by dozens of friends and alumni. The Gray flag was added last year after Whitey was retired in honor of Steve Gleason’s “No White Flags.” WSU recognized the GameDay flag wavers in a pregame ceremony prior to the Montana State game in 2010. In addition to the flags that fly, there is a traveling flag signed by the holders after each episode. The traveling flag is retired after each season, the first of which is hanging in WSU’s Alumni Center.
GRINCH, MANNING, HARRELL, MELE JOIN COUGAR COACHING STAFFWashington State made a couple changes to its coaching staff in the offseason, bringing on first-year defensive coordinator Alex Grinch who will also work with the Cougars secondary. Grinch spent the last three seasons at Missouri where he coached the safeties, helping Missouri to a 23-5 record over the past two years including two SEC East Division titles. Roy Manning joined WSU to coach the outside linebackers after serving the past two seasons at his alma mater, the University of Michigan, coaching the cornerbacks in 2014 and the outside linebackers in 2013. Making the move from offensive analyst to outside receivers coach is Graham Harrell who is very familiar with the Air Raid offense from his record-setting days as a quarterback for coach Mike Leach at Texas Tech. Eric Mele, who served as the interim special teams coach midway through last season, had the interim tag removed during the offseason and is the Cougars special teams coach.
DAHL NAMED TO OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LISTRedshirt-senior left tackle Joe Dahl was named to the Outland Trophy Watch List, given annually to the nation’s top interior lineman. Dahl is one of 13 players from the Pac-12 Conference included on the 81-player list. WSU defensive tackle Rien Long won the award in 2002, also garnering first team All-America honors while leading the Cougars to the 2003 Rose Bowl. Dahl earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention last season after starting all 12 games at left tackle for the nation’s top passing offense. The Spokane, Wash. native surrendered just one sack in the Cougars’ Pac-12 record 807 pass attempts and earned the WSU “Bone” Award (given to the team’s best offensive lineman each week) a team-best six times last season. Earlier this summer, Dahl was named to the preseason All-Pac-12 first team by ESPN.com, second team by Athlon Sports and third team by Phil Steele Magazine.
ALLISON NAMED TO WUERFFEL TROPHY WATCH LIST, ALL STATE GOOD WORKS TEAMSenior linebacker Jeremiah Allison was named to the 2015 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service.” Allison is one of 80 football student-athletes considered for the award that honors college football’s top community servant. Allison has been involved with many community service projects in and around Pullman throughout his three years at Washington State. The Los Angeles native has assisted with Habitat for Humanity, the Washington State Athletics Reading Buddies with local elementary schools, Sr. Buddies at the local retirement home and Butch’s Holiday Bash for local children. Allison also helped out with National Women In Sports Day and is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for football. He was the recent recipient of the WSU athletic community service award and also works with a local church, setting up weekly bible studies in addition to speaking with local individuals who lost their parent or parents to share words of inspiration. For the second straight season Allison was also named to the All State Good Works Team for his charitable work and community work.
Defensive CoordinatorAlex Grinch (Booth)
Outside LinebackersRoy Manning (Field)
Offensive LineClay McGuire (Field)
Defensive LineJoe Salave’a (Field)
Inside Wide Receivers David Yost (Booth)
Outside Wide ReceiversGraham Harrell (Booth)
Running BacksJim Mastro (Field)
Special TeamsEric Mele (Field)
LinebackersKen Wilson (Field)
Strength/ConditioningJason Loscalzo (Field)
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NORTH DIVISION 1. Oregon (37) 2622. Stanford (8) 2313. California 1744. Washington 1295. Washington State 896. Oregon State 60
SOUTH DIVISION 1. USC (32) 2542. Arizona State (7) 2003. UCLA (6) 1804. Arizona 1555. Utah 1056. Colorado 46
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PORTLAND STATE QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEPowell 21-yard FG 1 11 71 4:09Harrington 24-yard pass from Falk 2 7 77 3:09Marks 5-yard pass from Falk 4 11 46 3:44
AT RUTGERS QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEWilliams 7-yard pass from Falk 1 9 75 4:03Powell 46-yard FG 2 4 5 1:53Powell 47-yard FG 2 7 35 1:27Harrington 5-yard pass from Falk 3 7 64 2:09Powell 37-yard FG 4 8 67 2:12Marks 23-yard pass from Falk 4 8 82 2:59Cracraft 8-yard pass from Falk 4 10 90 1:18
WYOMING QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEFalk 1-yard run 1 8 44 2:27Williams 35-yard pass from Falk 2 7 70 2:55Harrington 36-yard run 2 9 79 3:48Powell 22-yard FG 3 10 48 4:21Williams 4-yard pass from Falk 4 2 12 0:46
AT CALIFORNIA QTR PLAYS YDS TIMECracraft 4-yard pass from Falk 1 9 71 3:34Wicks 7-yard run 2 10 85 3:23Falk 1-yard run 2 13 47 5:53Marks 4-yard pass from Falk 3 15 79 6:11
AT OREGON QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEMarks 7-yard pass from Falk 1 8 75 3:18Marks 4-yard pass from Falk 2 10 75 1:35Martin Jr. 27-yard pass from Falk 3 4 55 1:30Powell 22-yard FG 4 8 55 2:01Williams 8-yard pass from Falk 4 12 70 1:57Falk 1-yard run OT1 Lewis 4-yard pass from Falk OT2
OREGON STATE QTR PLAYS YDS TIMECracraft 3-yard pass from Falk 1 8 49 3:36Williams 3-yard pass from Falk 1 7 69 2:42Marks 23-yard pass from Falk 2 8 73 1:49Powell 30-yard FG 2 4 1 1:34Morrow 8-yard pass from Falk 2 3 50 1:12Morrow 22-yard pass from Falk 2 6 69 2:41Williams 11-yard pass from Falk 2 10 72 3:59
AT ARIZONA QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEMarks 6-yard pass from Falk 1 10 78 4:32Marks 43-yard pass from Falk 1 4 80 1:09Marks 2-yard pass from Falk 2 9 78 3:45Priester 6-yard pass from Falk 2 4 23 1:21Powell 25-yard FG 2 13 67 3:58Wicks 1-yard run 3 11 84 5:18Marks 9-yard pass from Falk 4 11 76 5:58
COUGAR RECEIVERS LEAD THE WAYLast season WSU was the only team in the country that had six players finish with 40+ catches and four of those players returned in 2015 (Cracraft, Morrow, Williams, Lewis). Gone are re-ceivers Vince Mayle (106 rec. 1,483 yds 9 TD, Biletnikoff Semifinalist, Browns 4th-RD) and Isi-ah Myers (78 rec 972 yds 12 TD) but the Cougars own five players who caught 20-plus passes and also welcome back Gabe Marks (74 rec 807 yds 7 TD in 2013) who redshirted last season. The four Cougar freshmen who caught passes last season, combined for 131 receptions in 2014, third-most by a freshmen class in the country. Running back Jamal Morrow set a school record with 61 receptions by a running back last season, breaking Steve Broussard’s 1987 mark of 59, and finished the season second in the country for receptions by a running back.
NEW COUGAR FOOTBALL BROADCAST TEAMHall of fame announcer Bob Robertson is in his 49th season calling Cougar football games, and according to a nation-wide survey of sports information directors, is the longest tenured radio announcer in the country with the next closest being Bill Hillgrove who has announced 45 straight seasons at Pitt. Robertson began calling WSU games in 1964 and with the excep-tion of a three-year period in 1969-71, has been calling Cougar games ever since. Robertson now hosts the Cougars pre, halftime and postgame shows, while also providing analysis dur-ing the games. Matt Chazanow will serve as the new play-by-play voice for Cougar football, men’s basketball and baseball broadcasts. Joining Chazanow and Robertson in the booth for his second season will be Cougar legend Jason Gesser who quarterbacked WSU to the 2001 Sun Bowl and 2003 Rose Bowl. Returning for her fourth season as the sideline reporter is Jes-samyn McIntyre, an executive producer for 710 ESPN Seattle.
MATT CHAZANOW NAMED VOICE OF COUGARSMatt Chazanow was named Voice of the Cougars over the summer. Chazanow replaces Bud Nameck on Cougar football and men’s basketball broadcasts. Additionally, Chazanow will serve as the voice of Cougar baseball broadcasts. Chazanow has extensive experience in broadcasting at the highest level of collegiate football, including calling national play-by-play broadcasts for ACC football, Big East and ACC postseason basketball, along with SEC and ACC postseason baseball. As a senior network manager at IMG College in Winston-Salem, N.C., Chazanow has spent the past seven years managing eight IMG college network broad-casts (Washington State, Arizona, Cal, Gonzaga, Oregon, Texas, UCLA and Washington). Cou-gar fans had a chance to hear Chazanow last November when he called the WSU men’s basketball broadcasts at the Great Alaska Shootout.
Others receiving votes: USC 57, BYU 40, Ole Miss 27, Oregon 25, Washington State 20, Texas A&M 10, Boise State 9, Toledo 8, Western Kentucky 7, Georgia 5, Arkansas 2, Appalachian State 2, Bowling Green 1, Pittsburgh 1
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PASSING PLAYS (54)YDS CONNECTION OPPONENT75 Falk to Williams (TD) Arizona State47 Falk to Lewis Arizona State43 Falk to Marks (TD) at Arizona39 Falk to Marks Portland State38 Falk to Williams at California38 Falk to Marks at Oregon38 Falk to Lewis Arizona State36 Falk to Sweet Arizona State35 Falk to Williams (TD) Wyoming35 Falk to Marks at California33 Falk to Cracraft Stanford32 Falk to Williams Portland State31 Falk to Lewis at Arizona30 Falk to Lewis at Arizona29 Falk to Morrow Arizona State28 Falk to Williams at Rutgers28 Falk to Cracraft at Rutgers28 Falk to Harrington at Oregon28 Falk to Morrow at Oregon28 Falk to Williams Oregon State28 Falk to Sweet at Arizona27 Falk to Martin Jr. (TD) at Oregon27 Falk to Williams Stanford26 Falk to Williams Oregon State25 Falk to Marks at Rutgers25 Falk to Marks at Rutgers25 Falk to Marks at Oregon25 Falk to Williams Oregon State24 Falk to Williams Portland State24 Falk to Harrington (TD) Portland State24 Falk to Cracraft at Rutgers24 Falk to Priester at California24 Falk to Harrington Stanford23 Falk to Cracraft at Rutgers23 Falk to Marks (TD) at Rutgers23 Falk to J. Thompson at California23 Falk to Williams at Oregon23 Falk to Marks Oregon State23 Falk to Marks (TD) Oregon State23 Falk to Cracraft at Arizona23 Falk to Cracraft at Arizona23 Falk to Williams Stanford23 Falk to Harrington (TD) Arizona State22 Falk to Cracraft at Oregon22 Falk to Marks at Oregon22 Falk to Morrow (TD) Oregon State22 Falk to Marks Stanford21 Falk to Lewis at California21 Falk to Marks at California21 Falk to Harrington Oregon State21 Falk to Marks Oregon State21 Falk to Priester at Arizona20 Falk to Marks at Oregon20 Falk to Priester at Arizona
RUSHING PLAYS (5)YDS RUSHER OPPONENT41 Morrow at Arizona36 Harrington (TD) Wyoming32 Harrington at Oregon31 Morrow at Oregon22 Wicks Portland State
BY PLAYERNO. PLAYER PLAY TYPE14 Gabe Marks (3 TD) Receiving (14)12 Dom Williams (2 TD) Receiving (12)8 River Cracraft Receiving (8)7 Keith Harrington (3 TD) Receiving (5), Rushing (2)5 Jamal Morrow (1 TD) Receiving (3), Rushing (2)5 Robert Lewis Receiving (5)3 Kyrin Priester Receiving (3)2 Kyle Sweet Receiving (2)1 Tavares Martin Jr. (1 TD) Receiving (1)1 John Thompson Receiving (1)1 Gerard Wicks Rushing (1)
BY GAMENO. GAME PLAY TYPE11 at Oregon (1 TD) Receiving (9), Rushing (2)9 at Arizona (1 TD) Receiving (8), Rushing (1)8 Oregon State (2 TD) Receiving (8)7 at Rutgers (1 TD) Receiving (7)6 at California Receiving (6)6 Arizona State (2 TD) Receiving (6)5 Portland State (1 TD) Receiving (4), Rushing (1)5 Stanford Receiving (5)2 Wyoming (2 TD) Receiving (1), Rushing (1)
LONG PLAYS (20+YARDS)
2016Sept. 3 EASTERN WASHINGTON Sept. 10 at Boise State Sept. 17 IDAHO TBA ARIZONA TBA CALIFORNIA TBA OREGON TBA UCLA TBA WASHINGTON TBA at Arizona State TBA at Oregon State TBA at Stanford TBA at Colorado
2017Sept. 2 NEVADA Sept. 9 BOISE STATE Sept. 16 Montana State TBA OREGON STATE TBA STANFORD TBA at California TBA at Oregon TBA at Washington TBA Pac-12 South TBA Pac-12 South TBA Pac-12 South TBA Pac-12 South
2018Sept. 1 at Wyoming Sept. 8 SAN JOSE STATE Sept. 15 EASTERN WASHINGTON TBA CALIFORNIA TBA OREGON TBA WASHINGTON TBA at Oregon State TBA at Stanford TBA Pac-12 South TBA Pac-12 South TBA Pac-12 South TBA Pac-12 South
STARTING LINEUPSOFFENSE LT LG C RG RT WR (X) WR (Y) WR (Z) WR (H) RB QBPSU Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Baker Wicks Falk@RUT Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks FalkWYO Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks Falk@CAL Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Harrington (RB) Morrow Falk@ORE Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Harrington (RB) Morrow FalkOSU Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks Falk@ARIZ Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks FalkSTAN Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks FalkASU Eklund Middleton Sorenson Seydel Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks Falk@UCLA COLO @WASH
OFFENSE T NT E RUSH MIKE WILL NICKEL CB SS FS CBPSU Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Dotson White Taliulu Luani Molton@RUT Vaeao Barber Paulo Palacio Pelluer Allison Dotson Pippins Taliulu Luani MoltonWYO Vaeao Barber Paulo Palacio Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton@CAL Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Dotson Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton@ORE Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani MoltonOSU Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton@ARIZ Vaeao Ekuale Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani WhiteSTAN Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani WhiteASU Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton@UCLA COLO @WASH
PSU Joe Dahl@RUT Jeremiah AllisonWYO Parker Henry @CAL Peyton Pelluer @ORE Jamal Morrow OSU Jamal Morrow @ARIZ Jamal Morrow STAN Jamal MorrowASU Jamal Morrow@UCLA COLO @WASH
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KACHE PALACIO • Senior • Gardena, Calif. • Serra High School
Major: Social SciencesEmphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies, Human Development, Psychology
• Expected to graduate with his degree following the fall semester, needing only 3.5 years to obtain.
• Has improved GPA from a 2.1 following freshman year to achieving a GPA of over 3.00 each of the last two semesters.
• Credits the gains he has made in time management skills to his improvement in the classroom
• Favorite Class Taken at WSU and why: Psychology, “because it was so interest-ing to hear about all that goes into understanding why we behave certain ways.” The course provides a broad overview of the terms, processes, principles and theories related to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
• Future Plans: Following football would like to be a coach and counselor, working with kids
PEYTON PELLUER • History major – 3.54 GPA• Three-time President’s Honor Roll• 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team• Two-time WSU Athletics All-Academic Team
CARLOS FREEMAN • Construction management major – 3.18 GPA• Two-time WSU Athletics All-Academic Team• Two-time President’s Honor Roll
CUMULATIVE GPA’S ENTERING 2015 FALL SEMESTER
1. Brandon Evers 3.712. Peyton Pelluer 3.543. Mitchell Cox 3.534. Taylor Comfort 3.365. Moritz Christ 3.356. Sam Flor 3.217. Carlos Freeman 3.188. Luke Falk 3.179. Jacob Seydel 3.1610. Tyler Hilinski 3.14
TOP CLASSROOM PERFORMERS
WSU Football student-athletes combined for 171 hours of community service projects during the 2015 spring semester and 357 total hours of community service during the 2014-15 academic year. Community service projects include Reading Buddies, Senior Buddies, Coug Pals, Butch’s Holiday Bash, Habitat for Humanity and Special Olympics.
Senior Jeremiah Allison has been involved with many community service projects in and around Pullman, including assisting in Habitat for Humanity, the Washington State Athletics Reading Buddies with local elementary schools, Sr. Buddies at the local retirement home and Butch’s Holiday Bash for local children. He also helped out with National Women in Sports Day and is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for football. Allison was the recent recipient of the WSU athletic community service award, as he volunteered the most hours among WSU student-athletes, and works with a local church, setting up weekly bible studies. He also serves as an outlet to local individuals who lost their parent or parents to share words of inspiration.
Other Cougar football student-athletes who are involved with Coug Pals this semester, where they write letters with local elementary schools kids, include Luke Falk, Dom Williams, Moritz Chris and Ivan McLennan.
ACADEMIC SPOTLIGHT
COMMUNITY CORNER
SHALOM LUANI • Junior •
Time Activity9-10:25 am History 30510:35-11:50 am Criminal Justice 2012Noon-1:15 p.m. Communication 1021:30 pm Lunch2:30 pm Film Review3:30 pm Football Practice6 pm Dinner7-9:30 pm Study Hall
TYPICAL TUESDAY SCHEDULE
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This year’s Cougar football team has many links to former Washington State student-athletes running through their families. This week, we will focus on Isaac Dotson’s father, Michael, a former WSU wrestler.
• Isaac Dotson – Father, Michael, wrestled at WSU, was a three-time NCAA qualifier and also earned All-America status.• Michael Dotson:- Freshman (1982-83) went 15-21-1 overall…finished third at 1983 Pac-10 Cham-pionships…reached NCAA Championships.- Sophomore (1983-84) went 32-9-3 at 150 pounds…won first 10 matches to open season…finished third at 1984 Pac-120 Championships…fell in first round at NCAA Championships.- Junior (1984-85) went 26-6-1 on season, including season-best 15-match win streak from Jan. 11-Feb. 8…went 1-1 at Pac-10 Championships.- Senior (1985-86) went 22-5 on season, finished third at Pac-10 Champion-ships…reached NCAA Championships for third time in career.
Ranked 6th in nation in Amateur Wrestling News 1985 All-America teamCareer totals: 95-41-5
One of the most popular classes at Washington State among Cougar football student-athletes is Human Development 101. Students are intro-duced to human development concepts, issues and theory spanning early childhood through aging and death with emphasis on interrelation-ships between individuals, families, schools, communities and culture. There is a virtual com-ponent to the class, with students participating in an interactive online simulation in which they raise a virtual child to the age of 18. The second, separate simulation makes life choices based upon their own lives, resulting in seeing life out-comes of their virtual self.
The course includes weekly quizzes, 12 critical thinking activities, in-class activities and a se-mester-ending final group project.
BEST IN CLASS
A pair of Samoans on WSU’s football team also have a history playing the other futbol. Junior Shalom Luani and sophomore Frankie Luvu have both represented their country in international soccer competitions. Luani, who made the national team as a senior in high school, also scored a goal in a World Cup first-round qualifying game in 2012 in American Samoa’s first official victory in international soccer. Luvu was a member of the American Samoa U-17 team as a midfielder.
Nickle back Isaac Dotson has spent the past few seasons teaming with another defensive back Taylor Taliulu, making music. Dotson lays down the beats and the duo has been featured by the Pac-12 Networks on Pac-12 Profiles, where they produced the music and lyrics for the piece.
FAMILY TIES
HOBBY HUDDLE
TAYLOR TALIULU • Senior •
Senior safety Taylor Taliulu spent his summer do-ing all the normal activities of a Cougar football player: conditioning, lifting, attending summer school. He also added video producer to his plate as the senior from Aiea, Hawaii interned in the WSU Athletic department, focusing on content. He put together a four-part series called “The Grind,” (www.youtube.com/watch?v=jutORjRhMt8), de-tailing WSU’s off-season, including workouts and team-bonding activities. In addition to his video work, Taliulu also wrote and recorded “pump-up” music that is played during games at Martin Stadium. As if he is not busy enough, Taliulu also has a clothing-design project called Verified, with t-shirts worn by teammates off the field that he hopes to expand when time allows. Following football, Taliulu plans to pursue all three areas, music, video, design, and he already has a leg up on the competition.
LOOKING AHEAD
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COUGAR OFFENSE
X 80 Dom WILLIAMS 6-2 200 SR* 1 Kyrin PRIESTER 6-1 190 SO
Y 21 River CRACRAFT 6-0 200 JR 85 John THOMPSON 5-8 194 JR
LT 56 Joe DAHL 6-5 310 SR* 60 Andre DILLARD 6-5 270 FR*
LG 63 Gunnar EKLUND 6-7 305 SR* 76 Cody O’CONNELL 6-8 346 SO*
C 58 Riley SORENSON 6-4 319 JR 75 B.J. SALMONSON 6-4 295 SO*
P 95 Zach CHARME 6-1 192 FR 46 Erik POWELL 6-1 193 SO*
K 46 Erik POWELL 6-1 193 SO* 49 Brett SCHAFER 5-9 165 FR
LS 71 Lucas GRAVELLE 6-0 218 SO* 44 Kyle CELLI 6-1 230 FR*
H 38 Kaleb FOSSUM 5-11 187 FR 21 River CRACRAFT 6-0 200 JR
PR 9 Gabe MARKS 6-0 190 JR* 38 Kaleb FOSSUM 5-11 187 FR
KOR 12 Tavares MARTIN JR. 6-1 165 FR 1 Kyrin PRIESTER 6-1 190 SO
DEPTH CHART - UCLA
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LAST MEETINGNov. 10, 2012
UCLA def. WASHINGTON STATE, 44-36PULLMAN, Wash. – Brett Hundley threw three touch-down passes to help No. 17 UCLA beat Washington State 44-36. Connor Halliday threw five touchdown passes for Washington State. Washington State dominated the first quarter, then was outscored 30-0 in the second quarter as Hundley threw three touch-down passes and the Bruins piled up 181 yards. The Bruins’ defense blocked two WSU field goal attempts, returning one for a touchdown. They also returned a fumble for a score and knocked WSU quarterback Jeff Tuel out of the game. Washington State took the opening kickoff and drove to the UCLA 23, where the drive stalled. Andrew Furney’s field goal attempt was blocked by Datone Jones, and the ball was picked up by UCLA’s Sheldon Price, who ran it back 68 yards for a touchdown. On the next drive, the Cougars got to the 1-yard line before a penalty pushed them back to the 16. Furney’s 33-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Cassius Marsh. Washington State finally scored on its third deep drive of the first quarter, when Hal-liday hit Dominique Williams with a 6-yard touchdown pass to tie the score at 7-7. Halliday had just gone into the game in place of injured starter Tuel. Washington State outgained UCLA 167 yards to 22 yards in the first quarter. But it was all UCLA in the second quarter. The Bruins took a 14-7 lead on Hundley’s 16-yard scor-ing pass to Johnathan Franklin. Teondray Caldwell fumbled on the ensuing kickoff return, and UCLA took possession on the WSU 24. Joseph Fauria caught a 9-yard pass from Hundley to give UCLA a 21-7 lead. Halliday was sacked in the end zone, with the safety giving UCLA a 23-7 lead. The Bruins also got the ball back, and scored on Hundley’s 10-yard pass to Devin Fuller for a 30-7 lead with 6:40 left in the first half. Hal-liday fumbled after a hit from Marsh and the ball was picked up by UCLA’s Eric Kendricks, who ran 40 yards for a touchdown and a 37-7 halftime lead. Washing-ton State cut into UCLA’s lead in the second half while holding the Bruins to one score. Halliday threw touch-down passes to Brett Bartolone and Marcus Mason in the third, while Jordon James added a touchdown for UCLA on a 2-yard run. Halliday threw fourth quarter touchdown passes to Dominique Williams and Kristoff Williams, the last with 1:31 left.
LAST MEETING IN LOS ANGELESOct. 8, 2011
UCLA def. Washington State, 28-25PASADENA, Calif. – Kevin Prince threw a go-ahead, 7-yard touchdown pass to Shaq Evans with 3:26 to play, and UCLA rallied from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a 28-25 victory over Washington State. Prince passed for 173 yards and led a thrilling comeback after starter Richard Brehaut broke his leg in the second quarter, mounting two late touchdown drives. Derrick Coleman rushed for two scores, and Josh Smith caught a TD pass for the Bruins (3-3, 2-1 Pac-12). Marshall Lobbestael passed for 235 yards and hit Jared Karstetter and Rickey Galvin for second-half touchdowns, but Washington State (3-2, 1-1) couldn’t extend its impressive start to the season. Andrew Ab-bott intercepted Lobbestael’s final pass near midfield with 2:01 to play, and Smith made an exceptional catch for a first down while getting hit in the closing sec-onds, allowing UCLA to run out the clock. After receiv-ing boos when he took the field, Prince went 8 for 13 in a steady performance in relief of Brehaut. Prince be-gan his third straight season as UCLA’s starter, but lost the job last month after throwing three interceptions in the first quarter of a loss to Texas. Andrew Furney kicked four field goals for the Cougars, who could have matched their conference win total from the previous three seasons combined with a victory. After rallying from a late deficit at Colorado last week, Washington State allowed UCLA’s comeback despite outgaining the Bruins. After the Cougars settled for three field goals in the first half when their offense stalled inside the UCLA 10, Karstetter scored Washington State’s first touchdown midway through the third quarter. Gal-vin then caught a fourth-quarter TD pass from Lobbes-tael, who went 28 for 40. The longtime backup quarter-back remained in the Cougars’ starting lineup despite the return of Jeff Tuel, back in uniform after breaking his collarbone in the season opener. UCLA didn’t get a first down until early in the second quarter, and Bre-haut was hurt on a hard tackle during a 5-yard run early in the second quarter. The junior attempted to walk back to the huddle before collapsing on the field. Prince immediately sparked the Bruins, connecting with Nelson Rosario on a 41-yard pass to the goal line, where Coleman scored. Tyler Gonzalez, a former man-ager of the Bruins’ soccer team pressed into football action by injuries, kicked the extra point for the Bruins. Coleman added another short TD on the Bruins’ open-ing drive of the second half, but UCLA’s fourth personal foul allowed the Cougars to make a short touchdown drive capped by Karstetter’s 8-yard grab over the mid-dle. Lobbestael hit Galvin in stride for a 21-yard TD, but UCLA blocked the extra point and made a swift drive for Smith’s TD catch. Rosario couldn’t hold on to the 2-point conversion throw, keeping Washington State ahead 22-20. Furney hit a 47-yard field goal with 5:49 to play, but Rosario made an electrifying, one-handed 58-yard catch that put the Bruins inside the Washing-ton State 10 moments later. Evans scored on a 7-yard slant, and Rosario caught a 2-point conversion pass, putting UCLA up by three points.
WSU-UCLAWSU Wins: 18 • UCLA Wins: 40 • Ties: 1
DATE LOC ATT WSU-UCLA W/L10-10-28 P 1,000 38-0 W10-3-31 H 10,000 13-0 W11-24-32 A 35,000 3-0 W11-30-33 A 20,000 0-7 L11-14-36 A 35,000 32-7 W10-23-37 A 20,000 3-0 W11-5-38 H 8,000 0-21 L11-30-39 A 25,000 7-24 L11-16-40 A 35,000 26-34 L9-26-41 A 35,000 6-7 L9-18-48 A 43,399 26-48 L10-22-49 H 21,000 20-27 L9-30-50 A 20,117 0-42 L10-24-53 A 27,608 7-44 L10-1-55 H 20,000 0-55 L10-13-56 A 27,192 0-28 L10-9-57 S 27,000 13-19 L11-1-58 A 25,090 38-20 W9-30-67 S 24,200 23-51 L9-28-68 A 41,759 21-31 L10-11-69 H 22,100 14-46 L10-30-70 A 30,029 9-54 L10-9-71 S 30,500 21-34 L10-28-72 A 29,950 20-35 L10-20-73 S 32,200 13-24 L10-9-74 A 30,686 13-17 L10-11-75 S 28,500 23-37 L10-16-76 A 35,508 3-62 L10-15-77 S 37,750 16-27 L10-14-78 A 40,023 31-45 L10-13-79 H 32,651 17-14 W10-17-81 H 40,000 17-17 T10-16-82 A 41,752 17-42 L10-15-83 H 30,000 14-24 L10-13-84 A 40,122 24-27 L10-19-85 H 32,302 30-31 L10-25-86 A 46,189 16-54 L10-29-88 A 51,970 34-30 W9-29-90 H 34,190 20-30 L11-2-91 A 43,592 3-44 L10-17-92 H 32,208 30-17 W11-6-93 H 34,987 27-40 L9-24-94 A 42,877 21-0 W9-23-95 H 33,711 24-15 W11-9-96 A 40,421 14-38 L8-29-97 H 26,000 37-34 W10-3-98 A 67,210 17-49 L11-3-01 H 33,462 20-14 W12-7-02 A 56,335 48-27 W11-8-03 H 33,846 31-13 W11-6-04 A 62,251 31-29 W10-15-05 H 35,117 41-44 OT L10-28-06 A 53,058 37-15 W10-27-07 H 31,027 27-7 W10-4-08 A 65,469 3-28 L11-14-09 H 25,661 7-43 L10-2-10 A 62,072 28-42 L10-8-11 A 64,217 25-28 L11-10-12 H 28,110 36-44 L(UCLA home games since 1982 played at the Rose
Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.)
UCLA-WASHINGTON STATE SERIES HISTORY SERIES RESULTS
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RUSHINGRushes in a GameStat Individual Total Opponent Year40+ Jerome Harrison 42 UCLA 200435+ Dwight Tardy 37 UCLA 200730+ Dwight Tardy 37 UCLA 200725+ Dwight Tardy 37 UCLA 2007
Rush YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year300+ Rueben Mayes 357 Oregon 1984250+ Jerome Harrison 260 UCLA 2005200+ Dwight Tardy 214 UCLA 2007150+ Dwight Tardy 214 UCLA 2007100+ James Montgomery 116 Montana State 2010
Rushing TouchdownsStat Individual Total Opponent Year5+ James Matthews 5 Idaho 19824+ Deon Burnett 4 La.-Lafayette 19993+ Carl Winston 3 Washington 2012
Yards Per Carry (Min. 8 Carries)Stat Individual Total Opponent Year14.0+ Don Paul 14.0 Oregon 194812.0+ Chris Bruhn 13.1 Idaho 200310.0+ Chris Bruhn 13.1 Idaho 2003
Scored a Rushing TD (50-75 Yards)2011 Marcus Mason (65 yards; Idaho State)
Scored a Rushing TD (75+ Yards)2006 Christopher Ivory (80 yards; Idaho)
Two Players With 100+ Yards Rushing2005 Grambling State at Seattle Jerome Harrison [113 yards] and DeMaundray Woolridge [105 yards]
PASSINGPass AttemptsStat Individual Total Opponent Year70+ Luke Falk 74 at Oregon 201560+ Luke Falk 61 Stanford 201550+ Luke Falk 55 Arizona State 201540+ Luke Falk 55 Arizona State 2015
Pass CompletionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year50+ Luke Falk 50 at Oregon 201540+ Luke Falk 47 at Arizona 201535+ Luke Falk 36 Arizona State 201530+ Luke Falk 36 Arizona State 2015
Pass YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year500+ Luke Falk 514 at Arizona 2015450+ Luke Falk 497 Arizona State 2015400+ Luke Falk 497 Arizona State 2015350+ Luke Falk 497 Arizona State 2015300+ Luke Falk 497 Arizona State 2015
Passing TouchdownsStat Individual Total Opponent Year6+ Luke Falk 6 Oregon State 20155+ Luke Falk 5 Arizona State 20154+ Luke Falk 5 Arizona State 2015
InterceptionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year6+ Alex Brink 6 Oregon State 20075+ Alex Brink 6 Oregon State 20074+ Luke Falk 4 at Arizona State 2014
Completion Percentage (Min. 20 Attempts)Stat Individual Total Opponent Year.850+ Alex Brink .870 (20-23) Oregon 2006.800+ Luke Falk .822 (37-45) Wyoming 2015.750+ Luke Falk .780 (39-50) Oregon State 2015
Scored a Passing TD (50-74 Yards)2014 Isiah Myers from Connor Halliday, 55 yards; Portland State
Scored a Passing TD (75+ Yards)2015 Dom Williams from Luke Falk 75 yards, Arizona State
RECEIVINGReceptionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year15+ Vince Mayle 15 at Arizona State 201412+ Gabe Marks 14 at Rutgers 201510+ Dom Williams 11 Oregon State 2015
Receiving YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year250+ Vince Mayle 252 at Arizona State 2014200+ Vince Mayle 252 at Arizona State 2014150+ Dom Williams 158 Oregon State 2015125+ Dom Williams 158 Oregon State 2015100+ Dom Williams 123 Arizona State 2015
Receiving TouchdownsStat Individual Total Opponent Year4+ Gabe Marks 4 at Arizona 20153+ Gabe Marks 4 at Arizona 20152+ Dom Williams 2 Arizona State 2015 Two Players With 100+ Receiving Yards2015 at Rutgers Gabe Marks (146) and River Cracraft (121)
Three Players With 100+ Receiving Yards2014 California Vince Mayle (263), River Cracraft (172), Dom Williams (107)
ALL-PURPOSE OFFENSETotal All-Purpose YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year300+ Rueben Mayes 375 Oregon 1984250+ Vince Mayle 252 at Arizona State 2014200+ Vince Mayle 252 at Arizona State 2014
DEFENSETacklesStat Individual Total Opponent Year25+ Dan Grayson 25 Arizona 198920+ Brandon Moore 20 Arizona State 199715+ Mitch Peterson 16 Rutgers 2014 SacksStat Individual Total Opponent Year5+ Mkristo Bruce 5 Stanford 20064+ Andy Mattingly 4 Arizona State 20073+ Ivan McLennan 3 Wyoming 2015
Tackles For LossStat Individual Total Opponent Year5+ Cory Evans 6.5 Oregon State 20074+ Cyrus Coen 4 Arizona State 20123+ Hercules Mata’afa 3.5 at Cal 2015
Total InterceptionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year4+ L. Thompson 4 UCLA 20013+ Will Derting 3 Nevada 20022+ Shalom Luani 2 Oregon State 2015
Blocked Punt2013 Theron West vs. Colorado State
Blocked Field Goal2015 Robert Barber Wyoming
Scored a Defensive PAT1993 Torey Hunter (75-yard run; California)
Blocked PAT2015 Destiny Vaeao at Rutgers
Scored a Safety2006 Team Stanford
Shut Out an Opponent2013 Idaho (42-0)
Held an Opponent Without an Offensive TD2013 Idaho (42-0)
Returned an Interception for a TD2015 Shalom Luani 84-yard return; Oregon State
Returned a Fumble for a TD2013 Xavier Cooper 29-yard return; at Oregon
Played an Overtime Game2015 W, 45-38 (2OT); at Oregon
SPECIAL TEAMSPuntsStat Individual Total Opponent Year14+ Mike Monahan 14 Stanford 196912+ Steve Johnston 12 UCLA 199210+ Michael Bowlin 10 Arizona State 2012
Punt ReturnsStat Individual Total Opponent Year8+ Jay Dumas 9 Oregon 19946+ Michael Bumpus 7 Arizona 20044+ Charles Dillon 4 Oregon State 2007
Returned a Punt for a TD (Blocks Not Included)2005 Michael Bumpus (87 yards at Nevada)
Punt Return YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year150+ Michael Bumpus 157 Nevada 2005100+ Michael Bumpus 157 Nevada 2005
Kickoff ReturnsStat Individual Total Opponent Year9+ Isiah Barton 9 Oregon State 20117+ Kristoff Williams 7 Rutgers 20145+ Kristoff Williams 7 Rutgers 2014
Returned a Kickoff for a TD2003 Sammy Moore (97 yards; Colorado)
50+ Yard Field Goal2013 Andrew Furney (52 yards; Utah)
4+ Field Goals2015 Erik Powell (5) 46-23-47-28-28; Stanford
Returned a Punt for a TD (Blocks Not Included)2005 Michael Bumpus (87 yards at Nevada)
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THE LAST TIME A WSU OPPONENT...RUSHING
Rushes in a GameStat Individual Total Opponent Year40+ John White 42 Utah 201135+ John White 42 Utah 201130+ Bishop Sankey 34 at Washington 201325+ Royce Freeman 27 at Oregon 2015
Rush YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year250+ Chris Polk 284 Washington 2010200+ Royce Freeman 246 at Oregon 2015150+ Royce Freeman 246 at Oregon 2015100+ Demario Richard 111 Arizona State 2015
Rushing TouchdownsStat Individual Total Opponent Year4+ Ronnie Hillman 4 San Diego St. 20113+ Jered Baker 3 at Arizona 2015
Yards Per Carry (Minimum 8 Carries)Stat Individual Total Opponent Year14.0+ Corey Grant 16.2 at Auburn 201312.0+ Corey Grant 16.2 at Auburn 201310.0+ Jerard Randall 10.5 at Arizona 2015
Scored a Rushing TD (50-75 Yards)2015 Kevin Hogan, Stanford (59 yards)
Scored a Rushing TD (75+ Yards)2013 Devontae Booker, at Utah, 76 yards
Two Players With 100+ Yards Rushing2015 Stanford Kevin Hogan (112) and Christian McCaffrey (107)
PASSINGPass AttemptsStat Individual Total Opponent Year60+ Brad Lebo 61 Montana 199250+ Jared Goff 53 California 201440+ Mike Bercovici 44 Arizona State 2015
Pass CompletionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year35+ Jared Goff 37 California 201430+ Jared Goff 33 at Cal 201525+ Mike Bercovici 27 Arizona State 2015
Pass YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year500+ Jared Goff 527 California 2014450+ Jared Goff 527 California 2014400+ Sean Mannion 419 at Oregon State 2014350+ Jared Goff 390 at Cal 2015300+ Jared Goff 390 at Cal 2015
Passing TouchdownsStat Individual Total Opponent Year5+ Cody Kessler 5 USC 20144+ Jared Goff 4 at Cal 2015
Completion PercentageStat Individual Total Opponent Year.850+ Taylor Kelly .869 ASU (20-23) 2012.800+ Marcus Mariota .840 Oregon (21-25) 2014.750+ Chris Laviano .793 at Rutgers (23-29) 2015
Scored a Passing TD (50-75 Yards)2014 Trevor Davis from Jared Goff, California (51 yards)
Scored a Passing TD (75+ Yards)2014 Nelson Agholor from Cody Kessler, USC (87 yards)
RECEIVINGReceptionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year12+ Chris Harper 13 at Cal 201310+ Jake Maulhardt 10 Wyoming 20158+ Jake Maulhardt 10 Wyoming 2015
Receiving YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year200+ Nelson Agholor 220 USC 2014150+ Nelson Agholor 220 USC 2014100+ Cayleb Jones 131 at Arizona 2015
Receiving TouchdownsStat Individual Total Opponent Year3+ JuJu Smith 3 USC 20142+ Kenny Lawler 2 at Cal 2015
Two Players With 100+ Yards Receiving2015 Wyoming Tanner Gentry (127) and Jake Maulhardt (113)
ALL-PURPOSE OFFENSETotal All-Purpose YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year300+ Janarion Grant 337 at Rutgers 2015250+ Royce Freeman 292 at Oregon 2015200+ Victor Bolden 212 Oregon State 2015
DEFENSETacklesStat Individual Total Opponent Year15+ Zach Hoffpauir 15 at Stanford 201412+ Jordan Simone 13 Arizona State 2015
SacksStat Individual Total Opponent Year5+ Riall Johnson 5 Stanford 19994+ Riall Johnson 5 Stanford 19993+ Scooby Wright 3 Arizona 2014
Tackles For LossStat Individual Total Opponent Year5+ Nick Reed 5 Oregon 20074+ Scott Crichton 4 Oregon State 20123+ Jared Tevis 3.5 Arizona 2014
Total InterceptionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year3+ Jordan Poyer 3 Oregon State 20122+ Quenton Meeks 2 Stanford 2015
Returned an Interception for a TD2014 Eric Rowe, at Utah, 11 yards (Halliday)
Returned a Fumble for a TD2012 Eric Kendricks, UCLA (40 yards)
Scored a Safety2013 Rush, at Cal
Shut Out WSU2010 Arizona State (42-0) at Sun Devil Stadium
Held WSU Without an Offensive TD2013 at USC
Blocked a Punt2015 Oregon State (Chris Brown) (on Zach Charme) Blocked Field Goal2015 Henry Mondeaux, Oregon (Powell) 53-yard attempt
Scored a Defensive PAT1991 Steve Tovar, Ohio State (100-yd interception)
Blocked a PAT2013 Utah; (Andrew Furney)
SPECIAL TEAMSPuntsStat Individual Total Opponent Year12+ Ryan Downes 12 Idaho 200110+ Justin Bergendahl 10 Nevada 20058+ TJ Conley 8 Idaho 2006
Punt ReturnsStat Individual Total Opponent Year8+ Paul Guidry 8 UCLA 19936+ Damian Williams 6 USC 20094+ Robert Nelson 5 Arizona State 2013
Punt Return YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year100+ William Wright 114 Arizona 2009
Returned a Punt for a TD (Blocks Not Included)2015 Nate Phillips, at Arizona (69 yards)
Kickoff ReturnsStat Individual Total Opponent Year7+ Dom. Hatfield 7 Utah 20136+ Janarion Grant 6 Rutgers 20145+ Janarion Grant 5 at Rutgers 2015
Kickoff Return YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year200+ Tony Cherry 240 Oregon 1984175+ Janarion Grant 195 at Rutgers 2015150+ Janarion Grant 195 at Rutgers 2015125+ Victor Bolden 125 Oregon State 2015
Returned a Kickoff for a TD2015 Victor Bolden, Oregon State (100 yards)
50+ Yard Field Goal2012 Vincenzo D’Amato, California (52 yards)
4+ Field Goals2006 Jesse Ainsworth, Arizona State [34-46-47-32]
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GAME HIGHSINDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Rushes 14 Gerard Wicks vs Portland State (Sep 05, 2015)Yards Rushing 78 Gerard Wicks vs Stanford (Oct 31, 2015)TD Rushes 1 Keith Harrington vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015) Luke Falk vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015) Gerard Wicks at California (Oct 03, 2015) Luke Falk at California (Oct 03, 2015) Luke Falk at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015) Gerard Wicks at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Long Rush 41 Jamal Morrow at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Pass attempts 74 Luke Falk at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Pass completions 50 Luke Falk at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Yards Passing 514 Luke Falk at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)TD Passes 6 Luke Falk vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)Long Pass 75 Luke Falk vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Receptions 14 Gabe Marks at Rutgers (Sep 12, 2015)Yards Receiving 158 Dom Williams vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)TD Receptions 4 Gabe Marks at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Long Reception 75 Dom Williams vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Field Goals 5 Erik Powell vs Stanford (Oct 31, 2015)Long Field Goal 47 Erik Powell at Rutgers (Sep 12, 2015) Erik Powell vs Stanford (Oct 31, 2015)Punts 6 Zach Charme at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Punting Avg 52.0 Zach Charme vs Portland State (Sep 05, 2015)Long Punt 62 Zach Charme vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Punts inside 20 3 Zach Charme vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015)Long Punt Return 30 Gabe Marks vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Long Kickoff Return 51 Tavares Martin Jr. vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)Tackles 14 Peyton Pelluer vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015) Parker Henry vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Sacks 3.0 Ivan McClennan vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015)Tackles For Loss 3.5 Peyton Pelluer vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015) Hercules Mata’afa at California (Oct 03, 2015)Interceptions 2 Shalom Luani vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)
TEAM GAME HIGHSRushes 31 at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Yards Rushing 136 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Yards Per Rush 5.1 at Rutgers (Sep 12, 2015)TD Rushes 2 vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015) at California (Oct 03, 2015)Pass attempts 75 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Pass completions 50 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Yards Passing 514 at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Yards Per Pass 9.0 vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)TD Passes 6 vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)Total Plays 105 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Total Offense 641 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Yards Per Play 7.1 vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Points 52 vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)Sacks By 5 vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015)First Downs 34 at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Penalties 9 at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Penalty Yards 60 vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)Turnovers 4 at California (Oct 03, 2015)Interceptions By 2 vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)Punts 6 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Punting Avg 52.0 vs Portland State (Sep 05, 2015)Long Punt 62 vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Punts inside 20 3 vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015)Long Punt Return 30 vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)
OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHSRushes 27 Freeman, Royce, at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Yards Rushing 246 Freeman, Royce, at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)TD Rushes 3 Baker, J., at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Long Rush 59 Randall, J., at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015) Hogan,K, vs Stanford (Oct 31, 2015)Pass attempts 45 Goff, Jared, at California (Oct 03, 2015)Pass completions 33 Goff, Jared, at California (Oct 03, 2015)Yards Passing 390 Goff, Jared, at California (Oct 03, 2015)TD Passes 4 Goff, Jared, at California (Oct 03, 2015)Long Pass 45 COFFMAN, C., vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015)Receptions 10 MAULHARDT, Jake, vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015)Yards Receiving 131 Jones, C., at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)TD Receptions 2 Lawler, Kenny, at California (Oct 03, 2015)Long Reception 45 GENTRY, Tanner, vs Wyoming (Sep 19, 2015)Field Goals 3 Ukropina,C, vs Stanford (Oct 31, 2015)Long Field Goal 50 Owens, Garrett, vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)Punts 7 Wheeler, Ian, at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Punting Avg 49.3 Riggleman, D., at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Long Punt 60 Leininger, Cole, at California (Oct 03, 2015)Punts inside 20 3 Marcus Kinsella, vs Portland State (Sep 05, 2015)Long Punt Return 69 Phillips, N., at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Long Kickoff Return 100 Grant, Janarion, at Rutgers (Sep 12, 2015) Bolden,Victor, vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)Tackles 14 Longa, Steve, at Rutgers (Sep 12, 2015)Sacks 2.5 Kragen, Kyle, at California (Oct 03, 2015)Tackles For Loss 2.5 Kragen, Kyle, at California (Oct 03, 2015) Coleman, Tyson, at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015) Worthy, J., at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Interceptions 2 Meeks,Q, vs Stanford (Oct 31, 2015)
OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes 50 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Yards Rushing 410 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Yards Per Rush 8.2 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)TD Rushes 3 vs Portland State (Sep 05, 2015) at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015) at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015) vs Stanford (Oct 31, 2015) vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Pass attempts 45 at California (Oct 03, 2015) vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Pass completions 33 at California (Oct 03, 2015)Yards Passing 390 at California (Oct 03, 2015)Yards Per Pass 8.7 at California (Oct 03, 2015)TD Passes 4 at California (Oct 03, 2015)Total Plays 87 vs Arizona State (Nov 07, 2015)Total Offense 533 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Yards Per Play 7.2 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Points 42 at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Sacks By 7 at California (Oct 03, 2015) at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)First Downs 26 at Rutgers (Sep 12, 2015)Penalties 11 at Rutgers (Sep 12, 2015) vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015)Penalty Yards 100 at Rutgers (Sep 12, 2015)Turnovers 3 at Rutgers (Sep 12, 2015)Interceptions By 2 vs Oregon State (Oct 17, 2015) vs Stanford (Oct 31, 2015)Punts 7 at Oregon (Oct 10, 2015)Punting Avg 49.3 at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)Long Punt 60 at California (Oct 03, 2015)Punts inside 20 3 vs Portland State (Sep 05, 2015)Long Punt Return 69 at Arizona (Oct 24, 2015)
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PASS ATTEMPTS No. Player Years1. 1,633 Connor Halliday 2011-142. 1,451 Alex Brink 2004-073. 1,118 Jason Gesser 1999-20024. 1,086 Jack Thompson 1975-785. 979 Drew Bledsoe 1990-926. 880 Ryan Leaf 1994-977. 865 Jeff Tuel 2009-128. 789 Timm Rosenbach 1986-889. 746 Luke Falk 2014-present10. 725 Ty Paine 1970-72
PASS COMPLETIONS No. Player Years1. 1,013 Connor Halliday 2011-142. 848 Alex Brink 2004-073. 611 Jason Gesser 1999-20024. 601 Jack Thompson 1975-785. 532 Drew Bledsoe 1990-926. 531 Jeff Tuel 2009-127. 509 Luke Falk 2014-present8. 474 Timm Rosenbach 1986-889. 473 Ryan Leaf 1994-9710. 371 Chad Davis 1994-95
PASSING YARDS No. Player Years1. 11,304 Connor Halliday 2011-142. 10,913 Alex Brink 2004-073. 8,830 Jason Gesser 1999-024. 7,818 Jack Thompson 1975-785. 7,433 Ryan Leaf 1994-976. 7,373 Drew Bledsoe 1990-927. 5,995 Timm Rosenbach 1986-888. 5,936 Jeff Tuel 2009-129. 5,595 Luke Falk 2014-present10. 4,573 Mark Rypien 1981-85
COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (Min. 150) No. Player Years1. .682 Luke Falk 2014-present (509/746)2. .620 Connor Halliday 2011-14 (1013/1633)3. .614 Jeff Tuel 2009-12 (531/865)4. .601 Timm Rosenbach 1986-88 (474/789)5. .584 Alex Brink 2004-07 (848/1451)6. .580 Chad Davis 1994-95 (371/640)7. .563 Bob Newman 1956-58 (246/437)8. .553 Jack Thompson 1975-78 (601/1,086)9. .555 Marshall Lobbestael 2008-11 (335/603)10. .547 Jason Gesser 1999-02 (611/1,118)11. .543 Drew Bledsoe 1990-92 (532/979)
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Years1. 90 Connor Halliday 2011-142. 76 Alex Brink 2004-073. 70 Jason Gesser 1999-024. 59 Ryan Leaf 1994-975. 53 Jack Thompson 1975-786. 46 Drew Bledsoe 1990-92 46 Luke Falk 2014-present8. 39 Timm Rosenbach 1986-889. 33 Jeff Tuel 2009-1210. 28 Mark Rypien 1981-85
400+ PASSING YARDS No. Player Years1. 12 Connor Halliday 2011-14 7 Luke Falk 2014-present3. 5 Alex Brink 2004-074. 2 Drew Bledsoe 1990-92 2 Jason Gesser 1999-20026. 1 Ryan Leaf 1994-97 1 Mike Pattinson 1989-93 1 Mark Rypien 1981-85 1 Jeff Tuel 2009-12
300+ PASSING YARDS No. Player Years1. 21 Connor Halliday 2011-142. 12 Alex Brink 2004-07 12 Ryan Leaf 1994-97 12 Luke Falk 2014-present5. 6 Jason Gesser 1999-2002 6 Timm Rosenbach 1986-887. 5 Drew Bledsoe 1990-92 5 Matt Kegel 2000-03 5 Jack Thompson 1975-78 5 Marshall Lobbestael 2008-11 5 Jeff Tuel 2009-12
RECEPTIONS No. Player Years1. 195 Michael Bumpus 2004-072. 192 Gabe Marks 2012-present3. 189 Marquess Wilson 2010-124. 182 Brandon Gibson 2005-085. 177 Hugh Campbell 1960-626. 171 Dom Williams 2012-present7. 166 Jared Karstetter 2008-118. 164 Isiah Myers 2011-149. 160 River Cracraft 2013-present10. 148 Phillip Bobo 1990-92 148 Jason Hill 2003-06 148 Vince Mayle 2013-14
RECEIVING YARDS No. Player Years1. 3,207 Marquess Wilson 2010-122. 2,756 Brandon Gibson 2005-083. 2,704 Jason Hill 2003-064. 2,628 Dom Williams 2012-present5. 2,459 Hugh Campbell 1960-626. 2,447 Nian Taylor 1996-997. 2,250 Tim Stallworth 1986-898. 2,232 Gabe Marks 2012-present9. 2,182 Phillip Bobo 1990-9210. 2,168 C.J. Davis 1988-92
- 1,937 River Cracraft 2013-present
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Years1. 32 Jason Hill 2003-06 (2nd all-time Pac-10)2. 27 Dom Williams 2012-present3. 23 Marquess Wilson 2010-124. 22 Hugh Campbell 1960-625. 20 Gabe Marks 2012-present6. 19 Jared Karstetter 2008-11 19 Isiah Myers 2011-148. 18 Nian Taylor 1996-99 18 Deron Pointer 1991-93 18 Devard Darling 2002-03
- 15 River Cracraft 2013-present
100+ RECEIVING YARDS No. Player Years1. 14 Marquess Wilson 2010-122. 11 Mike Levenseller 1975-77 3. 9 Hugh Campbell 1960-62 9 Brandon Gibson 2005-08 9 Jason Hill 2003-06 9 Tim Stallworth 1986-897. 8 Dom Williams 2012-present8. 7 Phillip Bobo 1990-92 7 C.J. Davis 1988-89, 91-92 7 Vince Mayle 2013-14 7 Gabe Marks 2012-present 7 River Cracraft 2013-present
TOTAL OFFENSE No. Player Years1. 11,011 Alex Brink 2004-062. 10,812 Connor Halliday 2011-143. 9,007 Jason Gesser 1999-014. 7,698 Jack Thompson 1975-785. 7,262 Ryan Leaf 1994-976. 7,151 Drew Bledsoe 1990-927. 6,690 Timm Rosenbach 1986-888. 5,978 Jeff Tuel 2009-129. 5,432 Luke Falk 2014-present10. 5,101 Mark Rypien 1981-85
SACKS No. Player Years1. 37.5 DeWayne Patterson 1991-94 (-244)2. 32.5 D.D. Acholonu 2000-03 (-235)3. 29.5 Mkristo Bruce 2003-06 (-154)4. 22.5 Isaac Brown 2000-03 (-145)5. 21.5 Keith Millard 1981-83 (-179.5)6. 20.5 Travis Long 2009-12 (-141)7. 19.0 Scott Pelluer 1977-80 (-87)8. 17.5 Ivan Cook 1985-88 (-152)9. 17.0 Rien Long 2000-02 (-119)10. 16.0 Kache Palacio 2012-present
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PASS ATTEMPTS No. Player Opponent Date1. 89 Connor Halliday Oregon 20132. 79 Connor Halliday Arizona 20143. 74 Luke Falk Arizona State 2014 74 Luke Falk at Oregon 20155. 70 Connor Halliday California 20146. 69 Connor Halliday Stanford 20147. 67 Connor Halliday California 20138. 66 Drew Bledsoe Montana 1992 66 Luke Falk at Rutgers 201510. 65 Connor Halliday Auburn 2013
PASS COMPLETIONS No. Player Opponent Date1. 58 Connor Halliday Oregon 20132. 56 Connor Halliday Arizona 20143. 50 Luke Falk at Oregon 20154. 49 Connor Halliday California 20145. 47 Luke Falk at Rutgers 20156. 47 Luke Falk at Arizona 20157. 45 Luke Falk at Arizona State 20148. 44 Luke Falk at Oregon State 20149. 43 Connor Halliday Oregon 201410. 42 Jeff Tuel Stanford 2012 42 Connor Halliday at Stanford 2014
PASSING YARDS No. Player Opponent Date1. 734 Connor Halliday California 20142. 601 Luke Falk at Arizona State 20143. 557 Connor Halliday Oregon 20134. 544 Connor Halliday Portland State 20145. 532 Connor Halliday Rutgers 20146. 531 Alex Brink Oregon State 20057. 521 Connor Halliday California 20138. 514 Luke Falk at Arizona 20159. 505 Luke Falk at Oregon 201510. 497 Luke Falk Arizona State 2015
TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Opponent Date1. 6 Jason Gesser Arizona (3OT) 2000 6 Connor Halliday vs. Colorado State 2013 6 Connor Halliday Portland State 2014 6 Connor Halliday California 2014 6 Luke Falk Oregon State 20156. 5 Jack Thompson Washington 1976 5 Timm Rosenbach Tennessee 1988 5 Drew Bledsoe Oregon State 1991 5 Ryan Leaf California 1997 5 Alex Brink California 2005 5 Alex Brink San Diego State 2007 5 Alex Brink Washington 2007 5 Marshall Lobbestael UNLV 2011 5 Connor Halliday UCLA 2012 5 Connor Halliday Southern Utah 2013 5 Connor Halliday Rutgers 2014 5 Luke Falk at Oregon State 2014 5 Luke Falk at Oregon 2015 5 Luke Falk at Arizona 2015 5 Luke Falk Arizona State 2015
300 PASSING YARDS IN A HALF (SINCE 1983) No. Player Opponent Date1. 397 (2nd) Connor Halliday California 20142. 371 (2nd) Ryan Leaf Arizona State 19973. 349 (2nd) Luke Falk Arizona State 20154. 337 (1st) Connor Halliday California 20145. 335 (1st) Luke Falk at Arizona 20156. 329 (1st) Luke Falk Arizona State 20147. 323 (1st) Luke Falk Oregon State 20158. 321 (1st) Connor Halliday Portland State 20149. 319 (1st) Connor Halliday Oregon 201310. 305 (1st) Ryan Leaf SW Louisiana 199711. 304 (1st) Alex Brink San Diego State 200712. 303 (1st) Ryan Leaf San Jose State 199613. 302 (1st) Mike Pattinson Arizona State 199314. 300 (1st) Drew Bledsoe Utah (Copper Bowl) 1992
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Opponent Date1. 5 James Matthews Idaho 19822. 4 Rueben Mayes Stanford 1984 4 Rueben Mayes Montana State 1985 4 Shaumbe Wright-Fair Temple 1992 4 Deon Burnett Louisiana Lafayette 1999 4 Dave Minnich Arizona 2001 4 John Tippins Montana State 20018. 3 24 Times Most Recent: (Carl Winston, Washington, 2012)
RECEPTIONS (10+) No. Player Opponent Date1. 15 Vince Mayle at Arizona State 20142. 14 River Cracraft at Stanford 2014 14 Vince Mayle Arizona 2014 14 Gabe Marks at Rutgers 20155. 13 Gabe Marks Oregon 20136. 12 Doug Flansburg Houston 1966 12 Marquess Wilson Oregon 2012 12 Vince Mayle Rutgers 20149. 11 11 players (11 times) Most Recent: (Dom Williams, Oregon State, 2015)
RECEIVING YARDS No. Player Opponent Date1. 263 Vince Mayle California 20142. 252 Vince Mayle Arizona State 20143. 255 Deron Pointer ASU 19934. 254 Nian Taylor Idaho 19985. 252 Gail Cogdill Northwestern 19586. 240 Jason Hill California 20057. 236 Marquess Wilson San Diego State 20118. 227 Isiah Myers Portland State 20149. 223 Marquess Wilson Arizona State 201110. 215 Ed Barker Oregon State 1951
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Opponent Date1. 4 Gabe Marks at Arizona 20152. 3 Jack Fanning Nebraska 1957 3 Hugh Campbell Arizona State 1960 3 Mike Levenseller Washington 1976 3 Phillip Bobo Arizona State 1990 3 Deron Pointer Arizona State 1993 3 Nian Taylor Idaho 1998 3 Nakoa McElrath Arizona 2000 3 Nakoa McElrath Boise State 2001 3 Jason Hill Idaho 2004 3 Jason Hill California 2005 3 Chris Jordan Idaho 2006 3 Marquess Wilson Arizona State 2011 3 Isiah Myers Portland State 2014 3 River Cracraft California 2014
TOTAL TACKLES No. Player Opponent Date1. 28 Brian Forde California 19852. 25 Brian Forde Michigan 1987 25 Dan Grayson Arizona 19894. 24 Brian Forde Stanford 19865. 23 Anthony McClanahan USC 1991 23 James Darling Colorado 19967. 20 Brian Forde Arizona 1986 20 Tuineau Alipate Michigan 1987 20 Dan Grayson Arizona 1989 20 Anthony McClanahan Stanford 1991 20 Anthony McClanahan Arizona State 1992 20 Brandon Moore Arizona State 1997
TACKLES-FOR-LOSS No. Player Opponent Date1. 6.5 Cory Evans Oregon State 2007 (-20)2. 5.0 Keith Millard Arizona 1983 (-26) 5.0 DeWayne Patterson Pacific 1993 (-25) 5.0 Mkristo Bruce Stanford 2006 (-33) 5.0 Andy Mattingly Arizona State 2007 (-31)6. 4.5 D.D. Acholonu Washington 2003 (-27)7. 4.0 20 times Most Recent: (Cyrus Coen, Arizona State, 2012)
SACKS (since 1979; 3+) No. Player Opponent Date1. 5.0 Mkristo Bruce Stanford 2006 (-33)2. 4.0 Tim Downing California 1987 (-8) 4.0 Keith Millard Oregon State 1983 (-35) 4.0 DeWayne Patterson Oregon 1993 (-23) 4.0 DeWayne Patterson UCLA 1994 (-13) 4.0 Andy Mattingly Arizona State 2007 (-29)7. 3.5 DeWayne Patterson Oregon 1994 (-22)8. 3.0 13 players (20 times) Most Recent: (Ivan McLennan, Wyoming, 2015)
INTERCEPTIONS No. Player Opponent Date1. 4 Lamont Thompson UCLA 20012. 3 Bill Lippincott Oregon State 1945 3 Laverne Torgeson Penn State 1948 3 Clete Baltes Stanford 1962 3 Rick Reed Oregon 1966 3 Lionel Thomas Pacific 1969 3 Lionel Thomas Idaho 1970 3 Eric Johnson Washington 1972 3 Paul Sorensen Arizona 1981 3 Ron Collins Stanford 1984 3 Torey Hunter Arizona State 1991 3 Lamont Thompson Washington 1997 3 Will Derting Nevada 2002
FIELD GOALS MADE No. Player Opponent Date1. 5 Drew Dunning New Mexico 2003 5 Erik Powell Stanford 20153. 4 Chuck Diedrick Kansas 1975 4 Paul Watson Kansas 1977 4 John Traut Tennessee 1984 4 Jason Hanson BYU 1989 4 Jason Hanson Arizona 1989 4 Rian Lindell Boise State 1998 4 Drew Dunning Purdue 2001 4 Drew Dunning Washington 2002 4 Drew Dunning Idaho 2003 4 Drew Dunning Washington 2003 4 Romeen Abdollmohammadi Stanford 2007 4 Andrew Furney UCLA 2011
LONGEST FIELD GOAL (50+) No. Player Opponent Date1. 62 Jason Hanson UNLV 19912. 60 Andrew Furney Eastern Washington 20123. 58 Jason Hanson Brigham Young 1989 58 Jason Hanson Arizona State 19905. 57 Paul Watson Idaho 1977 57 Rian Lindell Boise State 19977. 56 Nico Grasu Oklahoma State 20108. 55 Joe Danelo Stanford 1974 55 Jason Hanson California 199010. 54 Jason Hanson UCLA 1990 54 Jason Hanson Fresno State 1991
PUNTS No. Player Opponent Date1. 14 Mike Monahan Stanford 19692. 12 Steve Johnston UCLA 19923. 11 Hank Grenda Washington 1968 11 Tim Davey Idaho 1978 11 Glenn Harper Oregon 1982 11 Steve Johnston UCLA 1993 11 George Martin Illinois 1994 11 George Martin UCLA 1994 11 George Martin Oregon 1994 11 George Martin Arizona 1994
LONGEST PUNT No. Player Opponent Date1. 87 Kyle Basler Arizona 20042. 84 Reid Forrest California 20103. 83 Gavin Hedrick California 19754. 82 Gavin Hedrick California 19775. 81 Rob Meyers USC 19896. 80 Richard Emerson Oklahoma 19387. 76 Mark Rypien Oregon State 19848. 75 Rob Myers Wyoming 19899. 74 Keith Lincoln Idaho 1960 74 Rob Myers Washington 1989
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POINTS No. Opponent Season1. 86 Blair Business College 19072. 84 Idaho 19753. 77 SW Louisiana 19974. 74 Puget Sound 19095. 73 Eastern Washington 19086. 70 Spokane AC 19077. 68 Montana 19428. 65 Pacific (Ore.) 19249. 64 Montana State 1985 64 Idaho State 2011
TOTAL OFFENSE (600+) No. Opponent Season1. 812 California 20142. 706 Portland State 20143. 693 Idaho 19754. 675 Utah 19855. 663 Oregon 19846. 654 San Diego State 20077. 653 Montana State 20018. 641 at Oregon 20159. 638 at Oregon State 2005 638 Portland State 200811. 637 Idaho 200612. 636 Utah (Copper Bowl) 199213. 631 at Arziona 201514. 622 Portland State 201415. 619 California 199716. 618 at Tennessee 198817. 615 Minnesota 198818. 610 UNLV 201119. 605 California 200520. 603 Oregon 197721. 602 UNLV 198322. 601 at Illinois 1988 601 at California 2005
TOTAL PLAYS No. Opponent Season1. 106 Montana 19922. 105 at Oregon 20153. 101 at Oregon 20134. 100 at Arizona State 20145. 99 Arizona 20146. 98 UCLA 20077. 97 at Oregon State 20058. 95 California 20149. 93 at Arizona 201510. 92 Colorado 2004 92 Portland State 2008 92 USC 2014
FIRST DOWNS No. Opponent Season1. 36 Montana 1992 36 San Diego State 2007 36 Portland State 20084. 35 Oregon 20135. 34 Illinois 1988 34 at Arizona 20157. 33 Oregon State 1991 33 Portland State 2014 33 California 2014 33 Arizona 2014 33 at Oregon State 2014
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS No. Opponent Season1. 7 UNLV 2011 7 Portland State 20143. 6 Arizona 2000 6 Colorado State 2013 6 California 2014 6 Oregon State 20157. 5 15 times Last - Arizona State, 2015
PASS ATTEMPTS No. Opponent Season1. 89 at Oregon 20132. 79 Arizona 20143. 76 California 1974 76 Washington 1975 76 at Arizona State 20146. 75 at Oregon 20157. 70 California 20148. 69 at Stanford 20149. 67 at California 201310. 66 USC 2014 66 at Rutgers 2015
PASS COMPLETIONS No. Opponent Season1. 58 at Oregon 20132. 56 Arizona 20143. 50 at Oregon 20154. 49 California 20145. 47 at Rutgers 2015 47 at Arizona 20157. 45 at Arizona State 20148. 44 USC 2014 44 at Oregon State 201410. 43 Portland State 2014 43 Oregon 2014
PASSING YARDS No. Opponent Season1. 734 California 20142. 630 Portland State 20143. 601 at Arizona State 20144. 557 Oregon 20135. 532 Rutgers 20146. 531 Oregon State 20057. 521 California 20138. 514 at Arizona 20159. 513 California 200110. 505 at Oregon 2015
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS No. Opponent Season1. 10 Idaho 19752. 7 Oregon 1977 7 Montana State 19854. 6 Pacific 1964 6 Oregon 1981 6 Oregon 1984 6 Louisiana Monroe 19978. 5 San Jose State 1962 5 Utah 1971 5 Washington 1973 5 Arizona 1980 5 BYU 1981 5 Montana State 1981 5 Idaho 1982 5 Stanford 1984 5 Oregon State 1985 5 Illinois 1988 5 Oregon State 1993
RUSH ATTEMPTS No. Opponent Season1. 76 California 1974 76 Washington 1975 71 Montana State 1985 69 UNLV 1983 68 Pacific (Ore.) 1980 67 Idaho 1975 66 Oregon 1973 66 Washington 1973 66 Oregon 1977 66 California 1981 66 Stanford 1982
NET RUSHING YARDS No. Opponent Season1. 524 Oregon 19842. 442 California 19743. 439 Idaho 19754. 438 Oregon 19715. 417 Montana State 19856. 392 UNLV 19837. 363 Army 19808. 352 Pacific (Ore.) 19649. 350 Oregon State 197910. 347 California 1973
FUMBLES (Since 1957) No. Opponent Season1. 10 UCLA 19712. 9 Utah 1972 9 UCLA 1973 9 Stanford 19745. 8 Arizona 1972 8 Kansas 1973 8 Oregon State 19848. 7 17 Times Last - Hawaii 2009
FUMBLES LOST (Since 1957) No. Opponent Season1. 6 UCLA 19712. 5 Utah State 1961 5 Utah 1966 5 Stanford 19745. 4 24 Times Last - Hawaii 2009
KICK RETURN YARDS No. Opponent Season1. 298 California 20082. 249 Oregon 19983. 238 Oregon 20124. 228 Oregon State 20115. 207 Arizona State 19896. 199 Oregon State 19637. 195 at Rutgers 20158. 184 Arizona State 19909. 178 USC 200710. 176 Oregon 2011
PUNT RETURNS No. Opponent Season1. 10 Oregon 19942. 9 California 1993 9 San Jose State 19964. 8 Idaho 1972 8 Oregon State 1995 8 Stanford 20037. 7 San Jose State 1968 7 Utah 1971 7 California 1984 7 Montana State 1993 7 Oregon State 1993 7 UCLA 1993 7 USC 1994 7 Oregon 2002 7 Arizona 2003 7 Arizona 2004 7 Nevada 2005
PUNT RETURN YARDS No. Opponent Season1. 186 SW Louisiana 1997 2. 171 San Jose State 19683. 163 Nevada 20054. 153 Idaho 19735. 129 San Jose State 19596. 116 Stanford 20037. 113 Idaho 1968 113 Oregon 19839. 110 Montana State 200310. 105 Boise State 1997
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PASS ATTEMPTS No. Player Season1. 714 Connor Halliday 20132. 526 Connor Halliday 20143. 503 Alex Brink 2007 503 Luke Falk 20155. 432 Drew Bledsoe 19926. 410 Ryan Leaf 19977. 402 Jason Gesser 20028. 396 Alex Brink 20069. 394 Matt Kegel 200310. 390 Timm Rosenbach 1987
PASS COMPLETIONS No. Player Season1. 449 Connor Halliday 20132. 354 Connor Halliday 20143. 353 Luke Falk 20154. 305 Alex Brink 20075. 241 Drew Bledsoe 1992 241 Alex Brink 20067. 236 Jason Gesser 20028. 227 Ryan Leaf 19979. 222 Timm Rosenbach 198710. 219 Jeff Tuel 2010
PASSING YARDS No. Player Season1. 4,597 Connor Halliday 20132. 3,968 Ryan Leaf 19973. 3,873 Connor Halliday 20144. 3,818 Alex Brink 20075. 3,736 Luke Falk 20156. 3,408 Jason Gesser 20027. 3,246 Drew Bledsoe 19928. 3,097 Timm Rosenbach 19889. 3,010 Jason Gesser 200110. 2,947 Matt Kegel 2003
COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (Min. 100) No. Player Season1. .702 (353/503) Luke Falk 20152. .673 (354/526) Connor Halliday 20143. .645 (218/338) Timm Rosenbach 1988 4. .642 (156-243) Luke Falk 20145. .637 (212/333) Jeff Tuel 20126. .629 (449/714) Connor Halliday 20137. .610 (208/341) Marshall Lobbestael 20118. .609 (241/396) Alex Brink 20069. .608 (115/189) Aaron Garcia 198910. .606 (305/503) Alex Brink 2007
TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Season1. 34 Ryan Leaf 1997 34 Connor Halliday 20133. 33 Luke Falk 20154. 32 Connor Halliday 20145. 28 Jason Gesser 20026. 26 Jason Gesser 2001 26 Alex Brink 20078. 24 Timm Rosenbach 1988 24 Alex Brink 200510. 21 Ryan Leaf 1996 21 Matt Kegel 2003
300-YARD PASSING GAMES No. Player Season1. 9 Ryan Leaf 1997 9 Connor Halliday 20133. 8 Alex Brink 2007 8 Luke Falk 20155. 7 Connor Halliday 20146. 5 Matt Kegel 20037. 5 Marshall Lobbestael 20118. 4 Jack Thompson 1976 4 Timm Rosenbach 1988 4 Drew Bledsoe 1992 4 Connor Halliday 2012 4 Luke Falk 2014
RUSHING ATTEMPTS No. Player Season1. 308 Jerome Harrison 20052. 264 Shaumbe Wright-Fair 19923. 260 Steve Broussard 19894. 258 Rueben Mayes 19845. 242 Michael Black 19976. 228 Rueben Mayes 19857. 224 Jonathan Smith 20038. 222 Steve Broussard 19889. 218 Rich Swinton 198810. 215 Kevin Brown 1998
NET RUSHING YARDS (1000+) No. Player Season1. 1,900 Jerome Harrison 20052. 1,637 Rueben Mayes 19843. 1,330 Shaumbe Wright-Fair 19924. 1,280 Steve Broussard 19885. 1,237 Steve Broussard 19896. 1,236 Rueben Mayes 19857. 1,189 Bernard Jackson 19718. 1,181 Michael Black 19979. 1,059 Andrew Jones 197310. 1,046 Kevin Brown 199811. 1,018 Rich Swinton 198812. 1,000 Kerry Porter 1983
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Season1. 16 Jerome Harrison 20052. 13 Steve Broussard 1989 13 Shaumbe Wright-Fair 19924. 12 Deon Burnett 19995. 11 Bob Kennedy 1941 11 Bernard Jackson 1971 11 Ken Grandberry 1972 11 Samoa Samoa 1980 11 Rueben Mayes 1984 11 Steve Broussard 1988 11 Michael Black 1997
RECEPTIONS No. Player Season1. 106 Vince Mayle 20142. 82 Marquess Wilson 20113. 78 Isiah Myers 20144. 74 Gabe Marks 20135. 72 Nakoa McElrath 20016. 70 Michael Bumpus 20077. 69 Gabe Marks 20158. 67 Hugh Campbell 1960 67 Mike Levenseller 1976 67 Brandon Gibson 2007
RECEIVING YARDS No. Player Season1. 1,483 Vince Mayle 20142. 1,388 Marquess Wilson 20113. 1,180 Brandon Gibson 20074. 1,163 Nakoa McElrath 20015. 1,151 Tim Stallworth 19886. 1,124 Mike Levenseller 19767. 1,097 Jason Hill 20058. 1,024 C.J. Davis 19929. 1,007 Jason Hill 200410. 1,006 Marquess Wilson 201011. 1,005 Chris Jackson 1997
RECEIVING TOUHDOWNS No. Player Season1. 13 Jason Hill 20052. 12 Jason Hill 2004 12 Marquess Wilson 2011 12 Isiah Myers 20145. 11 Kevin McKenzie 1997 11 Chris Jackson 1997 11 Devard Darling 2002 11 Gabe Marks 20159. 10 Hugh Campbell 1960 10 Mike Bush 2001
100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES No. Player Season1. 7 Mike Levenseller 19762. 6 Brandon Gibson 2007 6 Marquess Wilson 2011 6 Vince Mayle 20145. 5 Tim Stallworth 1988 5 Nakoa McElrath 2001 5 Marquess Wilson 20108. 4 Hugh Campbell 1962 4 Mike Levenseller 1977 4 C.J. Davis 1992 4 Jason Hill 2004
TOTAL TACKLES (100+) No. Player Season1. 157 Brian Forde 19862. 153 Lee Blakeney 19843. 147 Tuineau Alipate 19874. 144 Anthony McClanahan 19915. 141 Brian Forde 19876. 140 Anthony McClanahan 19927. 138 Tom Poe 19718. 136 James Darling 19969. 133 Dan Grayson 198910 132 John Rushing 1991
TACKLES-FOR-LOSS No. Player Season1. 22.0 DeWayne Patterson 1993 (-150)2. 21.5 Rien Long 2002 (-108)3. 21.0 D.D. Acholonu 2003 (-130)4. 19.0 Brandon Moore 1997 (-90)5. 18.5 Keith Millard 1983 (121.5) 18.5 DeWayne Patterson 1994 (-92)7. 18.0 Scott Pelluer 1980 (-72)8. 17.5 Keith Millard 1982 (81)9. 16.5 Mark Fields 1994 (-86)10. 16.0 Mkristo Bruce 2006 (-77)
SACKS No. Player Season1. 17.0 DeWayne Patterson 1993 (-128)2. 16.5 D.D. Acholonu 2003 (-121)3. 13.5 DeWayne Patterson 1994 (-73)4. 13.0 Rien Long 2002 (-85)5. 12.5 Keith Millard 1983 (-107.5)6. 12.0 Scott Pelluer 1980 (-60)7. 11.0 Mkristo Bruce 2006 (-77)8. 10.0 Mike Walker 1981 (-55) 10.0 Mkristo Bruce 2005 (-52)10. 9.5 D.D. Acholonu 2001 (-69) 9.5 Isaac Brown 2001 (-54) 9.5 Travis Long 2012 (-79)
INTERCEPTIONS No. Player Season1. 10 Lamont Thompson 20012. 8 Rick Reed 19683. 7 Ernest Thomas 1969 7 Eric Johnson 1973 7 Bill Lippincott 1945 7 Jason David 2002 7 Erik Coleman 20038. 6 Lionel Thomas 1969 6 Lamont Thompson 1997 6 Jason David 2003 6 Deone Bucannon 2013
INTERCEPTION TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Season1. 3 Damante Horton 20132. 2 Jason David 2003
2015 Washington State FootballWashington State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 08, 2015)
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Team Statistics WSU OPPSCORING 321 271 Points Per Game 35.7 30.1 Points Off Turnovers 37 39FIRST DOWNS 233 194 R u s h i n g 56 96 P a s s i n g 169 91 P e n a l t y 8 7RUSHING YARDAGE 741 1859 Yards gained rushing 1020 2127 Yards lost rushing 279 268 Rushing Attempts 214 363 Average Per Rush 3.5 5.1 Average Per Game 82.3 206.6 TDs Rushing 6 18PASSING YARDAGE 3756 1900 C o m p - A t t - I n t 355-512-8 181-278-8 Average Per Pass 7.3 6.8 Average Per Catch 10.6 10.5 Average Per Game 417.3 211.1 TDs Passing 33 12TOTAL OFFENSE 4497 3759 Total Plays 726 641 Average Per Play 6.2 5.9 Average Per Game 499.7 417.7KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 25-541 39-807PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 15-128 10-167INT RETURNS: #-Yards 8-142 8-111KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.6 20.7PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.5 16.7INT RETURN AVERAGE 17.8 13.9FUMBLES-LOST 18-7 15-8PENALTIES-Yards 46-349 56-468 Average Per Game 38.8 52.0PUNTS-Yards 32-1235 38-1614 Average Per Punt 38.6 42.5 Net punt average 30.9 38.1KICKOFFS-Yards 60-3367 47-2878 Average Per Kick 56.1 61.2 Net kick average 35.6 40.1TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 3 8 2 9 : 2 13RD-DOWN Conversions 55/134 58/128 3rd-Down Pct 41% 45%4TH-DOWN Conversions 21/29 8/19 4th-Down Pct 72% 42%SACKS BY-Yards 23-143 29-217MISC YARDS 0 30TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 40 35FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 14-18 9-10ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-4RED-ZONE SCORES (40-43) 93% (33-37) 89%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (29-43) 67% (26-37) 70%PAT-ATTEMPTS (39-39) 100% (28-30) 93%ATTENDANCE 151323 194200 Games/Avg Per Game 5/30265 4/48550 Neutral Site Games 0/0
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalWashington State 62 115 45 85 14 321Opponents 51 54 75 84 7 271
2015 Washington State FootballWashington State Game Results (as of Nov 08, 2015)
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Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time AttendSep 05, 2015 PORTLAND STATE L 17-24 0-1 0-0 2:59 24302Sep 12, 2015 at Rutgers W 37-34 1-1 0-0 3:36 46536Sep 19, 2015 WYOMING W 31-14 2-1 0-0 3:08 31105
*Oct 03, 2015 at #24 California L 28-34 2-2 0-1 3:20 42042*Oct 10, 2015 at Oregon Wo 45-38 3-2 1-1 3:53 57775*Oct 17, 2015 OREGON STATE W 52-31 4-2 2-1 3:26 32952*Oct 24, 2015 at Arizona W 45-42 5-2 3-1 3:24 47847*Oct 31, 2015 #8 STANFORD L 28-30 5-3 3-2 3:41 30012*Nov 07, 2015 ARIZONA STATE W 38-24 6-3 4-2 3:37 32952
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STATISTICS
2015 Washington State FootballWashington State Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Nov 08, 2015)
PULLMAN, Wash. – Portland State of the FCS upset Washington State 24-17 in a driving rainstorm that hampered WSU’s high-flying offense. Portland State scored all 24 of its points in the second half, and won despite being out-gained 411 yards to 294 yards. It was the first time Portland State beat a Pacific-12 team in 15 tries, and lifted their re-cord to 3-32 against FBS teams. It was Washington State’s first loss to an FCS team in 20 outings. Steven Long scored on a 1-yard run with just over 2 minutes left in the game to lift Portland State to the upset. The rain and unseasonably chilly temperatures stymied Washington State’s passing game under quarterback Luke Falk, who this year replaced national passing leader Connor Halliday. But Portland State had the stronger ground attack, out-rushing Washington State 233 yards to 104 yards. Portland State quarterback Alex Kuresa completed just 7 of 12 passes for 61 yards, but led all rushers with 92 yards on 16 carries in the opener for both teams. Falk completed 27 of 41 passes for 289 yards with two touchdowns for WSU. He left the game in the closing minutes with an undisclosed injury. Washington State’s opening drive stalled on Portland State’s 4-yard line, and the Cougars settled for Erik Powell’s 21-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead. The Cougars had a bizarre drive on their second possession, moving forward and back over 90 yards because of penalties, and converting three fourth-down plays, before Powell’s 22-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Aaron Sibley. Washington State’s first touchdown came on a screen pass from Falk to Keith Harrington, which the freshman running back turned into a 24-yard gain that gave the Cougars a 10-0 lead midway through the second quarter. That lead stood at halftime, as the Cougars outgained Portland State 274 yards to 66 yards in the first half. Portland State came out strong in the third quarter, driving 75 yards with Paris Penn scoring on a 4-yard rush to cut Washington State’s lead to 10-7. On Portland State’s next possession, Jonathan Gonzales kicked a 42-yard field goal to tie the score at 10 with 4:37 left in the third. Washington State turned the ball over on downs on its next possession, with Portland State taking over on its own 28. The Vikings were forced to punt, but WSU’s Kyrin Priester fumbled the catch and Portland State recovered on WSU’s 11. Nate Tago pounded over from the 8 to give Portland State a 17-10 lead with 13:06 left. Tavares Martin returned the ensuing kickoff to Portland State’s 46, aided by a face-mask penalty against the Vikings. Gabe Marks caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Falk to tie the score at 17 with 9:11 left. Kuresa led Portland State on a 14-play, 69-yard drive that consumed nearly 7 minutes, with Long rushing from the 1-yard line to lift Portland State to a 24-17 lead with 2:19 left. Sibley intercepted a pass from WSU’s Peyton Bender with 42 seconds left to seal the win.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALPortland State 0 0 10 14 24Washington State 3 7 0 7 17
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 10:51 WSU Erik Powell 21 yd field goal 11-71 4:092nd 07:51 WSU Keith Harrington 24 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 7-77 3:093rd 10:54 PSU Paris Penn 4 yd run (J. Gonzales kick) 10-75 4:01 04:37 PSU J. Gonzales 42 yd field goal 10-54 5:174th 13:06 PSU Nate Tago 8 yd run (J. Gonzales kick) 3-11 1:42 09:11 WSU Gabe Marks 5 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 11-46 3:44 02:19 PSU Steven Long 1 yd run (J. Gonzales kick) 14-69 6:46
TEAM STATISTICS PSU WSU FIRST DOWNS 19 21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 48-233 30-104 PASSING YDS (NET) 61 307 Passes Att-Comp-Int 12-7-0 45-28-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 60-294 75-411 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-6 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-81 4-92 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-46.0 2-52.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1 Penalties-Yards 5-61 5-32 Possession Time 29:48 30:12 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 12 4 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 7 of 8 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 2-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-10 3-17
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Portland State-Alex Kuresa 16-92; Paris Penn 13-57; David Jones 7-36; Nate Tago 3-28; Steven Long 8-22;
TEAM 1-minus 2. Washington State-Gerard Wicks 14-63; Jamal Morrow 8-33; Luke Falk 8-8.
RECEIVING: Portland State-Thomas Carter 4-34; David Jones 2-16; Cam Sommer 1-11. Washington State-Gabe Marks 6-76; Dom Williams 5-86; John Thompson 3-33; Tyler Baker 3-20; Kyrin Priester 3-16; River Cracraft 2-26; Keith Harrington 2-25; Robert Lewis 1-12; Daniel Lilienthal 1-7; Gerard Wicks 1-3; Jamal Morrow 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS: Portland State-Aaron Sibley 1-0. Washington State-None.
SACKS (UA-A): Portland State-S. Talalemotu 1-0. Washington State-Darryl Paulo 1-0; Destiny Vaeao 1-0; Kache Palacio 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Portland State-Jeremy Lutali 8-1; P. Onwuasor 6-2; Xavier Coleman 5-2; AJ Schlatter 5-1; S. Talalemotu 3-2; Mosa Likio 3-1; Daniel Fusi 3-1; Aaron Sibley 2-2; John Norcross 1-3; Walter Santiago 3-0; Beau Duronslet 2-0; Sadat Sulleyman 1-1; B. Brody-Heim 1-0; Marcus Kinsella 0-1; Michael Doman 0-1. Washington State-Jeremiah Allison 6-6; Shalom Luani 6-2; Peyton Pelluer 3-5; Taylor Taliulu 5-1; Destiny Vaeao 2-3; Kache Palacio 3-0; Hercules Mata’afa 2-1; Robert Barber 1-2; Parker Henry 1-1; Charleston White 1-1; Darryl Paulo 1-1; Isaac Dotson 1-0; Frankie Luvu 1-0; Erik Powell 1-0; Colton Teglovic 0-1; Darrien Molton 0-1; Reggie Coates 0-1; Ivan McClennan 0-1.
PORTLAND STATE VS. WASHINGTON STATESept. 5, 2015 • Martin Stadium • Att.: 24,302 • TV: Pac-12 Networks
GAME RECAPS
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Luke Falk led a 10-play, 90-yard touchdown drive, finding River Cracraft with an eight-yard strike with :13 left to lift Washington State past Rutgers, 37-34. Falk threw for 468 yards and four touchdowns. While Janarion Grant tried to be the hero for Rutgers, returning two kicks for touchdowns, he couldn’t return the final kickoff for a touchdown. The ball was kicked to Leonte Carroo and Rutgers tried to do their Stanford vs. California impression, before the ball was thrown forward after several laterals. Grant had the best game of his collegiate career, returning a kickoff and a punt for late touchdowns. With Rutgers trailing 30-27 with 1:45 left, Grant returned a punt 55-yards for a touchdown to give Rutgers the 34-30 lead. The playmaker returned a kickoff 100 yards to give Rutgers its first lead of the game, 27-23 and finished a school record 339 total yards. Washington State answered Grant’s 100-yard return with an eight play, 82-yard drive in 2:59. Falk hit Gabe Marks, who made a dazzling 23-yard touchdown catch. On its next two drives Rutgers negated two touchdowns with penalties. Rutgers running back Josh Hicks fumbled on the ensuing drive after catching a screen pass and Isaac Dotson recovered for the Cougars. That came one play after a 21-yard touchdown was negated on a holding penalty on Chris Muller. The Scarlet Knights defense stopped Washington State on fourth down with 6:10 left, but Justin Goodwin’s offensive pass interference penalty negated a 29-yard touchdown catch by Grant. The high-scoring second half came after just one touchdown in the first. Trailing 13-6 and after lead-ing a 52-yard drive to start the second half, Chris Laviano, making his first career start, fumbled near the sideline, recovered on the 40-yard by defensive tackle Destiny Vaeao. Laviano finished with 204 yards, going 23-of-29 with one touchdown and an interception. Falk then led a 64-yard touchdown drive with a 7-play drive. Keith Harrington caught a 5-yard swing pass to make it 20-6 midway through the third quarter. Rutgers answered with a 73-yard touchdown drive that included a fourth-and-five conversion on a 20-yard pitch and catch from Laviano to Grant. Robert Martin ended the drive with a 15-yard touchdown run before Washington State blocked the extra point, leaving Rutgers down 20-12. Rutgers stopped Washington State on fourth-and-three with 2:27 left in the third quarter, then embarked on a 68-yard, 7-play drive capped by a 1-yard toss to Matt Flanagan. Carroo caught the two-point conversion to knot it at 20. Falk completed his first 13 passes of the game against Rutgers’ depleted secondary. Four defensive backs were dismissed from the team 10 minutes before the season opener last week. Washington State’s Erik Powell hit field goals from 46- and 47-yards in the second quarter as Falk went 24-of-29 for 201-yards in the first half.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALWashington State 7 6 7 17 37Rutgers 0 6 6 22 34
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 10:57 WSU Dom Williams 7 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 9-75 4:032nd 12:59 WSU Erik Powell 46 yd field goal 4-5 1:53 02:19 RU Federico, Kyle 37 yd field goal 13-52 6:34 00:52 WSU Erik Powell 47 yd field goal 7-35 1:27 00:00 RU Federico, Kyle 48 yd field goal 6-42 0:463rd 08:55 WSU Keith Harrington 5 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 7-64 2:09 04:30 RU Martin, Robert 15 yd run (Federico, Kyle kick blockd) 9-73 4:254th 14:56 RU Flanagan, Matt 1 yd pass from Laviano, Chris (Carroo, Leonte pass from Laviano, Chris), 7-68 2:3 12:44 WSU Erik Powell 37 yd field goal 8-67 2:12 12:30 RU Grant, Janarion 100 yd kickoff return (Federico, Kyle kick) 09:31 WSU Gabe Marks 23 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 8-82 2:59 01:31 RU Grant, Janarion 55 yd punt return (Federico, Kyle kick) 00:13 WSU River Cracraft 8 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 10-90 1:18
TEAM STATISTICS WSU RUT FIRST DOWNS 28 26 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 16-81 37-198 PASSING YDS (NET) 478 204 Passes Att-Comp-Int 66-47-0 29-23-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 82-559 66-402 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-16 2-56 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-67 7-195 Interception Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-31.0 3-49.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 5-50 11-100 Possession Time 28:09 31:51 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 12 5 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 4 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 1-4
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Washington State-Gerard Wicks 7-43; Luke Falk 6-29; Keith Harrington 3-9. Rutgers-Hicks, Josh 16-91;
Martin, Robert 9-61; James, Paul 6-23; Grant, Janarion 1-21; Laviano, Chris 5-2.
PASSING: Washington State-Luke Falk 47-66-0-478. Rutgers-Laviano, Chris 23-29-1-204.
RECEIVING: Washington State-Gabe Marks 14-146; River Cracraft 8-121; Keith Harrington 6-38; Dom Williams 5-71; Gerard Wicks 5-41; Kyrin Priester 2-21; Robert Lewis 2-16; John Thompson 2-11; Tavares Martin Jr. 2-6; Daniel Lilienthal 1-7. Rutgers-Grant, Janarion 5-65; Carroo, Leonte 4-52; Scarff, Charles 4-34; Flanagan, Matt 3-28; Bergen, Sam 2-14; Arcidiacono, N. 1-5; Patton, Andre 1-4; Goodwin, Justin 1-2; James, Paul 1-2; Hicks, Josh 1-minus 2.
INTERCEPTIONS: Washington State-Marcellus Pippins 1-2. Rutgers-None.
FUMBLES: Washington State-None. Rutgers-Hicks, Josh 1-1; Laviano, Chris 1-1.
SACKS (UA-A): Washington State-Darryl Paulo 1-0. Rutgers-Lambert, Q. 0-1; Joseph, S. 0-1.
TACKLES (UA-A): Washington State-Jeremiah Allison 6-5; Isaac Dotson 8-1; Marcellus Pippins 5-0; Peyton Pelluer 3-2; Charleston White 4-0; Destiny Vaeao 2-2; Dylan Hanser 2-1; Ivan McClennan 2-1; Taylor Taliulu 2-1; Shalom Luani 2-1; Frankie Luvu 2-0; Chandler Leniu 2-0; Darrien Molton 2-0; Robert Barber 1-1; Darryl Paulo 1-1; Hercules Mata’afa 1-0; Parker Henry 1-0; Logan Tago 0-1; Kirkland Parker 0-1. Rutgers-Longa, Steve 12-2; Cioffi, Anthony 6-1; Wharton, Isaiah 6-1; Gause, Quentin 5-1; Austin, B. 5-0; Lewis, Kaiwan 5-0; Hester, Kiy 3-1; Jacobs, Davon 3-0; Pinnix-Odrick 2-1; Turay, Kemoko 2-1; Davis, Darnell 2-0; Joseph, S. 1-1; Hampton, Saquan 1-0; Hunt, Andre 1-0; Flanagan, Matt 1-0; Lambert, Q. 0-1.
WASHINGTON STATE AT RUTGERSSept. 12, 2015 • High Point Solutions Stadium • Att.: 46,536 • TV: ESPNU
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PULLMAN, Wash. – Luke Falk threw for 303 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another as Washington State beat Wyoming 31-14. Dom Williams caught two scoring passes for Washington State (2-1), which had not won a game in Pullman since beating Portland State last September. The Cougars had not beaten an FBS opponent at home since 2013. Brian Hill ran for 139 yards for Wyoming (0-3), who came in as a 24-point underdog. Cowboys quarterback Cam-eron Coffman, who missed last week’s game with an injured knee, completed 25 of 36 passes for 296 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception. Falk completed 37 of 45 passes and was intercepted once. Wyoming outgained the Cougars 409 yards to 378. Wyoming scored on a 45-yard touchdown pass from Coffman to Tanner Gentry on the first possession of the game. Coffman had been intercepted the play before, but the pick was negated by a hand-in-face penalty against WSU’s Hercules Mata’afa, giving the Cowboys new life. Washington State tied the game on Falk’s 1-yard run late in the first quarter, capping a 44-yard drive that began with Wyoming punting out of its own end zone. Wyoming took possession on its own 37 on the ensuing series and ran the ball six straight times, down to the WSU 5. Then Coffman fired a touchdown pass to Jake Maulhardt for a 14-7 lead. Washington State replied with a 70-yard drive, with Falk passing 35 yards to Williams in the end zone to tie the game at 14-14. Tristan Bailey missed a 38-yard field goal attempt on Wyoming’s next possession. Washington State took over on its 21 and grabbed its first lead of the game when Keith Harrington ran 36 yards into the end zone for a 21-14 advantage they never relinquished. Harrington ran or caught the ball on six of the nine plays. Washington State’s defense held Wyoming scoreless in the second half. Falk was picked off early in the third by Marcus Epps, giving Wyoming the ball on its 49. But the Cowboys’ drive stalled and they turned the ball over on downs. Washington State returned the favor, as Harrington was stopped on fourth-and-1 and Wyoming got the ball back on the WSU 40. Wyoming couldn’t move the ball and had to punt. Early in the fourth, Gentry fumbled after catching the ball and Mata’afa recovered, giving Washington State possession at midfield. A targeting call against Wyoming cornerback Robert Priester on receiver River Cracraft got Priester ejected from the game and put WSU on the Wyoming 24. The Cougars drove to the 4, but had to settle for Erik Powell’s 22-yard field goal and a 24-14 lead. Falk added a touchdown pass to Williams late in the game.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALWyoming 14 0 0 0 14Washington State 7 14 0 10 31
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 10:29 WY GENTRY, Tanner 45 yd pass from COFFMAN, C. (BAILEY, Tristan kick) 5-82 2:49 04:02 WSU Luke Falk 1 yd run (Erik Powell kick) 8-44 2:27 01:03 WY MAULHARDT, Jake 5 yd pass from COFFMAN, C. (BAILEY, Tristan kick) 7-63 2:532nd 13:02 WSU Dom Williams 35 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 7-70 2:55 05:17 WSU Keith Harrington 36 yd run (Erik Powell kick) 9-79 3:484th 10:28 WSU Erik Powell 22 yd field goal 10-48 4:21 02:00 WSU Dom Williams 4 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 2-12 0:46
TEAM STATISTICS WYO WSU FIRST DOWNS 22 19 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-113 20-75 PASSING YDS (NET) 296 303 Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-25-1 45-37-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 76-409 65-378 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-7 1-14 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-137 2-47 Interception Returns-Yards 1-19 1-44 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-38.6 5-45.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-57 5-43 Possession Time 33:25 26:35 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 16 7 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-21 5-45
C. 6-minus 39. Washington State-Keith Harrington 6-68; Gerard Wicks 8-29; Luke Falk 6-minus 22.
PASSING: Wyoming-COFFMAN, C. 25-36-1-296. Washington State-Luke Falk 37-45-1-303.
RECEIVING: Wyoming-MAULHARDT, Jake 10-113; GENTRY, Tanner 7-127; HOLLISTER, J. 3-14; WICK, Shaun 2-14; HARSHMAN, Josh 1-13; HILL, Brian 1-9; PARKER, Joseph 1-6. Washington State-Gerard Wicks 8-33; River Cracraft 7-83; Gabe Marks 5-51; Robert Lewis 4-39; Keith Harrington 4-22; Dom Williams 3-53; Jamal Morrow 3-19; John Thompson 1-7; Tavares Martin Jr. 1-minus 1; Kyrin Priester 1-minus 3.
INTERCEPTIONS: Wyoming-EPPS, Marcus 1-19. Washington State-Jeremiah Allison 1-44.
SACKS (UA-A): Wyoming-YARBROUGH, E. 2-0; PROSSER, Kevin 1-0. Washington State-Ivan McClennan 3-0; Kache Palacio 2-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Wyoming-WINGARD, Andrew 6-6; MAY, D.J. 5-2; NZEOCHA, Eric 6-0; FINLEY, Tyran 4-2; YARBROUGH, E. 4-2; WACHA, Lucas 3-2; EPPS, Marcus 2-3; HALA’API’API,S. 2-2; PRIESTER,Robert 3-0; PROSSER, Kevin 2-0; HULL, Antonio 1-1; EVANS, Nico 1-0; CAIN, Conner 1-0; FIELDS, Dalton 1-0; OLIVE, Uso 1-0; GRANDERSON, C. 1-0; KIELY, Rafe 1-0. Washington State-Peyton Pelluer 9-5; Shalom Luani 9-2; Kache Palacio 7-0; Jeremiah Allison 4-2; Parker Henry 3-3; Darrien Molton 4-1; Charleston White 4-0; Ivan McClen-nan 3-1; Marcellus Pippins 2-1; Destiny Vaeao 1-2; Chandler Leniu 1-2; Darryl Paulo 1-2; Daniel Ekuale 2-0; Logan Tago 1-0; Taylor Taliulu 1-0; Erik Powell 1-0; Dylan Hanser 1-0; Hercules Mata’afa 1-0; Tavares Martin Jr. 1-0; Kirkland Parker 0-1; Robert Lewis 0-1; Luke Falk 0-1.
WYOMING VS. WASHINGTON STATESept. 19, 2015 • Martin Stadium • Att.: 31,105 • TV: Pac-12 Networks
GAME RECAPS
BERKELEY, Calif. – Jared Goff got off to a shaky start and still threw for 390 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 24 California to a 34-28 victory over Washington State. Goff threw an early interception and was off target on a few throws before finding his groove. He threw two TD passes in a span of less than 2 minutes late in the third quarter surrounding a successful onside kick to erase an eight-point deficit and lead the Bears (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) to their best start since 2007. Luke Falk threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score for the Cougars (2-2, 0-1), who have lost 28 of their past 28 games against ranked opponents. Washington State was in position to reverse that trend after Falk threw a 4-yard TD pass to Gabe Marks midway through the third quarter and Kenny Lawler lost a fumble on Cal’s ensuing possession. Stefan McClure then changed the tide on a safety blitz that gave Cal one of its seven sacks on the day. Erik Powell then missed a 40-yard field goal wide right and Goff took over from there. He drove Cal 77 yards to a score on a 20-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Lawler that made it 28-26. McClure’s sack was one of two momentum-changing plays he made in the quarter. Washington State tried a fake punt on the opening drive of the quarter only to have punter Zach Charme fumble. McClure scooped up the ball and ran 45 yards for the touchdown. Cal needed another big play from its defense after the Bears were stopped on fourth down at the Cougars 38 with 4:38 to go. Damariay Drew delivered with an interception and Goff converted two third downs to run out all but the final 12 seconds of the game. After winning just six games in coach Sonny Dykes’ first two seasons, Cal has matched its best start since 1950 in Dykes’ third year. The Bears need just one more win to be bowl eligible for the first time since 2011 and are in position to contend in the Pac-12 North. But the schedule gets much tougher from here with road games against No. 10 Utah and No. 7 UCLA, followed by a home game against No. 17 Southern California and a trip to Oregon. Cal was stopped twice on fourth down in the first half and Goff threw an interception on the third play from scrimmage as Washington State broke out to a 21-7 lead. Goff then threw his first of two TD passes to Lawler late in the second quarter to start the comeback.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALWashington State 7 14 7 0 28California 7 6 21 0 34
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 05:03 WSU River Cracraft 4 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 9-71 3:34 01:48 CAL Treggs, Bryce 34 yd pass from Goff, Jared (Anderson, Matt kick) 8-79 3:082nd 10:24 WSU Gerard Wicks 7 yd run (Erik Powell kick) 10-85 3:23 02:31 WSU Luke Falk 1 yd run (Erik Powell kick) 13-47 5:53 00:34 CAL Lawler, Kenny 9 yd pass from Goff, Jared (Anderson, Matt kick failed) 5-80 1:473rd 12:46 CAL McClure, Stefan 45 yd fumble recovery (Anderson, Matt kick) 06:29 WSU Gabe Marks 4 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 15-79 6:11 02:21 CAL Lawler, Kenny 20 yd pass from Goff, Jared (Goff, Jared pass intcpt) 6-77 1:53 00:42 CAL Harris, Maurice 24 yd pass from Goff, Jared (Treggs, Bryce pass from Goff, Jared) 4-48 1:39
TEAM STATISTICS WSU CAL FIRST DOWNS 20 25 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 25-14 30-79 PASSING YDS (NET) 389 390 Passes Att-Comp-Int 49-35-1 45-33-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 74-403 75-469 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-45 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-16 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-69 4-87 Interception Returns-Yards 1-9 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-42.0 3-47.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 4-1 Penalties-Yards 2-13 4-15 Possession Time 30:03 29:57 Third-Down Conversions 9 of 15 8 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-23 7-35
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Washington State-Keith Harrington 5-23; Gerard Wicks 6-20; Zach Charme 1-minus 4; Luke Falk 13-minus
25. California-Enwere, Vic 5-48; Muhammad, Khalf 10-41; Lasco, Daniel 10-22; Goff, Jared 5-minus 32.
PASSING: Washington State-Luke Falk 35-49-1-389. California-Goff, Jared 33-45-1-390.
RECEIVING: Washington State-Gabe Marks 10-141; Dom Williams 5-76; Kyrin Priester 5-37; River Cracraft 3-40; Gerard Wicks 3-11; John Thompson 2-34; Robert Lewis 2-28; Keith Harrington 2-10; Tavares Martin Jr. 2-3; Daniel Lilienthal 1-9. California-Lawler, Kenny 6-105; Anderson, Steph 5-54; Treggs, Bryce 4-65; Muhammad, Khalf 4-41; Powe, Darius 4-35; Davis, Trevor 3-28; Harris, Maurice 2-23; Enwere, Vic 2-0; Noa, Kanawai 1-20; Lasco, Daniel 1-11; Hudson, Raymond 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS: Washington State-Marcellus Pippins 1-9. California-Drew, Damariay 1-0.
FUMBLES: Washington State-River Cracraft 1-1; Gabe Marks 1-1; Zach Charme 1-1. California-Goff, Jared 2-0; Lawler, Kenny 1-1; Harris, Maurice 1-0.
SACKS (UA-A): Washington State-Hercules Mata’afa 2-0; Reggie Coates 1-0. California-Kragen, Kyle 2-1; Looney, James 0-2; Johnson, Jonath 0-1; Jalil, Mustafa 1-0; Jefferson, Jale 1-0; McClure, Stefan 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Washington State-Jeremiah Allison 5-3; Peyton Pelluer 4-4; Marcellus Pippins 3-4; Darryl Paulo 3-3; Hercules Mata’afa 2-4; Parker Henry 1-5; Darrien Molton 5-0; Shalom Luani 3-2; Isaac Dotson 4-0; Ivan McClennan 1-3; Dylan Hanser 3-0; Taylor Taliulu 3-0; Frankie Luvu 2-0; Charleston White 2-0; Kache Palacio 1-1; Robert Barber 1-1; Chandler Leniu 0-2; Destiny Vaeao 0-2; Aaron Porter 1-0; Reggie Coates 1-0. California-Jefferson, Jale 6-1; McClure, Stefan 4-2; Kragen, Kyle 4-2; Nickerson, Hard 3-3; Drew, Damariay 4-0; Johnson, Jonath 2-2; Walker, Cameron 2-2; White, Darius 3-0; Looney, James 1-2; Coleman, Caleb 2-0; Lopa, Puka 2-0; Allensworth, Da 2-0; Rubenzer, Luke 1-1; Jalil, Mustafa 1-1; Dozier, Cedric 0-2; Barton, Michael 0-2; Mekari, Tony 0-2; Downs, Devante 0-2; Davis, Trevor 1-0; Broussard, Nate 1-0; Anoa’i, Hamilto 0-1; Worstell, Patri 0-1; Anderson, Matt 0-1; Vanderbilt, Kha 0-1.
WASHINGTON STATE AT NO. 24 CALIFORNIAOct. 3, 2015 • Memorial Stadium • Att.: 42,042 • TV: Pac-12 Networks
2015 COUGAR FOOTBALL
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EUGENE, Ore. – Luke Falk threw for season-high 505 yards and five touchdowns, including an unusual scoring pass in the second overtime, and Washington State snapped an eight-game losing streak to Oregon with a 45-38 victory in overtime over the Ducks. Knotted at 38, an unnecessary roughness foul on the Ducks helped the Cougars in the second OT, and then Falk appeared to hit River Cracraft with a pass that landed in the hands of Robert Lewis for a 4-yard touchdown. The play withstood review, and Oregon’s subsequent drive ended in an interception - sending the Cougars rushing onto the field in celebration. Falk had marched Washington State (3-2, 1-1 Pac-12) downfield in the final two minutes of regulation, capping the drive with an 8-yard pass to tie the game at 31 and send it to overtime. Jeff Lockie hit Bralon Addison with a 9-yard touchdown pass for the Ducks (3-3, 1-2) on the opening possession of the extra period. The Cougars answered with Falk’s close 1-yard keeper that withstood a review that again tied the score. Royce Freeman ran for a career-high 246 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a TD pass, for Oregon. Both Lockie and Taylor Alie have rotated. Lockie shouldered most of the load, throwing for 123 yards and two touchdowns. Both QBs leaned on Freeman, just as they had in last week’s 41-24 victory at Colorado when he ran for 163 yards and two scores. Freeman ran for 135 yards and a touchdown against Washington State in the first half alone. Falk threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Gabe Marks on Washington State’s first series of the game. Marks has been seeing a lot of action in coach Mike Leach’s offense, going into the game with an average of 91 yards receiving per game, and leading the Pac-12 with an average of 8.3 catches per game. He finished with eight catches for 111 yards against the Ducks. Oregon was ranked 114th in the nation for passing yards allowed going into the game, allowing an average of 287.2 yards a game. But the Ducks attempted to switch things up against the Cougars, playing wide receiver Charles Nelson at safety at times. It was the sophomore’s first career appearance on defense, although he played at safety during the Spring Game. Nelson also played at receiver and on special teams during the game. Oregon’s initial drive ended with a 26-yard field goal from Aidan Schneider. Oregon switched to Alie midway through its second series, and he ran 8 yards for a touchdown to give Oregon a 9-3 lead. After Freeman’s 2-yard touchdown run, Falk hit Marks again with a 4-yard scoring pass just before the break to cut Oregon’s margin to 17-14 at halftime. Falk gave the Cougars a 21-17 lead early in the third quarter with a 27-yard touchdown pass to Tavares Martin Jr. But Freeman caught a 17-year scoring pass from Lockie that put the Ducks back in front 24-21. He added a 1-yard scoring run early in the fourth quarter. Erik Powell added a 22-yard field goal for the Cougars before Falk’s game-tying drive.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT TOTALWashington State 7 7 7 10 14 45Oregon 10 7 7 7 7 38
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 11:42 WSU Gabe Marks 7 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 8-75 3:18 08:22 ORE Schneider, A. 26 yd field goal 9-63 3:20 06:06 ORE Alie, Taylor 8 yd run (Schneider, A. kick) 4-53 1:302nd 01:44 ORE Freeman, Royce 2 yd run (Schneider, A. kick) 7-71 2:22 00:09 WSU Gabe Marks 4 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 10-75 1:353rd 12:39 WSU Tavares Martin Jr. 27 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 4-55 1:30 03:55 ORE Freeman, Royce 17 yd pass from Lockie, Jeff (Schneider, A. kick) 4-56 1:094th 08:20 ORE Freeman, Royce 1 yd run (Schneider, A. kick) 6-77 2:42 03:53 WSU Erik Powell 22 yd field goal 8-55 2:01 00:01 WSU Dom Williams 8 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 12-70 1:57OT 15:00 ORE Addison, Bralon 9 yd pass from Lockie, Jeff (Schneider, A. kick) 2-25 0:00 15:00 WSU Luke Falk 1 yd run (Erik Powell kick) 7-25 0:00 15:00 WSU Robert Lewis 4 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 4-25 0:00
TEAM STATISTICS WSU ORE FIRST DOWNS 31 18 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-136 50-410 PASSING YDS (NET) 505 123 Passes Att-Comp-Int 75-50-0 24-13-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 105-641 74-533 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 4-30 1-2 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-28 4-20 Interception Returns-Yards 1-3 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-36.8 7-39.9 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-45 5-44 Possession Time 32:52 27:08 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 19 5 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions 4 of 5 1 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 6-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-9 7-55
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Washington State-Jamal Morrow 8-68; Gerard Wicks 7-64; Keith Harrington 3-44; Tavares Martin Jr. 1-9;
Luke Falk 11-minus 49. Oregon-Freeman, Royce 27-246; Griffin, Taj 11-96; Lockie, Jeff 8-52; Alie, Taylor 2-8; Benoit, Kani 2-8.
PASSING: Washington State-Luke Falk 50-74-0-505; TEAM 0-1-0-0. Oregon-Lockie, Jeff 13-22-1-123; Alie, Taylor 0-2-0-0.
RECEIVING: Washington State-River Cracraft 9-85; Gabe Marks 8-111; Dom Williams 7-82; Robert Lewis 5-48; Jamal Morrow 5-43; Keith Harrington 5-40; Gerard Wicks 5-30; Kyrin Priester 4-30; Tavares Martin Jr. 1-27; John Thompson 1-9. Oregon-Addison, Bralon 8-62; Freeman, Royce 3-46; Allen, Devon 1-12; Brown, Jalen 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS: Washington State-Shalom Luani 1-3. Oregon-None.
FUMBLES: Washington State-Keith Harrington 2-2; Luke Falk 1-0. Oregon-Addison, Bralon 1-1.
SACKS (UA-A): Washington State-Ivan McClennan 1-0; Hercules Mata’afa 1-0. Oregon-Buckner, De. 2-0; Coleman, Tyson 1-0; Prevot, T. 1-0; Mondeaux, Henry 1-0; Balducci, Alex 1-0; Jelks, Jalen 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Washington State-Peyton Pelluer 5-3; Parker Henry 5-3; Shalom Luani 5-3; Taylor Taliulu 4-4; Jer-emiah Allison 4-3; Daniel Ekuale 3-2; Ivan McClennan 2-3; Marcellus Pippins 2-2; Destiny Vaeao 1-3; Darryl Paulo 1-2; Hercules Mata’afa 1-1; Darrien Molton 1-1; Treshon Broughton 0-2; Charleston White 0-2; Robert Barber 0-2; Nate DeRider 1-0; Logan Tago 0-1; Kache Palacio 0-1. Oregon-Nelson, Charles 6-6; Walker, Joe 6-3; Prevot, T. 5-4; Robinson, Tyree 5-4; Coleman, Tyson 4-4; Springs, Arrion 5-1; Hardrick, R. 4-2; Buckner, De. 4-0; Balducci, Alex 3-1; Ihenacho, Glen 2-2; Mondeaux, Henry 3-0; Ragin III, J. 2-1; Talia, Tui 2-1; Swain, Jimmie 0-2; Williams, J. 0-2; Jelks, Jalen 1-0; Mundt, Johnny 1-0; Merritt, Kirk 1-0; Amadi, Ugo 0-1; Mattingly, D. 0-1; French, C. 0-1.
WASHINGTON STATE AT OREGONOct. 10, 2015 • Autzen Stadium • Att.: 57,775 • TV: Pac-12 Networks
GAME RECAPS
PULLMAN, Wash. – Luke Falk tied the school record with six touchdown passes, all in the first half, as Washington State beat Oregon State 52-31. Washington State (4-2, 2-1 Pac-12), coming off an upset victory at Oregon, hadn’t beaten a Pac-12 oppo-nent in Martin Stadium since November 2013. They have already eclipsed the three wins they had all of last season, and this was the 100th win of coach Mike Leach’s career. The Cougars scored on all seven of their first-half possessions and piled up 520 yards of offense. Quarterback Seth Collins threw for 176 yards and ran for 124 yards for Oregon State (2-4, 0-3), which gave up more than 40 points for the third consecutive week. The Beavers rushed for 215 yards in the game. Falk, who threw for 505 yards and five touchdowns at Oregon, completed 39 of 50 passes for 407 yards, with two interceptions. Dom Williams caught 11 passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns for WSU. Oregon State, under new coach Gary Andersen, produced 394 yards of total offense, but couldn’t slow the Cougars in the first half. Washington State’s Tavares Martin Jr. returned the opening kick-off 51 yards and the Cougars marched down the field, with Falk throwing a 3-yard touchdown pass to River Cracraft. Oregon State went three-and-out, and Washington State replied with a 69-yard drive that ended with Falk’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Williams. Garrett Owens kicked a 50-yard field goal to put Oregon State on the scoreboard near the end of the first quarter. Gabe Marks caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Falk in the opening seconds of the second quarter for a 21-3 lead. Oregon State tried a fake punt from its own 20, but punter Nick Porebski was dropped for a 6-yard loss. After a touchdown pass to Marks was called back for offensive interference, the Cougars had to settle for a 30-yard field goal by Erik Powell and a 24-3 lead. Oregon State’s Victor Bolden returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards down the right sideline to cut the WSU lead to 24-10. The Beavers then tried an onside kick, but the Cougars recovered on the 50. After a 28-yard reception by Williams, Falk’s fourth touchdown pass was for eight yards to Jamal Morrow. After an OSU punt, Washington State drove 69 yards, with Falk throwing a 22-yard touchdown pass to Morrow for a 38-10 lead. Oregon State’s Collins led an 80-yard drive that ended with his 12-yard touchdown run. But WSU replied with Falk’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Williams in the closing seconds of the half, for a 45-17 halftime lead. Falk’s six touchdown passes in the first half tied the school record for most touchdown passes in a full game, set by Connor Halliday last year. The Cougars had 399 yards of offense in the first half. Neither team scored in the third quarter. Collins threw a short touchdown pass to Jordan Villamin late in the fourth, to close within 45-25. The Beavers then recovered the on-side kick with 5:44 left in the game. But Collins was intercepted by Shalom Luani, who returned the ball 84 yards for a touchdown. Luani had a second interception to end Oregon State’s next possession. The Beavers came in with the Pac-12’s top-ranked pass defense, allowing an average of 177 yards a game.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALOregon State 3 14 0 14 31Washington State 14 31 0 7 52
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 11:15 WSU River Cracraft 3 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 8-49 3:36 07:20 WSU Dom Williams 3 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 7-69 2:42 01:42 OSU Owens, Garrett 50 yd field goal 15-51 5:322nd 14:48 WSU Gabe Marks 23 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 8-73 1:49 11:52 WSU Erik Powell 30 yd field goal 4-1 1:34 11:39 OSU Bolden,Victor 100 yd kickoff return (Owens, Garrett kick) 10:27 WSU Jamal Morrow 8 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 3-50 1:12 07:11 WSU Jamal Morrow 22 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 6-69 2:41 04:21 OSU Collins, Seth 12 yd run (Owens, Garrett kick) 7-80 2:45 00:17 WSU Dom Williams 11 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 10-72 3:594th 05:47 OSU Villamin, J. 9 yd pass from Collins, Seth (Villamin, J. pass from Bolden,Victor) 5-27 1:46 03:45 WSU Shalom Luani 84 yd interception return (Erik Powell kick) 01:22 OSU Brown, Chris 3 yd run (Collins, Seth pass failed) 2-24 0:13
TEAM STATISTICS OSU WSU FIRST DOWNS 21 32 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 45-218 22-111 PASSING YDS (NET) 176 409 Passes Att-Comp-Int 30-17-2 52-40-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-394 74-520 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-14 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-130 4-86 Interception Returns-Yards 2-53 2-84 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-41.7 2-19.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 11-86 6-60 Possession Time 29:17 30:34 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 13 8 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 4 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 5-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-29 2-9
Bolden,Victor 2-8; Brown, Chris 3-5; Lucas, Paul 1-1; Porebski, Nick 1-minus 6. Washington State-Gerard Wicks 8-69; Keith Harrington 5-42; Jamal Morrow 3-11; Tavares Martin Jr. 1-11; TEAM 2-minus 3; Luke Falk 3-minus 19.
RECEIVING: Oregon State-Bolden,Victor 6-79; Woods,Storm 3-32; Jarmon, Hunter 3-25; Villamin, J. 2-15; Guyton, Da-trin 2-14; Dockery, Rahmel 1-11. Washington State-Dom Williams 11-158; Gabe Marks 6-95; Keith Harrington 4-39; River Cracraft 4-27; Jamal Morrow 3-31; Tavares Martin Jr. 3-21; Kyrin Priester 3-15; John Thompson 2-11; Robert Lewis 2-9; Tyler Baker 1-5; Gerard Wicks 1-minus 2.
FUMBLES: Oregon State-Woods,Storm 1-0. Washington State-Shalom Luani 1-1; Luke Falk 1-0.
SACKS (UA-A): Oregon State-Failauga, Titus 1-0; Willis, J. 1-0. Washington State-Darryl Paulo 2-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Oregon State-Strong, Justin 7-3; Decoud, Treston 4-4; Mageo, Rommel 5-1; Saulo, Caleb 2-3; Chappell, Devin 2-3; Willis, J. 4-0; Noland-Lewis, C 3-1; Williams, D. 3-1; Soesman, Adam 0-3; Okonkwo, C. 2-0; Pritchard, B. 1-1; Ugwoegbu, B. 1-1; James, Jaswha 1-1; Arnold,Brandon 1-0; Hungalu, Manase 1-0; Barnett, L. 1-0; Failauga, Titus 1-0; Hollingsworth 1-0; Vakameilalo, K. 0-1; Owens, Garrett 0-1; Haley, Kyle 0-1; Haskins, Damien 0-1. Washington State-Peyton Pelluer 10-1; Shalom Luani 8-3; Parker Henry 3-6; Darrien Molton 3-1; Logan Tago 3-1; Darryl Paulo 3-1; Taylor Taliulu 2-2; Marcellus Pippins 2-2; Destiny Vaeao 2-1; Chandler Leniu 2-1; Dylan Hanser 2-0; Frankie Luvu 1-1; Ivan McClennan 1-1; Hercules Mata’afa 1-0; Daniel Ekuale 1-0; River Cracraft 1-0; Jeremiah Allison 1-0; Colton Teglovic 1-0; Gabe Marks 1-0; Treshon Broughton 1-0; Kache Palacio 0-1; Charleston White 0-1; Aaron Porter 0-1; Nate DeRider 0-1; Calvin Green 0-1.
OREGON STATE AT WASHINGTON STATEOct. 17, 2015 • Martin Stadium • Att.: 32,952 • TV: Pac-12 Networks
2015 COUGAR FOOTBALL
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TUCSON, Ariz. – Luke Falk threw for 514 yards and hit Gabe Marks on four of his five touchdown passes, helping resurgent Washington State beat Arizona 45-42. Washington State (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) beat Oregon in Eugene two weeks ago and tacked on another impressive road victory behind the arm of Falk to remain in the thick of the Pac-12 North race. The sophomore completed 47 of 62 passes and had the most passing yards ever against Arizona, breaking the mark of 511 yards set by Arizona State’s Ryan Kealy in 1998. Marks caught eight passes for 97 yards, the last one a 9-yard touchdown that put the Cougars up 45-35. Arizona (5-3, 2-3 Pac-12) rallied in the second half after Jerrard Ran-dall replaced Anu Solomon at quarterback, but the Wildcats had no answer for Falk and Washington State’s Air Raid offense. Randall threw for 137 yards and ran for 105 on 10 carries. He hit Johnny Jackson on a 20-yard touchdown pass with 44 seconds left, but the Wildcats failed to come up with the onside kick. Arizona rolled over Washington State 59-37 in Pullman last season in a game that featured 994 yards of offense. This one had 1,114 total yards, though the Cougars got off to a quicker start behind Falk, who had thrown for 911 yards and 11 touchdowns the previous two games combined. Given all kinds of time to throw by his offensive line, he made it look easy picking apart Arizona’s secondary. Falk hit Marks on a 6-yard touchdown on the opening drive, then Marks turned a short pass into a 43-yard score and 14-0 lead. Falk found Marks for a third score in the second quarter, a 1-yarder, and hit Kyrin Priester in the corner of the end zone for a 6-yard TD that put Washington up 28-14. Falk had 335 yards and four touchdowns on 30-of-38 passing in the first half, helping Washington State build a 31-21 lead. Arizona took a while to get its offense in gear, finally putting together a drive that led to Jared Baker’s 1-yard touchdown run to open the second quarter. Nate Phillips followed with a 69-yard punt return touchdown that tied the game at 14-all, but Shun Brown fumbled a kickoff to set up Priester’s touchdown. Baker added a 7-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to keep the Wildcats within reach at halftime. Falk kept firing and completing to start the second half, hitting Kyle Sweet on a 28-yard pass on third-and-19 to set up Gerard Wicks’ 1-yard touchdown run to put the Cougars up 38-21. Randall replaced Solomon on Arizona’s second drive and reeled off a 59-yard run on his first play, but that drive ended with a turnover on downs at Washington State’s 11. Next series, Randall found Cayleb Jones on a 3-yard touchdown pass to pull the Wildcats within 38-28 late in the third quarter. Randall converted a fourth-and-2 with a run on the next drive and Baker pulled the Wildcats within 38-35 with a 6-yard touchdown run. Falk ended Arizona’s rally with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Marks, putting Washington State up 45-35.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALWashington State 14 17 7 7 45Arizona 0 21 7 14 42
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 10:28 WSU Gabe Marks 6 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 10-78 4:32 02:46 WSU Gabe Marks 43 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 4-80 1:092nd 14:30 ARIZ Baker, J. 1 yd run (Skowron, C. kick) 13-75 3:16 12:02 ARIZ Phillips, N. 69 yd punt return (Skowron, C. kick) 08:19 WSU Gabe Marks 2 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 9-78 3:45 06:51 WSU Kyrin Priester 6 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 4-23 1:21 04:22 ARIZ Baker, J. 7 yd run (Skowron, C. kick) 8-81 2:21 00:24 WSU Erik Powell 25 yd field goal 13-67 3:583rd 08:34 WSU Gerard Wicks 1 yd run (Erik Powell kick) 11-84 5:18 00:22 ARIZ Jones, C. 3 yd pass from Randall, J. (Skowron, C. kick) 11-80 3:484th 08:07 ARIZ Baker, J. 6 yd run (Skowron, C. kick) 12-67 4:11 02:03 WSU Gabe Marks 9 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 11-76 5:58 00:44 ARIZ Jackson, J. 20 yd pass from Randall, J. (Skowron, C. kick) 5-75 1:19
TEAM STATISTICS WSU ARIZ FIRST DOWNS 34 24 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 31-117 32-176 PASSING YDS (NET) 514 307 Passes Att-Comp-Int 62-47-0 37-24-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 93-631 69-483 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 3-7 1-69 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-68 2-39 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-38.0 3-49.3 Fumbles-Lost 4-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 9-51 5-40 Possession Time 37:53 22:07 Third-Down Conversions 10 of 16 9 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 5-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-16
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Washington State-Jamal Morrow 5-59; Gerard Wicks 11-34; Keith Harrington 4-19; Luke Falk 9-16; TEAM
2-minus 11. Arizona-Randall, J. 10-105; Solomon, A. 3-24; Baker, J. 11-22; Grant, S. 1-21; Wilson, N. 6-8; TEAM 1-minus 4.
PASSING: Washington State-Luke Falk 47-62-0-514. Arizona-Solomon, A. 12-20-0-145; Randall, J. 11-16-0-137; Jones, C. 1-1-0-25.
RECEIVING: Washington State-River Cracraft 8-102; Gabe Marks 8-97; Kyrin Priester 6-64; Robert Lewis 5-76; Dom Williams 5-36; Keith Harrington 5-35; John Thompson 4-32; Jamal Morrow 3-25; Kyle Sweet 2-39; Gerard Wicks 1-8. Arizona-Jones, C. 8-131; Jackson, J. 5-64; Grant, S. 5-31; Griffey, T. 3-48; Phillips, N. 2-27; Richards, D. 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS: Washington State-None. Arizona-None.
FUMBLES: Washington State-Luke Falk 2-0; TEAM 1-0; Jamal Morrow 1-0. Arizona-Brown, S. 1-1; TEAM 1-0.
SACKS (UA-A): Washington State-None. Arizona-Worthy, J. 1-1; Gilbert, R. 0-1.
TACKLES (UA-A): Washington State-Shalom Luani 7-2; Jeremiah Allison 6-0; Ivan McClennan 5-0; Marcellus Pip-pins 4-1; Charleston White 4-1; Taylor Taliulu 3-0; Peyton Pelluer 3-0; Parker Henry 3-0; Daniel Ekuale 2-0; Kirkland Parker 2-0; Darryl Paulo 2-0; Logan Tago 2-0; Kache Palacio 2-0; Calvin Green 1-0; Chandler Leniu 1-0. Arizona-Magloire Jr., P 11-0; FlanniganFowles 7-0; Allah, J. 6-1; Neal, D. 6-0; Worthy, J. 4-1; Whittaker, J. 4-0; Miller, D. 4-0; Griffey, T. 3-0; Holiday, D. 3-0; Lopez, A. 3-0; Bruno, L. 3-0; Jackson, S. 2-1; Mashack, K. 2-0; Parks, W. 2-0; Hehr, C. 2-0; Denson, C. 2-0; Ellison, T. 1-0; Rutt, B. 1-0; Haden, J. 1-0; Banda, J. 1-0; Gilbert, R. 0-1.
WASHINGTON STATE AT ARIZONAOct. 24, 2015 • Arizona Stadium • Att.: 47,847 • TV: Pac-12 Networks
GAME RECAPS
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State kicker Erik Powell finally missed on his sixth kick of the game, going wide right on a 43-yarder as time expired to allow No. 8 Stanford to escape with a 30-28 win. Powell tied Drew Dunning’s 2003 school record with five field goals despite rainy, windy conditions, but pulled the last one wide. Conrad Ukropina kicked a 19-yard field goal with 1:54 left to put Stanford ahead. Quarterback Kevin Hogan ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns for Stanford (7-1, 6-0 Pac-12), which is the only undefeated team in Pac-12 play. Washington State (5-3, 3-2) had a three-game winning streak snapped. The Cougars haven’t beaten a Top 10 team since topping No. 5 Texas in the 2003 Holiday Bowl. Stanford punted while trailing 28-27 with 5:08 left, but got the ball back on Quenton Meeks’ second interception of the game with 3:27 remaining. That set up Ukropina’s field goal. Stanford scored first on Ukropina’s 32-yard field goal, but then Powell hit four straight kicks — including makes from 46 and 47 yards — to put Washington State up 12-3 at halftime. The Cougars opened the second half by driving to the Stanford 11, but two incomplete passes killed the drive and Powell kicked a 28-yard field goal for a 15-3 lead. Stanford replied with the game’s first touchdown on Remound Wright’s 2-yard dive. The score was set up by Hogan’s 39-yard bootleg scramble. Washington State came right back with a 75-yard drive in four plays, the final a 19-yard touchdown pass from Luke Falk to Gabe Marks for a 22-10 lead. Ukropina kicked a 32-yard field goal late in the third, then Hogan’s 59-yard touchdown run cut the Washington State lead to 22-20. On the next series, Meeks intercepted Falk, giving Stanford the ball on Washington State’s 17. Hogan ran 6 yards untouched up the middle to give Stanford a 27-22 lead in the opening seconds of the fourth. Washington State came back with an 81-yard drive that ended with Falk hitting River Cracraft for a 1-yard touchdown pass. Falk’s conversion pass failed and the Cougars led 28-27. After Ukropina’s kick, Washington State marched to the Stanford 29 and Powell hooked his attempt wide. The Cardinal have won seven straight over the Cougars.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALStanford 3 0 17 10 30Washington State 3 9 10 6 28
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 09:08 STAN Ukropina,C 32 yd field goal 7-34 4:02 02:28 WSU Erik Powell 46 yd field goal 4-2 1:082nd 08:41 WSU Erik Powell 23 yd field goal 13-64 4:48 03:45 WSU Erik Powell 47 yd field goal 8-56 2:27 00:00 WSU Erik Powell 28 yd field goal 8-69 1:033rd 11:53 WSU Erik Powell 28 yd field goal 10-54 3:07 09:15 STAN Wright,R 2 yd run (Ukropina,C kick) 6-59 2:31 07:52 WSU Gabe Marks 19 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 4-75 1:23 03:39 STAN Ukropina,C 32 yd field goal 9-41 4:02 02:17 STAN Hogan,K 59 yd run (Ukropina,C kick) 1-59 0:124th 14:19 STAN Hogan,K 6 yd run (Ukropina,C kick) 4-17 2:13 07:56 WSU River Cracraft 1 yd pass from Luke Falk (Luke Falk pass failed) 15-81 6:18 01:54 STAN Ukropina,C 19 yd field goal 5-37 1:33
TEAM STATISTICS STAN WSU FIRST DOWNS 15 26 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-226 23-88 PASSING YDS (NET) 86 354 Passes Att-Comp-Int 19-10-1 63-35-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 59-312 86-442 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-3 1-20 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-68 3-65 Interception Returns-Yards 2-23 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-38.0 4-40.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-35 4-30 Possession Time 30:19 29:41 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 13 2 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 3 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 6-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-19 4-24
Jamal Morrow 5-17; Keith Harrington 1-0; Luke Falk 5-minus 7.
PASSING: Stanford-Hogan,K 10-19-1-86. Washington State-Luke Falk 35-61-2-354; TEAM 0-2-0-0.
RECEIVING: Stanford-McCaffrey,C 4-26; Love,B 2-25; Hooper,A 1-17; Owusu,F 1-7; Rector,M 1-7; Irwin,T 1-4. Wash-ington State-Dom Williams 7-94; Gabe Marks 6-83; Keith Harrington 5-29; River Cracraft 4-48; Robert Lewis 3-22; Tavares Martin Jr. 2-29; Tyler Baker 2-24; Kyle Sweet 2-17; Gerard Wicks 2-minus 1; John Thompson 1-7; Kyrin Priester 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS: Stanford-Meeks,Q 2-23. Washington State-Parker Henry 1-0.
FUMBLES: Stanford-Jones,C 1-0; Hogan,K 1-1. Washington State-None.
SACKS (UA-A): Stanford-Anderson,K 1-0; Shittu,A 1-0; Scarlett,B 1-0. Washington State-Kache Palacio 1-0; Darryl Paulo 1-0; Robert Barber 1-0; Destiny Vaeao 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Stanford-Martinez,B 10-1; Shittu,A 4-4; Perez,J 5-1; Meeks,Q 4-2; Lloyd,D 5-0; Holder,A 3-1; Scarlett,B 2-1; Whitfield,K 2-1; Harris,R 2-1; Anderson,K 1-2; Alfieri,J 2-0; Branch,M 2-0; Kalambayi,P 1-1; Thomas,S 1-0; Thomas,T 1-0; Palma,K 0-1. Washington State-Parker Henry 5-5; Peyton Pelluer 4-6; Jeremiah Allison 4-2; Shalom Luani 4-1; Kirkland Parker 2-3; Hercules Mata’afa 3-1; Darryl Paulo 2-2; Ivan McClennan 2-2; Marcellus Pippins 2-0; Taylor Taliulu 1-1; Daniel Ekuale 1-1; Destiny Vaeao 1-1; Kache Palacio 1-1; Frankie Luvu 0-2; John Thompson 1-0; Keith Harrington 1-0; Nate DeRider 1-0; Chandler Leniu 1-0; Robert Barber 1-0; Calvin Green 0-1; Colton Teglovic 0-1.
NO. 8 STANFORD AT WASHINGTON STATEOct. 31, 2015 • Martin Stadium • Att.: 30,012 • TV: ESPN
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PULLMAN, Wash. – Luke Falk threw for 497 yards and five touchdowns as Washington State beat Arizona State 38-24 Saturday to become bowl-eligible for the second time in coach Mike Leach’s four years with the program. Dom Wil-liams caught six passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns for Washington State (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12), which overcame a 14-0 first quarter deficit. Arizona State (4-5, 2-4) scored a touchdown on each of its first two possessions, then was held to one more the rest of the game. It was the Sun Devils’ third consecutive loss. Washington State, which lost on a last-second missed field goal last week against No. 9 Stanford, managed to protect Falk from one of the best pass rushes in the Pac-12. He completed 36 of 55 passes, with one interception, and was sacked three times. Arizona State quarterback Mike Bercovici completed 27 of 44 passes for 229 yards. The Sun Devils did get 111 rushing yards from Demario Richard and 84 from Kalen Ballage. Jamal Morrow, Keith Harrington and John Thompson each caught touchdown passes for Washington State. Arizona State scored on its opening drive, with Richard running into the end zone from the 6-yard line. Richard had runs of 26 and 15 yards during the 70-yard drive. Ballage scored on a 9-yard run on Arizona State’s second series, capping a 64-yard drive, for a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter. Falk was intercepted by Kareem Orr on the first play of the ensuing series, giving the Sun Devils the ball at WSU’s 22. Ber-covici tried to run in on fourth down from the 3-yard line and was tackled for no gain, turning the ball over on downs. Washington State took over and marched 92 yards down to the 5-yard line, where the drive stalled. Erik Powell kicked a 22-yard field goal to put the Cougars on the scoreboard. On the next series, Marcellus Pippins recovered an Arizona State fumble at WSU’s 32, but the Cougars had to punt. The Cougars got the ball back at the Arizona State 16 on a 38-yard punt return by Gabe Marks. Washington State failed to convert on fourth-and-5, but got a second chance on an inadvertent whistle by a game official. Falk then threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Williams to cut Arizona State’s lead to 14-10 at halftime. Falk threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Harrington on WSU’s first drive of the second half, lifting the Cougars to their first lead at 17-14. The drive covered 94 yards in nine plays. Arizona State used a trick play on fourth-and-12 to keep its next drive alive. Punter Matt Haack threw a pass to a wide open D.J. Foster for a 27-yard gain, giving the Sun Devils first down on the WSU 13. Bercovici ran over from the 1 to lift the Sun Devils to a 21-17 lead late in the third. Washington State replied with a 73-yard drive, kept alive by a 16-yard pass reception by Marks on fourth-and-1. Thompson caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Falk to put the Cougars up 24-21 with 13 minutes left in the game. After an ASU punt pinned them on the 1-yard line, Washington State drove 99 yards, with Falk throwing the final 12 to Morrow for a touchdown. That put the Cougars ahead 31-21 with 8 minutes left. Zane Gonzalez kicked a 22-yard field goal with 4:13 left to cut Washington State’s lead to 31-24. The Cougars replied with a 75-yard touchdown pass from Falk to Williams on the first play of the ensuing possession for a 38-24 lead.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALArizona State 14 0 7 3 24Washington State 0 10 7 21 38
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 11:48 ASU Richard,Demario 6 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 8-70 2:13 08:23 ASU Ballage, Kalen 9 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 10-64 2:202nd 14:10 WSU Erik Powell 22 yd field goal 17-92 7:12 05:26 WSU Dom Williams 11 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 4-16 1:443rd 07:57 WSU Keith Harrington 23 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 9-94 3:47 01:27 ASU Bercovici, Mike 1 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 17-65 6:254th 13:12 WSU John Thompson 8 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 8-73 3:09 08:01 WSU Jamal Morrow 12 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 7-99 2:52 04:13 ASU Gonzalez, Zane 22 yd field goal 6-31 2:04 04:00 WSU Dom Williams 75 yd pass from Luke Falk (Erik Powell kick) 1-75 0:13
TEAM STATISTICS ASU WSU FIRST DOWNS 24 22 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-202 17-15 PASSING YDS (NET) 256 497 Passes Att-Comp-Int 45-28-1 55-36-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 87-458 72-512 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-9 Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 2-35 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-50 1-19 Interception Returns-Yards 1-22 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-41.4 5-36.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 2-20 Possession Time 30:17 29:43 Third-Down Conversions 10 of 20 6 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 4 3 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-28 3-13
Washington State-Jamal Morrow 4-23; Gerard Wicks 4-15; Keith Harrington 3-7; TEAM 1-minus 6; Luke Falk 5-minus 24.
PASSING: Arizona State-Bercovici, Mike 27-44-1-229; Haack, Matt 1-1-0-27. Washington State-Luke Falk 36-55-1-497.
RECEIVING: Arizona State-Foster, D.J. 7-71; Richard,Demario 6-16; Lucien, Devin 5-62; White, Tim 4-41; Chambers, Gary 2-36; Ballage, Kalen 2-13; Gammage, Fred 1-10; Kohl, Kody 1-7. Washington State-Kyle Sweet 7-77; Dom Williams 6-123; Gabe Marks 6-65; Jamal Morrow 4-62; Keith Harrington 4-35; Robert Lewis 3-97; River Cracraft 3-20; John Thompson 1-8; Kyrin Priester 1-6; Gerard Wicks 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS: Arizona State-Orr, Kareem 1-22. Washington State-Darrien Molton 1-0.
FUMBLES: Arizona State-Lucien, Devin 1-1. Washington State-Luke Falk 1-0.
SACKS (UA-A): Arizona State-Calhoun, DJ 1-0; Wicker, JoJo 1-0; Richardson, I. 1-0. Washington State-Kache Palacio 1-0; Parker Henry 1-0; Hercules Mata’afa 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Arizona State-Simone, Jordan 11-2; Carrington, L. 6-0; Brown, Kweishi 3-1; Fiso, Salamo 2-2; Sam, Christian 3-0; Richardson, I. 3-0; Moeakiola, Laiu 1-2; Wicker, JoJo 2-0; Means, Solomon 2-0; Tautalatasi, D. 1-1; Haack, Matt 1-0; Longino,Antonio 1-0; Cherry, D. 1-0; Latu, Viliami 1-0; Orr, Kareem 1-0; Kelly, Nick 1-0; Calhoun, DJ 1-0; Smallwood, T. 1-0. Washington State-Parker Henry 9-5; Jeremiah Allison 6-4; Peyton Pelluer 3-6; Shalom Luani 4-2; Isaac Dotson 4-2; Marcellus Pippins 3-3; Darrien Molton 4-0; Daniel Ekuale 3-1; Darryl Paulo 2-2; Ivan McClennan 2-2; Kache Palacio 2-1; Taylor Taliulu 2-0; Kirkland Parker 2-0; Colton Teglovic 1-0; Hunter Dale 1-0; Hercules Mata’afa 1-0; Tavares Martin Jr. 1-0; Daniel Lilienthal 0-1; Destiny Vaeao 0-1; Robert Lewis 0-1; Nate DeRider 0-1; Darius Lemora 0-1; Gabe Marks 0-1.
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Mike Leach is in his fourth season at Washington State University after being named the Cougars’ head football coach, Nov. 30, 2011.
In 2014 Leach’s offense led the nation in passing at 477.7 yards per game, the second-highest total in FBS history, trailing only Houston’s 511.3 in 1989. WSU set or tied 42 school, conference or NCAA records during the season, including quarterback Connor Halliday who threw for an NCAA single-game record 734 yards against California. WSU also placed five student-athletes on Pac-12 All-Academic teams and five on All-Pac-12 teams during the season.
In 2013, Leach’s second season at the helm of the Cougars, he guided Washington State to the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, the first bowl game for the Cougars in a decade. Last season the Cougars ranked fourth in the nation in passing offense, setting a school-record at 368.00 yards per game, eclipsing the previous mark of 343.3 ypg in 1997. The Cougar offense threw for more than 400 yards five times, including a 2013 NCAA FBS–best 557 yards at Oregon. Quarterback Connor Halliday set WSU single-season records for passing yards (4,587), attempts (714) and completions (449), the first WSU quarterback to surpass the 4,000-yard mark. The Cougars picked up more national recognition as safety Deone Bucannon became WSU’s first All-America first-team selection since 2005 and was later selected as the No. 27 overall pick in NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals, the first Cougar taken in the first round since 2003. The Cougars also placed eight student-athletes on Pac-12 All-Academic teams during the season.
In his first season in Pullman, Leach’s high-powered offense led the Pac-12 Conference in passing, averaging 330.42 yards per game. That figure ranked ninth nationally and marked the second-highest average in school history. Seven times the Cougars threw for more than 350 yards, including the season-ending, 31-28, overtime win against Washington. In a season that produced a 3-9 overall record, the Cougars saw a bit of a youth movement as 17 freshmen played and only four seniors started regularly. Academically, nine Cougars received Pac-12 All-Academic honors while the 2012 fall semester football GPA of 2.66 marked the first time the football team had been over a 2.60 GPA for fall semester.
Leach brought a proven record of winning to Pullman. In 10 seasons as a head coach, all at Texas Tech (2000-09) his program earned 10 bowl bids. In addition, the Susanville, Calif., native who was raised in Cody, Wyo., recorded a school-record 84 victories during his tenure.
Leading the most prolific passing offense in the country, Leach received three national coach of the year awards in 2008 - the Woody Hayes Award, Howie Long/Fieldturf Coach of the Year, and George Munger Award. His offense spreads the field with his exciting brand of football and guided Texas Tech to six NCAA passing titles and three total offense titles during his 10 seasons in Lubbock. Leach’s offense produced school records in nearly every passing category in 2000, his first season with the Red Raiders, but surpassed those numbers in each of his next nine seasons.
During Leach’s time in Lubbock, Texas, the Red Raiders increased their yards per game by more than 150 and averaged nearly 20 points more per outing. In the passing game, Texas Tech threw for about 300 yards more per game in the decade Leach was at the helm.
Leach led Texas Tech to one of the most memorable seasons in school history in 2008 as the team set a program record with 11 regular-season wins en route to an 11-2 record. The win total tied the mark, set previously by the 1953 and 1973 Red Raider squads. Numerous accolades poured in from across the country as an unprecedented four players earned first-team All-America status, in addition to Leach’s three coach of the year honors. Quarterback Graham Harrell, offensive tackle Rylan Reed and offensive guard Brandon Carter each garnered first-team honors, while wide receiver Michael Crabtree was honored as a unanimous consensus All-American for the second-straight season.
On the field in 2008, the Red Raiders led the nation in passing for the sixth time in Leach’s ten seasons and ranked among the top five in total offense. Harrell finished his storied career second on the NCAA career passing yardage list with 15,793 yards. Harrell also broke the career NCAA passing touchdowns mark with 134.
The Texas Tech program has established itself as one of the nation’s leading producers of productive quarterbacks since the 2000 season. Harrell threw for 4,555 yards in his debut as the starter in 2006 and became the sixth player and third Red Raider in NCAA history to throw for 5,000 yards in a season with his 5,705-yard effort in 2007 and 5,111 yards last season. He also is the third quarterback under Leach to win nine games in a season and the first Red Raider in history to win 11 in a regular season. Former quarterback Kliff Kingsbury in 2002 and Cody Hodges in 2005 each posted nine-win seasons during their careers, while 2003 and 2004 signal callers B.J. Symons and Sonny Cumbie each won eight games in their respective seasons as the starter.
The Red Raiders improved their total offensive numbers from 324.8 yards per game to 531.0 yards per game since Leach’s arrival. Leach’s first nine seasons at Tech rank as the top nine all-time in total offense, while scoring went from 23 points per game in 1999 to a school-record 43.8 points in 2008. The most significant increase was in the passing game, where the Red Raiders averaged 475.3 yards per game in 2008 compared to 175.4 yards in 1999.
The running game flourished under Leach as well. Former Red Raider Taurean Henderson holds the NCAA career record for receptions by a running back. The Red Raiders’ 28 total rushing scores in 2008 were the most for a Tech team since the 1993 team scored 30. Despite Tech’s
YEAR SCHOOL RECORD POSTSEASON
2000 Texas Tech 7-6 (3-5 Big 12) GalleryFurniture Bowl (L)
2001 Texas Tech 7-5 (4-4 Big 12) Alamo Bowl (L)
2002 Texas Tech 9-5 (5-3 Big 12) Tangerine Bowl (W)
2003 Texas Tech 8-5 (4-4 Big 12) Houston Bowl (W)
2004 Texas Tech 8-4 (5-3 Big 12) Holiday Bowl (W)
2005 Texas Tech 9-3 (6-2 Big 12) Cotton Bowl (L)
2006 Texas Tech 8-5 (4-4 Big 12) Insight Bowl (W)
2007 Texas Tech 9-4 (4-4 Big 12) Gator Bowl (W)
2008 Texas Tech 11-2 (7-1 Big 12) Cotton Bowl (L)
2009 Texas Tech 8-4 (5-3 Big 12) Alamo Bowl
2012 Washington State 3-9 (1-8 Pac-12)
2013 Washington State 6-7 (4-5 Pac-12) New Mexico Bowl (L)
offense revolving around the pass, Leach did a tremendous job of incorporating the running back position into the mix. Henderson finished his career with 303 receptions, which ranks first in NCAA history among running backs and fourth overall.
The Red Raiders were not known solely for their play on the scoring side of the ball. The Texas Tech defense also flourished during Leach’s 10 seasons. Texas Tech held opponents without an offensive touchdown a dozen times under Leach, including seven shutouts. Three of the whitewashes came in 2000 when the Red Raiders tied for the national lead.
The play of the special teams also improved with each season. Former placekicker Alex Trlica holds the NCAA record with 233 career extra points and another record for extra points made without a miss. He finished with 377 career points, which ranks among the top 10 in NCAA history among kickers. While leading the Red Raiders to 76 wins in his nine seasons, Leach is the only coach in school history to lead ten teams to bowl games.
Although Leach’s presence was felt throughout the team, it also was beneficial for the players individually. In addition to picking up the Sammy Baugh Trophy in 2007, Harrell was the recipient of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame’s Post-Graduate Scholarship and was one of 15 players selected as a candidate for the prestigious Draddy Award, the academic Heisman. Harrell also ranked fourth in the 2008 Heisman voting, while Crabtree was fifth. Symons was the second Tech quarterback to receive The Touchdown Club of Columbus’ Sammy Baugh Trophy (Kingsbury in 2002).
Kingsbury, a 2002 All-Big 12 first-team quarterback and sixth-round draft pick of the New England Patriots, led the Big 12 Conference in several passing categories during his final three seasons and was a Heisman Trophy candidate in 2002. He also was named the Verizon Academic All-American of the Year for football and was awarded an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.
In 2004, inside receiver Trey Haverty became Tech’s first Associated Press All-American since Montae Reagor in 1998, when he was selected to the third team. Free safety Dwayne Slay earned first-team All-America honors from Sports Illustrated in 2005, marking the first in seven seasons. Slay was one of the country’s most punishing tacklers that year and led the conference and finished second nationally with eight forced fumbles.
Leach has coached several players who have gone on to the NFL. While at Tech, 18 players have been drafted and 21 others have signed free agent contracts. In the spring of 2009, four players were selected among the first four rounds of the NFL Draft, marking the most successful draft for Texas Tech in the Leach era. Crabtree became the highest draft pick at No. 10, since Gabe Rivera in 1983. Crabtree, selected by the San Francisco 49ers, is the highest drafted Tech receiver since Dave Parks went No. 1 overall in 1964.
Safety Darcel McBath was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round, while offensive lineman Louis Vasquez was taken in the third by San Diego. Defensive end Brandon Williams went to the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth.
The program made strides academically as well under Leach. During his 10 years, Tech was recognized as one of the nation’s top institutions for consistently being above a 70 percent graduation rate, according to the American Football Coaches
Association. Prior to coming on board at Texas Tech, Leach, in just one season at Oklahoma,
directed a Sooner offense that went from one of the worst in the Big 12 Conference to one of the best. Under Leach’s tutelage, Josh Heupel was named 1999 Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year. For his efforts, Leach was nominated for the 1999 Broyles Award as the top assistant coach in the country.
Leach guided an Oklahoma offense that went from 11th in the Big 12 in 1998 to first in 1999 and 101st in the nation to 11th. In just one year, OU’s total offense numbers improved from 293.3 to 427.2 yards per game.
The rise in passing and scoring offense categories is just as impressive. Oklahoma went from last to first in the Big 12 in passing offense in one year, from 107th in the country to ninth. Under Leach, the Sooners improved from 109.9 yards passing per game to 321.7 yards per game.
In 1998, Oklahoma was last in the Big 12 and 101st in the country in scoring offense at 16.7 points per game. In 1999, the Sooners improved to second in the league and eighth in the country in scoring at 36.8 points per game, an increase of just over 20 points per game.
Under Leach, the Oklahoma offense set six Big 12 Conference and 17 OU records. The Sooners were one of only two schools in the nation to have six players with 20 or more receptions in 1999.
Prior to joining Bob Stoops’ Oklahoma staff, Leach served as offensive coordinator for Hal Mumme at the University of Kentucky and Valdosta (Ga.) State University. For two years at Kentucky under Mumme, Leach coached the Kentucky “Air Raid” offense that was one of the most explosive in Southeastern Conference history. Under Mumme and Leach, the Kentucky offense set six NCAA records, 41 Southeastern Conference records and 116 school records in 22 games.
Leach’s Kentucky offense featured the talented Tim Couch, who passed for 4,275 yards and 34 touchdowns as a senior and was the top pick of the 1999 NFL Draft.
Named 1996 Division II Offensive Coordinator of the Year by American Football Quarterly magazine, Leach helped Mumme lead Valdosta State to a 40-17-1 record. The 1993 Blazer offense smashed 66 school records, 22 conference records and seven national records. In 1994, Valdosta State advanced to the Division II playoffs with Leach’s offense shattering 80 school records, 35 conference records and seven more national marks.
Leach and Mumme first teamed up at Iowa Wesleyan College in 1989. From 1989 to 1991 Leach served as offensive coordinator and line coach for an offense that led the NAIA in passing yardage one season and finished second the other two. Iowa Wesleyan quarterbacks passed for more than 11,000 yards in Leach’s three seasons and broke 26 national records.
Leach also has made coaching stops in Pori, Finland, where he served as a head coach in the European Football League (1989), as well as one-year stints at College of the Desert (1988) and Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo (1987).
After graduating with honors from BYU in 1983, Leach earned a master’s degree from the U.S. Sports Academy and his law degree from Pepperdine University, where he graduated in the top one-third of his class.
The oldest of six siblings, Leach and his wife, Sharon, are the parents of four children; Janeen, Kim, Cody and Kiersten.
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ROSTERALPHABETICAL
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