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2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS(2-2, 0-1 Pac-12)

DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULTSept. 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. 3 p.m. (P12N)

Oct. 17 Oregon State * Pullman TBA

Oct. 24 Arizona * Tucson, Ariz. TBA

Oct. 31 Stanford * Pullman TBA

Nov. 7 Arizona State * Pullman TBA

Nov. 14 UCLA * Pasadena, Calif. TBA

Nov. 21 Colorado * Pullman TBA

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

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WASHINGTON STATE SET TO FACE OREGON IN EUGENE SATURDAYWashington State hits the road for the second straight week, heading to Eugene, Ore. for a Saturday

afternoon matchup against the University of Oregon. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks

SERIES HISTORYOregon leads the all-time series 47-38-7 and has won eight straight after holding off the Cougars

upset bid last season in Pullman, 38-31. WSU is looking to snap a four-game skid in Eugene, last

winning in 2003, 55-16.

COMING UP

The Cougars return to Martin Stadium to host Oregon State University Saturday at 1 p.m. on the

Pac-12 Networks.

WASHINGTON STATE (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) at OREGON (3-2, 1-1 Pac-12)3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 • Pac-12 Networks

Autzen Stadium (54,000) • Eugene, Ore.

TV: Pac-12 Networks PLAY-BY-PLAY: Ted Robinson ANALYST: Glen Parker SIDELINE: Jill Savage

RADIO: Washington State IMG Sports Network PLAY-BY-PLAY: Matt Chazanow ANALYST: Bob Robertson

ANALYST: Jason Gesser SIDELINE: Jessamyn McIntyre

LIVESTATS: wsucougars.comTWITTER: @WSUCougfb

INSTAGRAM: @WSUCOUGARFOOTBALL

ALL-TIME RECORD: Oregon leads 47-38-7 STREAK: Oregon +8 LAST MEETING: Oregon 38-31 (9/20/14 - Pullman) LAST WSU WIN: 34-23 (10/21/06 - Pullman)IN PULLMAN: Oregon leads 25-20-2 STREAK: Oregon +4 LAST MEETING: Oregon 38-31 (9/20/14) LAST WSU WIN: 34-23 (10/21/06)IN EUGENE: Oregon leads 20-16-4 STREAK: Oregon +4 LAST MEETING: Oregon 62-38 (10/19/13) LAST WSU WIN: 55-16 (9/27/03)NEUTRAL: Series tied 2-2-1

LAST MEETING: WSU 31-21 (10/30/71 - Spokane)

BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY

TEAM• 21 players have made their Cougar debuts this season, and six players made their first career start

• Through the first four games, WSU has played 12 freshmen including seven true freshmen

• WSU leads the Pac-12 in passing offense (369.2), the seventh-best mark in the FBS

• WSU leads the Pac-12 in tackles-for-loss per game at 9.0, tied for sixth-best in the country

• WSU sits second in the Pac-12 in with 12 sacks, tied for 17th in the country averaging three per game

• Last season, WSU led the country with 8 players recording 20+ catches, including 4 with 60+ receptions

• WSU returned all 13 offensive linemen from last year’s roster including all five starters

• WSU’s win at Rutgers was the first win against a Big Ten school since defeating Purdue in the 2001 Sun Bow

• WSU rushed for 104 yards against Portland State, the fifth 100-yard game under coach Leach, first since 2013

• WSU sold out Martin Stadium (32,952) three times last season and has recorded five sellouts since coach Mike

Leach arrived at WSU in 2012, there was only one sellout in the five seasons prior

INDIVIDUAL• Mike Leach, a native of Cody, Wyo., is closing in on the 100 career-win milestone, owns 98-70 career record

• QB Luke Falk leads the Pac-12 in passing yards (364.8 ypg) and total offense (362.2 ypg)

• WR Dom Williams is tied for 3rd in WSU history with 22 career TD catches, 5th-most among active FBS players

• Williams now sits tied with Jason Hill for the most multiple-TD games (7) in school history

• Williams sits 9th in school history with 2,135 career receiving yards, 17th-most among active FBS players

• WR Gabe Marks is seventh in WSU history with 158 career receptions, Isiah Myers is sixth with 164

• Marks leads the Pac-12 in catches (35), catches per game (8.8) and second in receiving yards (414)

• Marks owns four career games with 10+ receptions, tying Vince Mayle for most in WSU history

• RB Gerard Wicks recorded career highs of 14 carries and 63 yards against Portland State

• Wicks owns 17 receptions, ninth-most in the Pac-12 and tied for third-most by a running back in the country

• RB Keith Harrington opened his career with a touchdown in each of the first three games

• RUSH LB Ivan McLennan and Kache Palacio are each tied for second in Pac-12 lead with three sacks

• Palacio owns 15 career sacks, needing 0.5 more to break into the WSU career top-10 for sacks

• LB Jeremiah Allison is second in the Pac-12 Conference averaging 9.7 tackles-per-game• CB Marcellus Pippins is tied for second in the Pac-12 with 2 INT

• FS Shalom Luani shares the Pac-12 lead with two forced fumbles

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2015 STANDINGSNORTH DIVISON

Pac-12 OverallStanford 3-0 4-1California 2-0 5-0Oregon 1-1 3-2Washington State 0-1 2-2Oregon State 0-1 2-2Washington 0-1 2-2

SOUTH DIVISON Pac-12 OverallUtah 1-0 4-0Arizona State 1-1 3-2UCLA 1-1 4-1USC 1-1 3-1Colorado 0-1 3-2Arizona 0-2 3-2

THURSDAY, OCT. 8Washington at USC, 6 p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY, OCT. 10Oregon State at ARIZONA, 1 p.m. (FOX Sports 1)

Washington State at OREGON, 3 p.m. (P12N)Colorado at ARIZONA STATE, 7 p.m. (P12N)

California at UTAH, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY, OCT. 3CALIFORNIA def. Washington State, 34-28

Arizona State def. UCLA, 38-23Oregon def. COLORADO, 41-24STANFORD def. Arizona, 55-17

PAC-12 CONFERENCE

AUDIO ON INTERNET WSU’s football broadcasts are available on the Inter-net through WSU’s web provider NeuLion. The ad-dress is: www.wsucougars.com, then use the Connectlink near the top of the page.

WSU TICKETSWSU football tickets are available online at www.wsu-cougars.com, by clicking on the “Tickets” link on thefront page. Tickets are available online 24 hours a day,up until the day before the game. All orders processedonline can be mailed up to 10 days prior to the game.After that all online orders will be held for pickup atWill Call. For any questions about WSU tickets, pleasecall 1-800-Go-Cougs, Option 1, during business hours(Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.).

WSUCOUGARS.COMWSU releases, statistics, notes and depth chart infor-mation are loaded weekly on the WSU Athletics HomePage. The address is: http://www.wsucougars.com.

COUGAR ATHLETICS ON THE WEBConnect with Washington State University Athleticson the web at WSUCougars.com, the official websiteof Cougar Athletics, and on Twitter (twitter.com/WSU-Cougars_com) and Facebook (facebook.com/WSU-CougarAthletics) during the 2013 season.

PAC-12 TELECONFERENCEThe Pac-12 Conference hosts a weekly teleconferencecall each Tuesday during the football season. The tele-conference call begins at 9:55 a.m., PT, while MikeLeach participates at 10:55 a.m. Contact the Pac-12media relations office at 415-580-4200 for details andcall-in information.

LEACH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE AVAILABILITYWSU head football coach Mike Leach is available forindividual media interviews following practices Sun-day, Tuesday and Wednesday, along with after eachCougar game. Arrangements for interviews with coachLeach 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. Threestudent-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 followingpractices 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 notcontact student-athletes via their cell phones or socialmedia 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 beconducted on the field after practice. Media is asked to not report on injuries or strategy. All walk-thru practices are closed with no media availability.

COUGAR COACH’S SHOWWashington State Head Coach Mike Leach hold hisweekly radio show on WSU’s flagship station 920 KXLYevery Thursday from 6-7 p.m. live from Zeppoz in Pull-man.

MEDIA INFORMATION

THE 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 homeof Winston-Salem, NC, manages corporate marketing

opportunities and on-site promotions at WSU footbal

and basketball games as well as oversees sales for

all signage at Martin Stadium, Friel Court at Beasley

Coliseum and all Cougar competition sites.

Location Station Frequency

Spokane (Flagship) KXLY 920 AM

Seattle KIRO 710 AM

Bellingham KPUG/KBAI 1170/930 AM

Centralia KMNT 104.3 FM

Clarkson KHTR 103.9 FM

Colfax KCLX 1450 AM

Colville KCVL 1240 AM

Grand Coulee KEYG 98.5 FMMoses Lake KBSN 1470 AM

Mount Vernon KAPS 660 AM

Omak KEYG 97.7 FM

Pasco KONA 610 AM

Portland KKPZ 1330 AM

Pullman KHTR 104.3 FM

Pullman KQQQ 1150 AM

Shelton KMAS 1030 AM

Walla Walla KGDC 1320 AM

Wenatchee KPQ 560 AM

Wenatchee KNZW 1340 AM

Yakima KBBO 1390 AM/104.5 FM

Internet wsucougars.com

Sirius/XM Satellite Radio 113/198

THIS WEEK

MONDAY - Oct. 5No Practice

Press Conferences12:30 p.m. - Players

1 p.m. - Coach Leach

TUESDAY - Oct. 6Practice3:30 p.m.

All Coaches AvailableTo Media

WEDNESDAY - Oct. 7Practice3:30 p.m.

All Coaches AvailableTo Media

THURSDAY - Oct. 8Practice3:30 p.m.

Asst. Coaches ONLYAvailable To Media

FRIDAY - Oct. 9Travel to Eugene

SATURDAY - Oct. 10at Oregon

3 p.m.Pac-12 Networks

SUNDAY - Oct. 118 p.m.

Asst. Coaches ONLYAvailable To Media

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

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YOUNG COUGS TAKE THE FIELD

Washington State has seen 21 players make their Cougar debuts in the first four games and five

players who have made their first career start. Twelve freshmen have contributed including seven

true freshmen. Eighteen newcomers appear in the depth chart against Oregon with a total of 13

freshman listed including seven 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

DeRider (LB), Kaleb Fossum (WR), Lucas Gravelle (LS), Keith Harrington (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).

COUGAR AIR RAID TOOK OFF IN 2014The Washington State offense reached new heights last season, leading the NCAA in passing of-

fense (477.7 ypg), the second highest mark in FBS history, trailing only Houston’s mark of in 511.3

ypg in 1989. Since Mike Leach arrived at WSU in 2012, the offense has improved each season in total

offense, passing offense and scoring. Last season, the Cougars set or tied 42 school, conference or

NCAA records including Pac-12 season records for pass attempts (771), completions (510), passing

yards (5,732) and passing touchdowns (45).

FALK OFF TO SOLID START IN 2015

Luke Falk is off to a solid start to the 2015 season, posting three 300-yard games including a 478-

yard performance in a road win over Rutgers. Through the first four games, Falk has tossed 10

touchdowns and two interceptions while leading the Pac-12 in passing yards (364.8) and total of-

fense (362.2). Following the comeback win over Rutgers

in week two, Falk picked up his second career Pac-12

Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor after

throwing for 478 yards on 47-of-66 pass attempts with

four touchdowns and no interceptions in the Cougars’

come-from-behind, 37-34 win at Rutgers. Falk saved his

best performance for last, leading WSU on a 10-play, 90-

yard drive in 1:31, capped by an 8-yard touchdown pass

to River Cracraft with 13 seconds remaining.

FALK, BENDER BATTLED TO LEAD AIR RAID

Redshirt-sophomore Luke Falk and redshirt-freshman Peyton Bender battled for the starting quarterback job throughout preseason camp and Falk eventually won the job. Falk gained valuable ex-

perience in 2014 after being forced into action after graduate quarterback Connor Halliday suffered

a season-ending broken ankle against USC. Falk finished the game with 346 passing yards against

the Trojans after completing 38-of-57 pass attempts and two touchdown passes. In his first start at

Oregon State the following week, he threw for 471 yards and five touchdowns to win his first career

start, also earning Pac-12 Player of the Week honors. At No. 13 Arizona State, the Logan, Utah native

threw for 601 yards, second-most in WSU history and three touchdowns, also rushing for one. He

capped his season with 355 yards and two touchdown passes in the Apple Cup. In just six games

including three starts, Falk finished the season with 1,889 passing yards, more yards than 10 other

FBS schools had for the season, and 13 touchdowns, more than 18 other FBS schools had for the

season. Falk averaged 475.6 ypg in his three starts. Bender redshirted in 2014 and capped spring ball

with 265 passing yards and two touchdowns in the Crimson & Gray Spring Game.

OFFENSIVE LINE RETURNED ALL FIVE STARTERSLast 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.

EKLUND NAMED COUGAR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK

Each week, Washington State coaches award the “Bone” award to the offensive lineman who per-

forms the best during the previous game. Following the Wyoming game, redshirt-senior left guard

Gunnar Eklund earned his first “Bone” award of the season. Portland State: None; at Rutgers: Joe

Dahl; Wyoming: Gunnar Eklund; at California: None

FOUNDED: 1890NICKNAME: CougarsCOLORS: Crimson and GrayCONFERENCE: Pac-12ENROLLMENT: 19,446LOCATION:

P. O. Box 641602Pullman, WA 99164-1602

STADIUM: Martin Stadium (32,952 - FieldTurf)INTERIM PRESIDENT: Dr. Daniel J. Bernardo

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Bill MoosTICKET OFFICE: 509-335-9626, 800-GO-COUGSGENERAL DEPARTMENT: 509-335-0311 WSU ATHLETICS WEBSITE: www.wsucougars.com

HEAD COACH: Mike Leach ALMA MATER: BYU, 1983 CAREER RECORD (Seasons): 98-70 (14th) WSU RECORD (Seasons): 14-27 (4th) WSU PAC-12 RECORD : 7-21 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)

2014 RECORD: 3-9PAC-12 RECORD: 2-7OFFENSE: SpreadDEFENSE: 3-4

RETURNING LETTERWINNERS: 39 DEFENSE: 20 OFFENSE: 17 SPECIAL TEAMS: 2

RETURNING STARTERS: 15 DEFENSE: 7 OFFENSE: 7 SPECIAL TEAMS: 1

WSU ALL-TIME RECORD: 515-539-45 (120th Season) CONFERENCE RECORD: 257-364-25

WSU BOWL RECORD: 6-5 (11) 1916 Rose Bowl: WSU 14 - Brown 0 1931 Rose Bowl: Alabama 24 - WSU 0 1981 Holiday Bowl: BYU 38 - WSU 36 1988 Aloha Bowl: WSU 24 - Houston 22 1992 Copper Bowl: WSU 31 - Utah 28 1994 Alamo Bowl: WSU 10 - Baylor 3 1998 Rose Bowl: Michigan 21 - WSU 16 2001 Sun Bowl: WSU 33 - Purdue 27 2003 Rose Bowl: Oklahoma 34 - WSU 14 2003 Holiday Bowl: WSU 28 - Texas 20 2013 New Mexico Bowl: Colorado State 48 - WSU 45

WSU QUICK FACTS

2012 2013 2014 2015

True Freshmen Played 9 5 9 7

Total Freshmen Played 17 10 20 12

Sophomores Played 13 17 14 19

YDS TD GAME1. 601 3 at Arizona State (2014)2. 478 4 at Rutgers (2015) 3. 471 5 at Oregon State (2014)4. 389 2 at California (2015) 5. 355 2 Washington (2014)6. 34 6 2 USC (2014)7. 303 3 Wyoming (2015)

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COUGAR PASS CATCHERS AMONG NATION’S BESTThrough the first four games, WSU is one of seven teams in the country that have four players with

15+ receptions this season. Last season WSU was the only team in the country that had six play-

ers finish with 40+ catches last season and four of those players return in 2015 (Cracraft, Morrow,

Williams, Lewis). Gone are receivers Vince Mayle (106 rec. 1,483 yds 9 TD, Biletnikoff Semifinalist,

Browns 4th-RD) and Isiah Myers (78 rec 972 yds 12 TD) but the Cougars return five players who

caught 20-plus passes and also welcome back Gabe Marks (74 rec 807 yds 7 TD in 2013) who red-

shirted 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

school-record of 59, and finished the season second in the country for receptions by a running back.

Marks enters Saturday leading the Pac-12 with 35 receptions, good for tenth in the country.

RECORD BOOK WATCHThe Washington State air raid offense has produced big numbers since Mike Leach arrived in 2012

and as a result, a couple wide receivers find their names climbing the record books. Redshirt-senior

Dom Williams enters Saturday tied for third in WSU history with 22 career touchdown receptions,

needing two to pass Marquess Wilson for second all-time. Williams also owns six career 100-yard

games, tied for 10th all-time and recently moved into ninth in career receiving yards (2,135) and also

sits just outside the WSU career top-10 for receptions. Redshirt-junior Gabe Marks set a career-high

with 14 receptions at Rutgers, also tying a career-high with 146 yards, and enters Saturday seventh

in school history with 158 career receptions after catching 10 passes for 141 yards at California. He

is also closing in on the top-10 for receiving yards and touchdowns. Marks paces the Pac-12 with

35 receptions and is second with 414 receiving yards. Junior River Cracraft posted his sixth career

100-yard game at Rutgers and also sits just outside the WSU top-10 for receptions, receiving yards

and touchdowns.

LINEBACKERS LEAD THE WAYThe Cougar linebackers have filled up the stat sheet the first four games with senior Jeremiah

Allison averaging 9.7 tackles-per-contest (37 total), second-best in the Pac-12 Conference while

redshirt-sophomore Peyton Pelluer is tied for sixth in the conference with 8.8 (35 total) along with 4.5

tackles-for-loss, tied for fourth-best in the Pac-12. Allison led the Cougars in tackles in each of the

first two games, 12 against Portland State and 11 at Rutgers and Pelluer followed with a career-best

14 stops against Wyoming. Both backers took over as starters midway through last season with

Allison finishing second on the team with 78 tackles and Pelluer started the final five games and

posted 39 tackles including 5.5 for loss.

YOUNG SECONDARY A YEAR OLDER

The Cougars went through a youth movement in the secondary in 2014, starting six freshmen through-

out the season including four true freshmen. Senior safety Taylor Taliulu and redshirt-sophomore

cornerback Charleston White are the veterans this season. Taliulu is a three-year starter and White

made seven starts last season, recording a team-high 13 pass breakups, tying for second-most in

the Pac-12. The Cougars have started true freshman Darrien Molton (13 tackles, 1 forced fumble) at

cornerback the first four games while newcomer junior college transfer Shalom Luani has started

all four at safety and is third on the team in tackles with 27 while sharing the Pac-12 lead with two

forced fumbles, each coming in the last two games. Sophomore Marcellus Pippins has emerged as

a starter at the other cornerback, already owning a pair of interceptions, three pass breakups and

15 tackles.

CATEGORY NO. PAC-12 NCAAOFFENSE

Scoring/G 28.2 10 71 Rushing/G 68.5 12 126 Passing/G 369.2 1 7 Total Offense/G 437.8 9 45 First Downs/G 22.0 T-9 T-88

Sacks Allowed/G 12/3.0 9 108 Red Zone 13-16 (81.2%) 8 T-81 3rd Down 23-58 (39.7%) 8 62 4th Down 10-16 (62.5%) T-3 30DEFENSE

Scoring/G 26.5 9 83 Rushing/G 155.8 6 62 Passing/G 237.8 7 83 Total Defense/G 393.5 9 79 Sacks/G 12/3.0 2 17 Red Zone 10-11 (90.9%) 7 105 3rd Down % 26-52 (50.0%) 12 T-120 4th Down % 2-6 (33.3%) T-3 T-26KICKOFF RETURN AVG. 21.2 8 69OPP. KICKOFF RETURN AVG. 25.8 11 108NET KICKOFF COVERAGE 36.0 12 -PUNT RETURN AVG. 7.2 8 78OPP. PUNT RETURN AVG. 21.0 10 117

NET PUNTING 36.9 8 72PENALTIES/G 5.0/35.8 6/1 14/6TURNOVER MARGIN +0 (7G/7L) 9 T-69

PASSING YARDS/G NO. PAC-12 NCAALuke Falk 364.8 1 5

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS NO. PAC-12 NCAALuke Falk 10 4 15

RECEPTIONS NO. PAC-12 NCAAGabe Marks 35 1 10River Cracraft 20 7 -Dom Williams 18 8 -Gerard Wicks 17 T-9 -

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS NO. PAC-12 NCAAGabe Marks 3 T-4 T-37Dom Williams 3 T-4 T-37

TACKLES/G NO. PAC-12 NCAAJeremiah Allison 9.7 2 29Peyton Pelluer 8.8 T-6 51

TACKLES-FOR-LOSS NO. PAC-12 NCAAKache Palacio 5.0 3 -Hercules Mata’afa 4.5 T-4 -Darryl Paulo 4.5 T-4 -Peyton Pelluer 4.5 T-4 -

SACKS NO. PAC-12 NCAAIvan McLennan 3.0 T-2 -Kache Palacio 3.0 T-2 -

KICKOFF RETURN AVG. NO. PAC-12 NCAATavares Martin Jr. 22.9 7 54

PUNTING AVG. NO. PAC-12 NCAAZach Charme 43.5 4 -

PLAYER TOTAL KICKOFF PUNTDylan Hanser 7 4 3Parker Henry 4 4 0Jeremiah Allison 3 3 0Franki Luvu 2 2 0Kirkland Parker 2 2 0Erik Powell 2 2 0

PLAYER RANKINGS

STAT RANKINGS

SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES

RECEPTIONS

1. 195 Michael Bumpus 2004-07

2. 189 Marquess Wilson 2010-12

3. 182 Brandon Gibson 2005-08

4. 177 Hugh Campbell 1960-62

5. 166 Jared Karstetter 2008-11

6. 164 Isiah Myers 2011-14

7. 158 Gabe Marks 2012-pres.

8. 148 Phillip Bobo 1990-92

148 Jason Hill 2003-06

148 Vince Mayle 2013-14

- 135 Dom Williams 2012-pres.

- 132 River Cracraft 2013-pres.

RECEIVING YARDS

1. 3,207 Marquess Wilson 2010-12

2. 2,756 Brandon Gibson 2005-08

3. 2,704 Jason Hill 2003-06

4. 2,459 Hugh Campbell 1960-62

5. 2,447 Nian Taylor 1996-99

6. 2,250 Tim Stallworth 1986-89

7. 2,182 Phillip Bobo 1990-92

8. 2,168 C.J. Davis 1988-92

9. 2,098 Deron Pointer 1991-93

10. 2,135 Dom Williams 2012-pres.

- 1,781 Gabe Marks 2012-pres.

- 1,655 River Cracraft 2013-pres.

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS

1. 32 Jason Hill 2003-06

2. 23 Marquess Wilson 2010-12

3. 22 Hugh Campbell 1960-62

22 Dom Williams 2012-pres.

5. 19 Jared Karstetter 2008-11

19 Isiah Myers 2011-14

7. 18 Nian Taylor 1996-99

18 Deron Pointer 1991-93

18 Devard Darling 2002-03

10. 17 Brandon Gibson 2005-08

- 13 River Cracraft 2013-pres.

- 12 Gabe Marks 2012-pres.

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LEADING AT HALF 2-2TRAILING AT HALFTIED AT HALF

LEADING AFTER 3 QUARTERS 2-0TRAILING AFTER 3 QUARTERS 0-1TIED AFTER 3 QUARTERS 0-1

LEADING WITH 5 MINUTES REMAINING 2-0TRAILING WITH 5 MINUTES REMAINING 0-1TIED WITH 5 MINUTES REMAINING 0-1

SCORING FEWER THAN 20 POINTS 0-1SCORING 20+ POINTS 0-1SCORING 30+ POINTS 2-0SCORING 40+ POINTS

ALLOWING FEWER THAN 20 POINTS 1-0ALLOWING 20+ POINTS 0-1ALLOWING 30+ POINTS 1-1ALLOWING 40+ POINTS

RUSHING FOR LESS THAN 50 YARDS 0-1RUSHING FOR 50-74 YARDSRUSHING FOR 75-99 YARDS 2-0RUSHING FOR 100+ YARDS 0-1

ALLOWING LESS THAN 100 RUSHING YARDS 0-1ALLOWING 100+ RUSHING YARDS 2-0ALLOWING 200+ RUSHING YARDS 0-1

PASSING FOR LESS THAN 300 YARDS 0-1PASSING FOR 300+ YARDS 1-1PASSING FOR 400+ YARDS 1-0PASSING FOR 500+ YARDS

ALLOWING LESS THAN 200 PASSING YARDS 0-1ALLOWING 200+ PASSING YARDS 2-0ALLOWING 300+ PASSING YARDS 0-1ALLOWING 400+ PASSING YARDS

TOTALING LESS THAN 300 YARDSTOTALING 300+ YARDS 1-0TOTALING 400+ YARDS 0-2TOTALING 500+ YARDS 1-0

ALLOWING LESS THAN 300 TOTAL YARDS 0-1ALLOWING 300+ TOTAL YARDSALLOWING 400+ TOTAL YARDS 2-1

ALLOWING 500+ TOTAL YARDS

COMMITTING NO TURNOVERS 1-0COMMITTING 1 TURNOVER 1-1COMMITTING 2 TURNOVERSCOMMITTING 3+ TURNOVERS 0-1

NO TAKEAWAYS 0-1FORCING 1 TURNOVERFORCING 2 TURNOVERS 1-1FORCING 3+ TURNOVERS 1-0

BY THE NUMBERS DEFENSE PUTTING THE PRESSURE ONThrough the first four games, the Washington State has racked up the second-most sacks in the

Pac-12 with 12 sacks and is tied for sixth in the country with 9.0 tackles-for-loss per game (36 Total).

WSU tallied five sacks against Wyoming, three from Ivan McLennan and two from Kache Palacio.

McLennan’s three-sack performance was the first by a Cougar since Andy Mattingly recorded four

against Arizona State in 2007. McLennan and Palacio both enter Saturday sharing the team lead

with three sacks a piece for the season, each tied for

second in the conference lead while Palacio sits tied

for third in the league with five tackles-for-loss. Also

against Wyoming, WSU recorded 14 tackles-for-loss,

tied for third-most in school history, and recently posted

11 TFL’s at California. The Cougars have already forced

seven turnovers (3 INT, 4 fumbles) after recording eight

turnovers (3 INT, 5 fumbles) in 2014.

SPECIAL TEAMS FULL OF NEWCOMERSWashington State has seen a couple new faces contribute on special teams in the first four games.

Freshman punter Zach Charme owns three punts of 50+ yards and has put five punts inside the 20

while averaging 43.5 yards-per-punt, good for fourth in Pac-12. Freshman kickoff returner Tavares

Martin Jr. has been close to breaking a couple long returns through the first four games. The Belle

Glade, Fla. native posted returns of 29 and 34 yard return in his collegiate debut against Portland

State and added a 40-yarder at California last weekend. He enters Saturday seventh in the Pac-12

averaging 22.9 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 from 46, 47 and

37 yards, respectively, setting a career long of 47.

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 Cra-

craft 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 PIPELINE

The Washington State roster has seen an influx in Polynesian players since Mike Leach and hiscoaching 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.

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.

NO. PLAYER YEARS1. 37.5 DeWayne Patterson 1991-946. 20.5 Travis Long 2009 -127. 19.0 Scott Pelluer 1977- 808. 17.5 Ivan Cook 1985-8 89. 17.0 Rien Long 2000 -0210. 15.5 Erik Howard 1982-85- 14.0 Kache Palacio 2012-present

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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. 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. 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 GAME

1. 154 5 2 Utah (2013)2. 143 8 0 Washington (2012)3. 112 4 2 Portland State (2014)4. 108 7 2 UCLA (2012)5. 107 5 0 California (2014)6. 101 3 2 Southern Utah (2013)

#4 CHARLES TON WHITE

TACKLES GAME1. 12 California (2014)

#8 JEREMIAH ALLISON TACKLE S 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)

#18 SHALOM LUANI TACKLE S GAME1. 11 Wyoming (2015)

#28 DARIUS LEMORA TACKLE S GAME

1. 10 USC (2014)

#30 TAYLOR TALIUL U TACKLE S GAME1. 12 California (2014 )

#40 K ACHE PAL ACIO TACKLE S GAME1. 10 Arizona (2014 )

#47 PEYTON PELLUER TACKLE S GAME1. 14 Wyoming (2015)

CAREER 100-YARD GAMES 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 168 after last week’s appearance at Clemson. 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.

CRACRAFT NAMED TO BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LISTJunior wide receiver River Cracraft was named to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, annually

recognizing the outstanding receiver in college football. 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. 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.

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 honor-

able 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 at-

tempts 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. Hewas 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.

CAREER 10+ TACKLE GAMES

PLAYER TEAM LAST WEEK THIS WEEK

Husain Abdullah (DB) Kansas City 2 tackles - L at CIN vs. Chicago

Deone Bucannon (S) Arizona 5 tackles - L vs. STL at Detroit

Xavier Cooper (DL) Cleveland 2 tackles, First career sack - L at SD at Baltimore

Brandon Gibson (WR) New England Injured Reserve Will miss 2015 season with torn ACL

Travis Long (LB) Philadelphia Injured Reserve Will miss 2015 season with torn ACL

Ropati Pitoitua (DL) Tennessee Bye vs. Buff alo

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Defensive CoordinatorAlex Grinch (Booth)

Outside Linebackers

Roy Manning (Field)

Offensive LineClay McGuire (Field)

Defensive LineJoe Salave’a (Field)

Inside Wide ReceiversDavid Yost (Booth)

Outside Wide ReceiversGraham Harrell (Booth)

Running Backs

Jim Mastro (Field)

Special TeamsEric Mele (Field)

LinebackersKen Wilson (Field)

Strength/ConditioningJason Loscalzo (Field)

ASSISTANT COACHES 2014 SEASON RECAPWashington State University went 3-9 overall while playing the nation’s No. 23 toughest schedule

according to the USA Today last season. The Cougars posted a 2-7 mark in Pac-12 Conference play

with road wins over Utah and Oregon State. The WSU 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, Pac-12 or NCAA records during the season, including quarterback Connor Hal-

liday 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.

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 an-

nouncer 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 exception 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 during 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 Jessamyn 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 Na-

meck 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 broadcasts (Washington State, Arizona, Cal,

Gonzaga, Oregon, Texas, UCLA and Washington). Cougar fans had a chance to hear Chazanow last

November when he called the WSU men’s basketball broadcasts at the Great Alaska Shootout.

2016

Sept. 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

2017

Sept. 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

2018

Sept. 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

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KACHE PALACIO• Senior • Gardena, Calif. • Serra High School

Major: Social Sciences

Emphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies, Human Development, Psychology

• Expected to graduate with his degree following the fall semester, needing only3.5 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 Firs t 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’SENTERING 2015 FALL SEMESTER

1. Brandon Evers 3.71

2. Peyton Pelluer 3.54

3. Mitchell Cox 3.53

4. Taylor Comfort 3.36

5. Moritz Christ 3.35

6. Sam Flor 3.217. Carlos Freeman 3.18

8. Luke Falk 3.17

9. Jacob Seydel 3.16

10. 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 includeReading 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 305

10:35-11:50 am Criminal Justice 2012

Noon-1:15 p.m. Communication 102

1:30 pm Lunch

2:30 pm Film Review

3:30 pm Football Practice

6 pm Dinner

7-9:30 pm Study Hall

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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 NCAAqualifier and also earned All-America status.

• Michael Dotson:

- Freshman (1982-8 3) 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 (1984-8 5) 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 198 5 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

think ing activit ies, in-class activit ies 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 activit ies. 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 alsohas a clothing-design project called Verified, with

t-shir ts 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.

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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 3:23

Falk 1-yard run 2 13 47 5:53Marks 4-yard pass from Falk 3 15 79 6:11

SCORING DRIVES

DATE OPPONENT SITE OVERTIMES RESULT11/23/96 Washington Pullman 1 L, 24-3110/25/97 Arizona Pullman 1 W, 35-3410/14/00 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 3 L, 47-5310/21/00 Arizona State Pullman 1 L, 20-2311/4/00 Oregon Pullman 1 L, 24-2710/5/02 USC Pullman 1 W, 30-2711/23/02 Washington Pullman 3 L, 26-2911/6/03 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 1 L, 26-2910/15/05 UCLA Pullman 1 L, 41-4411/22/08 Washington Pullman 2 W, 16-139/19/09 SMU Pullman 1 W, 33-3011/19/11 Utah Pullman 1 L, 27-3011/23/12 Washington Pullman 1 W, 31-28TOTAL 5-8

WASHINGTON STATE IN OVERTIME

1 Ohio State(38) 5-0 1444

2 TCU(5) 5-0 1371

3 Baylor(10) 4-0 1364

4 Michigan State 5-0 1291

5 Utah(7) 4-0 1254

6 Clemson 4-0 1217

7 LSU 4-0 1212

8 Alabama 4-1 10269 Texas A&M(1) 5-0 1009

10 Oklahoma 4-0 976

11 Florida 5-0 935

12 Florida State 4-0 922

13 Northwestern 5-0 753

14 Ole Miss 4-1 731

15 Notre Dame 4-1 721

16 Stanford 4-1 617

17 USC 3-1 498

18 Michigan 4-1 452

19 Georgia 4-1 441

20 UCLA 4-1 415

21 Oklahoma State 5-0 332

22 Iowa 5-0 254

23 California 5-0 233

24 Toledo 4-0 87

25 Boise State 4-1 65

Others receiving votes: Oregon 39, Duke 31, Houston 31,

Temple 23, Memphis 19, Navy 19, Arizona State 15, Mis-

sissippi State 11, West Virginia 8, Texas Tech 4, BYU 3,

Kansas State 1, Missouri 1

1 Ohio State(50) 5-0 1523

2 TCU(4) 5-0 1435

3 Michigan State(1) 5-0 1409

4 Baylor(5) 4-0 1408

5 LSU(1) 4-0 1257

6 Clemson 4-0 1196

7 Utah(1) 4-0 1118

8 Florida State 4-0 10679 Oklahoma 4-0 1009

10 Alabama 4-1 990

11 Texas A&M 5-0 983

12 Florida 5-0 755

13 Ole Miss 4-1 727

14 Northwestern 5-0 707

15 Notre Dame 4-1 674

16 Georgia 4-1 562

17 USC 3-1 540

18 Stanford 4-1 535

19 Oklahoma State 5-0 519

20 UCLA 4-1 401

21 Michigan 4-1 322

22 California 5-0 311

23 Iowa 5-0 243

24 Boise State 4-1 100

25 Memphis 5-0 68

Others receiving votes: Oregon 64, Duke 59, West Vir-

ginia 31, Toledo 24, Kansas State 17, Temple 16, Arizona

State 16, Mississippi State 14, Navy 12, Houston 11,

Kentucky 6, Arizona 5, Missouri 4, Wisconsin 4, North

Carolina 4, Indiana 2, Illinois 2

AP TOP-25 ESPN/USA TODAY TOP-25

NORTH DIVISION1. Oregon (37) 2622. Stanford (8) 2313. California 1744. Washington 1295. Washington State 896. Oregon State 60

SOUTH DIVISION1. USC (32) 2542. Arizona State (7) 2003. UCLA (6) 1804. Arizona 1555. Utah 1056. Colorado 46

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OFFENSE 2012 2013 2014 2015 Streak Career

Baker (WR) RS 0 3 1 - 4

Cracraft (WR) 10 8 4 5 22

Dahl (OL) RS 13 12 4 29 29

Eklund (OL) 7 13 12 4 29 36

Falk (QB) RS 3 4 7 7

Flor (OL) RS 0 2 - - 2Green (WR) 1 - - 1

Harrington (RB) RS 1 1 1

Lewis (WR) RS 3 2 - 5

Madison (OL) RS 8 4 4 12

Marks (WR) 8 9 0 4 4 21

Middleton (OL) RS 0 12 4 16 16

Morrow (RB) RS 11 1 1 12

Seydel (OL) RS 4 - - 4

Sorenson (OL) 0 10 4 7 14

Wicks (RB) RS 0 3 - 3

D. Williams (WR) 5 8 0 4 4 17

DEFENSE 2012 2013 2014 2015 Streak Career

Allison (LB) 0 0 9 4 13 13

Barber (NT) RS 0 1 4 4 5

Dotson (DB) 0 RS 3 1 3

Hameed (S) 3 - - 3

Henry (DB) RS - - 1 - 1

Lemora (S) RS 10 - - 10Luani (S) 4 4 4

McLennan (LB) RS 0 2 1 2

Molton (CB) 4 4 4

Palacio (LB) 0 7 12 2 - 21

Paulo (DL) 0 0 3 4 4 7

Pelluer (LB) 0 5 4 9 9

Pippins (CB) 2 3 3 5

Porter (CB) 2 - - 2

Taliulu (S) 2 10 10 4 9 26

Vaeao (DL) 2 10 10 4 11 26

White (CB) RS 7 1 - 8

PASSING PLAYS (18)YDS CONNECTION OPPONENT39 Falk to Marks Portland State38 Falk to Williams at California35 Falk to Williams (TD) Wyoming35 Falk to Marks at California32 Falk to Williams Portland State28 Falk to Williams at Rutgers

28 Falk to Cracraft at Rutgers25 Falk to Marks at Rutgers25 Falk to Marks at Rutgers24 Falk to Williams Portland State24 Falk to Harrington (TD) Portland State24 Falk to Cracraft at Rutgers24 Falk to Priester at California23 Falk to Cracraft at Rutgers23 Falk to Marks (TD) at Rutgers23 Falk to J. Thompson at California21 Falk to Lewis at California21 Falk to Marks at California

RUSHING PLAYS (2)YDS RUSHER OPPONENT36 Harrington (TD) Wyoming22 Wicks Portland State

STARTING LINEUPSOFFENSE LT LG C RG RT WR (X) WR (Y) WR (Z) WR (H) RB QB

PSU Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Baker Wicks Falk

@RUT Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks Falk

WYO 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

OSU

@ARIZ

STAN

ASU

@UCLA

COLO@WASH

OFFENSE T NT E RUSH MIKE WILL NICKEL CB SS FS CB

PSU Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Dotson White Taliulu Luani Molton

@RUT Vaeao Barber Paulo Palacio Pelluer Allison Dotson Pipp ins Taliulu Luani Molton

WYO Vaeao Barber Paulo Palacio Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton

@CAL Vaeao Ba rber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Dotson Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton

@ORE

OSU

@ARIZ

STAN

ASU

@UCLA

COLO

@WASH

PSU Joe Dahl

@RUT Jeremiah Allison

WYO Parker Henry

@CAL Peyton Pelluer

@ORE

OSU

@ARIZ

STAN

ASU

@UCLACOLO

@WASH

WEEKLY CAPTAINS

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LAST YEAR’S MEETING IN PULLMANSept. 20 2014

NO. 2 Oregon def. WASHINGTON STATE, 38-31PULLMAN, Wash. – Marcus Mariota threw for 329yards and five touchdowns as No. 2 Oregon held offWashington State 38-31 on Saturday night in a match-up of two of the top offenses in the nation. Devon Allen

and Keanon Lowe each had two touchdown receptions for Oregon (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12), which has woneight straight games against Washington State. Con-nor Halliday threw for 436 yards and four touchdownsfor Washington State (1-3, 0-1), which boasts the nation’s top passing at tack. They came into the game as24-point underdogs, but stayed close the entire way.Washington State played stout defense in the firsthalf, sacking Mariota five times and recording seven tackles for losses, while holding the Ducks to a total of210 yards. The score was tied 21-all at halftime. How-ever, the Cougars’ offense stalled in the second half,as the Ducks outscored them 17-10 to take the win.Mariota completed 21 of 25 passes with no interceptions. Halliday was 43 for 63. Washington State out-gained the potent Oregon offense 298 yards to 210 in the first half. The Ducks then drove to the Cougars’ 15

on the first drive of the second half, but Matt Woganmissed a 32-yard field goal. Oregon recovered a fum-ble by Washington State’s Jamal Morrow on its own35. On fourth-and-10, Mariota ran for 28 yards to the8-yard line. On the next play he threw a touchdownpass to Pharaoh Brown for a 28-21 lead with 4:32 leftin the third. WSU replied with an 87-yard drive thatended with Quentin Breshears’ 30-yard field goal to pull to 28-24 early in the fourth. However, Oregonmarched down to the WSU 17, where Wogan kickeda 34-yard field goal to extend the lead to 31-24 with11:04 left. Halliday then led the Cougars on a 75-yarddrive, with a 54-yard pass to Morrow covering mostof the distance. River Cracraft caught a 5-yard touch-down pass in the end zone to tie the score at 31-31with 8:57 to go. Oregon came right back with a 79-yarddrive in nine plays, with Mariota passing to Lowe for

a 6-yard touchdown pass and a 38-31 lead with 5:33left. The Cougars weren’t done, as Halliday’s 34-yardpass to Vince Mayle brought WSU to the Oregon 35.But Washington State stalled and turned the ball overon downs with 3:34 left. Washington State scored first, taking possession at its own 44 after Oregon punted onits first possession. Halliday threw completions on allfive plays and hit Dom Williams in the back of the endzone for an 18-yard touchdown pass and a 7-0 leadmidway through the first quarter. Oregon punted againand the Cougars drove to the Ducks’ 11. The Cougarshad a chance to extend the lead but Breshears hit theleft upright on a 29-yard field goal. Oregon took overon its 20 and Mariota connected with Allen at midfieldon the first play, and Allen outran the efense for an80-yard touchdown play that tied the score. Wash-ington State regained the lead on its next possession

as Halliday hit Dom Williams in the end zone with an8-yard scoring pass on 4th and 2. Halliday threw for167 yards in the first quarter. Mariota threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Lowe to tie the score at 14-allearly in the second quarter. After the Cougars turned the ball over on downs at the Oregon 31 on their nextpossession, Mariota ran for 41 yards on the Ducks’first play. He later threw a 13-yard touchdown pass toa wide-open Allen in the end zone to give Oregon itsfirst lead at 21-14 with just under 9 minutes left in thefirst half. Washington State replied with a 14-play drive that covered 74 yards, with Halliday passing connect-ing with Rickey Galvin on a 6-yard pass to tie the scoreat 21-all with 2:47 left in the half.

LAST MEETING IN EUGENEOct. 19, 2013

NO. 2 OREGON def. Washington State, 62-38EUGENE, Ore. – Marcus Mariota threw for 327 yardsand two touchdowns and ran for another as No. 2 Or-egon overcame the prolific passing of Connor Hallidayfor a 62-38 victory over Washington State. Mariota

kicked things off with a 57-yard scoring dash on thefirst series of the game for the Ducks, who wore pinkhelmets, cleats and socks for Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month. Byron Marshall ran for 192 yards and three touchdowns for Oregon (7-0, 4-0 Pac-12). Hal-liday completed 58 of 89 passes for 557 yards and four touchdowns for the Cougars (4-4, 2-3). His attemptsbroke the FBS-level record of 83 set by Drew Breesof Purdue on Oct. 10, 1998. His total attempts andcompletions also broke the Pac-12 records set by Ari-zona’s Matt Scott last season, and his total yards seta Washington State record. But Halliday also threwfour interceptions, including one that was returned 51yards for a touchdown by Terrance Mitchell early in the fourth quarter. The junior leads the nation with 18interceptions. Mariota had his first two turnovers of the season, two fumbles that led to first-half Washing-

ton State touchdowns, and the Cougars came within27-21 in the second quarter. The Ducks cleaned up the mistakes in the second half and pulled away, rack-ing up 719 yards in total offense. Freshman ThomasTyner ran for 99 yards and two touchdowns. Oregonremained without dynamic running back De’AnthonyThomas, who was in pads and practiced before thegame but didn’t play for the third straight game. Thom-as, who has run for 338 yards and six touchdowns, hasbeen out since his slipped on the rain-soaked turf atAutzen on the opening kickoff against Cal. After Mari-ota’s opening touchdown, Marshall plowed across the line for a 1-yard touchdown midway through thefirst to up Oregon’s lead to 13-0. Halliday found DomWilliams in the corner of the end zone with an 11-yardscoring pass, but Marshall answered with a 26-yardscoring run to make it 20-7. Tyner made an acrobatic

catch to get to the Washington State 1, then poweredinto the end zone for the touchdown early in the sec-ond quarter. Mariota was sacked and his fumble wasrecovered by Washington State, leading to Halliday’s22-yard pass to River Cracraft for the freshman re-ceiver’s first touchdown. He was sacked and fumbledagain on the next series and Xavier Cooper scoopedup the ball and ran it in to narrow the score to 27-21with 5:35 left before halftime. Tyner scored on a 66-yard run for the Ducks before Andrew Furney kickeda 49-yard field goal for the Cougars as time ran out tomake it 34-24. Mariota found Keanon Lowe with a 10-yard scoring pass and Marshall scored on a 30-yardrun in the third quarter before Mitchell’s pick six earlyin the fourth. Halliday threw an 8-yard touchdownpass to Gabe Marks with 3:48 left and added a 3-yardscoring toss to Bobby Ratliff with 11 seconds to go for

the final margin. The Ducks extended their winningstreak over the Cougars to seven straight.

WSU-OREGON WSU Wins: 38* • Oregon Wins: 47 • Ties: 7

DATE LOC ATT WSU-ORE W/L11-9-01 H N/A 16-0 W11-7-03 A N/A 0-0 T10-27-11 H N/A 0-6 L10-26-12 A N/A 7- 0 W10-17-14 H N/A 0-7 L10-9-15 H N/A 28-3 W

11-11-16 P 6,000 3-12 L10-20-17 H N/A 26-3 W11-8-19 P 12,000 7-0 W11-5-21 H 6,000 7-7 T11-11-22 A 12,000 0-13 L11-3-23 H 6,000 13-7 W11-15-24 P 10,000 7-7 T11-13-26 H 8,000 7-0 W10-24-36 A 12,000 3-0 W11-6-37 P 13,362 6-10 L9-24-38 H 6,000 2-10 L11-4-39 A 2,800 0-38 L10-6-40 H 6,500 6-6 T11-1-41 A 5,000 13-0 W10-3-42 H 8,000 7-0 W10-20-45 A 6,500 13-26 L11-10-45 H 3,000 20-13 W10-19-46 A 18,000 0-0 T11-8-47 H 15,000 6-12 L10-23-48 A 20,000 7-33 L 10-8-49 H 16,000 0-21 L11-4-50 A 15,176 21-13 W

10-27-51 H 12,000 41-6 W11-8-52 A 12,500 19-6 W10-10-53 H 16,000 7-0 W11-13-54 A 16,000 14-26 L11-5-55 H 9,000 0-35 L11-10-56 A 13,200 7-7 T10-9-57 H 19,000 13-14 L10-18-58 A 18,500 6-0 W10-3-59 A 16,800 6-14 L11-14-59 H 15,500 6-7 L10-15-60 A 18,500 12-21 L11-11-61 H 10,200 22-21 W11-10-62 A 19,400 10-28 L11-9-63 H 13,000 7-21 L11-7-64 A 19,000 21-21 T11-6-65 H 20,000 27-7 W11-5-66 A 17,500 14-13 W11-4-67 H 19,000 13-17 L11-9-68 A 23,000 13-27 L10-4-69 H 21,092 24-25 L10-3-70 A 21,800 13-28 L10-30-71 S 25,400 31-21 W

10-14-72 A 23,000 31-14 W10-3-73 H 19,800 21-14 W11-2-74 A 21,500 21-16 W11-1-75 H 18,100 14-26 L10-30-76 A 22,200 23-22 W10-29-77 H 27,200 56-20 W10-28-78 A 25,000 7-31* W10-27-79 H 18,650 26-37* W11-1-80 A 30,093 10-20 L11-7-81 H 33,500 39-7 W11-6-82 A 20,178 10-3 W11-12-83 H 29,500 24-7 W10-27-84 A 24,874 50-41 W8-31-85 H 25,900 39-42 L11-15-86 A 25,137 17-27 L11-14-87 H 14,089 17-31 L9-17-88 H 30,263 28-43 L10-7-89 A 44,639 51-38 W9-7-91 A 42,995 14-40 L10-31-92 H 25,450 17-34 L10-30-93 A 35,846 23-46 L10-8-94 H 37,600 21-7 W

10-21-95 A 46,109 7-26 L9-21-96 H 30,124 55-44 W10-4-97 A 43,516 24-13 W10-10-98 H 37,196 29-51 L11-6-99 A 44,090 10-52 L11-4-00 H 23,314 24-27(OT) L10-27-01 H 34,150 17-24 L11-9-02 H 37,600 32-21 W9-27-03 A 57,473 55-16 W10-9-04 H 35,117 38-41 L11-12-05 H 27,595 31-34 L10-21-06 H 35,117 34-23 W10-13-07 A 58,749 7-53 L9-27-08 H 30,927 14-63 L10-3-09 A 57,378 6-52 L10-9-10 H 24,768 23-43 L10-29-11 A 59,126 28-43 L9-29-12 Se 60,929 26-51 L10-19-13 A 56,949 38-62 L9-20-14 H 32,952 31-38 L

* Includes Oregon forfeits in 1978-79

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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 Arizona State 201460+ Luke Falk 66 at Rutgers 201550+ Luke Falk 66 at Rutgers 201540+ Luke Falk 49 at Cal 2015

Pass CompletionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year40+ Luke Falk 47 at Rutgers 201535+ Luke Falk 35 at Cal 201530+ Luke Falk 37 at Cal 201525+ Luke Falk 37 at Cal 2015

Pass YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year500+ Luke Falk 601 at Arizona State 2014450+ Luke Falk 478 at Rutgers 2015400+ Luke Falk 478 at Rutgers 2015350+ Luke Falk 389 at Cal 2015300+ Luke Falk 389 at Cal 2015

Passing TouchdownsStat Individual Total Opponent Year6+ Connor Halliday 6 California 20145+ Luke Falk 5 at Oregon State 20144+ Luke Falk 4 at Rutgers 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 .822 (37-45) Wyoming 2015

Scored a Passing TD (50-75 Yards)2014 Isiah Myers from Connor Halliday, 55 yards; Portland State

Scored a Passing TD (75+ Yards)2014 River Cracraft from Connor Halliday 86 yards, California

RECEIVINGReceptionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year15+ Vince Mayle 15 at Arizona State 201412+ Gabe Marks 14 at Rutgers 201510+ Gabe Marks 10 at Cal 2015

Receiving Yards

Stat Individual Total Opponent Year250+ Vince Mayle 252 at Arizona State 2014200+ Vince Mayle 252 at Arizona State 2014150+ Vince Mayle 252 at Arizona State 2014125+ Gabe Marks 141 at Cal 2015100+ Gabe Marks 141 at Cal 2015

Receiving TouchdownsStat Individual Total Opponent Year3+ River Cracraft 3 California 20142+ Isiah Myers 2 Arizona 2014 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 2006

4+ 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+ Damante Horton 2 at USC 2013

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 TD2013 Casey Locker (39 yards - Utah)

Returned a Fumble for a TD2013 Xavier Cooper 29-yard return; at Oregon

Played an Overtime Game2012 W, 31-28 Washington

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

Kickoff Return YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year200+ Teondray Caldwell 220 Oregon 2012175+ Teondray Caldwell 220 Oregon 2012150+ Kristoff Williams 155 Rutgers 2014

Returned a Kickoff for a TD2003 Sammy Moore (97 yards; Colorado)

50+ Yard Field Goal2013 Andrew Furney (52 yards; Utah)

4+ Field Goals2011 Andrew Furney

21-26-21-47; at UCLA

Returned a Punt for a TD (Blocks Not Included)2005 Michael Bumpus (87 yards at Nevada)

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RUSHINGRushes in a GameStat Individual Total Opponent Year40+ John White 42 Utah 201135+ John White 42 Utah 201130+ Bishop Sankey 34 at Washington 201325+ Paul James 29 Rutgers 2014

Rush YardsStat Individual Total Opponent Year250+ Chris Polk 284 Washington 2010200+ Bishop Sankey 200 at Washington 2013150+ Devontae Booker 178 at Utah 2014100+ Brian Hill 139 Wyoming 2015

Rushing TouchdownsStat Individual Total Opponent Year4+ Ronnie Hillman 4 San Diego St. 20113+ D.J. Foster 3 at Arizona State 2014

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+ Corey Grant 16.2 at Auburn 2013

Scored a Rushing TD (50-75 Yards)

2014 Dwayne Washington, Washington (60 yards)

Scored a Rushing TD (75+ Yards)2013 Devontae Booker, at Utah, 76 yards

Two Players With 100+ Yards Rushing2013 at Oregon Bryon Marshall (192) and Thomas Tyner (101)

PASSINGPass AttemptsStat Individual Total Opponent Year60+ Brad Lebo 61 Montana 199250+ Jared Goff 53 California 201440+ Jared Goff 45 at Cal 2015

Pass CompletionsStat Individual Total Opponent Year35+ Jared Goff 37 California 2014

30+ Jared Goff 33 at Cal 201525+ Jared Goff 33 at Cal 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 Yards

Stat Individual Total Opponent Year200+ Nelson Agholor 220 USC 2014150+ Nelson Agholor 220 USC 2014100+ Kenny Lawler 105 at Cal 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+ Janarion Grant 337 at Rutgers 2015

200+ Janarion Grant 337 at Rutgers 2015

DEFENSETacklesStat Individual Total Opponent Year15+ Zach Hoffpauir 15 at Stanford 201412+ Andrew Wingard 12 Wyoming 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+ Rashaad Reynolds 2 Oregon State 2013

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 Punt2012 UCLA (Anthony Barr) (on Mike Bowlin) Blocked Field Goal2015 Aaron Sibley, Portland State (Powell) 22-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 Returns

Stat 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 Janarion Grant, at Rutgers (55 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 Yards

Stat Individual Total Opponent Year200+ Tony Cherry 240 Oregon 1984175+ Janarion Grant 195 at Rutgers 2015150+ Janarion Grant 195 at Rutgers 2015125+ Janarion Grant 195 at Rutgers 2015

Returned a Kickoff for a TD2015 Janarion Grant, at Rutgers (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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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*

RG 73 Eduardo MIDDLETON 6-5 310 JR* 62 Moritz CHRIST 6-5 327 SR*

RT 61 Cole MADISON 6-5 303 SO* 66 Jacob SEYDEL 6-6 295 SR*

H 15 Robert LEWIS 5-9 170 SO* 26 Tyler BAKER 5-10 190 SR*

Z 9 Gabe MARKS 6-0 190 JR* 12 Tavares MARTIN JR. 6-1 165 FR

QB 4 Luke FALK 6-4 205 SO*or 6 Peyton BENDER 6-0 187 FR*

RB 23 Gerard WICKS 6-0 224 SO*

25 Jamal MORROW 5-9 190 SO*or 24 Keith HARRINGTON 5-8 180 FR*

* = Redshirted

COUGAR DEFENSE

E 99 Darryl PAULO 6-2 255 SR* 98 Jeremiah MITCHELL 6-4 256 JR*

NT 92 Robert BARBER 6-3 307 JR* 90 Daniel EKUALE 6-3 288 SO*

T 97 Destiny VAEAO 6-4 298 SR 50 Hercules MATA’AFA 6-2 242 FR*

RUSH 3 Ivan McCLENNAN 6-4 233 SR*or 40 Kache PALACIO 6-2 231 SR

WIL 8 Jeremiah ALLISON 6-2 228 SR 51 Frankie LUVU 6-3 237 SO

MIKE 47 Peyton PELLUER 6-0 227 SO* 44 Chandler LENIU 6-0 261 FR*

NICKEL 31 Isaac DOTSON 6-1 215 SO* 45 Logan TAGO 6-3 228 FR

CB 22 Darrien MOLTON 5-10 170 FR 17 Pat PORTER 5-10 170 SO

FS 18 Shalom LUANI 6-0 201 JR 35 Hunter DALE 5-10 202 FR

SS 30 Taylor TALIULU 6-0 205 SR 10 Kirkland PARKER 6-1 175 SO*

CB 27 Marcellus PIPPINS 5-10 167 SO

or 4 Charleston WHITE 6-0 185 SO*

COUGAR SPECIALISTS

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* 1 Kyrin PRIESTER 6-1 190 SO

KOR 12 Tavares MARTIN JR. 6-1 165 FR 24 Keith HARRINGTON 5-8 180 FR*

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STATISTICS

Team Statistics WSU OPPSCORING 113 106 Points Per Game 28.2 26.5 Points Off Turnovers 20 14FIRST DOWNS 88 92 Rushing 21 44 Passing 64 45 Penalty 3 3

RUSHING YARDAGE 274 623 Yards gained rushing 376 785 Yards lost rushing 102 162 Rushing Attempts 91 155 Average Per Rush 3.0 4.0 Average Per Game 68.5 155.8 TDs Rushing 4 4PASSING YARDAGE 1477 951 Comp-Att-Int 147-205-3 88-122-3 Average Per Pass 7.2 7.8 Average Per Catch 10.0 10.8 Average Per Game 369.2 237.8 TDs Passing 10 7TOTAL OFFENSE 1751 1574 Total Plays 296 277 Average Per Play 5.9 5.7 Average Per Game 437.8 393.5KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 13-275 20-500

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-36 4-79INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-55 3-19KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.2 25.0PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.2 19.8INT RETURN AVERAGE 18.3 6.3FUMBLES-LOST 8-4 8-4PENALTIES-Yards 18-143 28-233 Average Per Game 35.8 58.2PUNTS-Yards 12-522 15-665 Average Per Punt 43.5 44.3 Net punt average 36.9 39.3KICKOFFS-Yards 23-1402 19-1172 Average Per Kick 61.0 61.7 Net kick average 36.0 41.9TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:45 31:153RD-DOWN Conversions 23/58 26/52 3rd-Down Pct 40% 50%4TH-DOWN Conversions 10/16 2/6

4th-Down Pct 62% 33%SACKS BY-Yards 12-88 12-70MISC YARDS 0 30TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 14 14FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-7 3-4ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-1RED-ZONE SCORES (13-16) 81% (10-11) 91%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (10-16) 63% (8-11) 73%PAT-ATTEMPTS (14-14) 100% (9-11) 82%ATTENDANCE 55407 88578 Games/Avg Per Game 2/27704 2/44289 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalWashington State 24 41 14 34 0 113Opponents 21 12 37 36 0 106

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend

Sep 05, 2015 PORTLAND STATE L 17-24 0-1 0-0 2:59 24302

Sep 12, 2015 at Rutgers W 37-34 1-1 0-0 3:36 46536

Sep 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




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Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g

Gerard Wicks 4 35 161 6 155 4.4 1 22 38.8 13 97 411 22 389 4.0 5 24 29.9Keith Harrington 4 14 102 2 100 7.1 1 36 25.0 4 14 102 2 100 7.1 1 36 25.0Jamal Morrow 3 8 34 1 33 4.1 0 11 11.0 15 95 416 32 384 4.0 0 17 25.6Zach Charme 4 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 1 -1.0 4 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 1 -1.0Luke Falk 4 33 79 89 -10 -0.3 2 13 -2.5 10 69 144 224 -80 -1.2 3 13 -8.0Total 4 91 376 102 274 3.0 4 36 68.5Opponents 4 155 785 162 623 4.0 4 42 155.8

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g

Luke Falk 4 148.04 146-201-2 72.6 1459 10 39 364.8 10 143.83 302-444-9 68.0 3318 23 84 331.8Peyton Bender 1 12.80 1-4-1 25.0 18 0 18 18.0 1 12.80 1-4-1 25.0 18 0 18 18.0Total 4 145.40 147-205-3 71.7 1477 10 39 369.2Opponents 4 151.63 88-122-3 72.1 951 7 45 237.8

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g

Gabe Marks 4 35 414 11.8 3 39 103.5 29 158 1781 11.3 12 52 61.4River Cracraft 4 20 270 13.5 2 28 67.5 26 132 1655 12.5 13 86 63.7Dom Williams 4 18 286 15.9 3 38 71.5 40 135 2135 15.8 22 84 53.4Gerard Wicks 4 17 88 5.2 0 17 22.0 13 33 164 5.0 0 17 12.6Keith Harrington 4 14 95 6.8 2 24 23.8 4 14 95 6.8 2 24 23.8Kyrin Priester 4 11 71 6.5 0 24 17.8 4 11 71 6.5 0 24 17.8Robert Lewis 4 9 95 10.6 0 21 23.8 17 50 465 9.3 2 25 27.4John Thompson 4 8 85 10.6 0 23 21.2 10 11 96 8.7 0 23 9.6Tavares Martin Jr. 4 5 8 1.6 0 6 2.0 4 5 8 1.6 0 6 2.0Jamal Morrow 3 4 22 5.5 0 9 7.3 15 65 482 7.4 0 53 32.1Daniel Lilienthal 4 3 23 7.7 0 9 5.8 4 3 23 7.7 0 9 5.8Tyler Baker 4 3 20 6.7 0 13 5.0 16 30 328 10.9 2 24 20.5Total 4 147 1477 10.0 10 39 369.2Opponents 4 88 951 10.8 7 45 237.8

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g

Luke Falk 4 234 -10 1459 1449 362.2 10 513 -80 3318 3238 323.8

Gerard Wicks 4 35 155 0 155 38.8 13 97 389 0 389 29.9Keith Harrington 4 14 100 0 100 25.0 4 14 100 0 100 25.0Jamal Morrow 3 8 33 0 33 11.0 15 95 384 0 384 25.6Peyton Bender 1 4 0 18 18 18.0 1 4 0 18 18 18.0Zach Charme 4 1 -4 0 -4 -1.0 4 1 -4 0 -4 -1.0Total 4 296 274 1477 1751 437.8Opponents 4 277 623 951 1574 393.5

PAT PAT

Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts

Erik Powell - 5-7 14-14 - - - - - 29 - 7-12 20-20 - - - - - 41Gabe Marks 3 - - - - - - - 18 12 - - - - - - - 72Keith Harrington 3 - - - - - - - 18 3 - - - - - - - 18Dom Williams 3 - - - - - - - 18 22 - - - 1 - - - 134Luke Falk 2 - - - - - - - 12 3 - - - - 1-2 - - 18

River Cracraft 2 - - - - - - - 12 13 - - - - - - - 78Gerard Wicks 1 - - - - - - - 6 5 - - - - - - - 30Shalom Luani - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0Total 14 5-7 14-14 - - - - - 113Opponents 14 3-4 9-11 - 2 2-3 - - 106

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg

Kyrin Priester 4 22 5.5 0 13 4 22 5.5 0 13Gabe Marks 1 14 14.0 0 14 1 14 14.0 0 14Total 5 36 7.2 0 14Opponents 4 79 19.8 1 55





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Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg

Tavares Martin Jr. 11 252 22.9 0 40 11 252 22.9 0 40Kache Palacio 1 16 16.0 0 16 1 16 16.0 0 16B.J. Salmonson 1 7 7.0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 0Total 13 275 21.2 0 40Opponents 20 500 25.0 1 100

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg

Marcellus Pippins 2 11 5.5 0 9 2 11 5.5 0 9Jeremiah Allison 1 44 44.0 0 44 1 44 44.0 0 44Total 3 55 18.3 0 44Opponents 3 19 6.3 0 19

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg

Total 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 1 45 45.0 1 45

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g

Gabe Marks 4 0 414 14 0 0 428 107.0 29 -3 1781 14 0 0 1792 61.8Dom Williams 4 0 286 0 0 0 286 71.5 40 0 2135 0 0 0 2135 53.4River Cracraft 4 0 270 0 0 0 270 67.5 26 0 1655 17 0 0 1672 64.3Tavares Martin Jr 4 0 8 0 252 0 260 65.0 4 0 8 0 252 0 260 65.0Gerard Wicks 4 155 88 0 0 0 243 60.8 13 389 164 0 0 0 553 42.5Keith Harrington 4 100 95 0 0 0 195 48.8 4 100 95 0 0 0 195 48.8Robert Lewis 4 0 95 0 0 0 95 23.8 17 0 465 0 0 0 465 27.4Kyrin Priester 4 0 71 22 0 0 93 23.2 4 0 71 22 0 0 93 23.2John Thompson 4 0 85 0 0 0 85 21.2 10 0 96 0 0 0 96 9.6Jamal Morrow 3 33 22 0 0 0 55 18.3 15 384 482 0 453 0 1319 87.9Jeremiah Allison 4 0 0 0 0 44 44 11.0 40 0 0 0 0 44 44 1.1Daniel Lilienthal 4 0 23 0 0 0 23 5.8 4 0 23 0 0 0 23 5.8Tyler Baker 4 0 20 0 0 0 20 5.0 16 0 328 0 0 0 328 20.5Kache Palacio 4 0 0 0 16 0 16 4.0 41 0 0 0 16 0 16 0.4Marcellus Pippin 4 0 0 0 0 11 11 2.8 7 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.6

B.J. Salmonson 3 0 0 0 7 0 7 2.3 10 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.7Zach Charme 4 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -1.0 4 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -1.0Luke Falk 4 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -2.5 10 -80 0 0 0 0 -80 -8.0Total 4 274 1477 36 275 55 2117 529.2Opponents 4 623 951 79 500 19 2172 543.0

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd

Erik Powell 7 5 47 1 12 7 47 1Total 7 5 47 1Opponents 4 3 48 1

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk

Zach Charme 12 522 43.5 54 0 12 522 43.5 54 0

FG SEQUENCE WASHINGTON STATE OPPONENTSPortland State (21),22 (42)at Rutgers (46), (47), (37) (37), (48)Wyoming (22) 38

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## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk8 Jeremiah Allison 4 21 16 37 3.5 . 1 1 . . . 40 77 49 126 12.0 3.5 1 1 1 . 47 Peyton Pelluer 4 19 16 35 4.5 . . 1 . 1 . 16 38 36 74 10.0 1.0 . 1 . 1 18 Shalom Luani 4 20 7 27 0.0 . . 2 . 2 . 4 20 7 27 0.0 . . 2 . 2 .27 Marcellus Pippins 4 10 5 15 0.5 . 2 3 1 . . 7 17 6 23 2.5 . 2 5 1 . 29 Parker Henry 4 6 9 15 2.5 . . . . . . 22 13 9 22 2.5 . . . . . .31 Isaac Dotson 3 13 1 14 1.0 . . . 1 . . 14 21 7 28 1.0 . . . 1 . 97 Destiny Vaeao 4 5 9 14 1.5 1.0 . . 1 . 1 32 32 25 57 8.5 3.5 . 1 2 1 130 Taylor Taliulu 4 11 2 13 0.5 . . 2 . . . 37 95 60 155 0.5 . . 9 1 3 22 Darrien Molton 4 11 2 13 1.0 . . . . 1 . 4 11 2 13 1.0 . . . . 1 .99 Darryl Paulo 4 6 7 13 4.5 2.0 . . . . . 27 22 18 40 15.0 5.5 . . 2 1 3 Ivan McClennan 4 6 6 12 3.0 3.0 . . . . . 16 17 16 33 8.5 7.5 . . . 1 140 Kache Palacio 4 11 1 12 5.0 3.0 . . . . . 41 73 53 126 21.0 14.0 . 4 2 5 0D Charleston White 4 11 1 12 0.0 . . . . . . 14 41 5 46 0.0 . 1 13 . 1 50 Hercules Mata'afa 4 6 5 11 4.5 2.0 . . 1 . . 4 6 5 11 4.5 2.0 . . 1 . 33 Dylan Hanser 4 6 1 7 0.0 . . . . . . 8 7 1 8 0.0 . . . . . 92 Robert Barber 4 3 4 7 2.5 . . . . 1 1 20 5 9 14 3.5 . . . . 1 144 Chandler Leniu 4 3 4 7 0.0 . . . . . . 4 3 4 7 0.0 . . . . . 51 Frankie Luvu 3 5 . 5 0.0 . . . . . . 11 7 1 8 0.0 . . . . 2 90 Daniel Ekuale 4 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . . 16 8 3 11 3.0 1.0 . . . . 55 Reggie Coates 2 1 1 2 1.0 1.0 . . . 1 . 2 1 1 2 1.0 1.0 . . . 1 .45 Logan Tago 4 1 1 2 0.5 . . . . . . 4 1 1 2 0.5 . . . . . 10 Kirkland Parker 3 . 2 2 0.0 . . . . . . 3 . 2 2 0.0 . . . . . 46 Erik Powell 4 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . . 15 3 2 5 0.0 . . . . . 19 Colton Teglovic 4 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 14 2 3 5 0.0 . . . . . 12 Tavares Martin Jr. 4 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 4 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . 43 Aaron Porter 4 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 4 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . 4 Luke Falk 4 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 10 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . 15 Robert Lewis 4 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 17 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . 98 Jeremiah Mitchell 2 . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 2 . . . 0.0 . . . . .

Total 4 181 103 284 36 12 3 9 4 6 2Opponents 4 181 76 257 26 12 3 24 4 3 1





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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Sep 05 PORTLAND STATE 30 104 0 22 28 307 2 39 28-45-1 307 2 39 4 92 0 34 2 6 0 8 411

Sep 12 at Rutgers 16 81 0 13 47 478 4 28 47-66-0 478 4 28 4 67 0 23 2 16 0 13 559Sep 19 WYOMING 20 75 2 36 37 303 2 35 37-45-1 303 2 35 2 47 0 30 1 14 0 14 378Oct 03 at California 25 14 2 12 35 389 2 38 35-49-1 389 2 38 3 69 0 40 0 0 0 0 403Washington State 91 274 4 36 147 1477 10 39 147-205-3 1477 10 39 13 275 0 40 5 36 0 14 1751Opponents 155 623 4 42 88 951 7 45 88-122-3 951 7 45 20 500 1 100 4 79 1 55 1574

Games: 4 • Avg/rush: 3.0 • Avg/catch: 10.0 • Pass effic: 145.40 • KR avg: 21.2 • PR avg: 7.2 • All purpose avg/game: 529.2 • Total offense avg/gm: 437.8

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts

Sep 05 PORTLAND STATE 34 27 61 6.0-23 3.0-17 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 17Sep 12 at Rutgers 46 18 64 5.0-11 1.0-3 1 2-0 1-2 1 2 1 4-4 0 0 0 10 37Sep 19 WYOMING 56 24 80 14.0-70 5.0-45 2 1-0 1-44 1 3 1 4-4 0 0 0 10 31Oct 03 at California 45 34 79 11.0-36 3.0-23 3 1-0 1-9 1 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 28Washington State 181 103 284 36.0-140 12.0-88 6 4-0 3-55 4 9 2 14-14 0 0 0 20 113Opponents 181 76 257 26.0-96 12.0-70 3 4-45 3-19 6 24 1 9-11 0 2 0 14 106

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Sep 05 PORTLAND STATE 2 104 52.0 54 0 0 0 2 1 1-2 21 1 4 238 59.5 0 0Sep 12 at Rutgers 2 67 33.5 36 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 47 0 8 464 58.0 1 0Sep 19 WYOMING 5 225 45.0 50 0 0 1 1 3 1-1 22 0 6 384 64.0 1 0Oct 03 at California 3 126 42.0 44 0 0 1 0 1 0-1 0 0 5 316 63.2 1 0Washington State 12 522 43.5 54 0 0 2 3 5 5-7 47 1 23 1402 61.0 3 0Opponents 15 665 44.3 60 0 2 2 3 5 3-4 48 1 19 1172 61.7 4 2




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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Sep 05 PORTLAND STATE 48 233 3 25 7 61 0 20 7-12-0 61 0 20 4 81 0 26 0 0 0 0 294

Sep 12 at Rutgers 37 198 1 23 23 204 1 20 23-29-1 204 1 20 7 195 1 100 2 56 1 55 402Sep 19 WYOMING 40 113 0 31 25 296 2 45 25-36-1 296 2 45 5 137 0 38 1 7 0 7 409Oct 03 at California 30 79 0 42 33 390 4 40 33-45-1 390 4 40 4 87 0 28 1 16 0 16 469Opponents 155 623 4 42 88 951 7 45 88-122-3 951 7 45 20 500 1 100 4 79 1 55 1574Washington State 91 274 4 36 147 1477 10 39 147-205-3 1477 10 39 13 275 0 40 5 36 0 14 1751

Games: 4 • Avg/rush: 4.0 • Avg/catch: 10.8 • Pass effic: 151.63 • KR avg: 25.0 • PR avg: 19.8 • All purpose avg/game: 543.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 393.5

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts

Sep 05 PORTLAND STATE 43 18 61 5.0-14 1.0-10 1 1-0 1-0 0 6 1 3-3 0 0 0 7 24Sep 12 at Rutgers 55 10 65 3.0-7 1.0-4 0 0-0 0-0 4 11 0 2-3 0 1 0 0 34Sep 19 WYOMING 44 20 64 7.0-31 3.0-21 0 0-0 1-19 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 14Oct 03 at California 39 28 67 11.0-44 7.0-35 2 3-45 1-0 2 4 0 2-3 0 1 0 7 34Opponents 181 76 257 26.0-96 12.0-70 3 4-45 3-19 6 24 1 9-11 0 2 0 14 106

Washington State 181 103 284 36.0-140 12.0-88 6 4-0 3-55 4 9 2 14-14 0 0 0 20 113

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Sep 05 PORTLAND STATE 4 184 46.0 56 0 0 1 1 3 1-1 42 0 5 299 59.8 1 0Sep 12 at Rutgers 3 147 49.0 54 0 1 0 1 0 2-2 48 0 6 366 61.0 1 1Sep 19 WYOMING 5 193 38.6 44 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0 1 3 195 65.0 1 0Oct 03 at California 3 141 47.0 60 0 1 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 5 312 62.4 1 1Opponents 15 665 44.3 60 0 2 2 3 5 3-4 48 1 19 1172 61.7 4 2Washington State 12 522 43.5 54 0 0 2 3 5 5-7 47 1 23 1402 61.0 3 0





PULLMAN, Wash. – Portland State of the FCS upset Washington State 24-17 in a driving rainstorm that hamperedWSU’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 scoredon a 1-yard run with just over 2 minutes left in the game to lift Portland State to the upset. The rain and unseasonablychilly 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 WashingtonState 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 289yards with two touchdowns for WSU. He left the game in the closing minutes with an undisclosed injury. WashingtonState’s opening drive stalled on Portland State’s 4-yard line, and the Cougars settled for Erik Powell’s 21-yard fieldgoal and a 3-0 lead. The Cougars had a bizarre drive on their second possession, moving forward and back over 90yards because of penalties, and converting three fourth-down plays, before Powell’s 22-yard field goal attempt wasblocked 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 thesecond quarter. That lead stood at halftime, as the Cougars outgained Portland State 274 yards to 66 yards in the firsthalf. 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 Gonz ales k icked a 42 -yardfield goal to tie the score at 10 with 4:37 left in the third. Washington State turned the ball over on downs on its nextpossession, with Portland State taking over on its own 28. The Vikings were forced to punt, but WSU’s Kyrin Priesterfumbled the catch and Portland State recovered on WSU’s 11. Nate Tago pounded over from the 8 to give PortlandState 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 with9:11 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 Benderwith 42 seconds left to seal the win.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTAL

Portland State 0 0 10 14 24Washington State 3 7 0 7 17

SCORING SUMMARY1st 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 STATISTICSPSU WSU

FIRST DOWNS 19 21RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 48-233 30-104PASSING YDS (NET) 61 307Passes Att-Comp-Int 12-7-0 45-28-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 60-294 75-411Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-6Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-81 4-92

Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 4-46.0 2-52.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1Penalties-Yards 5-61 5-32Possession Time 29:48 30:12Third-Down Conversions 6 of 12 4 of 16Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 7 of 8Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 2-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-10 3-17

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING: 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.

PASSING: Portland State-Alex Kuresa 7-12-0-61. Washington State-Luke Falk 27-41-0-289; Peyton Bender 1-4-1-18.

RECEIVING: Portland State-Thomas Carter 4-34; David Jones 2-16; Cam Sommer 1-11. Washington State-GabeMarks 6-76; Dom Williams 5-86; John Thompson 3-33; Tyler Baker 3-20; Kyrin Priester 3-16; River Cracraft2-26; 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.

FUMBLES: Portland State-None. Washington State-Luke Falk 2-0; Kyrin Priester 1-1; B.J. Salmonson 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): Portland State-S. Talalemotu 1-0. Washington State-Darryl Paulo 1-0; Destiny Vaeao 1-0; KachePalacio 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; DestinyVaeao 2-3; Kache Palacio 3-0; Hercules Mata’afa 2-1; Robert Barber 1-2; Parker Henry 1-1; Charleston White1-1; Darryl Paulo 1-1; Isaac Dotson 1-0; Frankie Luvu 1-0; Erik Powell 1-0; Colton Teglovic 0-1; Darrien Molton0-1; 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 strikewith :13 left to lift Washington State past Rutgers, 37-34. Falk threw for 468 yards and four touchdowns. While JanarioGrant 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 impres sionbefore the ball was thrown forward after several laterals. Grant had the best game of his collegiate career, returninga 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 witan eight play, 82-yard drive in 2:59. Falk hit Gabe Marks, who made a dazzling 23-yard touchdown catch. On its nex two drives Rutgers negated two touchdowns with penalties. Rutgers running back Josh Hicks fumbled on the ensuindrive 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 Staton fourth down with 6:10 left, but Justin Goodwin’s offensive pass interference penalty negated a 29-yard touchdowcatch by Grant. The high-scoring second half came after just one touchdown in the first. Trailing 13-6 and after leading a 52-yard drive to start the second half, Chris Laviano, making his first career start, fumbled near the sidelinerecovered 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 dri ve with a 7-play drive. Keith H arrington caugha 5-yard swing pass to make it 20-6 midway through the third quarter. Rutgers answered with a 73-yard touchdowndrive that included a fourth-and-five conversion on a 20-yard pitch and catch from Laviano to Grant. Robert Martinended the drive with a 15-y ard touchdown run before Washington State blocked the extra point, leaving Rutgers dow20-12. Rutgers stopped Washington State on fourth-and-three with 2:27 left in the third quarter, then embarked on a68-yard, 7-play drive capped by a 1-yard toss to Matt Flanagan. Carroo caught the two-point conversion to knot it at20. Falk completed his first 13 passes of the game against Rutgers’ depleted secondary. Four defensive backs weredismissed from the team 10 minutes before the season opener last week. Washington State’s Erik Powell hit fieldgoals 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 37

Rutgers 0 6 6 22 34

SCORING SUMMARY1st 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 STATISTICSWSU RUT

FIRST DOWNS 28 26RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 16-81 37-198PASSING YDS (NET) 478 204

Passes Att-Comp-Int 66-47-0 29-23-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 82-559 66-402Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-16 2-56Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-67 7-195Interception Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 2-31.0 3-49.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2Penalties-Yards 5-50 11-100Possession Time 28:09 31:51Third-Down Conversions 3 of 12 5 of 10Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 4 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 1-4

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING: 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, Matt3-28; 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 Pelluer3-2; 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 Paulo1-1; 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, Kiy3-1; 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 beatWyoming 31-14. Dom Williams caught two scoring passes for Washington State (2-1), which had not won a game inPullman since beating Portland State last September. The Cougars had not beaten an FBS opponent at home since2013. 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 3 7 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 firstpossession of the game. Coffman had been intercepted the play before, but the pick was negated by a hand-in-facepenalty against WSU’s Hercules Mata’afa, giving the Cowboys new life. Washington State tied the game on Falk’s1-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 WSU5. Then Coffman fired a touchdown pass to Jake Maulhardt for a 14-7 lead. Washington State replied with a 70-yarddrive, with Falk passing 35 yards to Williams in the end zone to tie the game at 14-14. Tristan Bailey missed a 38-yardfield goal attempt on Wyoming’s next possession. Washington State took over on its 21 and grabbed its first lead of thegame when Keith Harrington ran 36 yards into the end zone for a 21-14 advantage they never relinquished. Harringtonran 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’ drivestalled and they turned the ball over on downs. Washington State returned the favor, as Harrington was stopped onfourth-and-1 and Wyoming got the ball back on the WSU 40. Wyoming couldn’t move the ball and had to punt. Earlyin the fourth, Gentry fumbled after catching the ball and Mata’afa recovered, giving Washington State possession atmidfield. A targeting call against Wyoming cornerback Robert Priester on receiver River Cracraft got Priester ejectedfrom the game and put WSU on the Wyoming 24. The Cougars drove to the 4, but had to settle for Erik Powell’s 22-yardfield 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 SUMMARY1st 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 STATISTICSWYO WSU

FIRST DOWNS 22 19RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-113 20-75PASSING YDS (NET) 296 303Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-25-1 45-37-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS76-4 09 65-378Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-7 1-14Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-137 2-47Interception Returns-Yards 1-19 1-44Punts (Number-Avg) 5-38.6 5-45.0Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0

Penalties-Yards 8-57 5-43Possession Time 33:25 26:35Third-Down Conversions 7 of 16 7 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-21 5-45

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING: Wyoming-HILL, Brian 20-139; WICK, Shaun 12-8; GENTRY, Tanner 1-6; EVANS, Nico 1-minus 1; COFFMAN,

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; RiverCracraft 7-83; Gabe Marks 5-51; Robert Lewis 4-39; Keith Harrington 4-22; Dom Williams 3-53; Jamal Morrow3-19; 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.

FUMBLES: Wyoming-GENTRY, Tanner 1-1; WICK, Shaun 1-0. Washington State-Luke Falk 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): Wyoming-YARBROUGH, E. 2-0; PROSSER, Kevin 1-0. Washington State-Ivan McClennan 3-0; KachePalacio 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, Uso1-0; GRANDERSON, C. 1-0; KIELY, Rafe 1-0. Washington State-Peyton Pelluer 9-5; Shalom Luani 9-2; KachePalacio 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 MartinJr. 1-0; Kirkland Parker 0-1; Robert Lewis 0-1; Luke Falk 0-1.

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GAME RECAPS

BERKELEY, Calif. – Jared Goff got off to a shaky start and still threw for 390 yards and four touchdowns to lead No24 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 s pan of less than 2 minutes late in the third quartesurrounding a successful onside kick to erase an eight-point deficit and lead the Bears (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) to their besstart since 2007. Luke Falk threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score for the Cougars (2-2, 0-1), whohave 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 fumbleon Cal’s ensuing possession. Stefan McClure then changed the tide on a safety blitz that gave Cal one of its sevensacks on the day. Erik Powell then missed a 40-yard field goal wide right and Goff took over from there. He drove Ca77 yards to a score on a 20-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Lawler that made it 28-26. McClure’s sack was one of twomomentum-changing plays he made in the quarter. Washington State tried a fake punt on the opening drive of thequarter only to have punter Zach Charme fumble. McClure scooped up the ball and ran 45 yards for the touchdownCal 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 fina12 seconds of the game. After winning just six games in coach Sonny Dykes’ first two seasons, Cal has matched itsbest start since 1950 in Dykes’ third year. The Bears need just one more win to be bowl eligible for the first time since2011 and are in position to contend in the Pac-12 North. But the schedule gets much tougher from here with roadgames against No. 10 Utah and No. 7 UCLA, followed by a home game against No. 17 Southern California and a trip toOregon. Cal was stopped twice on fourth down in the first half and Goff threw an interception on the third play fromscrimmage 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 SUMMARY1st 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 STATISTICSWSU CAL

FIRST DOWNS 20 25RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 25-14 30-79PASSING YDS (NET) 389 390Passes Att-Comp-Int 49-35-1 45-33-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 74-403 75-469Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-45Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-16Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-69 4-87Interception Returns-Yards 1-9 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) 3-42.0 3-47.0Fumbles-Lost 3-3 4-1

Penalties-Yards 2-13 4-15Possession Time 30:03 29:57Third-Down Conversions 9 of 15 8 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 3Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 2-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-23 7-35

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING: 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 Paulo3-3; 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; KachePalacio 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, Damariay4-0; Johnson, Jonath 2-2; Walker, Cameron 2-2; White, Darius 3-0; Looney, James 1-2; Coleman, Caleb2-0; 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, Hamilto0-1; 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





Mike Leach is in his fourth season at Washington State University after being named theCougars’ 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, tra iling only Ho uston’s 511.3 in 1 989. WSU set o r tied 42 school , conferenc e orNCAA records during the season, including quarterback Connor Halliday who threw for an NCAAsingle-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 G ildan New Mexico Bowl, the fi rst bo wl ga me for th e Coug ars in a deca de. Las t seaso n theCougars 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. Quarterb ackConnor Halliday set WSU single-season records for passing yards (4,587), attempts (714) andcompletions (449), the first WSU quarterback to surpass the 4,000-yard mark. The Cougars pickedup more national recognition as safety Deone Bucannon became WSU’s first All-America first- team selection since 2005 a nd was later selected as th e No . 27 overall pick in NFL Dr aft by th eArizona Cardinals, the first Cougar taken in the first round since 2003. The Cougars also placedeight 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 inpassing, averaging 330.42 yards per game. That figure ranked ninth nationally and marked thesecond-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 produceda 3-9 overall record, the Cougars saw a bit of a youth movement as 17 freshmen played and onlyfour seniors started regularly. Academically, nine Cougars received Pac-12 All-Academic honorswhile the 2012 fall semester football GPA of 2.66 marked the first time the football team had beenover a 2.60 GPA for fall semester.

Leach brought a proven record of winning to Pullman. In 10 seasons as a head coach, all atTexas Tech (2000-09) his program earned 10 bowl bids. In addition, the Susanville, Calif., nativewho 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 coachof 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 andguided Texas Tech to six NCAA passing titles and three total offense titles during his 10 seasons inLubbock. Leach’s offense produced school records in nearly every passing category in 2000, hisfirst 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 bymore 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 h elm.

Leach led Texas Tech to one of the most memorable seasons in school history in 2008 as the te am se t a program record with 11 reg ular-sea son wins en route to an 11-2 r ecord. The win total tied the m ark, set previously by the 1953 and 19 73 Red Ra ider squ ads. Numerous acc oladespoured 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 GrahamHarrell, offensive tackle Rylan Reed and offensive guard Brandon Carter each garnered first- team honors, while wide receiver Michael Crabtree was honored as a unanimous consensusAll-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 tenseasons 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 NCAApassing 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 thestarter in 2006 and became the sixth player and third Red Raider in NCAA history to throw for 5,000yards in a season with his 5,705-yard effort in 2007 and 5,111 yards last season. He also is the thirdquarterback under Leach to win nine games in a season and the first Red Raider in history to win11 in a regular season. Former quarterback Kliff Kingsbury in 2002 and Cody Hodges in 2005 eachposted nine-win seasons during their careers, while 2003 and 2004 signal callers B.J. Symons andSonny 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 531.0yards 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 2 3 points per gam e in 1 999 to a school-record 43.8points in 2008. The most significant increase was in the passing game, where the Red Raidersaveraged 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 Hendersonholds the NCAA career record for receptions by a running back. The Red Raiders’ 28 total rushingscores 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)

2014 Washington State 3-9 (2-7 Pac-12)

2015 Washington Stat e 2-2 (0-1 Pac-12)

14TH SEASON 98-70 (7-21 PAC-12) 5-5

HEAD COACHING RECORD

COACHING ACCOLADES11 BOWL GAME APPEARANCES

5 BOWL GAME WINS

2008 BIG 12 COACH OF THE YEAR

2008 WOODY HAYES AWARD

2008 AFCA REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR

2008 GEORGE MUNGER AWARD

7 NCAA PASSING TITLES

21 NFL DRAFT PICKS

2 FIRST-ROUND NFL DRAFT PICKS

22 ALL-AMERICANS

7 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS

6 FRESHMEN ALL-AMERICANS

149 ALL-BIG 12 SELECTIONS

20 ALL-PAC-12 SELECTIONS

21 FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG 12 SELECTIONS

1 FIRST TEAM ALL-PAC-12 SELECTION

4 HEISMAN TROPHY TOP-10 FINALISTS

162 BIG 12 ALL-ACADEMIC SELECTIONS

22 PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC SELECTIONS

94 BIG 12 FIRST TEAM ALL-ACADEMIC SELECTIONS

3 PAC-12 FIRST TEAM ALL-ACADEMIC SELECTIONS

3 SAMMY BAUGH TROPHIES (NATION’S TOP QUARTERBACK)

2 NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

2 AT&T PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

2 FRED BILETNIKOFF AWARD WINNERS

17 EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME SELECTIONS

13 SENIOR BOWL SELECTIONS

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2012-Present WASHINGTON STATE

Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

2000-09 TEXAS TECH

Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

1999 OKLAHOMA

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

1997-98 KENTUCKY

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

1992-96 VALDOSTA STATE

Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line (1994-96)

Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers/Quarterbacks (1992-93)

1989-91 IOWA WESLEYAN

Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line

1989 PORI, FINLAND (EUROPEAN LEAGUE)

Head Coach

1988 COLLEGE OF THE DESERT (CALIF.)

Linebackers

1987 CAL POLY Offensive Line

Master’s U.S. SPORTS ACADEMY, ‘88

Juris Doctor PEPPERDINE, ‘86

Bachelor’s BYU, ‘83

COACHING CAREER

EDUCATION

offense revolving around the pass, Leach did a tremendous job of incorporating therunning back position into the m ix. 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 theball. The Texas Tech defense also flourished during Leach’s 10 seasons. Texas Techheld opponents without an offensive touchdown a dozen times under Leach, includingseven shutouts. Three of the whitewashes came in 2000 when the Red Raiders tied for the natio nal lead.

The play of the special teams also improved with each season. Former placekickerAlex Trlica holds the NCAA record with 233 career extra points and another recordfor extra points made without a miss. He finished with 377 career points, which ranksamong the top 10 in NCAA history among kickers. While leading the Red Raiders to 76wins 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 individual ly. In addition to picking up the Sammy Baugh Trophy in 2007,Harrell was the recipient of the National Football Foundation and College FootballHall of Fame’s Post-Graduate Scholarship and was one of 15 players selected as acandidate for the prestigious Draddy Award, the academic Heisman. Harrell alsoranked fourth in the 2008 Heisman voting, while Crabtree was fifth. Symons was thesecond Tech quarterback to receive The Touchdown Club of Columbus’ Sammy BaughTrophy (Kingsbury in 2002).

Kingsbury, a 2002 All-Big 12 first-team quarterback and sixth-round draft pick of theNew England Patriots, led the Big 12 Conference in several passing categories duringhis final three seasons and was a Heisman Trophy candidate in 2002. He also wasnamed the Verizon Academic All-American of the Year for football and was awardedan $18,000 postgraduate scholarship by the National Football Foundation and CollegeHall 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. Freesafety Dwayne Slay earned first-team All-America honors from Sports Illustrated in2005, marking the first in seven seasons. Slay was one of the country’s most punishing tacklers that year and led the conferenc e and finished second nationally with eightforced 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 thespring 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, s ince Gabe Rivera in 1983. Crabtre e, se lected by theSan 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. Defensiveend 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 beingabove 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 tone of the best. Under Leach’s tutelage, Josh Heupel was named 1999 Big 12 OffensivNewcomer of the Year. For his efforts, Leach was nominated for the 1999 BroylesAward as the top assistant coach in the country.

Leach guided an Oklahoma offense that went from 11th in the Big 12 in 1998 to firsin 1999 and 101st in the nation to 11th. In just one year, OU’s total offense numbersimproved from 293.3 to 427.2 yards per game.

The rise in passing and scoring offense categories is just as impressive. Oklahomwent from last to first in the Big 12 in passing offense in one year, from 107th in thecountry to ninth. Under Leach, the Sooners improved from 109.9 yards passing pegame to 321.7 yards per game.

In 1998, Oklahoma was last in the Big 12 and 101st in the country in scoring offenseat 16.7 points per game. In 1999, the Sooners improved to second in the league andeighth in the country in scoring at 36.8 points per game, an increase of just over 20points per game.

Under Leach, the Oklahoma offense set six Big 12 Conference and 17 OU recordsThe Sooners were one of only two schools in the nation to have six players with 20 omore receptions in 1999.

Prior to joining Bob Stoops’ Oklahoma staff, Leach served as offensive coordinatofor Hal Mumme at the University of Kentucky and Valdosta (Ga.) State University. Fo two years at Kentucky unde r Mumme , Leach coached the Kentucky “A ir Raid” offense that was one of the most explosive in So utheaster n Conferenc e history. Unde r Mummeand Leach, the Kentucky offense set six NCAA records, 41 Southeastern Conferencerecords and 116 school records in 22 games.

Leach’s Kentucky offense featured the talented Tim Couch, who passed for 4,275yards 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 FootbaQuarterly magazine, Leach helped Mumme lead Valdosta State to a 40-17-1 recordThe 1993 Blazer offense smashed 66 school records, 22 conference records and sevenational records. In 1994, Valdosta State advanced to the Division II playoffs withLeach’s offense shattering 80 school records, 35 conference records and seven mornational marks.

Leach and Mumme first teamed up at Iowa Wesleyan College in 1989. From 1989 to 19 91 Lea ch s erved as of fensive coordinator and l ine coach for an o ffense that le the NAIA in passing yardage one season and finished second the other two. IowaWesleyan quarterbacks passed for more than 11,000 yards in Leach’s three seasonand broke 26 national records.

Leach also has made coaching stops in Pori, Finland, where he served as a headcoach in the European Football League (1989), as well as one-year stints at College o the Deser t (1988) and Cal Poly-San Lu is Obispo (1987).

After graduating with honors from BYU in 1983, Leach earned a master’s degreefrom the U.S. Sports Academy and his law degree from Pepperdine University, wherhe graduated in the top one-third of his class.

The oldest of six siblings, Leach and his wife, Sharon, are the parents of fouchildren; Janeen, Kim, Cody and Kiersten.





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ALPHABETICALNO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE)

48 ABRAMO, Matt K 6-2 186 FR HS Petaluma, Calif. (Casa Grande)

8 ALLISON, Jeremiah LB 6-2 228 SR 3V Los Angeles, Calif. (Dorsey)

17 ANDERSON, Erik WR 6-2 190 SO* SQ Burien, Wash. (Highline)

26 BAKER, Tyler WR 5-10 190 SR* 1V Bullard, Texas (Brook Hill/Ole Miss)

92 BARBER, Robert NT 6-3 307 JR* 2V Pago Pago, American Samoa (Faga’itua)19 BARTOLONE, Brett WR 5-10 182 JR* 2V La Habra, Calif. (La Habra)

89 BEGG, Nick TE 6-5 237 FR* RS Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita)

6 BENDER, Peyton QB 6-0 187 FR* RS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Cardinal Gibbons)

79 BIGGE-DUREN, Cedric OL 6-6 308 FR HS Oceanside, Calif. (Oceanside)

31 BOONE, Xavius WR 5-9 171 FR HS Altadena, Calif. (Maranatha)

41 BRESHEARS, Quentin K 6-0 184 SR* 1V Turlock, Calif. (Fresno State/Fresno City College)

49 BROCK, Tristan LB 6-0 240 FR HS Mount Vernon, Wash. (Mount Vernon)

16 BROUGHTON, Treshon CB 6-0 170 JR TR Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta/Riverside CC)

77 BROWN, Austin DL 6-2 305 FR HS San Jacinto, Calif. (San Jacinto)

36 BUCANNON, David S 6-0 194 JR* 1V Fairfield, Calif. (Vanden)

44 CELLI, Kyle LB/LS 6-1 230 FR* HS Seattle, Wash. (Bishop Blanchet)

95 CHARME, Zach P/K 6-1 192 FR HS Boise, Ida. (Timberline)

62 CHRIST, Moritz OL 6-5 327 SR* SQ Siegen, Germany (Leander HS (TX))

55 COATES, Reggie LB 6-0 235 JR* RS Encino, Calif. (Crespi/Nevada)

67 COLE, Michael OL 6-3 295 FR HS Olympia, Wash. (North Thurston)

56 COMFORT, Taylor LB 6-0 238 FR* RS Sultan, Wash. (Sultan)

94 COX, Mitchell K 6-0 202 JR TR Kent, Wash. (Kentwood/Eastern New Mexico)

21 CRACRAFT, River WR 6-0 200 JR 2V Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Santa Margarita)

37 CRACRAFT, Skyler DB 5-11 193 SR* SQ Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Tesoro)

56 DAHL, Joe OL 6-5 310 SR* 2V Spokane, Wash. (University/Montana)

35 DALE, Hunter S 5-10 202 FR HS River Ridge, La. (John Curtis)

32 DAVIS, Isaiah WR 6-1 183 FR* HS Renton, Wash. (Hazen)

54 DeRIDER, Nate LB 6-1 224 SO* SQ Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue)

60 DILLARD, Andre OL 6-5 270 FR* RS Woodinville, Wash. (Woodinville)

88 DIMRY, C.J. WR 6-5 200 JR* TR Carlsbad, Calif. (La Costa Canyon/Saddleback College)

31 DOTSON, Isaac S 6-1 215 SO* 1V Bellevue, Wash. (Newport)

63 EKLUND, Gunnar OL 6-7 305 SR* 3V Lake Stevens, Wash. (Lake Stevens)

90 EKUALE, Daniel DL 6-3 288 SO* 1V Pago Pago, American Samoa (Nuuuli Technical)

8 ENNIS, Connor QB 5-11 186 SO* SQ Washington D.C. (Gonzaga)

74 EVERS, Brandon OL 6-6 290 FR* RS Redding, Calif. (Enterprise)

4 FALK, Luke QB 6-4 205 SO* 1V Logan, Utah (Logan)96 FEHOKO, T.J. DE 6-1 273 FR HS Salt Lake City, Utah (Cottonwood)

52 FERNANDEZ, Kingston DE 6-2 256 FR* RS Kapolei, Hawaii (Kapolei)

64 FLOR, Sam OL 6-4 309 JR* 1V Seattle, Wash. (O’Dea)

38 FOSSUM, Kaleb WR 5-10 187 FR HS Lake Forest, Calif. (El Toro)

78 FREEMAN, Carlos OL 6-3 303 SO* SQ Midwest City, Okla. (Midwest City)

71 GRAVELLE, Lucas LS 6-0 218 SO* TR Niagra, N.Y. (Wheatfield/Erie CC)

5 GREEN, Calvin DB 5-10 175 SO 1V Sacramento, Calif. (Luther Burbank)

57 GRIFFIN, Drew LB 5-11 221 FR* RS Tacoma, Wash. (Bellarmine Prep)

2 HAMEED, Suli S 5-10 190 SO 1V Oakland, Calif. (Alameda)

53 HANCOCK, Caleb OL 6-5 275 JR TR Spanaway, Wash. (Bethel/Pacific Lutheran)

33 HANSER, Dylan LB 6-4 230 SO SQ Billings, Mont. (Central Catholic)

24 HARRINGTON, Keith RB 5-8 180 FR* RS St. Petersburg, Fla. (Northeast)

23 HECKER, Andrew S 6-0 180 FR HS Poulsbo, Wash. (North Kitsap)

29 HENRY, Parker LB 5-11 207 JR* 2V Vancouver, Wash. (Skyview)

3 HILINSKI, Tyler QB 6-3 187 FR HS Claremont, Calif. (Upland)72 HOPKINS, Mack OL 6-5 302 FR* RS Connell, Wash. (Connell)

42 HOYD III, Greg LB 6-1 221 FR* RS Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta)

12 JIMISON, Matt QB 6-2 208 FR HS Folsom, Calif. (Vista del Lago)

13 JORGENSON, Christian QB 6-2 190 FR HS Bellingham, Wash. (Squalicum)

93 LAIRD, Jacob DL 6-0 252 FR* RS Ephrata, Wash. (Ephrata)

48 LEE, Alijah RB 5-6 177 FR* HS Los Angeles, Calif. (Venice)

28 LEMORA, Darius S 6-0 196 SO* 1V Port Arthur, Texas (Memorial)

44 LENIU, Chandler LB 6-0 261 FR* RS Lakewood, Calif. (St. John Bosco)

15 LEWIS, Robert WR 5-9 170 SO* 1V South Gate, Calif. (South East)

87 LILIENTHAL, Daniel WR 6-2 203 SR* SQ Hemet, Calif. (West Valley/Mt. San Jacinto JC)

18 LUANI, Shalom S 6-0 201 JR TR Masausi, American Samoa (Faga’itua/San Francisco CC)

51 LUVU, Frankie LB 6-3 237 SO 1V Pago Pago, American Samoa (Tafuna)

NUMERICALNO. NAME1 PRIESTER, Kyrin

2 HAMEED, Suli

3 HILINSKI, Tyler

3 McLENNAN, Ivan

4 FALK, Luke4 WHITE, Charleston

5 GREEN, Calvin

6 BENDER, Peyton

6 POWELL, Kameron

8 ALLISON, Jeremiah

8 ENNIS, Connor

9 MARKS, Gabe

10 PARKER, Kirkland

12 JIMISON, Matt

12 MARTIN JR., Tavares

13 JORGENSON, Christian

15 LEWIS, Robert

16 BROUGHTON, Treshon

17 ANDERSON, Erik

17 PORTER, Pat

18 LUANI, Shalom19 BARTOLONE, Brett

19 TEGLOVIC, Colton

20 TAYLOR, Paris

21 CRACRAFT, River

22 MOLTON, Darrien

23 HECKER, Andrew

23 WICKS, Gerard

24 HARRINGTON, Keith

24 TORRES, Kyle

25 MORROW, Jamal

26 BAKER, Tyler

27 PAGE, Killian

27 PIPPINS, Marcellus

28 LEMORA, Darius

29 HENRY, Parker

30 TALIULU, Taylor31 BOONE, Xavius

31 DOTSON, Isaac

32 DAVIS, Isaiah

32 WILLIAMS, James

33 HANSER, Dylan

33 WILSON, Kainoa

34 TAULELEI, Madigan

35 DALE, Hunter

36 BUCANNON, David

37 CRACRAFT, Skyler

38 FOSSUM, Kaleb

38 SINCHAK, Dakota

39 SINGLETON, Deion

40 PALACIO, Kache

41 BRESHEARS, Quentin

41 ROACH, Willie42 HOYD III, Greg

43 PORTER, Aaron

44 CELLI, Kyle

44 LENIU, Chandler

45 TAGO, Logan

46 POWELL, Erik

47 PELLUER, Peyton

48 ABRAMO, Matt

48 LEE, Alijah

49 BROCK, Tristan




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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE)

61 MADISON, Cole OL 6-5 303 SO* 1V Burien, Wash. (Kennedy)

9 MARKS, Gabe WR 6-0 190 JR* 2V Venice, Calif. (Venice)

12 MARTIN JR., Tavares WR 6-1 165 FR HS Belle Glade, Fla. (William T. Dwyer)

50 MATA’AFA, Hercules DE 6-2 242 FR* RS Lahaina, Hawaii (Lahainaluna)

59 MATTOX, Hunter DL 6-3 259 FR HS Calabasas, Calif. (Sierra Canyon)

69 McCLAIN, Devonte DL 6-5 304 SR* SQ East Palo Alto, Calif. (James Logan/College of San Mateo)

3 McLENNAN, Ivan LB 6-4 233 SR* 1V Hawthorne, Calif. (Leuzinger/El Camino JC)

73 MIDDLETON, Eduardo OL 6-5 310 JR* 1V Oceanside, Calif. (Oceanside)

98 MITCHELL, Jeremiah DE 6-4 256 JR* TR Lake Elsinore, Calif. (Elsinore/Riverside CC)

22 MOLTON, Darrien CB 5-10 170 FR HS Temecula, Calif. (Chaparral)

25 MORROW, Jamal RB 5-9 190 SO* 1V Menifee, Calif. (Heritage)

57 NORVELL, Drew OL 6-4 283 FR HS Bellingham, Wash. (Sehome)

76 O’CONNELL, Cody OL 6-8 346 SO* SQ Wenatchee, Wash. (Wenatchee)

53 OGUAYO, Nnamdi OLB 6-3 210 FR HS Beltsville, Md. (High Point)

70 OSUR-MYERS, Noah OL 6-4 321 FR HS Walnut Creek, Calif. (Las Lomas)

27 PAGE, Killian RB 5-8 185 FR HS Tulalip, Wash. (Marysville-Pilchuck)

40 PALACIO, Kache LB 6-2 231 SR 3V Gardena, Calif. (Junipero Serra)

10 PARKER, Kirkland S 6-1 175 SO* TR Houston, Texas (Kingwood Park/Blinn College)

99 PAULO, Darryl DL 6-2 255 SR* 2V Sacramento, Calif. (Grant)

77 PAZ, Chris OL 6-4 305 FR HS Bellingham, Wash. (Squalicum)

47 PELLUER, Peyton LB 6-0 227 SO* 1V Sammamish, Wash. (Skyline)68 PERROTT, Davis OL 6-4 270 FR HS Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe)

27 PIPPINS, Marcellus CB 5-10 170 SO 1V Richmond, Calif. (El Cerrito)

43 PORTER, Aaron LB 6-3 242 JR TR La Habra, Calif. (La Habra/UCLA/Cerritos College)

17 PORTER, Pat CB 5-10 170 SO 1V Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Paul W. Bryant)

46 POWELL, Erik K/P 6-1 193 SO* 1V Vancouver, Wash. (Seton Catholic)

6 POWELL, Kameron S 6-0 202 FR HS Upland, Calif. (Upland)

1 PRIESTER, Kyrin WR 6-1 190 SO TR St. Petersburg, Fla. (Brookwood/Clemson)

41 ROACH, Willie DB 6-1 196 JR* 1V Federal Way, Wash. (Todd Beamer)

65 SAKARIA, Amosa OL 6-2 308 FR HS Pago Pago, American Samoa (Tafuna)

75 SALMONSON, B.J. OL 6-4 295 SO* 1V Everson, Wash. (Nooksack Valley)

49 SCHAFER, Brett K 5-9 165 FR HS Edmonds, Wash. (Meadowdale)

66 SEYDEL, Jacob OL 6-6 295 SR* 1V Riverside, Calif. (Arlington/Riverside CC)

38 SINCHAK, Dakota DB 5-9 180 SO* SQ Oak Harbor, Wash. (Oak Harbor)

39 SINGLETON, Deion CB 6-2 190 FR HS Kennewick, Wash. (Chiawana)

58 SORENSON, Riley OL 6-4 319 JR 2V Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita)83 SWEET, Kyle WR 6-0 186 FR HS Dove Canyon, Calif. (Santa Margarita)

45 TAGO, Logan LB 6-3 228 FR HS Pago Pago, American Samoa (Samoana)

30 TALIULU, Taylor S 6-0 205 SR 3V Aiea, Hawaii (Kamehameha)

95 TAPA, Ngalu DL 6-2 314 FR* RS Sacramento, Calif. (Luther Burbank)

34 TAULELEI, Madigan RB 6-0 205 FR HS Boise, Idaho (Boise)

20 TAYLOR, Paris LB 6-3 219 JR* 1V Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lake Brantley/LA Pierce College)

19 TEGLOVIC, Colton S 6-0 195 JR* 1V Sammamish, Wash. (Eastlake)

86 THOMPSON, D.J. WR 5-8 188 FR* RS Los Angeles, Calif. (Venice)

85 THOMPSON, John WR 5-8 194 JR 2V Spanaway, Wash. (Bethel)

24 TORRES, Kyle DB 5-10 180 FR HS Keizer, Ore. (McNary)

97 VAEAO, Destiny DL 6-4 298 SR 3V Pago Pago, American Samoa (Tafuna)

4 WHITE, Charleston CB 6-0 185 SO* 1V Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro)

23 WICKS, Gerard RB 6-0 224 SO* 1V Carson, Calif. (Long Beach Poly)

80 WILLIAMS, Dom WR 6-2 200 SR* 3V Pomona, Calif. (Garey)

32 WILLIAMS, James RB 5-11 185 FR HS Burbank, Calif. (Burbank)

33 WILSON, Kainoa WR 5-11 160 FR HS Nanakuli, Hawaii (Mililani)

* = Redshirted

NUMERICALNO. NAME49 SCHAFER, Brett

50 MATA’AFA, Hercules

51 LUVU, Frankie

52 FERNANDEZ, Kingston

53 HANCOCK, Caleb53 OGUAYO, Nnamdi

54 DeRIDER, Nate

55 COATES, Reggie

56 COMFORT, Taylor

56 DAHL, Joe

57 GRIFFIN, Drew

57 NORVELL, Drew

58 SORENSON, Riley

59 MATTOX, Hunter

60 DILLARD, Andre

61 MADISON, Cole

62 CHRIST, Moritz

63 EKLUND, Gunnar

64 FLOR, Sam

65 SAKARIA, Amosa

66 SEYDEL, Jacob67 COLE, Michael

68 PERROTT, Davis

69 McCLAIN, Devonte

70 OSUR-MYERS, Noah

71 GRAVELLE, Lucas

72 HOPKINS, Mack

73 MIDDLETON, Eduardo

74 EVERS, Brandon

75 SALMONSON, B.J.

76 O’CONNELL, Cody

77 BROWN, Austin

77 PAZ, Chris

78 FREEMAN, Carlos

79 BIGGE-DUREN, Cedric

80 WILLIAMS, Dom

83 SWEET, Kyle85 THOMPSON, John

86 THOMPSON, D.J.

87 LILIENTHAL, Daniel

88 DIMRY, C.J.

89 BEGG, Nick

90 EKUALE, Daniel

92 BARBER, Robert

93 LAIRD, Jacob

94 COX, Mitchell

95 CHARME, Zach

95 TAPA, Ngalu

96 FEHOKO, T.J.

97 VAEAO, Destiny

98 MITCHELL, Jeremiah

99 PAULO, Darryl

#2 SULI Hameed – Soo-lee

#21 River CRACRAFT – KRAY – craft

#25 Jamal MORROW – MOR - row

#30 Taylor TALIULU – TAH-lee-oo-loo

#31 XAVIUS Boone – Zavius

#34 MADIGAN TAULELEI – MAD – dih – gan / TAHley

#40 KACHE PALACIO KUH h / PAH l h h

#50 Hercules MATA’AFA – MAH – Tah – AH - FAH

#51 Frankie LUVU – Loo – voo

#59 Hunter MATTOX – MATT - tox

#62 MORITZ CHRIST – MO-reetz / Krist

#66 Jacob SEYDEL – Sye- DELL

#68 Davis PERROTT – PUR - ROW

#70 N h OSUR MYERS OH h

#95 NGALU TAPA – NAH – loo / TAH - PAH

#97 Destiny VAEAO – Vye-OW

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