Washington State Cougars football
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The Washington State Cougars football team is the intercollegiate football
team of Washington State University
. The team is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Beginning with the 2012 season, they will be coached by Mike Leach, who is replacing Paul Wulff
, who was fired following the 2011 season
.
The Cougars play home games on campus at Martin Stadium
, which opened in 1972; the site dates back to 1892 when it was called Soldier Field
. Its present seating capacity
is 35,117.
through 2003
Washington State had three consecutive 10 win seasons, also finishing ranked among the top ten teams in the nation each year. They finished the 2001 season beating Purdue in the Sun Bowl 33-27. The Cougars then lost to Oklahoma 34-14 in the Rose Bowl January 1st, 2002. They capped the three year ride with a 28-20 victory over then #5 ranked Texas in the 2003 Holiday Bowl.Cougar Media Guide
(1 win, 3 losses), the Holiday Bowl
(1 win, 1 loss), the Aloha Bowl
(1 win), the Copper Bowl (1 win), the Alamo Bowl
(1 win), and the Sun Bowl
(1 win).
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team of Washington State University
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
. The team is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Beginning with the 2012 season, they will be coached by Mike Leach, who is replacing Paul Wulff
Paul Wulff
-External links:*...
, who was fired following the 2011 season
2011 Washington State Cougars football team
The 2011 Washington State Cougars football team represents Washington State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth year head coach Paul Wulff and play their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington...
.
The Cougars play home games on campus at Martin Stadium
Martin Stadium
Martin Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pullman, Washington, United States, on the campus of Washington State University. It is the home field of the Washington State Cougars of the Pacific-12 Conference, and is the smallest football stadium in the conference...
, which opened in 1972; the site dates back to 1892 when it was called Soldier Field
Rogers Field (Washington State)
Rogers Field was an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. It was the home venue of the WSU Cougars football and track teams until severely damaged by a fire in April 1970...
. Its present seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
is 35,117.
Head coaching history
| Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
| 1894 | William Goodyear | 1 | 1-1 | .500 |
| 1895 | W.W. Waite | 1 | 2-0 | 1.000 |
| 1896 | David Brodie | 1 | 2-0-1 | 1.000 |
| 1897 | Robert Galley | 1 | 2-0 | 1.000 |
| 1898-99 | Frank Shively | 2 | 1-1-1 | .500 |
| 1900, 1902 | William Allen | 2 | 6-3-1 | .650 |
| 1901 | William Namack | 1 | 4-1 | .800 |
| 1903 | James Ashmore | 1 | 3-3-2 | .500 |
| 1904-05 | Everett Sweeley Everett Sweeley Everett Marlin Sweeley was an American football player and coach. He played fullback, halfback and end for the University of Michigan from 1899 to 1902 and was a member of Fielding H. Yost's 1901 and 1902 "Point-a-Minute" teams... |
2 | 6-6 | .500 |
| 1906-07, 1912-14 | John R. Bender John R. Bender John R. "Chief" Bender was an American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Washington State University , Haskell Indian Nations University , Kansas State University , and the University of Tennessee , compiling a career record of... |
5 | 21-12 | .636 |
| 1908 | Walter Rheinschild Walter Rheinschild Walter Meadowfield Rheinschild , known also by the nicknames "Rheiny" and "Rhino", was an American football player and coach. He played for the University of Michigan in 1904, 1905, and 1907, and was once "rated as the highest salaried amateur athlete in the business." He later coached for... |
1 | 4-0-2 | .833 |
| 1909 | Willis Keinholz Willis Keinholz -External links:... |
1 | 4-1 | .800 |
| 1910-11 | Oscar Osthoff Oscar Osthoff Oscar Paul Osthoff was an American weightlifter and sports figure who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.... |
2 | 5-6 | .454 |
| 1915-17 | William Henry Dietz William Henry Dietz William Henry "Lone Star" Dietz was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington State University , Purdue University , Louisiana Tech University , University of Wyoming , and Albright College compiling a career college football record of 70–47–6... |
3 | 17-2-1 | .875 |
| 1918 | Emory Alvord | 1 | 1-1 | .500 |
| 1919-22 | Gus Welch Gus Welch Gustavius A. "Gus" Welch was a American football and lacrosse coach and sports figure in the United States.-Early life:Welch was a full-blood Chippewa born in Spooner, Wisconsin. He attended the Carlisle Indian School, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1911. Gus was one of... |
4 | 16-10-1 | .611 |
| 1923-25 | Albert Exendine Albert Exendine Albert Andrew "Al" Exendine was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He played college football at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School where he was an All-American end... |
3 | 6-13-4 | .348 |
| 1926-42 | O.E. Hollingbery Babe Hollingbery Orin E. "Babe" Hollingbery was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the State College of Washington, now Washington State University, from 1926 to 1942, compiling a record of 93–53–14. Hollingbery's 93 wins are the most by any coach in the history of the... |
17 | 93-53-14 | .625 |
| 1943-44 | World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - no teams |
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| 1945-49 | Phil Sarboe Phil Sarboe -External links:... |
5 | 17-26-3 | .402 |
| 1950-51 | Forest Evashevski Forest Evashevski Forest "Evy" Evashevski was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1942... |
2 | 11-6-2 | .632 |
| 1952-55 | Al Kircher | 4 | 13-25-2 | .350 |
| 1958-63 | Jim Sutherland | 8 | 37-39-4 | .488 |
| 1964-67 | Bert Clark Bert Clark Robert "Bert" Clark, Jr. was the head football coach at Washington State from 1964 to 1967. His 1965 team was nicknamed "The Cardiac Kids" because it was the only team in school history to defeat three Big Ten teams. He played college football at Oklahoma under hall-of-fame coach Bud Wilkinson... |
4 | 15-24-1 | .388 |
| 1968-75 | Jim Sweeney Jim Sweeney (coach) Jim Sweeney is a former American football coach. He served as the head coach at Montana State University , Washington State University , and California State University, Fresno . Sweeney's 143 wins as the head coach at Fresno State are the most in the history of the program... |
8 | 26-59-1 | .308 |
| 1976 | Jackie Sherrill Jackie Sherrill Jackie Sherrill is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Washington State University , the University of Pittsburgh , Texas A&M University , and Mississippi State University , compiling a career college football record of 180–120–4... |
1 | 3-8 | .273 |
| 1977 | Warren Powers Warren Powers Warren Anthony Powers is a former American football coach. He was the head coach of the Missouri Tigers football program from 1978 to 1984. Prior to coming to Missouri, Powers was an assistant coach under both Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne at Nebraska... |
1 | 6-5 | .545 |
| 1978 | Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... |
1 | 2-9 | .181 |
| 1979-86 | Jim Walden Jim Walden Jim "Jimmy" Walden is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington State University from 1978 to 1986 and at Iowa State University from 1987 to 1994, compiling a career college football record of 72–109–7.-Playing career:Walden played... |
9 | 44-52-4 | .460 |
| 1987-88 | Dennis Erickson Dennis Erickson Dennis Erickson is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Arizona State University until November 28, 2011, a position he had held since the 2007 season. In 2008 the Arizona Board of Regents had approved a contract extension to keep Erickson at Arizona... |
2 | 12-10-1 | .543 |
| 1989-2002 2002 Washington State Cougars football team The 2002 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the college football season of 2002-2003. The team was led by fourteenth-year head coach Mike Price, and played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.... |
Mike Price Mike Price Mike Price is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso , a position he has held since 2004... |
14 | 83-78 | .516 |
| 2003 2003 Washington State Cougars football team The 2003 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the college football season of 2003-2004. The team was led by first-year head coach Bill Doba, and played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.... -07 2007 Washington State Cougars football team The 2007 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the college football season of 2007-2008. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Bill Doba and played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.... |
Bill Doba Bill Doba -External links:*... |
5 | 30-29 | .508 |
| 2008 2008 Washington State Cougars football team The 2008 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the college football season of 2008-2009. The team's head coach was Paul Wulff. It played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington... -11 2011 Washington State Cougars football team The 2011 Washington State Cougars football team represents Washington State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth year head coach Paul Wulff and play their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington... |
Paul Wulff Paul Wulff -External links:*... |
4 | 9-40 | .184 |
| 2011- | Mike Leach Mike Leach Michael C. "Mike" Leach is head coach of the Washington State Cougars football team. For 10 years he was head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team. Leach had a winning season every year during his tenure at Texas Tech.... |
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| Totals | 33 coaches | 116 seasons | 501-513-45 | .494 |
Three Straight Ten Win Seasons
From 20012001 Washington State Cougars football team
The 2001 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the college football season of 2001-2002. The team's head coach was Mike Price. It played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.-Schedule:...
through 2003
2003 Washington State Cougars football team
The 2003 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the college football season of 2003-2004. The team was led by first-year head coach Bill Doba, and played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington....
Washington State had three consecutive 10 win seasons, also finishing ranked among the top ten teams in the nation each year. They finished the 2001 season beating Purdue in the Sun Bowl 33-27. The Cougars then lost to Oklahoma 34-14 in the Rose Bowl January 1st, 2002. They capped the three year ride with a 28-20 victory over then #5 ranked Texas in the 2003 Holiday Bowl.Cougar Media Guide
Current coaching staff
- Mike LeachMike LeachMichael C. "Mike" Leach is head coach of the Washington State Cougars football team. For 10 years he was head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team. Leach had a winning season every year during his tenure at Texas Tech....
- Head Coach - Chris Ball - Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach
- Jody Sears - Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks Coach
- Todd Sturdy - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
- Dave Ungerer - Special Teams/Running Backs Coach
- Rich Rasmussen - Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach
- Todd Howard - Defensive Line Coach
- Mike Levenseller - Wide Receivers Coach
- Steve Morton - Offensive Line Coach
- Chris Tormey - Linebackers Coach
Bowl games
Washington State has made 10 bowl appearances, and has a bowl record of 6–4. The Cougars have played in the Rose BowlRose Bowl Game
The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2...
(1 win, 3 losses), the Holiday Bowl
Holiday Bowl
The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, since 1978. Beginning with the 2010 playing the bowl will officially be known as the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl after...
(1 win, 1 loss), the Aloha Bowl
Aloha Bowl
The Aloha Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. With the exception of the 1983-86 playings, the Aloha Bowl was traditionally played on Christmas morning in Honolulu. For most of its...
(1 win), the Copper Bowl (1 win), the Alamo Bowl
Alamo Bowl
The Alamo Bowl is a major American college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It matches the second choice team from the Pacific-12 Conference and the third choice team from the Big 12 Conference.Traditionally, the Alamo Bowl has been...
(1 win), and the Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
(1 win).
| Date | Bowl | W/L | Opponent | PF | PA |
| January 1, 1916 | Rose Bowl 1916 Rose Bowl Originally titled the "Tournament of Roses football game," the second of what is now known as the Rose Bowl Game was played on January 1, 1916... |
W | Brown | 14 | 0 |
| January 1, 1931 | Rose Bowl 1931 Rose Bowl The 1931 Rose Bowl was the 17th Rose Bowl game, an American post-season college football game that was played on New Year's Day 1931 in Pasadena, California. It featured two undefeated teams, the Alabama Crimson Tide against the... |
L | Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide football |TeamName = Alabama football |Image = Alabama Crimson Tide Logo.svg |ImageSize = 110 |Helmet = Alabama Football.png |ImageSize2 = 150 |CurrentSeason = 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team... |
0 | 24 |
| December 18, 1981 | Holiday Bowl 1981 Holiday Bowl The 1981 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1981 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the 14th ranked BYU Cougars, and the 20th ranked Washington State Cougars.... |
L | Brigham Young 1981 BYU Cougars football team The 1981 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 1981 college football season. The Cougars offense scored 503 points while the defense allowed 256 points. Led by head coach LaVell Edwards, the Cougars won in the 1981 Holiday Bowl.-Season schedule:-Team players in the... |
36 | 38 |
| December 25, 1988 | Aloha Bowl 1988 Aloha Bowl The 1988 Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game, played as part of the 1988-89 bowl game schedule of the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 7th Aloha Bowl. It was played on December 25, 1988, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii... |
W | Houston Houston Cougars football The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to as "Houston" or "UH" . The UH football program is currently a member of the Conference USA intercollegiate athletic conference, and is coached by... |
24 | 22 |
| December 29, 1992 | Copper Bowl 1992 Copper Bowl The 1992 edition to the Copper Bowl featured the Washington State Cougars, and the Utah Utes.Washington State scored first on a 3 yard touchdown run by running back Shaumbe Wright-Fair, to take a 7–0 lead. Quarterback Drew Bledsoe fired an 87 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Phillip Bobo,... |
W | Utah Utah Utes football The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Rice–Eccles... |
31 | 28 |
| December 31, 1994 | Alamo Bowl 1994 Alamo Bowl The 1994 edition to the Alamo Bowl featured the , and the .Washington State had the nation's second ranked defense, and they held Baylor to 151 yards of total offense. Washington State scored in the 1st quarter, on a one yard touchdown run from halfback Kevin Hicks to take a 7-0 lead... |
W | Baylor Baylor Bears football The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas.-History:... |
10 | 3 |
| January 1, 1998 | Rose Bowl 1998 Rose Bowl The 1998 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1998 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. It was the 84th Rose Bowl Game. The game featured Michigan beating Washington State by a score of 21–16. The ending of the game is controversial... |
L | Michigan 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team The 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third year under head coach Lloyd Carr, Michigan compiled a perfect 12–0 record, won the Big Ten Conference championship, defeated Washington State in the 1998... |
16 | 21 |
| December 31, 2001 | Sun Bowl 2001 Sun Bowl The 2001 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl edition to the Sun Bowl featured the Washington State Cougars, and the Purdue Boilermakers.Washington State's Jason David scored the game's first touchdown on a 45 yard interception return for a 7-0 WSU lead. Washington State quarterback Jason Gesser later threw a 46... |
W | Purdue 2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team The 2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented the US Purdue University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.-Schedule:-Rivalries:*In the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, Indiana beat Purdue.... |
33 | 27 |
| January 1, 2003 | Rose Bowl 2003 Rose Bowl The 2003 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2003. It was the 89th Rose Bowl game. It was a match-up between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Washington State Cougars. The game was won by Oklahoma 34-14. Nate Hybl who played quarterback for the Sooners, was named the Rose... |
L | Oklahoma | 14 | 34 |
| December 30, 2003 | Holiday Bowl 2003 Holiday Bowl The 2003 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 2003 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Washington State Cougars against the Texas Longhorns. Washington State pulled off a major upset by winning 28-20.The... |
W | Texas 2003 Texas Longhorns football team The 2003 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by redshirt fresman quarterback Vince Young.... |
28 | 20 |
| Total | 10 bowl games | 6-4 | 206 | 217 |
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Rivalry games
- Apple CupApple CupThe Apple Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of an American college football rivalry game played annually by the teams of the two largest universities in the U.S. state of Washington: the University of Washington Huskies and the Washington State University Cougars...
- Washington HuskiesWashington Huskies footballCollege football has a long history at the University of Washington. The Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference championships, seven Rose Bowl titles, and three national championships. Washington's all-time record of 653-398-50 ranks 20th by all-time winning percentage and 21st by... - Battle of the PalouseBattle of the PalouseThe Battle of the Palouse is an American college football rivalry between the Washington State University Cougars and the University of Idaho Vandals. The name of the rivalry is derived from the "Palouse", the rolling agricultural region in which both schools are located...
- Idaho VandalsIdaho Vandals footballThe Idaho Vandals are a college football team that represents the University of Idaho. The Vandals currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I... - Oregon DucksOregon Ducks footballThe Oregon Ducks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Oregon located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Known as the Ducks, the...
- Oregon State BeaversOregon State Beavers footballThe Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I-A college football. The team first fielded an organized football team in 1893 and is currently a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. The head coach is Mike Riley, with Danny Langsdorf as the offensive...