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Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, Single season and career leaders. The Cougars represent Washington State University in the NCAA's Pac-12 Conference. Although Washington State began competing in intercollegiate football in 1894, [1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1951. Records ...
The Washington State Cougars football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Washington State University, located in Pullman, Washington.The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12) Known as the Cougars, the first football team was fielded in 1894.
The following is a list of Washington State Cougars football seasons for the football team that has represented Washington State University in NCAA competition. Seasons [ edit ]
In their fourth season under head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled an 8–3–1 record (5–2–1 in Pac-10, tied for fourth), and outscored their opponents 297 to 197. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The team's statistical leaders included Clete Casper with 939 passing yards, Tim Harris with 915 rushing yards, and Jeff Keller with 495 receiving yards.
[citation needed] The Honolulu native earned First-team All-America honors and finished his Cougar career as a three time All-Pac-10 selection, and a four-time Academic All-Pac-10 honoree. Gesser left WSU owning school records in a number of offensive categories, some which included career starts (34), total yards (9,007), pass attempts (1,118 ...
Washington State won the 1916 Rose Bowl, finished the season at 10–0 and outscored its opponents 204–10. In 1915, WSC was awarded the opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl Game and was set to play Brown University , which had lost only one game, to Harvard University (who in turn lost to Cornell 10–0) by a score of 16–7.
Washington State opened with six wins, [4] and were thirteenth in the AP poll, but then lost three of four prior to the Apple Cup. [5] A fourteen-point home underdog to fifth-ranked Washington , [ 6 ] the Cougars pulled off a classic blowout upset in the snow, scoring 29 unanswered points in the third quarter, and won 42–23 in the 20-year-old ...
In their third season under head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 in Pac-10, tied for sixth), and outscored their opponents 287 to 271. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The team's statistical leaders included Samoa Samoa with 1,668 passing yards, [ 3 ] Tim Harris with 801 rushing yards, [ 4 ] and Jim Whatley with 433 receiving yards.