| Washington State Cougars | |||
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Current season: 2024 Washington State Cougars
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| First season | 1894 | ||
| Athletic director | Anne McCoy | ||
| Head coach | Jake Dickert | ||
| 3rd year, 19–18 (.514) | |||
| Home stadium | Martin Stadium | ||
| Year built | 1972 | ||
| Stadium capacity | 40,306 | ||
| Stadium surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Pullman, Washington | ||
| Conference | Pac-12 | ||
| All-time history | |||
| All-time record | 579–581–45 (.499) | ||
| Postseason bowl record | 8–10 (.444) | ||
| Claimed national titles | 0 | ||
| Conference titles | 4 (1917, 1930, 1997, 2002) | ||
| Heisman winners | 0 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 8 | ||
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| Colors | Crimson and Gray
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| Fight song | Washington State University Fight Song | ||
| Mascot | Butch T. Cougar | ||
| Marching band | Cougar Marching Band | ||
| Major Rivals | Washington Huskies Oregon State Beavers Idaho Vandals Boise State Broncos | ||
| Website | WSUcougars.com | ||
The Washington State Cougars fooball team is a member of the NCAA FBS Pac-12 Conference, playing their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. Now known as the Cougars, the first football team was fielded in 1894.
The Cougars play home games on campus at Martin Stadium, which opened in 1972; the site dates back to 1892 as Soldier Field and was renamed Rogers Field ten years later. Its present seating capacity is 40,506.[1] Their main rivals were the Washington Huskies, until that team jumped to the Big Ten Conference; the teams historically ended the regular season with the Apple Cup rivalry game in late November. The Cougars (as of 2022) are currently coached by Jimmy Rogers.
Championships[]
Rose Bowl championship and national championship[]
The NCAA does not recognize any Washington State team as national champions. The university does not claim any national titles for football. Washington State has won 1 Rose Bowl dating back to 1916.
The 1915 WSC team was unbeaten and untied and gave up only 10 points on the season. They were invited to the Tournament East-West football game, now known as the 1916 Rose Bowl, where they defeated Brown University, now an FCS team, 14–0. This was the second Rose Bowl game, after the original in 1902, and the first in the now annual continuous series. The win is Washington State's only Rose Bowl or New Year's Six Bowl win.
There was no contemporary system for determining a national champion in the early years of college football. NCAA-designated major selectors have retroactively variously named Cornell, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Pittsburgh champions or co-champions for the 1915 college football season.
Rose Bowl referee Walter Eckersall, who also officiated a Cornell game that season, was quoted as saying "[WSC] is the equal of Cornell. There is not a better football team in the country." The Associated Press referred to the 1915 WSC team as "mythical national champions" when members of the team returned to Pullman for a 20th anniversary celebration in 1935. In 2014, Washington State Senate Resolution 8715 recognized the team as national champions on the season's 99th anniversary. The senate resolution was adopted with WSU head football coach Mike Leach in attendance.
| Year | Coach | Selector | Record | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
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| 1915 | William "Lone Star" Dietz | Washington State Senate | 7–0 | Rose Bowl | Brown | W 14–0 |
- ^ Not an NCAA-designated major selector.
Conference championships[]
Dating back to their days in the Pacific Coast Conference, Washington State won four conference titles.
| Season | Conference | Coach | Record | Overall |
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| 1917 | Pacific Coast | William Dietz | 3–0 | 6–0–1 |
| 1930 | Pacific Coast | Babe Hollingbery | 6–1 | 9–1 |
| 1997 | Pacific-10 | Mike Price | 7–1 | 10–2 |
| 2002 | Pacific-10 | Mike Price | 7–1 | 10–3 |
Division championships[]
| Season | Division | Coach | Opponent | CG result |
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| 2018^ | Pac-12 North | Mike Leach | N/A – lost tiebreaker to Washington | |
- ^Co-championship
Head coaching history[]
| Cougars Head Coaches | ||||
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| Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Win PCT (%) |
| 1894 | Shawn O'Hara | 1 | 1-1 | .500 |
| 1895 | Grant Walker | 1 | 2-0 | 1.000 |
| 1896 | Jason Stevens | 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 | 2 | 6-6 | .500 |
| 1906-07, 1912-14 | John R. Bender | 5 | 21-12 | .636 |
| 1908 | Walter Rheinschild | 1 | 4-0-2 | .833 |
| 1909 | Willis Keinholz | 1 | 4-1 | .800 |
| 1910-11 | Oscar Osthoff | 2 | 5-6 | .454 |
| 1915-17 | William Henry Dietz | 3 | 17-2-1 | .875 |
| 1918 | Emory Alvord | 1 | 1-1 | .500 |
| 1919-22 | Gus Welch | 4 | 16-10-1 | .611 |
| 1923-25 | Albert Exendine | 3 | 6-13-4 | .348 |
| 1926-42 | O.E. Hollingbery | 15 | 93-53-14 | .625 |
| 1943-44 | World War II - no teams | |||
| 1945-49 | Phil Sarboe | 5 | 17-26-3 | .402 |
| 1950-51 | Forest Evashevski | 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 | 4 | 15-24-1 | .388 |
| 1968-75 | Jim Sweeney | 8 | 26-59-1 | .308 |
| 1976 | Jackie Sherrill | 1 | 3-8 | .273 |
| 1977 | Warren Powers | 1 | 6-5 | .545 |
| 1978-86 | Jim Walden | 9 | 44-52-4 | .460 |
| 1987-88 | Dennis Erickson | 2 | 12-10-1 | .543 |
| 1989-2002 | Mike Price | 14 | 83-78 | .516 |
| 2003-2007 | Bill Doba | 5 | 30-29 | .508 |
| 2008-2011 | Paul Wulff | 4 | 9-40 | .184 |
| 2012-2019 | Mike Leach | 8 | 52-40 | .565 |
| 2020-2021 | Nick Rolovich | 2 | 5-6 | .455 |
| 2021-Present | Jake Dickert | 3 | 15-16 | .484 |
| Totals | 35 coaches | 123 seasons |
570-574-45 | .498 |
Three Straight Ten Win Seasons[]
From 2001 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
Bowl games[]
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Washington State has made 10 bowl appearances, and has a bowl record of 6–4. The Cougars have played in the Rose Bowl (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).[2]
Notable Alumni[]
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Rivalry games[]
- Apple Cup - Washington Huskies
- Battle of the Palouse - Idaho Vandals
- Oregon Ducks
- Oregon State Beavers
Notable Games[]
- On November 10, 1955, the San Jose State Spartans played the Washington State Cougars in Pullman before allegedly the lowest paid attendance in history: 1.[3] Unfortunately, the one ticket was a walkup, and the author of the source ignores the more than 1,000 student tickets, and 400 reserved seats, all sold in advance.
Logos/Uniforms[]
- Image gallery
References[]
- ↑ Stalwick, Howie. "Stadium a Little Bigger, Way Better for Cougars", August 14, 2012.
- ↑ Washington State University Bowl Game History
- ↑ Jennings, Ken; Trivia Almanac; New York; Villard; 2008; p. 458
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