2016 Washington State Cougars football team

2016 Washington State Cougars football
Holiday Bowl, L 12–17 vs. Minnesota
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Division North Division
2016 record 8–5 (7–2 Pac-12)
Head coach Mike Leach (5th season)
Offensive scheme Air raid
Defensive coordinator Alex Grinch (2nd season)
Base defense 3–4 multiple
Home stadium Martin Stadium
(Capacity: 32,952)
2016 Pac-12 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^  8 –1     12 –2  
Washington State  7 –2     8 –5  
No. 12 Stanford  6 –3     10 –3  
California  3 –6     5 –7  
Oregon State  3 –6     4 –8  
Oregon  2 –7     4 –8  
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x  8 –1     10 –4  
No. 3 USC  7 –2     10 –3  
No. 23 Utah  5 –4     9 –4  
Arizona State  2 –7     5 –7  
UCLA  2 –7     4 –8  
Arizona  1 –8     3 –9  
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Mike Leach and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 7–2 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the North Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they were defeated by Minnesota.

Previous season

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 5:00 PM No. 14 (FCS) Eastern Washington* Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N L 42–45   32,952
September 10 7:15 PM at Boise State* Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN2 L 28–31   36,163
September 17 11:00 AM Idaho* Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse) P12N W 56–6   28,477
October 1 6:30 PM Oregon Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N W 51–33   33,528
October 8 7:30 PM at No. 15 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA ESPN W 42–16   50,424
October 15 7:30 PM UCLAdagger Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN W 27–21   29,310
October 22 7:00 PM at Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N W 37–32   50,582
October 29 7:45 PM at Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR ESPN2 W 35–31   37,081
November 5 1:00 PM Arizona No. 25 Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N W 69–7   33,547
November 12 7:30 PM California No. 23 Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN W 56–21   30,135
November 19 12:30 PM at No. 12 Colorado No. 20 Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FOX L 24–38   48,658
November 25 12:30 PM No. 6 Washington No. 23 Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (109th Apple Cup) FOX L 17–45   33,773
December 27 1:00 PM vs. Minnesota* Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl) ESPN L 12–17   48,704
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time
All dates, times and TV are tentative and subject to change.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 23 20 23 RV RV RV 
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 23 20 23 RV RV RV 
CFP Not released 25 23 22 23 NR NR Not released

Game summaries

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 (FCS) Eagles 7 17 14 7 45
Cougars 14 14 0 14 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2012 WAZZU, 24–20

at Boise State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 7 7 14 28
Broncos 14 3 7 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 2001 WAZZU, 41–20

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 3 0 3 0 6
Cougars 7 14 7 28 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
71–18–3 2013 WAZZU, 42–0

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Ducks 7 7 6 13 33
Cougars 7 21 2 21 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
39–47–7 2015 WAZZU, 45–38 2OT

at Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 7 14 14 42
#15 Cardinal 0 3 7 6 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–40–1 2015 STAN, 30–28

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 0 0 7 14 21
Cougars 3 7 14 3 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–39–1 2015 WAZZU, 31–27

at Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 17 14 6 37
Sun Devils 7 7 7 11 32
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–26–2 2015 WAZZU, 38–24

at Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 6 22 7 35
Beavers 14 10 0 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
50–47–3 2015 WAZZU, 52–31

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7
#25 Cougars 24 14 14 17 69
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–26 2015 WAZZU, 45–42

California

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0 7 7 7 21
#23 Cougars 14 14 7 21 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–46–5 2015 CAL, 38–24

at Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Cougars 14 3 7 0 24
#12 Buffaloes 7 7 14 10 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–5 2015 WAZZU, 27–3

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Huskies 28 7 0 10 45
#23 Cougars 3 7 7 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
32–70–6 2015 WASH, 45–10

Minnesota–Holiday Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers 0 3 7 7 17
Cougars 3 3 0 6 12
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 1988 WAZZU, 41–9

Coaching staff

NameTitleYears at WSUAlma mater
Mike LeachHead Coach6BYU, 1983
Alex GrinchDefensive Coordinator/Secondary Coach3Mount Union, 2002
Jason LoscalzoStrength and Conditioning Coach6Humboldt State, 1999
Roy ManningOutside Linebackers Coach3Michigan, 2004
Jim MastroRunning Backs Coach6Cal Poly, 1994
Clay McGuireOffensive Line Coach6Texas Tech, 2004
Eric MeleSpecial Teams Coach3William Paterson, 2002
Dave NicholOutside Receivers Coach2Texas Tech, 1999

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References

  1. ↑ http://wsucougars.com/roster.aspx?roster=74&path=football Retrieved March 7, 2018.

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