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2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS(8-3, 6-2 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. W, 45-38 (2OT) (P12N)Oct. 17 Oregon State * Pullman W, 52-31 (P12N)Oct. 24 Arizona * Tucson, Ariz. W, 45-42 (P12N)Oct. 31 No. 8 Stanford * Pullman L, 28-30 (ESPN)Nov. 7 Arizona State * Pullman W, 38-24 (FS1)Nov. 14 No. 18 UCLA * Pasadena, Calif. W, 31-27 (ESPN)Nov. 21 Colorado * Pullman W, 27-3 (ESPN2)Nov. 27 Washington * Seattle, Wash. 12:30 p.m. (FOX)

* Pac-12 Conference Game** All times and dates are subject to change Home games in BOLD All times Pacific

WASHINGTON STATEATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

OFFICE ADDRESS: Bohler Addition 195 Pullman, WA 99164-1602OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUGOFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267MARTIN STADIUM PRESS BOX: 509-335-COUGASSOC. A.D. / ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Bill Stevens OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 CELL: 916-761-7005 EMAIL: [email protected] SPORTS: Football, Womens TennisASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 CELL: 951-452-6129 EMAIL: [email protected] SPORTS: Football, Baseball, SwimmingASST. DIRECTOR: Linda Chalich OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 EMAIL: [email protected] SPORTS: Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & FieldASST. DIRECTOR: Jim Crawford OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0265 CELL: 509-715-9788 EMAIL: [email protected] SPORTS: Womens Soccer, Womens BasketballASST. DIRECTOR: Jessica Holmes OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0255 EMAIL: [email protected] SPORTS: Mens Basketball, Rowing, Mens & Womens Golf

NO. 20 WASHINGTON STATE HEADS TO SEATTLE FOR FRIDAY APPLE CUPWashington State heads to Seattle to face the University of Washington Friday for the Apple Cup. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. on FOX.

SERIES HISTORYThis will be the 108th meeting between the Cougars and Huskies with Washington leading the all-time series 69-32-6 including a 39-15-5 mark in Seattle after claiming the last three matchups.

COMING UP The Cougars will wait to hear their bowl destination.

No. 20 WASHINGTON STATE (8-3, 6-2 Pac-12) at WASHINGTON (5-6, 3-5 Pac-12) 12:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 27 FOX

Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium (70,138) Seattle, Wash.

TV: FOX PLAY-BY-PLAY: Joe Davis ANALYST: Brady Quinn SIDELINE: Kris Budden

RADIO: Washington State IMG Sports Network PLAY-BY-PLAY: Matt Chazanow ANALYST: Bob Robertson ANALYST: Jason Gesser SIDELINE: Jessamyn McIntyre

LIVESTATS: wsucougars.com TWITTER: @WSUCougfbINSTAGRAM: @WSUCOUGARFOOTBALL

ALL-TIME: UW leads series 69-32-6OVERALL STREAK: UW +2 LAST SEASON: UW 31-13 (Pullman) LAST WSU WIN: 31-28 - OT (11/23/15 - Pullman)IN PULLMAN: UW leads 17-14-1 STREAK: UW +2 LAST MEETING: UW 31-13 (11/29/14) LAST WSU WIN: 31-28 - OT (11/23/12)IN SEATTLE: UW leads 39-15-5 STREAK: UW +3 LAST MEETING: UW 27-17 (11/29/13) LAST WSU WIN: 42-35 (11/24/07)IN SPOKANE: UW leads 13-3 LAST MEETING: UW 30-23 (11/22/80)

BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY

TEAM WSUs 8-3 record is its best starting 9-2 in 2003, is bowl eligible for the second time in three seasons (2013) WSU is ranked No. 20 in the AP and ESPN Coaches Polls, its highest ranking since the final poll of 2003 (No. 9) 23 players have made their Cougar debuts this season, and eight players have made their first career start WSU leads the country in passing offense (406.9) WSU is the only team from a Power 5 Conference with three players on the Biletnikoff Watch List WSU is second in the Pac-12 in tackles-for-loss per game at 8.0, eighth-most in the country WSU leads the country in 4th-down conversions (25) and is second in the most attempts (35), 71% WSU recorded its first three-game conference winning streak (at Oregon, Oregon State, at Arizona) since 2003 WSUs win at Oregon was the first win over the Ducks since 2006 and first in Eugene since 2003 WSUs win at Rutgers was the first win against a Big Ten school since defeating Purdue in the 2001 Sun Bowl WSU rushed for 149 yards in the win over Colorado, the fifth 100-yard game of season, ninth under coach Leach WSU recorded two sellouts of Martin Stadium in 2015, now owns seven sellouts since coach Mike Leach ar-rived at WSU in 2012, only one sellout in the five seasons prior

INDIVIDUAL WSUs win over Oregon State gave Mike Leach career win No. 100, he now owns a career 104-71 record QB Luke Falk leads the Pac-12 in passing yards (387.8 ypg), touchdowns (36) and total offense (377.5 ypg) Falk is the FBS active leader in passing yards-per-game (360.3) and second in career total offense (349.5) WR Dom Williams is 2nd in WSU history with 29 career TD catches, trails Jason Hills record of 32 Williams sits second in school history with 2,799 career receiving yards, 11th among active FBS players WR Gabe Marks owns the WSU record for career receptions (215), broke Michael Bumpus record (195) Marks ranks 11th among all active FBS receivers in career receptions Marks leads the Pac-12 in catches (92), TDs (14), catches per game (8.4) and second in receiving yards (1,067) Marks owns six career games with 10+ receptions, the most in WSU history Marks owns 92 receptions, 55 of those have resulted in a WSU first down (60%) Cougar RBs combine to average 157.7 all-purpose yards-per-game, 6.2 yds-per-carry and have scored 11 TDs RB Gerard Wicks recorded a career high 123 rushing yards against Colorado, first 100-yard rusher since 2010 (James Montgomery vs. Montana State) RB Jamal Morrow rushed for a career-high 68 yards in the win at Oregon RUSH LB Kache Palacio owns 16 career sacks, good for 10th all-time in WSU history

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2015 STANDINGSNORTH DIVISON

Pac-12 Overall Stanford 8-1 9-2 Washington State 6-2 8-3 Oregon 6-2 8-3 California 3-5 6-5 Washington 3-5 5-6 Oregon State 0-8 2-9

SOUTH DIVISON Pac-12 Overall UCLA 5-3 8-3 Utah 5-3 8-3 USC 5-3 7-4 Arizona State 4-4 6-5 Arizona 3-6 6-6 Colorado 1-7 4-8

FRIDAY, NOV. 27Washington State at WASHINGTON, 12:30 p.m. (FOX)

Oregon State at OREGON, 1 p.m. (FOX Sports 1)

SATURDAY, NOV. 28Colorado at UTAH, 11:30 a.m. (P12N)

UCLA at USC, 12:30 p.m. (ABC/ESPN2)Notre Dame at STANFORD, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

Arizona State at CALIFORNIA, 7 p.m. (FOX Sports 1)

SATURDAY, NOV. 21OREGON def. USC, 48-28

UCLA def. UTAH, 17-9ARIZONA STATE def. Arizona, 52-37

Washington def. OREGON STATE, 52-7STANFORD def. California, 35-22

WASHINGTON STATE def. Colorado, 27-3

PAC-12 CONFERENCEAUDIO ON INTERNET WSUs football broadcasts are available on the Inter-net through WSUs web provider NeuLion. The ad-dress is: www.wsucougars.com, then use the Connect link 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 the front page. Tickets are available online 24 hours a day, up until the day before the game. All orders processed online can be mailed up to 10 days prior to the game. After that all online orders will be held for pickup at Will Call. For any questions about WSU tickets, please call 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 Home Page. The address is: http://www.wsucougars.com.

COUGAR ATHLETICS ON THE WEBConnect with Washington State University Athletics on the web at WSUCougars.com, the official website of 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 teleconference call each Tuesday during the football season. The tele-conference call begins at 9:55 a.m., PT, while Mike Leach participates at 10:55 a.m. Contact the Pac-12 media relations office at 415-580-4200 for details and call-in information.

LEACH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE AVAILABILITYWSU head football coach Mike Leach is available for individual media interviews following practices Sun-day, Tuesday and Wednesday, along with after each Cougar game. Arrangements for interviews with coach Leach 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 Mondays weekly press conference. Three student-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 following practices 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 not contact student-athletes via their cell phones or social media 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 be conducted on the field after practice. Media is asked to not report on injuries or strategy. All walk-thru prac-tices are closed with no media availability.

COUGAR COACHS SHOWWashington State Head Coach Mike Leach hold his weekly radio show on WSUs flagship station 920 KXLY this Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. live from Zeppoz in Pull-man.

MEDIA INFORMATIONTHE 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 mens basketball, baseball, womens basketball and womens volleyball, and the Cougar Coaches Show in the fall and winter seasons. IMG College, founded in 1992 in its corporate home of Winston-Salem, NC, manages corporate marketing opportunities and on-site promotions at WSU football 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 FrequencySpokane (Flagship) KXLY 920 AMSeattle KIRO 710 AMBellingham KPUG/KBAI 1170/930 AMCentralia KMNT 104.3 FMClarkson KHTR 103.9 FMColfax KCLX 1450 AMColville KCVL 1240 AMGrand Coulee KEYG 98.5 FMMoses Lake KBSN 1470 AMMount Vernon KAPS 660 AMOmak KEYG 97.7 FMPasco KONA 610 AMPortland KKPZ 1330 AMPullman KHTR 104.3 FMPullman KQQQ 1150 AMShelton KMAS 1030 AMWalla Walla KGDC 1320 AMWenatchee KPQ 560 AMWenatchee KNZW 1340 AMYakima KBBO 1390 AM/104.5 FMInternet wsucougars.comSirius/XM Satellite Radio 81/81

THIS WEEK

MONDAY - Nov. 23Press Conferences12:30 p.m. - Players

1 p.m. - Coach LeachPractice8:30 p.m.

TUESDAY - Nov. 24Practice

12:30 p.m.All Coaches Available

To Media

WEDNESDAY - Nov. 25Practice

12:30 p.m.All Coaches Available

To Media

THURSDAY - Nov. 26Travel to Seattle

FRIDAY - Nov. 27at Washington

12:30 p.m. FOX

SATURDAY - Nov. 28TBA

SUNDAY - Nov. 29TBA

THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE

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COUGARS APPEAR IN NATIONAL RANKINGS Washington State appeared in Associated Press Top-25 and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top-25 Poll for the second straight week, earning a No. 20 ranking in each poll. Last week the Cougars ap-peared No. 24 in the AP poll, its first national ranking (AP) since earning a No. 25 ranking in week 10 of the 2006 season and is the highest ranking since finishing the 2003 season No. 9.

MIKE LEACH NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR GEORGE MUNGER COACH OF THE YEAR Head Coach Mike Leach was named a semifinalist for the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, Maxwell Football Club President Ron Jaworski announced last week. Leach, in his fourth season at WSU, is one of 18 semifinalists for the award which will be selected by the MFC National Selection Committee. Leach has led Washington State to a 8-3 record, its best start since the 2003 campaign, a No. 20 national ranking, and is bowl eligible for the second time in the last three seasons. The Cougars, picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 North prior to the season, are 6-2 in conference play, own the nations top passing offense (406.9.4) and have registered road wins over Rutgers, Oregon, Arizona and No. 18 UCLA as well as a home victories over Oregon State and Ari-zona State. Semifinalist voting for of the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year award will begin on Monday, Nov. 23 and close on Monday, Dec. 7. The finalist round will include the top three coaches as selected in the semifinalist round. Finalist voting will open Dec. 8 and run until Dec. 20. The winner will be announced on Dec. 21. Leach won the same award following Texas Techs 11-2 season in 2008.

YOUNG COUGS TAKE THE FIELD Washington State has seen 23 players make their Cougar debuts this season and six players who have made their first career start in 2015. Fourteen freshmen have contributed including seven true freshmen. Seventeen newcomers appear in the depth chart against Washington with a total of 12 freshman listed including six 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), Alijah Lee (RB), Chandler Leniu (LB), Shalom Luani (S), Tavares Martin Jr. (WR), Hercules Mataafa (DL), Jeremiah Mitchell (DL), Darrien Molton (CB), Cody OConnell (OL), Kirkland Parker (DB), Aaron Porter (LB), Kyrin Priester (WR), Kyle Sweet (WR), Logan Tago (LB), Ngalu Tapa (DL), Andre Dillard (LT).

AIR RAID HEATS UPThe Washington State Air Raid offense has taken off to new levels over the last seven games (6-1), averaging 521.9 yards in total offense, 428.4 yards passing while converting 42 percent on third downs, 79 percent on fourth down and has scored in all 36 trips inside the red zone (25 TD). The Cougars have averaged 38.0 ppg and 93.4 rushing yards-per-game during that same stretch which included its first three-game conference winning streak since 2003 and scored 40+ points in three straight for the first time since 2001. Also during that span, Luke Falk has thrown for 2,807 yards with 26 touchdowns, six interceptions, averaged 401.0 passing yards-per-game and completed 69.7 per-cent of his passes while wideout Gabe Marks has caught 11 touchdowns and receiver Dom Williams has averaged 94.9 receiving yards-per-game with seven TD grabs. WSU enters the week leading the FBS in passing (406.9), No. 18 in total offense (491.3) and have rushed for 100+ yards as a team five times this season after reaching the marks just four times in the previous three seasons combined.

FALK NAMED DAVEY OBRIEN AWARD SEMIFINALIST, WALTER CAMP PLAYER TO WATCHLuke Falk was named a Davey OBrien Quarterback Award Semifinalist three weeks ago and was recently named one of 15 Players to Watch for The Walter Camp Football Foundation 2015 Player of the Year award. The Walter Camp Player of the Year award is the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation. The Davey OBrien Award is presented annually to the nations best college quarterback and is the nations oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award. Falk is one of 17 semifinalists and has earned a spot on the Davey OBrien Award Great 8 Perfor-mance of the Week five times this season. Falk enters the week leading the FBS in passing yards (4,266), passing yards-per-game (387.8), third in passing touchdowns (36) and fourth in total offense (377.5). In Pac-12 play, Falk has averaged 399.5 passing yards-per-game, completed 69.9 percent of his passes and thrown 28 touchdowns against seven interceptions and also rushed for two scores. Earlier this season, Falk was named the Walter Camp National FBS Player of the Week, the first Cou-gar to receive the honor since the 2004 season, the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week three times and the Maxwell Award Player of the Week. Three Davey OBrien Award finalists will be named Nov. 24 and the winner Dec. 10.

FOUNDED: 1890NICKNAME: Cougars COLORS: Crimson and GrayCONFERENCE: Pac-12 ENROLLMENT: 19,446LOCATION: P. O. Box 641602 Pullman, WA 99164-1602STADIUM: Martin Stadium (32,952 - FieldTurf)

INTERIM PRESIDENT: Dr. Daniel J. BernardoATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Bill MoosTICKET OFFICE: 509-335-9626, 800-GO-COUGSGENERAL DEPARTMENT: 509-335-0311WSU ATHLETICS WEBSITE: www.wsucougars.com

HEAD COACH: Mike Leach ALMA MATER: BYU, 1983 CAREER RECORD (Seasons): 104-71 (14th) WSU RECORD (Seasons): 20-28 (4th) WSU PAC-12 RECORD : 13-22 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 Salavea (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: 521-540-45 (120th Season) CONFERENCE RECORD: 263-365-25

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 2015True Freshmen Played 9 5 9 7Total Freshmen Played 17 10 20 14Sophomores Played 13 17 14 19

COUGAR AIR RAID RANKINGS UNDER COACH LEACHCATEGORY (PAC-12 RANK/NCAA) 2012 2013 2014 2015 TOTAL OFFENSE/G 359.5 (9/94) 421.4 (8/54) 517.5 (2/7) 491.3 (4/18) PASSING OFFENSE/G 330.4 (1/9) 368.0 (2/4) 477.7 (1/1) 406.9 (1/1) RUSHING OFFENSE/G 29.1 (12/120) 53.4 (12/123) 39.8 (12/125) 84.4 (12/126) SCORING OFFENSE/G 20.4 (11/106) 31.0 (8/52) 31.8 (7/45) 34.5 (6/35)



FALK STAYS HOT Redshirt-sophomore Luke Falks impressive 2015 cam-paign continued in the wins over Arizona State and No. 18 UCLA, throwing for 497 yards and five touchdowns against ASU before leading WSU to a fourth 4th-quarter comeback victory at UCLA, his fourth comeback win of the season. Falk threw for 514 yards and five touchdowns in the win at Arizona after posting 407 yards and tying a school-record with six touchdown passes (all in the first half) in the win over Oregon State the week prior. Falk owns nine 300-yard games and five 400-yard games in-cluding a 478-yard effort in a road win over Rutgers and a 505-yard performance in the win at Oregon. In the win over the Ducks, Falk threw for five touchdowns while rushing for another in the first win in Eugene since 2003. In just 17 career games including 14 starts, Falk owns 13 career 300-yard games, second-most in WSU history, 49 touchdowns, sixth-most in WSU history and 6,125 passing yards, good for seventh all-time.

FALK TALLIES THREE PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK ACCOLADESLuke Falk has been named Pac-12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week three times this sea-son, the most by any player. Falk picked up his most recent award after throwing for 497 yards, completing 36-of-55 passes and five touchdowns to four different receivers with one interception in Washington States come-from-behind, 38-24 win over Arizona State. After a slow first half, he completed 20-of-27 passes for 349 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in the second half. All four touchdown drives in the second half went for more than 70 yards. In the fourth quarter alone, Falk threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns, helping the Cougars to their third come-from-behind win of the season as they trailed 21-17 entering the final quarter. Falks passing yardage was the third-highest of a Pac-12 quarterback this season, and he owns the top two marks as well. Earlier this season, Falk earned the accolade after leading the comeback victory at Rutgers and throwing for a season-high 514 yards and five touchdowns in the win at Arizona. Falk now owns four career player of the week awards, the most in WSU history since the conference started the award in 1991.

FALKS RECORD BOOK WATCH (PAGES 20, 24) Falks 4,266 passing yards this season rank second in WSU single season history, needs 332 yards to break Connor Hallidays 2013 record of 4,597 The Pac-12 record for passing yards in a season is 4,662 set by Sean Mannion (OSU) in 2013 Falks 36 TD are the most in WSU single-season history, breaking the record of 34 shared by Ryan Leaf (1997) and Connor Halliday (2013) The Pac-12 record for TD passes in a season is 42 set by Marcus Mariota (ORE) last season Falk owns 49 career TD passes, sixth in WSU history, four behind Jack Thompson for fifth with 53 Falk owns 6,125 career passing yards, seventh in WSU history, trails Drew Bledsoe for sixth (7,373) Falk owns three career 500-yard games, trails only Connor Hallidays WSU record of five

FALK ADDS ANOTHER FOURTH-QUARTER COMEBACKLuke Falk hasnt been a stranger to fourth-quarter comebacks. Falk has played in just 17 games and made 14 starts but already has led the Cougars to five fourth-quarter comebacks in his career including four this season. Last season at Oregon State, WSU trailed early in the fourth and Falk led a pair of scoring drives for a 39-32 victory. Earlier this season, trailing by four with 1:31 remaining at Rutgers, Falk leading WSU on a 10-play, 90-yard drive capped by an 8-yard touchdown pass to River Cracraft with 13 seconds remaining. In the win at Oregon, Falk led WSU on a pair of scoring drives late in the fourth quarter that erased a 10-point deficit and sent the game into overtime after an eight-yard touchdown pass to Dom Williams with one second remaining. In overtime, Falk rushed for a touchdown and then threw for another before the Cougar defense picked off a pass in the second overtime to clinch the win. Against Arizona State, trailing 24-17 to start the fourth quarter, Falk led the Cougars on three touchdown drives (73, 99 and 75 yards) in the quarter, capping each one with touchdown throws to post a 38-24 victory. His most recent one came last Saturday at UCLA, trailing by three with 1:09 remaining, Falk led the Cougars on a seven-play 75-yard drive, capped by a 21-yard touchdown pass to Gabe Marks with three seconds remaining to knock off the No. 18 Bruins.

FALK ADDED TO MANNING AWARD WATCH LISTLuke Falk was added to the Manning Award Watch List Oct. 14, one of 10 quarterbacks added to the watch list for the award given to the top quarterback in country after bowl games. Falk was one of five Pac-12 quarterbacks included on the list of 40 quarterbacks. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the bowls.

CATEGORY NO. PAC-12 NCAAOFFENSE Scoring/G 34.5 6 35 Rushing/G 84.4 12 126 Passing/G 406.9 1 1 Total Offense/G 491.3 4 18 First Downs/G 26.3 2 8 Sacks Allowed/G 36/3.2 2 120 Red Zone 49-52 (94.2%) 1 4 3rd Down 67-163 (41.1%) 6 52 4th Down 25-35 (71.4%) 2 12DEFENSE Scoring/G 27.4 6 73 Rushing/G 195.6 9 97 Passing/G 225.8 3 69 Total Defense/G 421.5 6 87 Sacks/G 27/2.5 T-4 34 Red Zone 39-45 (86.7%) 5 89 3rd Down % 75-163 (46.0%) 12 112 4th Down % 9-24 (37.5%) 2 22KICKOFF RETURN AVG. 21.1 8 62OPP. KICKOFF RETURN AVG. 20.7 3 58NET KICKOFF COVERAGE 36.4 11 -PUNT RETURN AVG. 8.5 7 56OPP. PUNT RETURN AVG. 16.3 12 124NET PUNTING 32.9 12 124PENALTIES/G 5.5/39.5 6/2 39/9TURNOVER MARGIN +3 (20G/17L) T-5 52

PASSING YARDS/G NO. PAC-12 NCAALuke Falk 387.8 1 1

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS NO. PAC-12 NCAALuke Falk 36 1 3

RECEPTIONS NO. PAC-12 NCAAGabe Marks 92 1 4Dom Williams 67 5 -River Cracraft 48 7 -

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS NO. PAC-12 NCAAGabe Marks 14 1 T-2Dom Williams 10 T-2 T-9

RECEIVING YARDS/G NO. PAC-12 NCAAGabe Marks 97.0 2 4Dom Williams 86.4 4 31River Cracraft 61.3 8 50

TACKLES/G NO. PAC-12 NCAAPeyton Pelluer 7.9 5 -Jeremiah Allison 7.3 13 -Shalom Luani 6.9 T-14 -

TACKLES-FOR-LOSS NO. PAC-12 NCAADarryl Paulo 11.5 7 -Peyton Pelluer 10.0 T-9 -

SACKS NO. PAC-12 NCAADarryl Paulo 5.5 T-7 -Hercules Mataafa 5.0 T-9 -Ivan McLennan 5.0 T-9 -Kache Palacio 5.0 T-9 -

KICKOFF RETURN AVG. NO. PAC-12 NCAATavares Martin Jr. 23.1 9 -

INTERCEPTIONS NO. PAC-12 NCAAShalom Luani 3 T-3 T-50

PLAYER TOTAL KICKOFF PUNTParker Henry 10 8 2Dylan Hanser 9 5 4Nate DeRider 5 3 2Isaac Dotson 5 5 0Calvin Green 4 3 1Frankie Luvu 4 4 0Jeremiah Allison 3 3 0Colton Teglovic 3 3 0

PLAYER RANKINGS

STAT RANKINGS

SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES

YDS TD GAME1. 601 3 at Arizona State (2014)2. 514 5 at Arizona (2015)3. 505 5 at Oregon (2015)4. 497 5 Arizona State (2015)5. 478 4 at Rutgers (2015)6. 471 5 at Oregon State (2014)7. 407 6 Oregon State (2015)8. 389 2 at California (2015)9. 355 2 Washington (2014)10. 354 2 Stanford (2015)11. 346 2 USC (2014)12. 331 2 at UCLA (2015)13. 303 3 Wyoming (2015)

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CATEGORY 2015RECORD 8-3PAC-12 6-2 NORTH 2-2 SOUTH 4-0NONCONFERENCE 2-1HOME 4-2AWAY 4-1DAY 5-2NIGHT 3-1TV GAMES ESPN 1-1 ESPN2 1-0 ESPNU 1-0 FOX Sports 1 1-0 Pac-12 Networks 4-2

SCORING FIRST 5-2OPPONENT SCORES FIRST 3-1

LEADING AT HALF 5-3TRAILING AT HALF 3-0TIED AT HALF

LEADING AFTER 3 QUARTERS 6-1TRAILING AFTER 3 QUARTERS 2-1TIED AFTER 3 QUARTERS 0-1

LEADING WITH 5 MINUTES REMAINING 7-1TRAILING WITH 5 MINUTES REMAINING 1-1TIED WITH 5 MINUTES REMAINING 0-1

SCORING FEWER THAN 20 POINTS 0-1SCORING 20-29 POINTS 1-2SCORING 30-39 POINTS 4-0SCORING 40+ POINTS 3-0

ALLOWING FEWER THAN 20 POINTS 2-0ALLOWING 20-29 POINTS 2-1ALLOWING 30-39 POINTS 3-2ALLOWING 40+ POINTS 1-0

RUSHING FOR LESS THAN 50 YARDS 2-1RUSHING FOR 50-74 YARDS RUSHING FOR 75-99 YARDS 2-1RUSHING FOR 100+ YARDS 4-1

ALLOWING LESS THAN 100 RUSHING YARDS 1-1ALLOWING 100-199 RUSHING YARDS 3-0ALLOWING 200+ RUSHING YARDS 4-2

PASSING FOR LESS THAN 300 YARDS 0-1PASSING FOR 300-399+ YARDS 3-2PASSING FOR 400-499 YARDS 3-0PASSING FOR 500+ YARDS 2-0

ALLOWING LESS THAN 200 PASSING YARDS 2-2ALLOWING 200-299 PASSING YARDS 4-0ALLOWING 300-399 PASSING YARDS 2-1ALLOWING 400+ PASSING YARDS

TOTALING LESS THAN 300 YARDS TOTALING 300-399 YARDS 1-0TOTALING 400-499 YARDS 2-3TOTALING 500-599 YARDS 3-0TOTALING 600+ YARDS 2-0

ALLOWING LESS THAN 300 TOTAL YARDS 0-1ALLOWING 300-399 TOTAL YARDS 2-1ALLOWING 400-499 TOTAL YARDS 4-1ALLOWING 500+ TOTAL YARDS 2-0

COMMITTING NO TURNOVERS 2-0COMMITTING 1 TURNOVER 4-1COMMITTING 2 TURNOVERS 1-1COMMITTING 3+ TURNOVERS 1-1

NO TAKEAWAYS 0-1FORCING 1 TURNOVER 1-0FORCING 2 TURNOVERS 6-2FORCING 3+ TURNOVERS 1-0

BY THE NUMBERS FALK NAMED A BURLSWORTH TROPHY SEMIFINALIST Luke Falk was named a Burlsworth Trophy Semifinalist by the Springdale Rotary Club two weeks ago. Falk is one of 10 football student-athletes selected as semifinalists for the award given to the most outstanding collegiate football player who began his career as a walk-on. Falk walked on at WSU in 2013, redshirted that season before earning a scholarship prior to the 2014 season. Fans will be allowed to vote for their favorite player via the GREATER Fan Vote beginning Nov. 17. Fans are limited to one vote per day, and the voting for the semi-finalist round will conclude Nov. 22. Voting can be accessed at www.burlsworthtrophy.com and will begin with the top 10 semi-finalists and continue as the selection committee announces the top three Burlsworth Trophy finalists on Nov. 24. Finalists will be honored and the winner of the 2015 Burlsworth Trophy announced Dec. 7 at a banquet in Springdale, Ark., sponsored by the Springdale Rotary Club.

BENDER STEPS INRedshirt-freshman quarterback Peyton Bender has came in off the bench in each of the past two games and tossed a touchdown in each appearance. Bender entered the game at UCLA late in the first half and threw a seven-yard touchdown pass to Dom Williams and added a 50-yard completion to Keith Harrington. Last Saturday against Colorado, Bender entered the game in the third quarter and later threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Gabe Marks. He finished the game 13-of-22 for 133 yards with one touchdown and interception. For the season, the Fort Lauderdale, Fla. native has appeared in four games, gone 13-for-33 for 210 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

OFFENSIVE LINE BULKED UPLast 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 nations 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) its 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 EARNS SECOND STRAIGHT BONE AWARD Each week, Washington State coaches give out the Bone award to the offensive lineman who performs the best during the previous game. Each Cougar starting lineman owns at least one Bone award this season. Left guard Gunnar Eklund earned the award for the second straight week after a solid performance in the win over Colorado. At UCLA, Eklund started at left tackle and later switched to left guard in the second half. Portland State: None; at Rutgers: Joe Dahl; Wyoming: Gunnar Eklund; at California: None; at Oregon: Riley Sorenson; Oregon State: Eduardo Middleton; at Arizona: Cole Madison; Stanford: None; Arizona State: Eduardo Middleton; at UCLA: Gunnar Eklund; Colorado: Gunnar Eklund

EARTH, WIND AND FIRE IN THE BACKFIELDThe Cougar running back trio made up of redshirt-sophomores Jamal Morrow and Gerard Wicks, and redshirt-freshman Keith Harrington have become known as Earth, Wind and Fire by WSU run-ning backs coach Jim Mastro. WSU has already posted five 100-yard games this season after re-cording four 100-yard efforts the previous three seasons combined. Each player has had a breakout game this year with Wicks leading the way with 557 rushing yards while also owning 34 receptions. Harrington has caught 42 passes, averaged 6.8 per-carry and owns five touchdowns (3 receiving, 2 rushing) while Morrow is second in rushing, averages 6.4 per-carry and owns three receiving touch-downs. Morrow rushed for a career-high 68 yards on eight carries in the win at Oregon, scored his first career touchdowns on touchdown catches in the win over Oregon State and rushed for 59 yards in the win at Arizona. Against the Ducks, the trio combined for 289 all-purpose yards, 15 receptions and averaged 9.7 yards-per-carry. Against OSU, the Cougar backs averaged 7.6 per-carry before WSU racked up another 117 yards in the win at Arizona, its third straight 100-yard game for the first time since 2010. Both Harrington and Wicks caught touchdown passes in the win over Arizona State and Wicks rushed for another at UCLA. Last week against Colorado, Wicks rushed for 123 yards on 13 carries, giving WSU its first 100-yard rusher since 2010 (James Montgomery vs. Montana State).The Cougars have rushed for 928 yards this year, the most in Mike Leachs four seasons at WSU. The three backs have combined to average 6.2 yards-per-carry, the highest by a WSU backfield since All-American Jerome Harrison and DeMaundray Woolridge combined for 8.5 per-carry in 2005.

SPREADING THE BALL AROUNDWashington State enters the week as the only team in the country with nine players owning 20+ re-ceptions this season and the only team with two players in double-digit touchdown receptions Last season, WSU was the only team in the country that had six players finish with 40+ catches and four of those players returned in 2015 (Cracraft, Morrow, Williams, Lewis). Through 11 games, the Cou-gars have seen 10+ receivers catch a pass in each game and nine players have caught a touchdown this season. Redshirt-freshman Robert Lewis came up big for Cougars in the win against Arizona State, setting a career-high with 97 receiving yards on three catches while freshman wideout Kyle Sweet broke out with season-highs of seven catches for 77 yards.



#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. 111 8 2 at Oregon (2015)7. 110 11 1 Colorado (2015)8. 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. 102 8 0 at Arizona (2015)7. 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 GAME1. 158 11 2 Oregon State (2015)2. 154 5 2 Utah (2013)3. 143 8 0 Washington (2012)4. 123 6 2 Arizona State (2015)5. 112 4 2 Portland State (2014)6. 108 7 2 UCLA (2012)7. 107 5 0 California (2014)8. 101 3 2 Southern Utah (2013)9. 100 7 1 at UCLA (2015)

#4 CHARLESTON WHITE TACKLES GAME1. 12 California (2014)

#8 JEREMIAH ALLISON TACKLES 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)6. 10 Arizona State (2015)

#18 SHALOM LUANI TACKLES GAME1. 11 Wyoming (2015)2. 11 Oregon State (2015)3. 10 Stanford (2015)

#28 DARIUS LEMORA TACKLES GAME1. 10 USC (2014)

#29 PARKER HENRY TACKLES GAME1. 14 Arizona State (2015)2. 10 Stanford (2015)

#30 TAYLOR TALIULU TACKLES GAME1. 12 California (2014)

#40 KACHE PALACIO TACKLES GAME1. 10 Arizona (2014)

#47 PEYTON PELLUER TACKLES GAME1. 14 Wyoming (2015)2. 11 Oregon State (2015)

CAREER 100-YARD GAMES RECEIVERS MAKING THEIR WAY UP THE RECORD BOOK (PAGES 20, 24) Dom Williams owns 29 career TD catches, second in WSU history, trails Jason Hill (32) Williams 29 career TDs are tied with Jermaine Kearse (UW) and Marqise Lee (USC) for ninth-most in Pac-12 history, Marks is tied for 24th with 23 career receiving TDs Williams owns nine career 100-yard games, tied for third in WSU history Williams is second in WSU history with 2,799 receiving yards and fourth with 184 career receptions Gabe Marks set a WSU single-game record and tied a Pac-12 record with 4 TD catches at Arizona Marks leads the Pac-12 with 92 receptions, second-most in WSU single-season history, trails Vince Mayles record of 106 set last season Marks 14 TD catches are a WSU single-season record, breaking Jason Hills mark of 13 (2005) Marks owns 1,067 receiving yards, his first 1,000-yard season, 13th in WSU history Marks broke Michael Bumpus school record for career receptions (195) during his 12-catch per-formance at UCLA, now owns 215 career receptions after making 11 last week, 17th in Pac-12 history Marks owns 23 career TD catches, tied for the third-most in school history Marks also sits seventh in WSU history with 2,434 career receiving yards River Cracraft sits ninth in WSU history with 160 career catches Cracraft is closing in on the WSU all-time top-10 for receiving yards (1,937) and TD catches (15)

MARKS NAMED BILETNIKOFF AWARD SEMIFINALIST, SETS WSU RECEPTIONS RECORDGabe Marks was named one of ten Biletnikoff Award semifinalists last week, the second Cougar in as many years to be named a semifinalist after Vince Mayle earned the same honor last season. Marks, along with redshirt-senior wide out Dom Williams and junior River Cracraft were named to the watch list throughout the season, making WSU the only team from a power 5 conference with three players on the list and the only Pac-12 Conference team with multiple players on the list. Last season, three Cougars were named to the watch list including Cracraft, Mayle and Isiah Myers. Marks enters the week tied for second in the country with 14 touchdown receptions, fourth nation-ally and a Pac-12 Conference highs in receptions (92) and receptions-per-game (8.4), and is second in the conference with 1,067 receiving yards. Marks has produced four 100-yard games this season and also owns the school record with six career games with 10+ receptions. The Venice, Calif. na-tive caught 11 passes for 110 yards and touchdown in the win over Colorado after a record-breaking performance in the win at No. 18 UCLA, catching 12 passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns in-cluding the go-ahead 21-yard score with three seconds remaining. In the UCLA win, Marks broke Michael Bumpus school record for career receptions (195) and enters the week with 215 career catches and tied for third in school history with 23 career touchdown catches. Marks has put up big numbers in WSUs four road wins, setting a career-high with 14 catches and tied a career-high with 146 yards and a touchdown in the win at Rutgers, grabbing eight passes for 111 yards and two touch-downs in the win at Oregon, set a school-record with four touchdowns, tying the Pac-12 mark, in the win at Arizona before putting up the numbers at UCLA. In the win over Colorado last week, Marks caught 11 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown, his team-best fourth 100-yard game this season.

WILLIAMS ADDED TO BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LISTDom Williams was added to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List Oct. 28. The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the outstanding receiver at any position 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. Williams enters the week fourth in the Pac-12 with eight touchdowns and 879 receiving yards, and fifth with 61 receptions. The 10 Biletnikoff Award semifinalists will be announced Nov. 16, three finalists will be declared Nov. 24 and winner an-nounced Dec. 10.

CRACRAFT NAMED TO PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LISTJunior wide receiver River Cracraft was named to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List prior to the season. 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. In 2015, Cra-craft is seventh in the Pac-12 with 48 receptions and tenth in receiving yards (552). He has caught four touchdowns and produced two 100-yard games.

PELLUER NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT VIII FIRST TEAMPeyton Pelluer was named to the 2015 Academic All-District VIII First Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Pelluer, from Sammamish, Wash., is a first-time honoree as a redshirt sophomore this season. The linebacker boasts a 3.57 GPA while majoring in history with an emphasis in secondary education. The fourth-generation Cougar, whose father, grandfather, and great grandfather all played football for the Cougars, was a Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selection last season.

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PLAYER TEAM LAST WEEK THIS WEEKHusain Abdullah (DB) Kansas City 4 tackles - W at SD vs. BUFDeone Bucannon (S) Arizona 8 tackles, 1 sack, 1 fumble rec - W vs. CIN at S.F.Xavier Cooper (DL) Cleveland BYE vs. BAL (Monday)Brandon Gibson (WR) New England Injured Reserve Out for season with torn ACLTravis Long (LB) Philadelphia Injured Reserve Out for season with torn ACLRopati Pitoitua (DL) Tennessee 1 tackle - L at JAC vs. OAK

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LINEBACKERS LEAD THE WAYThe Cougar linebackers have filled up the stat sheet this season with redshirt-sophomore Peyton Pelluer fifth in the Pac-12 with 7.9 tackles-per game (87 total) along with 10 tackles-for-loss, tied for ninth-most in the conference. Senior Jeremiah Allison is tied for 13th in the Pac-12 averaging 7.3 tackles-per-contest (80 total) after leading the Cougars in tackles against Portland State (12) and Rutgers (11) and Arizona State (11). Pelluer tallied a career-best 14 stops against Wyoming and has shared the team-high in tackles in the wins over Oregon (8) and Oregon State (11), and led the way against Stanford (20) and UCLA (8). Both backers took over as starters midway through last season and havent look back with Allison finishing 2014 second on the team with 78 tackles and Pelluer started the final five games and posted 39 tackles including 5.5 for loss.

GET THE BALL BACKFirst-year WSU defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has emphasized the need to force turnovers and get the ball back to the Air Raid offense and the Cougars have done just that. Washington State has forced 20 turnovers in 2015, tied for fifth in the Pac-12 and more than double last seasons total of eight. The Cougars own 10 interceptions, are tied for the Pac-12 lead with 10 fumble recoveries and have turned the 20 turnovers into 47 points this season.

COUGAR DEFENSE MAKING STRIDES UNDER GRINCHThe Washington State defense has clamped down the hatches under first-year defensive coordinator Alex Grinch. The Cougars defensive unit has averaged 27.4 ppg, while only giving up 421.0 ypg and forced 20 turnovers in the first 11 games of the 2015 season. The Cougars have kept the explosive plays of 20 yards or more to a minimum giving up 47 this season, averaging 4.3 per game. Last year, the Cougars defense averaged 6.1 explosive plays per game, allowing a total of 73 on the season. By removing special teams touchdowns allowed, the Cougars are only allowing opponents 24.1 ppg, a vast improvement after allowing 38.6 ppg in 2014. WSU enters the week with 20 turnovers, averaging 1.8 takeaways per game and has more than doubled the amount of turnovers from last season (8) with two games left to be played. In last weeks win over Colorado, the Cougars held CU to just three points, the first time holing an opponent without a touchdown since a 42-0 victory over Idaho in 2013 and the first time holding a conference opponent without a touchdown since Oregon State in 2006. It was also the fewest points allowed to a conference opponent since 1996 (OSU).

YOUNG SECONDARY A YEAR OLDER, LUANI LEADS THE WAY The Cougars went through a youth movement in the secondary in 2014, starting six freshmen throughout the year including four true freshmen. Senior safety Taylor Taliulu and sophomore cor-nerback Marcellus Pippins returned as the veterans this season. Taliulu is a three-year starter and Pippins started the final two games last season. The Cougars have received a sold contribution from true freshman Darrien Molton (31 tackles, 1 INT, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery) at cornerback while junior college transfer Shalom Luani has emerged as a playmaker. Luani has started all 11 games at safety, is third on the team with 75 tackles, has forced two fumbles and is tied for second in the Pac-12 with three interceptions, the first sealed the double overtime win at Oregon and the next two came in the win over Oregon State, one he returned 84 yards for a touchdown. Sophomore Marcellus Pippins has settled as the starter at the other cornerback, recording a pair of intercep-tions, eight pass breakups, one fumble recovery and 42 tackles. The secondary has combined for eight interceptions with all four starters owning at least one.

DEFENSE PUTS THE PRESSURE ONWashington State has racked up 27 sacks and is eighth in the country with 8.0 tackles-for-loss per game (88 Total), the second-best average in the Pac-12 and the eighth-most in WSU history. The Cougars tallied five sacks against Wyoming, three from Ivan McLennan and two from Kache Palacio, giving McLennan the first three-sack performance since Andy Mattingly recorded four against Arizona State in 2007. Darryl Paulo enters Friday with a team-best 11.5 tackles-for-loss, seventh in the Pac-12, also owns a team-best 5.5 sacks, tied for the seventh-most in the conference. Three other players, Hercules Mataafa, McLennan and Palacio each owns five sacks, tied for ninth in the Pac-12. Against Wyoming, WSU recorded 14 TFLs, tied for third-most in school history, posted 11 TFLs at Cal, and eight more against Arizona State and Colorado.

MIKE LEACH George Munger Coach of the Year Semifinalist (Maxwell Football Club - Nov. 20)

JEREMIAH ALLISON (OL) Wuerffel Trophy Watch List (Preseason) All State Good Works Team (Preseason)

RIVER CRACRAFT (WR) Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Preseason) Preseason All-Pac-12 Third Team (Athlon Sports)

JOE DAHL (OL) Outland Trophy Watch List (Preseason) Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team (ESPN.com) Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team (Athlon Sports) Preseason All-Pac-12 Third Team (Phil Steele)

LUKE FALK (QB) Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 14) Davey OBrien Award Great 8 Performance of the Week (Oct. 12) Manning Award Watch List (Oct. 14) Davey OBrien Award Great 8 Performance of the Week (Oct. 19) Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 26) Davey OBrien Award Great 8 Performance of the Week (Oct. 26) Maxwell Award Player of the Week (Oct. 29) Davey OBrien Award Semifinalist (Nov. 2) Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 9) Davey OBrien Award Great 8 Performance of the Week (Nov. 9) Burlsworth Trophy Nominee - Top former Walk-on (Nov. 10) Davey OBrien Award Great 8 Performance of the Week (Nov. 16) Burlsworth Trophy Semifinalist - Top former Walk-on (Nov. 17) Walter Camp Player of the Year 15 Players to Watch (Walter Camp Football Foundation - Nov. 18)

SHALOM LUANI (S) Jim Thorpe Player of the Week (Oct. 19) Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19) Polynesian College Player of the Year Watch List (Oct. 19)

GABE MARKS (WR) Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team (Phil Steele) Preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports) Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Oct. 14) Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist (Nov. 17)

KACHE PALACIO (LB) Preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)

PEYTON PELLUER (LB) CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII First Team (Nov. 5)

ERIK POWELL (K) Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (Sept. 15)

DOM WILLIAMS (WR) Preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team (Phil Steele) Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Oct. 28)

COUGAR ACCOLADES

COUGAR DEFENSECATEGORY 2014 2015 POINTS/G 38.6 27.4 TOTAL DEFENSE/G 442.3 421.0 EXPLOSIVE PLAYS/G 6.1 4.3 TURNOVERS (TO/G) 8 (0.7) 20 (1.8)



LUANI EARNED PAC-12, NATIONAL WEEKLY HONORSFollowing a two-interception performance in the win over Oregon State, safety Shalom Luani was named the Jim Thorpe Player of the Week, added to the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Watch List and the Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Luani recorded a game-high 11 tackles, eight solo, with two interceptions and a pass break-up in Washington States 52-31 win over Oregon State. Luanis first interception, late in the fourth quarter, was returned 84 yards for a touchdown, WSUs only points of the second half and the first pick-six for the Cougars since the 2013 season. He added a second interception on Oregon States next possession to seal the victory.

SPECIAL TEAMS FULL OF NEWCOMERSWashington State has seen a couple new faces contribute on special teams this season. Freshman punter Zach Charme owns eight punts of 50+ yards and has put 11 punts inside the 20. Freshman kick returner Tavares Martin Jr. has been close to breaking a couple long returns this season. The Belle Glade, Fla. native produced returns of 29 and 34 yards in his collegiate debut against Portland State, a 40-yarder at California and a game-opening 51-yard return against Oregon State. He enters Friday ninth in the Pac-12 averaging 23.1 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 (46, 47, 37 ), setting a career long of 47 and is 8-for-11 on the season. Against Stanford, he tied a school record with five field goals (46, 23, 47, 28, 28). Powell is 17-of-22 on the season, tied for the fifth-most makes in WSU single-season history.

CARDIAC KIDS REVISITEDWashington States 2015 season is reminding many Cougar fans of the 1965 Cardiac Kids, the Cou-gar squad that became known for late-game heroics en route to a 7-3 season. That season WSU had four, late-game victories, three being road wins. The same is occurring 50 years later as the 2015 Cougars are also 8-3, with another game to play. They have registered four, fourth-quarter comebacks, with three wins coming in the final minute or overtime, all on the road.

1965 LAST-MINUTE VICTORIESat Iowa (7-0) - Tom Roth passed 20 yards to Rich Sheron with 36 seconds to play;at Minnesota (14-13) - Down 13-0, WSU came back to win with 2:12 left on the game clock when Roth scored from one yard out and Bill Gaskins kicked the extra point;Villanova (24-14) - WSU trailed 14-10 when Roth hit Bob Simpson on a 78-yard pass play with 2:15 to play and Gaskins sealed the win a minute later with a 41-yard interception return for the final score;at Indiana (8-7) - The Cougars rallied from a 7-0 deficit when Roth and Doug Flansburg hooked up on a five-yard pass play as time expired; Roth then hit Ammon McWashington with a two-point conversion pass.

2015 LAST-MINUTE VICTORIESat UCLA (31-27) - Luke Falks 21-yard touchdown pass to Gabe Marks capped a 7-play, 75-yard touchdown drive with 0:03 seconds remaining for the come-from-behind win.Arizona State (38-24) Training 21-17 entering the fourth quarter, WSU outscored the Sun Devils 21-3 in the final period behind three touchdown passes from Luke Falk.at Oregon (45-38 2OT) Luke Falks 8-yard touchdown pass to Dom Williams with 0:01 remaining capped a 70-yard drive that lasted 1:58 to send the game into overtime, which WSU won in the second overtime. at Rutgers (37-34) Trailing 34-30 with 1:31 to play, Luke Falk engineered a 10-play, 91-yard drive capped by an 8-yard pass to River Cracraft for the game-winning score with 0:13 remaining.

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 Cracraft and Kyle Sweet. Cracrafts 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 OBrien Trophy to campus and was recognized during the game. Thompson also starred at Rancho Santa Margarita HS before heading to Washington State.

POLYNESIAN PIPELINEThe Washington State roster has seen an influx in Polynesian players since Mike Leach and his coaching staff arrived in 2012. Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Line Coach Joe Salavea, 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.

Defensive CoordinatorAlex Grinch (Booth)

Outside LinebackersRoy Manning (Field)

Offensive LineClay McGuire (Field)

Defensive LineJoe Salavea (Field)

Inside Wide Receivers David Yost (Booth)

Outside Wide ReceiversGraham Harrell (Booth)

Running BacksJim Mastro (Field)

Special TeamsEric Mele (Field)

LinebackersKen Wilson (Field)

Strength/ConditioningJason Loscalzo (Field)

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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 Dillards dad, Mitch was an offensive lineman and tight end for the Cougars in the late 1980s; redshirt-sophomore safety Isaac Dotsons dad, Mi-chael was an All-American wrestler for WSU from 1983-86; redshirt-sophomore linebacker Peyton Pelluers dad, Scott also played linebacker for the Cougs, matching Peytons No. 47 from 1977-80; Peytons grandpa, Arnie played end for WSU in the mid 1950s and his great grandpa, Carl, played flanker in the 1920s.

COUGARS SIGN PAIR TO FINANCIAL AID AGREEMENTSWSU got a head start on the 2016 signing class by signing two players to financial aid agreements two weeks ago. QB/ATH Justus Rogers out of Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Wash. and DB Jalen Thompson out of Downey High School and Bellflower, Calif. each inked financial aid agree-ments, will graduate high school early in December, enroll at WSU in January, 2016 and participate in spring practices. Rogers, 6-2, 220, is rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com and has served as Bellevues team captain the past two seasons. As a junior, the dual-threat completed 60-of-92 passes for 900 yards and nine touchdowns without an interception and also rushed 49 times for 400 yards and two touchdowns while leading BHS to the 3A State title game. Rogers is rated the No. 46 athlete in the country and No. 19 athlete in the West by Scout.com and No. 15 overall prospect in Washington by ESPN.com. Thompson, 6-0, 170, is rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com and is rated the No. 56 cornerback in the coun-try by ESPN.com. Thompson played his junior and senior seasons at Downey, earning All-CIF and All-San Gabriel Valley League honors as a junior after recording 57 tackles and one interception in addition to catching 22 passes for 450 yards and four touchdowns.

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.

COLLEGE GAMEDAY RECORDDating back to the beginning of the 2004 season, ESPNs College GameDay has had the WSU flag appear throughout the show. The streak is up to 175 after last weeks appearance at Ohio State. 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 Gleasons 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 WSUs 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.

DAHL NAMED TO OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LISTRedshirt-senior left tackle Joe Dahl was named to the Outland Trophy Watch List, given annually to the nations 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 honorable mention last season after starting all 12 games at left tackle for the nations top passing offense. The Spokane, Wash. native surrendered just one sack in the Cougars Pac-12 record 807 pass attempts and earned the WSU Bone Award (given to the teams 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.

1 Clemson(55) 11-0 15182 Alabama(6) 10-1 14693 Iowa 11-0 13254 Notre Dame 10-1 13175 Oklahoma 10-1 12956 Michigan State 10-1 12867 Baylor 9-1 11618 Ohio State 10-1 10519 Oklahoma State 10-1 99510 Florida 10-1 92611 North Carolina 10-1 90012 Michigan 9-2 85513 Stanford 9-2 81614 Florida State 9-2 68015 TCU 9-2 65216 Navy 9-1 64717 Northwestern 9-2 59318 Oregon 8-3 47019 Ole Miss 8-3 35820 Washington State 8-3 35421 Houston 10-1 27522 UCLA 8-3 23023 Mississippi State 8-3 13224 Toledo 9-1 12325 Temple 9-2 107

Others receiving votes: Utah 100, Pittsburgh 60, LSU 33, Texas A&M 27, Wisconsin 21, Air Force 15, USC 8, Arkansas 7, Western Kentucky 6, Georgia 5, BYU 3, Tennessee 2, Arkansas State 1, West Virginia 1, South Florida 1

1 Clemson(58) 11-0 15902 Alabama(5) 10-1 15313 Iowa(1) 11-0 14194 Notre Dame 10-1 13735 Oklahoma 10-1 13646 Michigan State 10-1 13027 Baylor 9-1 12018 Ohio State 10-1 11389 Florida 10-1 104710 Oklahoma State 10-1 95611 North Carolina 10-1 92912 Stanford 9-2 881 Michigan 9-2 88114 Florida State 9-2 78315 Navy 9-1 67416 TCU 9-2 62617 Northwestern 9-2 56918 Oregon 8-3 48219 Ole Miss 8-3 38320 Washington State 8-3 32721 Houston 10-1 25622 Mississippi State 8-3 23023 UCLA 8-3 22424 Temple 9-2 11625 Utah 8-3 101

Others receiving votes: LSU 82, Toledo 69, Wisconsin 58, Texas A&M 54, Pittsburgh 46, Georgia 34, USC 27, Western Kentucky 12, Arkansas 7, West Virginia 6, Air Force 6, BYU 5, Bowling Green 5, San Diego State 3, Appalachian State 2, Arkansas State 1

AP TOP-25

ESPN/USA TODAY TOP-25



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 3:23Falk 1-yard run 2 13 47 5:53Marks 4-yard pass from Falk 3 15 79 6:11

AT OREGON QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEMarks 7-yard pass from Falk 1 8 75 3:18Marks 4-yard pass from Falk 2 10 75 1:35Martin Jr. 27-yard pass from Falk 3 4 55 1:30Powell 22-yard FG 4 8 55 2:01Williams 8-yard pass from Falk 4 12 70 1:57Falk 1-yard run OT1 Lewis 4-yard pass from Falk OT2

OREGON STATE QTR PLAYS YDS TIMECracraft 3-yard pass from Falk 1 8 49 3:36Williams 3-yard pass from Falk 1 7 69 2:42Marks 23-yard pass from Falk 2 8 73 1:49Powell 30-yard FG 2 4 1 1:34Morrow 8-yard pass from Falk 2 3 50 1:12Morrow 22-yard pass from Falk 2 6 69 2:41Williams 11-yard pass from Falk 2 10 72 3:59

AT ARIZONA QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEMarks 6-yard pass from Falk 1 10 78 4:32Marks 43-yard pass from Falk 1 4 80 1:09Marks 2-yard pass from Falk 2 9 78 3:45Priester 6-yard pass from Falk 2 4 23 1:21Powell 25-yard FG 2 13 67 3:58Wicks 1-yard run 3 11 84 5:18Marks 9-yard pass from Falk 4 11 76 5:58

STANFORD QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEPowell 46-yard FG 1 4 2 1:08Powell 23-yard FG 2 13 64 4:48Powell 47-yard FG 2 8 56 2:27Powell 28-yard FG 2 8 69 1:03Powell 28-yard FG 3 10 54 3:07Marks 19-yard pass from Falk 3 4 75 1:23Cracraft 1-yard pass from Falk 4 15 81 6:18

ARIZONA STATE QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEPowell 22-yard FG 2 17 92 7:12Williams 11-yard pass from Falk 2 4 16 1:44Harrington 23-yard pass from Falk 3 9 94 3:47Thompson 8-yard pass from Falk 4 8 73 3:09Morrow 12-yard pass from Falk 4 7 99 2:52Williams 75-yard pass from Falk 4 1 75 0:13

AT UCLA QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEWicks 2-yard run 1 13 75 5:13Williams 7-yard pass from Bender 2 3 14 0:37Marks 4-yard pass from Falk 3 11 47 4:12Powell 25-yard FG 4 15 45 4:58Marks 21-yard pass from Falk 4 7 75 1:06

COLORADO QTR PLAYS YDS TIMEHarrington 1-yard run 1 7 42 3:26Williams 11-yard pass from Falk 2 10 96 5:02Powell 31-yard FG 3 11 32 2:57Marks 16-yard pass from Bender 4 10 76 3:14Powell 37-yard FG 4 11 72 3:51

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, 31-2810/10/15 Oregon Eugene, Ore. 2 W, 45-38TOTAL 6-8

WASHINGTON STATE IN OVERTIME

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 Footballs Premier Award for Community Service. Allison is one of 80 football student-athletes considered for the award that honors college footballs top community ser-vant. 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 Butchs 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. He was the recent recipient of the WSU athletic com-munity 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.

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 announcer 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, mens basketball and baseball broadcasts. Joining Chazanow and Robertson in the booth for his sec-ond 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 Nameck on Cougar football and mens 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 mens basketball broadcasts at the Great Alaska Shootout.


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PASSING PLAYS (61)YDS CONNECTION OPPONENT75 Falk to Williams (TD) Arizona State50 Bender to Harrington at UCLA47 Falk to Lewis Arizona State43 Falk to Marks (TD) at Arizona39 Falk to Marks Portland State38 Falk to Williams at California38 Falk to Marks at Oregon38 Falk to Lewis Arizona State36 Falk to Sweet Arizona State35 Falk to Williams (TD) Wyoming35 Falk to Marks at California33 Falk to Cracraft Stanford32 Falk to Williams Portland State31 Falk to Lewis at Arizona30 Falk to Lewis at Arizona30 Falk to Williams at UCLA29 Falk to Morrow Arizona State29 Falk to Williams Colorado28 Falk to Williams at Rutgers28 Falk to Cracraft at Rutgers28 Falk to Harrington at Oregon28 Falk to Morrow at Oregon28 Falk to Williams Oregon State28 Falk to Sweet at Arizona27 Falk to Martin Jr. (TD) at Oregon27 Falk to Williams Stanford26 Falk to Williams Oregon State25 Falk to Marks at Rutgers25 Falk to Marks at Rutgers25 Falk to Marks at Oregon25 Falk to Williams Oregon State24 Falk to Williams Portland State24 Falk to Harrington (TD) Portland State24 Falk to Cracraft at Rutgers24 Falk to Priester at California24 Falk to Harrington Stanford24 Bender to Baker Colorado23 Falk to Cracraft at Rutgers23 Falk to Marks (TD) at Rutgers23 Falk to J. Thompson at California23 Falk to Williams at Oregon23 Falk to Marks Oregon State23 Falk to Marks (TD) Oregon State23 Falk to Cracraft at Arizona23 Falk to Cracraft at Arizona23 Falk to Williams Stanford23 Falk to Harrington (TD) Arizona State22 Falk to Cracraft at Oregon22 Falk to Marks at Oregon22 Falk to Morrow (TD) Oregon State22 Falk to Marks Stanford21 Falk to Lewis at California21 Falk to Marks at California21 Falk to Harrington Oregon State21 Falk to Marks Oregon State21 Falk to Priester at Arizona21 Falk to Lewis at UCLA21 Falk to Marks (TD) at UCLA21 Bender to Marks Colorado20 Falk to Marks at Oregon20 Falk to Priester at Arizona

RUSHING PLAYS (7)YDS RUSHER OPPONENT41 Morrow at Arizona36 Harrington (TD) Wyoming32 Harrington at Oregon31 Morrow at Oregon24 Wicks Colorado22 Wicks Portland State22 Wicks Colorado

BY PLAYERNO. PLAYER PLAY TYPE16 Gabe Marks (4 TD) Receiving (15)14 Dom Williams (2 TD) Receiving (14)8 River Cracraft Receiving (8)8 Keith Harrington (3 TD) Receiving (6), Rushing (2)6 Robert Lewis Receiving (6)5 Jamal Morrow (1 TD) Receiving (3), Rushing (2)3 Kyrin Priester Receiving (3)3 Gerard Wicks Rushing (3)2 Kyle Sweet Receiving (2)1 Tyler Baker Receiving (1)1 Tavares Martin Jr. (1 TD) Receiving (1)1 John Thompson Receiving (1)

BY GAMENO. GAME PLAY TYPE11 at Oregon (1 TD) Receiving (9), Rushing (2)9 at Arizona (1 TD) Receiving (8), Rushing (1)8 Oregon State (2 TD) Receiving (8)7 at Rutgers (1 TD) Receiving (7)6 at California Receiving (6)6 Arizona State (2 TD) Receiving (6)5 Portland State (1 TD) Receiving (4), Rushing (1)5 Stanford Receiving (5)4 at UCLA (1 TD) Receiving (4)4 Colorado Receiving (2), Rushing (2)2 Wyoming (2 TD) Receiving (1), Rushing (1)

LONG PLAYS (20+YARDS)NORTH DIVISION 1. Oregon (37) 2622. Stanford (8) 2313. California 1744. Washington 1295. Washington State 896. Oregon State 60

SOUTH DIVISION 1. USC (32) 2542. Arizona State (7) 2003. UCLA (6) 1804. Arizona 1555. Utah 1056. Colorado 46

2015 PRESEASON POLL

2016Sept. 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

2017Sept. 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

2018Sept. 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

FUTURE SCHEDULES



OFFENSE 2012 2013 2014 2015 Streak CareerBaker (WR) RS 0 3 1 - 4Cracraft (WR) 10 8 9 - 27Dahl (OL) RS 13 12 8 - 33Dillard (OL) RS 1 1 1Eklund (OL) 7 13 12 11 36 43Falk (QB) RS 3 11 14 14Flor (OL) RS 0 2 1 1 3Green (WR) 1 - - 1Harrington (RB) RS 2 - 2Lewis (WR) RS 3 8 6 11Madison (OL) RS 8 11 11 19Marks (WR) 8 9 0 11 11 28Middleton (OL) RS 0 12 11 23 23Morrow (RB) RS 11 3 1 14Seydel (OL) RS 4 2 - 6Sorenson (OL) 0 10 10 - 20Sweet (WR) 2 2 2Wicks (RB) RS 0 8 - 8D. Williams (WR) 5 8 0 11 11 24

DEFENSE 2012 2013 2014 2015 Streak CareerAllison (LB) 0 0 9 11 20 20Barber (NT) RS 0 1 10 4 11Dotson (DB) 0 RS 3 - 3Ekuale (DL) RS - 1 - 1Hameed (S) 3 - - 3Henry (DB) RS - - 7 1 7Lemora (S) RS 10 - - 10Luani (S) 11 11 11McLennan (LB) RS 0 8 - 8Molton (CB) 9 3 9Palacio (LB) 0 7 12 3 1 22Parker (CB) 1 - 1Paulo (DL) 0 0 3 11 11 14Pelluer (LB) 0 5 11 16 16Pippins (CB) 2 10 10 12Taliulu (S) 2 10 10 11 16 33Vaeao (DL) 2 10 10 11 18 33White (CB) RS 7 3 - 10

STARTING LINEUPSOFFENSE LT LG C RG RT WR (X) WR (Y) WR (Z) WR (H) RB QBPSU Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Baker Wicks Falk@RUT Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks FalkWYO 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 Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Harrington (RB) Morrow FalkOSU Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks Falk@ARIZ Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks FalkSTAN Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks FalkASU Eklund Middleton Sorenson Seydel Madison D. Williams Cracraft Marks Lewis Wicks Falk@UCLA Eklund Middleton Sorenson Seydel Madison D. Williams Sweet Marks Lewis Wicks FalkCOLO Dillard Eklund Flor Middleton Madison D. Williams Sweet Marks Lewis Morrow Falk@WASH

OFFENSE T NT E RUSH MIKE WILL NICKEL CB SS FS CBPSU Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Dotson White Taliulu Luani Molton@RUT Vaeao Barber Paulo Palacio Pelluer Allison Dotson Pippins Taliulu Luani MoltonWYO Vaeao Barber Paulo Palacio Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton@CAL Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Dotson Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton@ORE Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani MoltonOSU Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton@ARIZ Vaeao Ekuale Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani WhiteSTAN Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani WhiteASU Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton@UCLA Vaeao Barber Paulo McLennan Pelluer Allison Parker (CB) Pippins Taliulu Luani MoltonCOLO Vaeao Barber Paulo Palacio Pelluer Allison Henry Pippins Taliulu Luani Molton@WASH

PSU Joe Dahl@RUT Jeremiah AllisonWYO Parker Henry @CAL Peyton Pelluer @ORE Jamal Morrow OSU Jamal Morrow @ARIZ Jamal Morrow STAN Jamal MorrowASU Jamal Morrow@UCLA Jamal MorrowCOLO Jamal Morrow@WASH

GAMES STARTEDWEEKLY CAPTAINS


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KACHE PALACIO Senior Gardena, Calif. Serra High School

Major: Social SciencesEmphasis: Comparative Ethnic Studies, Human Development, Psychology

Expected to graduate with his degree following the fall semester, needing only 3.5 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 Presidents Honor Roll 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic First 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 Presidents Honor Roll

CUMULATIVE GPAS ENTERING 2015 FALL SEMESTER

1. Brandon Evers 3.712. Peyton Pelluer 3.543. Mitchell Cox 3.534. Taylor Comfort 3.365. Moritz Christ 3.356. Sam Flor 3.217. Carlos Freeman 3.188. Luke Falk 3.179. Jacob Seydel 3.1610. 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 include Reading Buddies, Senior Buddies, Coug Pals, Butchs 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 Butchs 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 30510:35-11:50 am Criminal Justice 2012Noon-1:15 p.m. Communication 1021:30 pm Lunch2:30 pm Film Review3:30 pm Football Practice6 pm Dinner7-9:30 pm Study Hall

TYPICAL TUESDAY SCHEDULE



This years Cougar football team has many links to former Washington State student-athletes running through their families. This week, we will focus on Isaac Dotsons father, Michael, a former WSU wrestler.

Isaac Dotson Father, Michael, wrestled at WSU, was a three-time NCAA qualifier and also earned All-America status. Michael Dotson:- Freshman (1982-83) went 15-21-1 overallfinished third at 1983 Pac-10 Cham-pionshipsreached NCAA Championships.- Sophomore (1983-84) went 32-9-3 at 150 poundswon first 10 matches to open seasonfinished third at 1984 Pac-120 Championshipsfell in first round at NCAA Championships.- Junior (1984-85) went 26-6-1 on season, including season-best 15-match win streak from Jan. 11-Feb. 8went 1-1 at Pac-10 Championships.- Senior (1985-86) went 22-5 on season, finished third at Pac-10 Champion-shipsreached NCAA Championships for third time in career.

Ranked 6th in nation in Amateur Wrestling News 1985 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 thinking activities, in-class activities and a se-mester-ending final group project.

BEST IN CLASS

A pair of Samoans on WSUs 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 Samoas 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 WSUs off-season, including workouts and team-bonding activities. 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 also has a clothing-design project called Verified, with t-shirts 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.

LOOKING AHEAD


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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 OCONNELL 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* 55 Reggie COATES 6-0 235 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 MATAAFA 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 29 Parker HENRY 5-11 207 JR* 45 Logan TAGO 6-3 228 FR

CB 22 Darrien MOLTON 5-10 170 FR 10 Kirkland PARKER 6-1 175 SO*

FS 18 Shalom LUANI 6-0 201 JR 31 Isaac DOTSON 6-1 215 SO*

SS 30 Taylor TALIULU 6-0 205 SR 5 Calvin GREEN 5-10 175 SO

CB 27 Marcellus PIPPINS 5-10 167 SOor 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* 38 Kaleb FOSSUM 5-11 187 FR

KOR 12 Tavares MARTIN JR. 6-1 165 FR 1 Kyrin PRIESTER 6-1 190 SO

DEPTH CHART - WASHINGTON



LAST YEARS MEETINGNov. 29, 2014

Washington def. WASHINGTON STATE, 31-13PULLMAN, Wash. Dwayne Washington rushed for 135 yards and touchdown runs of 51 and 60 yards, and Washington retained the Apple Cup with a 31-13 win over Washington State. Washington continued his late-season touchdown binge and reached the 100-yard mark for the third straight game. Washington had touchdown runs of 68 yards against Oregon State and 66 yards against Arizona and closed the season with six touchdowns rushing in his final four games. The Huskies (8-5, 4-5 Pac-12) now await their bowl desti-nation. Chris Petersen capped his first season with his 100th career win and consecutive victories. Washing-ton State quarterback Luke Falk threw two intercep-tions and Vince Mayle had a costly fumble late in the second quarter. The Cougars (3-9, 2-7) were shut out in the first half for the first time in 26 games. The Huskies were on the verge of shutting out Washington State in Pullman for the first time since 1935 before Falk found Dom Williams on a 35-yard touchdown with 9:55 left. It avoided Mike Leach being shutout for the first time in his career as a head coach. The Huskies romp snapped a string of close contests played on the Cou-gars home field. The previous six Apple Cups played in Pullman had been decided by seven points or less. Washington QB Cyler Miles was 25 of 39 for 249 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He found Kasen Williams on a 6-yard TD reception late in the second quarter for a 14-0 halftime lead and added an 18-yard TD pass to Joshua Perkins early in the fourth quarter. Williams TD was just his second since the 2013 season opener and came in his final regular season game for the Huskies. Dwayne Washingtons two long TD runs both came on the Huskies second offensive play of each half. The Huskies had eight offensive touchdowns of 35 or more yards in their final three games. The 107th meeting between the rivals was the coldest on record with a temperature of 19 degrees for the 7:30 p.m. PST kickoff. And nothing came easy for Washington States passing game that had been so potent all season. The Huskies were able to fluster Falk by rushing just four defensive linemen and dropping the rest into coverage making it a struggle to find open receivers downfield. Falk threw for 355 yards - most after the game was de-cided - and was intercepted by John Ross III in the closing seconds of the second quarter and by Kevin King in the third quarter. Washington entered the game No. 2 in the nation in sacks and got to Falk four times. The Huskies consistent pressure without need-ing to blitz was the bigger impact. Washington State was shutout in the first half for the first time since Nov. 17, 2012 at Arizona State, a 46-7 loss. It wasnt for a lack of opportunities. The Cougars outgained the Hus-kies 183-167 in the first half, but three times failed to convert on fourth-down in Washington territory. The Cougars gave up possession at the Washington 42, 19 and 32 on their first three possessions. Falk appeared to hit Williams on for a 19-yard touchdown on Wash-ington States second possession but Budda Baker separated Williams from the ball. Washington State got a rare turnover when Cyrus Coen intercepted Miles early in the second quarter, the Cougars first interception since Sept. 13 against Portland State. But Mayles fumble late in the second quarter at the Cou-gars 27 led to Williams catching a fade pass with 50 seconds left in the half and a 14-0 Washington lead.

LAST MEETING IN SEATTLENov. 29, 2013

WASHINGTON def. Washington State, 27-17 SEATTLE Bishop Sankey blitzed Washington State for 139 of his 200 yards rushing in the second half to become Washingtons all-time single-season rushing leader, and the Huskies reclaimed the Apple Cup with a 27-17 win over the Cougars. After a sluggish first half, Washington put the game on the legs of its star running back and he responded to cap his record-set-ting junior season. Sankey bettered Corey Dillons re-cord of 1,695 yards set in 1996 and will have a chance in a bowl game to establish a mark that will be difficult to top. He also ran for a 7-yard touchdown in the third quarter to give the Huskies the lead for good at 17-10, a school-record 35th rushing TD of his career. Keith Price started the final home game of his college ca-reer two weeks after suffering shoulder injury against UCLA. Price and the Huskies offense slumped in the first half with two turnovers - a Price fumble and in-terception - leading to 10 Washington State points. But outside of the interception, Price played well. He threw for 181 yards and an 18-yard touchdown pass to Austin Seferian-Jenkins on the Huskies first drive of the second half to pull even at 10-10. His 2-yard TD keeper with 2:08 left clinched the victory for the Huskies. Washington (8-4, 5-4 Pac-12) finally escaped the seven-win plateau that has clouded the tenure of coach Steve Sarkisian for the past three seasons. Its the Huskies first eight-win season since 2001 with a chance at a ninth win in a bowl game. The Huskies also erased the bad memories of a year ago in Pull-man when they saw Washington State stage the biggest rally in the history of the rivalry coming from 18 points down in the fourth quarter for a 31-28 over-time win.Connor Halliday threw for 272 yards and two touchdowns, but had two costly interceptions late in the fourth quarter trying to rally the Cougars. It was just the third time this season the Cougars failed to throw for at least 300 yards. Down by 10 in the fourth quarter, the Cougars rallied. Halliday converted fourth-and-15 from the Washington 39 finding Dom Williams for 22 yards with a personal foul penalty tacked on. Halliday and Williams then connected on a 5-yard TD with 7:30 left to cut the deficit to 20-17. Washington got a 30-yard run from Sankey on its next possession but the drive stalled just inside Cougars territory and the Huskies were forced to punt. Washington State took possession with 5:26 left at its own 13. On the second play of the drive Halliday threw behind Isiah Myers and was intercepted by Greg Ducre at the Cougars 37 with 5:15 left. It was Hallidays first interception in his previous 152 pass attempts. Price then put the game out of

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