2015 Washington State Cougars football team

2015 Washington State Cougars football

Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 20–14 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
2015 record	9–4 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (4th year)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Alex Grinch (1st year)
Base defense	3–4 multiple
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 32,952)

2015 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North Division
#3 Stanford x$		8	–	1		12	–	2
#19 Oregon		7	–	2		9	–	4
Washington State		6	–	3		9	–	4
California		4	–	5		8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5		7	–	6
Oregon State		0	–	9		2	–	10
South Division
USC xy		6	–	3		8	–	6
#17 Utah x		6	–	3		10	–	3
UCLA		5	–	4		8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5		6	–	7
Arizona		3	–	6		7	–	6
Colorado		1	–	8		4	–	9
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 12, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth-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 9–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated the Miami Hurricanes.

Previous season

Main article: 2014 Washington State Cougars football team

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	11:00 AM	Portland State*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	L 17–24	24,302
September 12	12:30 PM	at Rutgers*		High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNU	W 37–34	46,536
September 19	5:30 PM	Wyoming*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 31–14	31,105
October 3	1:00 PM	at No. 24 California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 28–34	42,042
October 10	3:00 PM	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 45–38 ^2OT	57,775
October 17	1:00 PM	Oregon State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 52–31	32,952
October 24	1:00 PM	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 45–42	47,847
October 31	7:30 PM	No. 8 Stanford		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN	L 28–30	30,012
November 7	12:30 PM	Arizona State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FS1	W 38–24	32,952
November 14	7:45 PM	at No. 18 UCLA		Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	W 31–27	76,255
November 21	7:45 PM	Colorado	No. 24	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN2	W 27–3	25,121
November 27	12:30 PM	at Washington	No. 20	Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (108th Apple Cup)	FOX	L 10–45	70,438
December 26	11:00 AM	vs. Miami (FL)*		Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 20–14	41,180
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#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

Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football 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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	24	20	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	20	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	Not released

Game notes

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	0	10	14	24
Cougars	3	7	0	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	WAZZU, 59–21

@ Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	6	7	17	37
Scarlet Knights	0	6	6	22	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2014	RU, 41–38

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	14	0	0	0	14
Cougars	7	14	0	10	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	1990	WY, 34–13

@ California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	14	7	0	28
#24 Golden Bears	7	6	21	0	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–45–5	2014	CAL, 60–59

@ Oregon

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Cougars	7	7	7	10	7	7	45
Ducks	10	7	7	7	7	0	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–47–7	2014	ORE, 38–31

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	3	14	0	14	31
Cougars	14	31	0	7	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
49–47–3	2014	WAZZU, 39–32

@ Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	14	17	7	7	45
Wildcats	0	21	7	14	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–26	2014	ARIZ, 59–37

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Cardinal	3	0	17	10	30
Cougars	3	9	10	6	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–39–1	2014	STAN, 34–17

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	14	0	7	3	24
Cougars	0	10	7	21	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–26–2	2014	ASU, 52–31

@ UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	7	7	10	31
#18 Bruins	6	10	0	11	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–39–1	2012	UCLA, 44–36

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	0	3	0	3
#24 Cougars	7	7	3	10	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2012	COLO, 35–34

@ Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Cougars	3	0	7	0	10
Huskies	7	10	7	21	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–69–6	2014	WASH, 31–13

vs. Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	7	0	0	7	14
Cougars	7	13	0	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

2015 Coaching staff

Mike Leach - Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator
Jim Mastro - Running Backs
David Yost - Inside Receivers
Graham Harrell - Outside Receivers
Clay McGuire - Offensive Line
Joe Salave'a - Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
Alex Grinch - Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
Ken Wilson - Linebackers
Roy Manning - Outside Linebackers
Brian Odom - Defensive Quality Control
Eric Mele - Special Teams
Dave Emerick - Chief of Staff
Antonio Huffman - Director of Football Operations
Jason Loscalzo - Strength and Conditioning

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References

↑ "WSU Football Coaching Staff". wsucougars.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

Washington State Cougars football

Venues	Rogers Field (1895–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983 as alternate; 1970–1971 as sole) Martin Stadium (1972–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho (Battle of the Palouse) Washington (Apple Cup)

Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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