2019_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team

2019 Washington State Cougars football
2019 Washington State Cougars football
Cheez-It Bowl, L 21–31 vs. Air Force
Conference	Pac–12 Conference
	North Division
Record	6–7 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (8th season);
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Tracy Claeys (games 1-5) (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Darcel McBath (games 6-13) (1st as coordinator, 3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Roc Bellantoni (games 6-13) (1st season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season

The 2019 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Mike Leach, the Cougars competed in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference, and played their home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

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WSU finished the regular season at 6–6, 3–6 in Pac-12 play, tied for fifth in the Northern Division. They were invited to the Cheez-It Bowl in Phoenix in late December, but lost 31–21 to Air Force. On January 9, Leach departed for Mississippi State,^[1]^[2] and less than a week later, athletic director Pat Chun hired Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich.^[3]^[4]

Personnel

Roster

2019 Washington State football roster

Quarterbacks

2 Cammon Cooper – freshman (6'4, 205)
10 Trey Tinsley – senior (6'3, 215)
11 John Bledsoe – sophomore (6'3, 220)
18 Anthony Gordon – senior (6'3, 200)
- Gunner Cruz – freshman (6'5, 230)
- Gage Gubrud – senior (6'2, 205)

Running back

21 Max Borghi – sophomore (5'10, 195)
31 Dominic Tominiko – freshman (5'9, 243)

Fullbacks

39 Clay Markoff – freshman (5'9, 235)

Wide receivers

1 Davontavean Martin – junior (6'3, 185)
5 Travell Harris – sophomore (5'9, 180)
6 Jamire Calvin – junior (5'10, 160)
8 Easop Winston – senior (5'11, 190)
12 Dezmon Patmon – senior (6'4, 220)
19 Brandon Arconado – senior (6'0, 190)
80 Hayden Harvey – sophomore (6’2, 165)
81 Renard Bell – junior (5'8, 162)
82 Lucas Bacon – freshman (6'2, 205)
83 Brandon Gray – freshman (6'5, 190)
84 Kassidy Woods – freshman (6'4, 205)
85 Calvin Jackson Jr. – senior (5'10, 170)
87 Nicky McManamon Jr. – freshman (6'2, 175)
88 Rodrick Fisher – freshman (6'2, 195)
89 Mitchell Quinn – freshman (5'11 160)
- Billy Pospisil III – freshman (5'10, 190)

Offensive linemen

55 Noah Osur-Myers – senior (6'4, 310)
59 Brian Greene – sophomore (6’3, 305)
61 Hunter Mayginnes – freshman (6’5, 320)
63 Liam Ryan – junior (6’5, 295)
65 Josh Watson – junior (6'4, 300)
66 Jarrett Kingston – freshman (6’5, 260)
67 Seth Yost – sophomore (6'7, 300)
69 Frederick Mauigoa – senior (6'3, 305)
70 Christian Haangana – junior (6’4, 345)
72 Abraham Lucas – sophomore (6’7, 320)
75 Cade Beresford – freshman (6’7, 275)
78 Syr Riley – freshman (6’4, 365)
79 Blake McDonald – freshman (6'5, 330)

Defensive linemen

9 Lamonte McDougle – sophomore (6'0, 305)
30 Nnamdi Oguayo – senior (6’3, 252)
55 Derek Moore – senior (6’1, 250)
64 Michael Van Beek – freshman (6’2, 285)
73 Austin Martin – freshman (6'2, 292)
77 Beau Braden – freshman (6’4, 235)
84 Jesus Echevarria – sophomore (6’2, 300)
90 Misiona Aiolupotea-Pei – senior (6’3, 265)
92 Will Rogers III – junior (6'5, 250)
93 Christian Mejia – sophomore (6’3, 245)
94 Brennan Jackson – freshman (6'5, 235)
95 Ahmir Crowder – freshman (6'3, 255)
98 Dallas Hobbs – sophomore (6’6, 280)

Punters

40 Blake Mazza – sophomore (5'9, 165)
94 Oscar Draguicevich III – junior (5'11, 180)

Linebackers

10 Ron Stone Jr. – freshman (6’3, 210)
13 Jahad Woods – junior (6'0, 225)
20 Dominick Silvels – junior (6’3, 230)
27 Willie Taylor III – sophomore (6’4, 235)
37 Justus Rogers – junior (6'2, 230)
41 Dillon Sherman – junior (6’2, 225)
44 Tristan Brock – senior (6’0, 240)
48 Isaiah Henderson-Brazie – freshman (6'1, 230)
50 Carson Block – senior (6’1, 235)
51 Hank Pladson – freshman (6'0, 205)
53 Ricky Baker – freshman (5'11, 221)
58 Fa'Avae Fa'Avae – sophomore (6'0, 225)
59 Cole Dubots – sophomore (6'1, 210)
- Rocky Katoanga – freshman (6’2, 245)

Defensive backs

1 Tyrese Ross – freshman (6’1, 180)
4 Marcus Strong – senior (5’9, 185)
18 George Hicks III – junior (6’0, 190)
21 William Overstreet – freshman (5'10, 180)
25 Skyler Thomas – junior (5’9, 185)
28 Chad Davis Jr. – sophomore (6'2, 200)
32 Patrick Nunn – freshman (6'4, 205)
34 Jalen Thompson – senior (6'0, 190)
35 Armani Marsh – sophomore (5’8, 175)
36 Kedron Williams – sophomore (6'0, 185)
39 Damion Lee – sophomore (6’0, 195)
42 Halid Djibril – freshman (6'0, 190)
- Bryce Beekman – junior (6’2, 185)
- Gatlin Grisso – freshman (6’0, 190)
- Daniel Isom – junior (5’11, 175)
- Derrick Langford – sophomore (6'2, 190)
- Shahman Moore – junior (6’1, 165)

Placekickers

27 Logan Prescott – freshman (5'11, 198)
33 Jack Crane – junior (6'2, 190)
96 Johan Zetterberg – sophomore (6'2, 205)

Long snappers

54 Tyler Williams – freshman (6'3, 195)

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Game summaries

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico State*	No. 23	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 58–7	27,228
September 7	2:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado*	No. 22	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 59–17	27,585
September 13	6:15 p.m.	vs. Houston*	No. 20	NRG Stadium Houston, TX (Texas Kickoff)	ESPN	W 31–24	40,523
September 21	7:30 p.m.	UCLA	No. 19	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	L 63–67	32,952
September 28	7:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Utah		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	L 13–38	46,115
October 12	12:30 p.m.	at No. 18 Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 34–38	48,536
October 19	4:00 p.m.	Colorado		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPNU	W 41–10	28,514
October 26	7:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ESPN	L 35–37	59,361
November 9	4:00 p.m.	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 20–33	39,168
November 16	1:30 p.m.	Stanford		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 49–22	32,952
November 23	6:00 p.m.	Oregon State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 54–53	22,016
November 29	1:00 p.m.	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (112th Apple Cup)	FOX	L 13–31	70,931
December 27	7:15 p.m.	vs. Air Force*		Chase Field Phoenix, AZ (Cheez-It Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–31	34,105
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	23	22	20	19	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	21	21	20	19	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released										—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Name	Position	Season
Mike Leach	Head Coach, offensive coordinator	8th
Darcel McBath and Roc Bellantoni	Co-defensive coordinators	1st
Ken Wilson	Linebackers	5th
Kendrick Shaver	Safeties	1st
Steve Spurrier Jr.	Outside Receivers	1st
Dave Nichol	Inside receivers	2nd
Mason Miller	Offensive line	2nd
Jeff Phelps	Defensive line	2nd
Matt Brock	Outside Linebackers	1st
Eric Mele	Running backs	3rd
Dave Emerick	Chief of staff	6th
Antonio Huffman	Director of Football Operations	6th
Tyson Brown	Strength and conditioning	1st
Price Ferguson	Offensive Quality Control	3rd
Darcel McBath	Defensive backs	2nd

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL club
Dezmon Patmon	WR	6	212	Indianapolis Colts

2019_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team

2019 Washington State Cougars football team

Preseason

Pac-12 media days

Pac-12 media polls

Schedule

Rankings

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Game summaries

New Mexico State

Northern Colorado

Vs. Houston

UCLA

At Utah

At Arizona State

Colorado

At Oregon

At California

Stanford

Oregon State

At Washington

Vs. Air Force (Cheez-It Bowl)

Awards

NFL draft

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 5 Oregon x$	8	–	1	12	–	2
California	4	–	5	8	–	5
Washington	4	–	5	8	–	5
Oregon State	4	–	5	5	–	7
Washington State	3	–	6	6	–	7
Stanford	3	–	6	4	–	8
South Division
No. 16 Utah x	8	–	1	11	–	3
USC	7	–	2	8	–	5
Arizona State	4	–	5	8	–	5
UCLA	4	–	5	4	–	8
Colorado	3	–	6	5	–	7
Arizona	2	–	7	4	–	8
Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Player	Award	Date
Anthony Gordon	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week^[9]	September 3, 2019
Liam Ryan	Pac-12 Offensive Line Player of the Week^[9]	September 3, 2019
Anthony Gordon	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week^[10]	September 16, 2019
Anthony Gordon	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week^[11]	November 18, 2019
Abraham Lucas	Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week^[12]	November 25, 2019
Anthony Gordon	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Offense^[13]	December 10, 2019
Abraham Lucas	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Offense^[13]	December 10, 2019
Blake Mazza	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference First Team Specialists^[13]	December 10, 2019
Travion Brown	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Specialists^[13]	December 10, 2019
Max Borghi	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention^[13]	December 10, 2019
Josh Watson	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention^[13]	December 10, 2019
Easop Winston	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention^[13]	December 10, 2019
Jahad Woods	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention^[13]	December 10, 2019

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	0	0	0	7
No. 23 Cougars	14	21	13	10	58

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	3	0	7	17
No. 22 Cougars	14	10	21	14	59

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Cougars	0	7	14	10	31
UH Cougars	0	14	0	10	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	10	7	21	29	67
No. 19 Cougars	7	28	14	14	63