2021_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team

2021 Washington State Cougars football
2021 Washington State Cougars football
Sun Bowl, L 21–24 vs. Central Michigan
Conference	Pac–12 Conference
	North Division
Record	7–6 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Nick Rolovich (2nd season; first 7 games); Jake Dickert (remaining 6 games);
Offensive coordinator	Brian Smith (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Craig Stutzmann (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Run and Shoot
Defensive coordinator	Jake Dickert (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season

The 2021 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Nick Rolovich for the first seven games of the season. Rolovich was fired on October 18 after refusing to comply with Washington's COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Defensive coordinator Jake Dickert took over as the team's interim head coach for the reminder of the season. He was announced as the Cougars 34th head coach following their Apple Cup victory on November. The team played their home games in Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington, and competed as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

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After finished the regular season with a 7–5 overall record, the Cougars accepted an invitation to the Sun Bowl, to face the Miami Hurricanes. On December 26, the Hurricanes announced that they would not be able to play, due to COVID-19 issues; organizers stated that they would try to secure a replacement team to face the Cougars.^[1] On December 27, the Central Michigan Chippewas were named as the Sun Bowl replacement team.^[2] The Chippewas had originally been scheduled to face the Boise State Broncos in the Arizona Bowl, until the Broncos had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues and the Arizona Bowl was canceled.^[3]^[4]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	8:00 p.m.	Utah State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 23–26	24,944
September 11	3:00 p.m.	Portland State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 44–24	22,651
September 18	12:30 p.m.	USC	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FOX	L 14–45	24,714
September 25	11:30 a.m.	at Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 13–24	51,483
October 2	2:30 p.m.	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	W 21–6	40,286
October 9	1:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 31–24	24,157
October 16	4:30 p.m.	Stanford	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPNU	W 34–31	26,171
October 23	12:30 p.m.	BYU*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FS1	L 19–21	22,541
October 30	12:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FS1	W 34–21	46,136
November 13	7:30 p.m.	at No. 3 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ESPN	L 24–38	52,327
November 19	6:00 p.m.	Arizona	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 44–18	22,541
November 26	5:00 p.m.	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	FS1	W 40–13	68,077
December 31	9:00 a.m.	vs. Central Michigan*	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 21–24	34,540
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll All times are in Pacific time

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	10	0	14	24
Cougars	7	23	7	7	44

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	14	0	7	0	21
Golden Bears	6	0	0	0	6

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	10	7	7	24
Cougars	0	3	14	14	31

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	13	3	0	15	31
Cougars	0	20	7	7	34

2021_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team

2021 Washington State Cougars football team

Schedule

Game summaries

vs Utah State

vs Portland State

vs USC

At Utah

At California

vs Oregon State

vs Stanford

vs BYU

At Arizona State

At No. 3 Oregon

vs Arizona

At Washington

Sun Bowl

Awards

Staff

Rankings

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 22 Oregon xy	7	–	2	10	–	4
Washington State	6	–	3	7	–	6
Oregon State	5	–	4	7	–	6
California	4	–	5	5	–	7
Washington	3	–	6	4	–	8
Stanford	2	–	7	3	–	9
South Division
No. 12 Utah xy$	8	–	1	10	–	4
UCLA	6	–	3	8	–	4
Arizona State†	0	–	3	0	–	5
USC	3	–	6	4	–	8
Colorado	3	–	6	4	–	8
Arizona	1	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Utah 38, Oregon 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Player	Award	Date
Travell Harris	Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week^[6]	September 13, 2021
Brennan Jackson	Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week^[7]	October 4, 2021
George Hicks III	Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week^[8]	October 11, 2021
Liam Ryan	Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week^[9]	October 11, 2021
Brennan Jackson	Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week^[10]	October 18, 2021
Ron Stone Jr	Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week^[11]	November 1, 2021
Jahad Woods	Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week^[12]	November 22, 2021
Armani Marsh	Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week^[13]	November 28, 2021
Dean Janikowski	Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week^[14]	November 28, 2021
Jayden de Laura	Pac-12 Freshman of the Week^[15]	November 28, 2021

Name	Position	Seasons at Washington State	Alma mater
Nick Rolovich	Head coach (fired October 18)	2	Hawaii (2004)
Brian Smith	Associate head coach / offensive coordinator / running backs	2	Hawaii (2005)
Jake Dickert	Head coach (hired December 2) / defensive coordinator / Linebackers (until October 18)	2	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (2007)
John Richardson	Assistant head coach / Cornerbacks / recruiting coordinator (fired October 18)	2	North Dakota State (2010)
Craig Stutzmann	Co-offensive coordinator / quarterbacks (fired October 18)	2	Hawaii (2002)
Kyle Krantz	Special teams coordinator	1	Northern Colorado (2009)
Andre Allen	Wide receivers	2	Ashford (2014)
Mark Banker	Safeties	2	Springfield (MA) (1978)
A. J. Cooper	Defensive ends	2	North Dakota State (2006)
Ricky Logo	Defensive tackles (fired October 18)	2	North Carolina State (1992)
Mark Weber	Offensive line (fired October 18)	2	Cal Lutheran (1980)
Dwain Bradshaw	Head strength and conditioning coach	2	Arizona State (2014)
Jason Cvercko	Chief of Staff	2	Connecticut (2011)

Team	Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
Washington State	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
BYU Cougars	7	0	7	7	21
WSU Cougars	7	0	6	6	19