2012 Washington State Cougars football team

2012 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference North Division
2012 record	3–9 (1–8 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Mike Breske (1st year)
Base defense	3–4 multiple
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 33,522)

2012 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
#7 Stanford xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
#2 Oregon x%		8	–	1					12	–	1
#20 Oregon State		6	–	3					9	–	4
Washington		5	–	4					7	–	6
California		2	–	7					3	–	9
Washington State		1	–	8					3	–	9
South Division
UCLA x		6	–	3					9	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	4					8	–	5
USC		5	–	4					7	–	6
Arizona		4	–	5					8	–	5
Utah		3	–	6					5	–	7
Colorado		1	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 8, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by first-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 3–9, 1–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the North Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Non-Conference Schedule
August 30	7:15 PM	at BYU*		LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN[1]	L 6–30	57,045
September 8	12:00 PM	#9 (FCS) Eastern Washington*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 24–20	33,598
September 14	6:00 PM	at UNLV*		Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ESPN	W 35–27	17,015
Conference Schedule
September 22	1:00 PM	Colorado		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FX	L 34–35	31,668
September 29	7:30 PM	vs. #2 Oregon		CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	ESPN2	L 26–51	60,929
October 6	3:00 PM	at #14 Oregon State		Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 6–19	46,579
October 13	7:30 PM	California		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	L 17–31	27,339
October 27	3:15 PM	at #19 Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	L 17–24	41,496
November 3	12:00 PM	at Utah		Rice Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 6–49	45,069
November 10	7:30 PM	#17 UCLA		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN2	L 36–44	28,110
November 17	12:00 PM	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 7–46	53,438
November 23	12:30 PM	#25 Washington		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (105th Apple Cup)	FOX	W 31–28 ^OT	30,544
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game notes

BYU

Washington State at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 0 6 0 0 6 • BYU 7 17 6 0 30 Date: August 30 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah Television network: ESPN

On a nationally televised broadcast, Mike Leach's first game as head coach of the Washington State Cougars was a 30-6 blowout loss to BYU, the former Texas Tech coach's alma mater. Despite Leach's offenses being typically known for their high scoring shootouts, the Wazzu Cougars were unable to score a single touchdown. This marked the first time that a Leach-led offense failed to score a touchdown since 2006, when Texas Tech lost to TCU 12-3. Wazzu quarterback Jeff Tuel threw for 228 yards and two interceptions, while the offense ran for -4 yards on the ground. The only points for the Washington State Cougars came from two field goals in the second quarter.^[2] BYU now leads the series 3–1.

Eastern Washington

Eastern Washington at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total Eastern Washington 7 7 0 6 20 • Washington St 14 10 0 0 24 Date: September 8 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Television network: Pac-12 Network

UNLV

Washington State at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • Washington St 14 14 0 7 35 UNLV 7 13 0 7 27 Date: September 14 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada Television network: ESPN

Colorado

Colorado at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • Colorado 7 0 7 21 35 Washington St 7 14 7 6 34 Date: September 22 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Television network: FX

Oregon

#2 Oregon at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • Oregon 20 3 21 7 51 Washington State 9 10 0 7 26 Date: September 29 Location: CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington Television network: ESPN2

Oregon State

Washington State at #14 Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 0 3 0 3 6 • Oregon St 3 3 7 6 19 Date: October 6 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon Television network: Pac-12 Network

1st quarter scoring: ORST - Trevor Romaine 30-yard field goal.

2nd quarter scoring: WSU - Andrew Furney 24-yard field goal; ORST - Trevor Romaine 24-yard field goal GOOD.

3rd quarter scoring:

4th quarter scoring:

California

California at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • California 7 7 10 7 31 Washington St 0 3 7 7 17 Date: October 13 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Television network: Pac-12 Network

Stanford

Washington State at Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 0 10 0 7 17 • Stanford 3 7 7 7 24 Date: October 27 Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California Television network: Pac-12 Network

Utah

Washington State at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 0 0 0 6 6 • Utah 14 17 8 10 49 Date: November 3 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah Television network: Pac-12 Network

UCLA

#17 UCLA at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • UCLA 7 30 7 0 44 Washington St 7 0 14 15 36 Date: November 10 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Television network: ESPN2

The Bruins lead the series 18-39-1, which was started in 1928.

Hours before the game, the Cougars' star receiver Marquess Wilson said in a press release that he has left the program because of the actions of first-year coach Mike Leach and his staff. Wilson was suspended earlier in the week for an unspecified violation of team rules. Wilson said the new staff has "preferred to belittle, intimidate and humiliate us." That included physical abuse, Wilson said.

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Sheldon Price 68-yard blocked field goal return (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick); Dominique Williams 6-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney kick)

2nd quarter scoring: UCLA - Johnathan Franklin 16-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 9-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Anthony Barr safety; UCLA – Devin Fuller 10-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Eric Kendricks 40-yard fumble recovery (Fairbairn kick)

3rd quarter scoring: WSU - Brett Bartolone 7-yard pass from Halliday (Furney kick); UCLA – Jordon James 2-yard run (Fairbairn kick); WSU - Marcus Mason 4-yard pass from Halliday (Furney kick)

4th quarter scoring: WSU - Dominique Williams 11-yard pass from Halliday (Furney kick); WSU - Kristoff Williams 3-yard pass from Halliday (Dominique Williams pass from Halliday 2-point conversion)

Arizona State

Washington State at Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 0 0 0 7 7 • Arizona St 18 14 14 0 46 Date: November 17 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Television network: Pac-12 Network

Washington

#25 Washington at Washington State
Apple Cup

1 2 3 4 OT Total Washington 0 7 21 0 0 28 • Washington St 3 7 0 18 3 31 Date: November 23 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Television network: Fox

Scoring summary 1 1:52 WSU Andrew Furney 21-yard field goal Wash St 3-0 2 12:59 WASH Austin Seferian-Jenkins 11-yard pass from Keith Price (Travis Coons kick) Washington 7-3 2 9:19 WSU Carl Winston 1-yard run (Andrew Furney kick) Wash St 10-7 3 8:20 WASH Cody Burns 15-yard pass from Keith Price (Travis Coons kick) Washington 14-10 3 5:32 WASH Bishop Sankey 2-yard run (Travis Coons kick) Washington 21-10 3 :54 WASH Bishop Sankey 1-yard run (Travis Coons kick) Washington 28-10 4 10:41 WSU Carl Winston 2-yard run (Andrew Furney kick) Washington 28-17 4 7:26 WSU Carl Winston 1-yard run (Brett Bartolone pass from Jeff Tuel) Washington 28-25 4 1:59 WSU Andrew Furney 42-yard field goal Tie 28-28 OT WSU Andrew Furney 27-yard field goal Wash St 31-28

Washington State's first win in the rivalry since 2008.

Roster and coaching staff

2012 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 68 Anderson, BrentBrent Anderson RSo WR 89 Bomber, BlairBlair Bomber RSo WR 25 Bontemps, BennetBennet Bontemps Jr OL 60 Bosch, ElliottElliott Bosch RJr OL 70 Brevick, JackJack Brevick RJr RB 23 Brooks, LeonLeon Brooks RJr QB 8 Browm, JesseJesse Browm RFr RB 34 Caldwell, TeondrayTeondray Caldwell Fr OL 62 Christ, MoritzMoritz Christ RFr QB 13 Clements, CodyCody Clements RFr OL 72 Dahl, JoeJoe Dahl RFr WR 31 Dockery, RahmelRahmel Dockery Fr OL 67 Dotson, DenzellDenzell Dotson Fr TE 88 Dunn, AaronAaron Dunn RSo WR 17 Eaddy, HenryHenry Eaddy So OL 63 Eklund, GunnarGunnar Eklund RFr OL 76 Forbes, RicoRico Forbes RJr OL 77 Fullington, JohnJohn Fullington Jr RB 5 Galvin, RickeyRickey Galvin RSo QB 4 Gilbertson, DavidDavid Gilbertson RJr OL 64 Goetz, MattMatt Goetz RJr QB 12 Halliday, ConnorConnor Halliday RSo TE 41 Hersey, MaxMax Hersey RFr OL 55 Jacobson, WadeWade Jacobson RSr WR 22 Jenkins, ChandlerChandler Jenkins RFr OL 58 Johnson, ZackZack Johnson RSo OL 78 Kaleta, JoeJoe Kaleta RSo RB 36 Lamson, ManuelManuel Lamson RFr TE 87 Lintz, AndreiAndrei Lintz RSr WR 32 Loftus, DrewDrew Loftus RFr RB 35 Mason, MarcusMarcus Mason So WR 85 McDonald, BrettBrett McDonald RFr WR 84 McDonald, DanielDaniel McDonald RSo OL 50 Meighen, TaylorTaylor Meighen Sr WR 83 Myers, IsaiahIsaiah Myers So WR 44 Nungester, RyanRyan Nungester Fr WR 82 Ratliff, BobbyBobby Ratliff RSo OL 69 Rodgers, JakeJake Rodgers RSo OL 74 Sampson, ChasChas Sampson RSr TE 46 Simmons, ManselMansel Simmons RFr WR 1 Simone, GenoGeno Simone Sr OL 71 Spitz, DanDan Spitz RSr RB 29 Story, KrugerKruger Story RFr QB 10 Tuel, JeffJeff Tuel Sr RB 30 Tuiott, LawrenceLawrence Tuiott RFr OL 61 Waldner, JeffJeff Waldner RSo WR 80 Williams, DominiqueDominique Williams RFr WR 18 Williams, KristoffKristoff Williams RSo WR 86 Wilson, MarquessMarquess Wilson Jr RB 3 Winston, CarlCarl Winston Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB/DE 46 Altomare, John TaylorJohn Taylor Altomare Sr DL 71 Brock, MatthewMatthew Brock RJr LB 55 Brandt, PhillipPhillip Brandt Sr S 20 Bucannon, DeoneDeone Bucannon Jr LB 37 Byers, JaredJared Byers RJr S 4 Carpenter, AnthonyAnthony Carpenter RJr CB 30 Clark, TracyTracy Clark RSo DE 90 Clayton, JustinJustin Clayton RJr LB 42 Coen, CyrusCyrus Coen So DE 50 Coerper, AdamAdam Coerper RSr DE 96 Cooper, XavierXavier Cooper RFr DT 97 Davis, DavidDavid Davis RFr LB 53 DeMatteo, AnthonyAnthony DeMatteo RSo S 26 Duckett, TyroneTyrone Duckett RSo S 33 Gama, MaxMax Gama RFr CB 32 Golden, BrandonBrandon Golden RSo DE 92 Griffin, HamzaHamza Griffin RFr DT 94 Hoffart, StevenSteven Hoffart RSr CB 6 Horton, DamanteDamante Horton Jr DE 56 Knight, IanIan Knight RJr LB 31 Lappano, KyleKyle Lappano RFr LB 38 Laufasa, CoreyCorey Laufasa RSr DT 61 Laurenzi, AnthonyAnthony Laurenzi RSr S 22 Locker, CaseyCasey Locker RJr DE 89 Long, TravisTravis Long Sr LB 54 Markle, DarrenDarren Markle RJr DE 83 Mayes, LoganLogan Mayes So DB 17 McAdie, MikeMike McAdie So S 39 McCartney, KyleKyle McCartney RSr LB 13 Monroe, DarrylDarryl Monroe RFr LB 21 Oertel, EricEric Oertel Jr DE 52 Paulo, DarrylDarryl Paulo RFr S 25 Peterson, MitchellMitchell Peterson RSo DT 98 Pole, KalafitoniKalafitoni Pole RSo LB 47 Pritchard, TanaTana Pritchard RFr DE 85 Pu'u Robinson, JordanJordan Pu'u Robinson RJr DE 95 Rabinowitz, DylanDylan Rabinowitz RFr DE 78 Releford, EddieEddie Releford RFr LB 51 Selz, CurtisCurtis Selz RSo CB 24 Simmons, DanielDaniel Simmons RSr S 36 Simmons, MatthewMatthew Simmons RSo CB 35 Smith, TravionTravion Smith RSr LB 45 Su'a, ChesterChester Su'a So S 15 Toomer, TyreeTyree Toomer RSr CB 29 Waseem, SpencerSpencer Waseem RFr CB 2 Washington, NolanNolan Washington RJr DE 93 Williams, LenardLenard Williams Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 46 Bowlin, MichaelMichael Bowlin Jr LS 65 Den Bleyker, AlexAlex Den Bleyker So K 49 Furney, AndrewAndrew Furney Jr LS 48 Koepp, ZachZach Koepp RSr K 45 McNannay, TylerTyler McNannay RFr LS 47 Saparto, RyanRyan Saparto RSo	Head coach Mike Leach Coordinators/assistant coaches Eric Russell (Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator) Clay McGuire (Offensive Line) Jim Mastro (Running Backs) Eric Morris (Inside Receivers) Dennis Simmons (Outside Receivers) Mike Breske (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs) Joe Salave'a (Defensive Line) Jeff Choate (Linebackers) Paul Volero (Outside Linebackers) Antonio Huffman (Football Operations Director) Dave Emerick (Assoc. Athletic Director/ Chief of Staff for Football) [3] Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: April 14, 2012

References

1. Withers, Bud (May 16, 2012). "Cougars' Season Opener at BYU Moved Up to Thursday". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
2. "Mike Leach Debut at Wazzu Results in TD-less Thud". NBCSports.com. August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
3. "Washington State Football Roster". wsucougars.com. Retrieved April 14, 2012.