2012 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2012 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Leach, the Cougars played their home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference and finished the season 3–9 overall, 1–8 in Pac-12, and last place in the North Division.

2012 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	3–9 (1–8 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Mike Breske (1st season)
Base defense	Multiple 3–4
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 2 Oregon x%		8	–	1					12	–	1
No. 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 Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:15 pm	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN[1]	L 6–30	57,045
September 8	12:00 pm	No. 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
September 22	1:00 pm	Colorado	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FX	L 34–35	31,668
September 29	7:30 pm	vs. No. 2 Oregon	CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	ESPN2	L 26–51	60,929
October 6	3:00 pm	at No. 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 No. 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	No. 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	No. 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 the game All times are in Pacific time

Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona, USC

Game summaries

BYU

See also: 2012 BYU Cougars football team

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

Of Note: Andrew Furney made a 60 yard field goal at the end of the first half, which would ultimately prove the difference.

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

See also: 2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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

See also: 2012 UNLV Rebels football team

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

See also: 2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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

See also: 2012 Oregon Ducks football team

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

See also: 2012 Oregon State Beavers football team

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

See also: 2012 California Golden Bears football team

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

See also: 2012 Stanford Cardinal football team

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

See also: 2012 Utah Utes football team

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

See also: 2012 UCLA Bruins football team

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

See also: 2012 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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

See also: 2012 Washington Huskies football team and Apple Cup

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 Brent Anderson RSo WR 89 Blair Bomber RSo WR 25 Bennet Bontemps Jr OL 60 Elliott Bosch RJr OL 70 Jack Brevick RJr RB 23 Leon Brooks RJr QB 8 Jesse Brown RFr RB 34 Teondray Caldwell Fr OL 62 Moritz Christ RFr QB 13 Cody Clements RFr OL 72 Joe Dahl RFr WR 31 Rahmel Dockery Fr OL 67 Denzell Dotson Fr TE 88 Aaron Dunn RSo WR 17 Henry Eaddy So OL 63 Gunnar Eklund RFr OL 76 Rico Forbes RJr OL 77 John Fullington Jr RB 5 Rickey Galvin RSo QB 4 David Gilbertson RJr OL 64 Matt Goetz RJr QB 12 Connor Halliday RSo TE 41 Max Hersey RFr OL 55 Wade Jacobson RSr WR 22 Chandler Jenkins RFr OL 58 Zack Johnson RSo OL 78 Joe Kaleta RSo RB 36 Manuel Lamson RFr TE 87 Andrei Lintz RSr WR 32 Drew Loftus RFr RB 35 Marcus Mason So WR 85 Brett McDonald RFr WR 84 Daniel McDonald RSo OL 50 Taylor Meighen Sr WR 83 Isaiah Myers So WR 44 Ryan Nungester Fr WR 82 Bobby Ratliff RSo OL 69 Jake Rodgers RSo OL 74 Chas Sampson RSr TE 46 Mansel Simmons RFr WR 1 Geno Simone Sr OL 71 Dan Spitz RSr RB 29 Kruger Story RFr QB 10 Jeff Tuel Sr RB 30 Lawrence Tuiott RFr OL 61 Jeff Waldner RSo WR 80 Dominique Williams RFr WR 18 Kristoff Williams RSo WR 86 Marquess Wilson Jr RB 3 Carl Winston Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 46 John Taylor Altomare Sr DL 71 Matthew Brock RJr LB 55 Phillip Brandt Sr S 20 Deone Bucannon Jr LB 37 Jared Byers RJr S 4 Anthony Carpenter RJr CB 30 Tracy Clark RSo DE 90 Justin Clayton RJr LB 42 Cyrus Coen So DE 50 Adam Coerper RSr DE 96 Xavier Cooper RFr DT 97 David Davis RFr LB 53 Anthony DeMatteo RSo S 26 Tyrone Duckett RSo S 33 Max Gama RFr CB 32 Brandon Golden RSo DE 92 Hamza Griffin RFr DT 94 Steven Hoffart RSr CB 6 Damante Horton Jr DE 56 Ian Knight RJr LB 31 Kyle Lappano RFr LB 38 Corey Laufasa RSr DT 61 Anthony Laurenzi RSr S 22 Casey Locker RJr DE 89 Travis Long Sr LB 54 Darren Markle RJr DE 83 Logan Mayes So DB 17 Mike McAdie So S 39 Kyle McCartney RSr LB 13 Darryl Monroe RFr LB 21 Eric Oertel Jr DE 52 Darryl Paulo RFr S 25 Mitchell Peterson RSo DT 98 Kalafitoni Pole RSo LB 47 Tana Pritchard RFr DE 85 Jordan Pu'u Robinson RJr DE 95 Dylan Rabinowitz RFr DE 78 Eddie Releford RFr LB 51 Curtis Selz RSo CB 24 Daniel Simmons RSr S 36 Matthew Simmons RSo CB 35 Travion Smith RSr LB 45 Chester Su'a So S 15 Tyree Toomer RSr CB 29 Spencer Waseem RFr CB 2 Nolan Washington RJr DE 93 Lenard Williams Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 46 Michael Bowlin Jr LS 65 Alex Den Bleyker So K 49 Andrew Furney Jr LS 48 Zach Koepp RSr K 45 Tyler McNannay RFr LS 47 Ryan 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. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2012.