2017_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team

2017 Washington State Cougars football
2017 Washington State Cougars football
Holiday Bowl, L 17–42 vs. Michigan State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	North Division
Record	9–4 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (6th season);
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Alex Grinch (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4 multiple
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season

The 2017 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by sixth-year head coach Mike Leach and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They competed as 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 Holiday Bowl where they lost to Michigan State.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:30 p.m.	Montana State*	No. 24	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FS1	W 31–0	30,254
September 9	7:30 p.m.	Boise State*	No. 20	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	W 47–44 ^3OT	32,631
September 16	2:30 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 21	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 52–23	32,487
September 23	3:00 p.m.	Nevada*	No. 18	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 45–7	30,317
September 29	7:30 p.m.	No. 5 USC	No. 16	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	W 30–27	33,773
October 7	5:00 p.m.	at Oregon	No. 11	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FOX	W 33–10	56,653
October 13	7:30 p.m.	at California	No. 8	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ESPN	L 3–37	26,244
October 21	7:45 p.m.	Colorado	No. 15	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	W 28–0	31,461
October 28	6:30 p.m.	at Arizona	No. 15	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	L 37–58	42,822
November 4	12:30 p.m.	No. 21 Stanford	No. 25	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FOX	W 24–21	32,952
November 11	2:30 p.m.	at Utah	No. 19	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 33–25	45,826
November 25	5:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Washington	No. 13	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	FOX	L 14–41	71,265
December 28	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 16 Michigan State*	No. 18	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	FS1	L 17–42	47,092
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after October 31 released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

Name	Title	Years at WSU	Alma mater
Mike Leach	Head coach	6	BYU, 1983
Alex Grinch	Defensive coordinator/secondary coach	3	Mount Union, 2002
Jason Loscalzo	Strength and conditioning coach	6	Humboldt State, 1999
Roy Manning	Outside linebackers coach	3	Michigan, 2004
Jim Mastro	Running backs coach	6	Cal Poly, 1994
Clay McGuire	Offensive line coach	6	Texas Tech, 2004
Eric Mele	Special teams coach	3	William Paterson, 2002
Dave Nichol	Outside receivers coach	2	Texas Tech, 1999
Jeff Phelps	Defensive line coach	1	Ball State, 1998
Derek Sage	Inside receivers coach	1	Cal State Northridge, 2002
Ken Wilson	Linebackers coach	5	North Central College, 1996

Player	Award	Date
Peyton Pelluer	Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week^[4]	September 11, 2017
Luke Falk	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week^[5]	September 18, 2017
Jahad Woods	Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week^[6]	October 2, 2017
Erik Powell	Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week^[6]	October 2, 2017
Luke Falk	Davey O'Brien QB of the Week^[7]	October 3, 2017
Erik Powell	Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week^[8]	October 9, 2017
Luke Falk	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week^[9]	November 6, 2017
Hercules Mata'afa	Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week^[10]	November 13, 2017
Erik Powell	Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week^[10]	November 13, 2017
Luke Falk	2017 Burlsworth Trophy Winner^[11]	December 4, 2017
Cody O'Connell	2017 All-Pac-12 Conference First Team Offense^[12]	December 5, 2017
Hercules Mata’afa	2017 All-Pac-12 Conference First Team Defense^[12]	December 5, 2017
Cole Madison	2017 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Offense^[12]	December 5, 2017
Jalen Thompson	2017 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Defense^[12]	December 5, 2017
Erik Powell	2017 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Specialists^[12]	December 5, 2017
Andre Dillard	2017 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention^[12]	December 5, 2017
Luke Falk	2017 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention^[12]	December 5, 2017
Frankie Luvu	2017 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention^[12]	December 5, 2017
Jamal Morrow	2017 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention^[12]	December 5, 2017

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 20 Stanford xy	7	–	2	9	–	5
No. 16 Washington x	7	–	2	10	–	3
Washington State	6	–	3	9	–	4
Oregon	4	–	5	7	–	6
California	2	–	7	5	–	7
Oregon State	0	–	9	1	–	11
South Division
No. 12 USC xy$	8	–	1	11	–	3
Arizona State	6	–	3	7	–	6
Arizona	5	–	4	7	–	6
UCLA	4	–	5	6	–	7
Utah	3	–	6	7	–	6
Colorado	2	–	7	5	–	7
Championship: USC 31, Stanford 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll