2018_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team

2018 Washington State Cougars football
2018 Washington State Cougars football
Pac-12 North Division co-champion; Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 28–26 vs. Iowa State
Conference	Pac–12 Conference
	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
Record	11–2 (7–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (7th season);
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Tracy Claeys (1st season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season

The 2018 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games in Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They were led by 7th-year head coach Mike Leach and were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.^[1]

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The 2018 season was one of the greatest in Washington State history. The Cougars won a school record-tying ten games, the first time they had won that many in the regular season since the Rose Bowl year of 2002. They also surged as high as seventh in major polling and went into the Apple Cup with a chance to clinch the Pac-12 North title and a shot at the Rose Bowl, but lost 28–15 to rival Washington in the snow in Pullman, a sixth consecutive loss to the Huskies. The 10–2 Cougars were invited to the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio to play the Iowa State Cyclones. They won 28–26 for a school record 11th win.

Mike Leach's air raid offense was led by grad transfer quarterback Gardner Minshew, who led FBS in passing completions and attempts, and finished second in passing yards.^[2] Minshew was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year and was the recipient of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He and offensive tackle Andre Dillard were named first-team all-conference. Redshirt freshman offensive tackle Abraham Lucas was named to several national all-freshman teams, and was joined on the all-conference second-team by defensive end Logan Tago. Mike Leach was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the second time of his career.

Game summaries

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Award	Player	Position	Year
Rimington Trophy^[3]	Frederick Mauigoa	C	JR
Chuck Bednarik Award^[4]	Jalen Thompson	S	JR
Wuerffel Trophy^[5]	Peyton Pelluer	LB	SR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award^[6]	Gardner Minshew	QB	SR
Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award^[7]	Gardner Minshew	QB	SR

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (North)
1	Washington	249 (40)
2	Stanford	198 (2)
3	Oregon	178 (2)
4	California	108
5	Washington State	98
6	Oregon State	45

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:30 p.m.	at Wyoming*		War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	CBSSN	W 41–19	24,131
September 8	8:00 p.m.	San Jose State*		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 31–0	26,141
September 15	5:00 p.m.	No. 6 (FCS) Eastern Washington*		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 59–24	32,952
September 21	7:30 p.m.	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	L 36–39	52,421
September 29	3:00 p.m.	Utah		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 28–24	30,088
October 6	6:00 p.m.	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 56–37	34,429
October 20	4:30 p.m.	No. 12 Oregon	No. 25	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (College GameDay)	FOX	W 34–20	33,152
October 27	4:10 p.m.	at No. 24 Stanford	No. 14	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	P12N	W 41–38	39,596
November 3	7:45 p.m.	California	No. 8	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	W 19–13	32,952
November 10	12:30 p.m.	at Colorado	No. 8	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ESPN	W 31–7	45,587
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Arizona	No. 8	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	W 69–28	22,400
November 23	5:30 p.m.	No. 16 Washington	No. 8	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (111th Apple Cup)	FOX	L 15–28	32,952
December 28	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 24 Iowa State*	No. 13	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	W 28–26	60,675
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after October 30 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	Final
AP	—	RV	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	25	14	10	10	8	7	12	12	10
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	15	11	9	9	7	13	13	10
CFP	Not released									8	8	8	8	13	13	Not released

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	10	3	7	21	41
Cowboys	2	14	3	0	19

2018_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team

2018 Washington State Cougars football team

Preseason

Award watch lists

Pac-12 media days

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

At Wyoming

San Jose State

Eastern Washington

At USC

Utah

At Oregon State

Oregon

At Stanford

California

At Colorado

Arizona

Washington

Vs. Iowa State (Alamo Bowl)

Awards

NFL draft

References

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2018 Washington State Cougars football

Pac-12 North Division co-champion Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 28–26 vs. Iowa State
Conference	Pac–12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
Record	11–2 (7–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Tracy Claeys (1st season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
Uniform

Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 13 Washington xy$	7	–	2	10	–	4
No. 10 Washington State x	7	–	2	11	–	2
Stanford	6	–	3	9	–	4
Oregon	5	–	4	9	–	4
California	4	–	5	7	–	6
Oregon State	1	–	8	2	–	10
South Division
Utah xy	6	–	3	9	–	5
Arizona State	5	–	4	7	–	6
USC	4	–	5	5	–	7
Arizona	4	–	5	5	–	7
UCLA	3	–	6	3	–	9
Colorado	2	–	7	5	–	7
Championship: Washington 10, Utah 3
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Player	Award	Date
Gardner Minshew	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week^[9]	September 17, 2018
Travell Harris	Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week^[10]	September 17, 2018
Jahad Woods	Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week^[11]	November 19, 2018

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL club
Andre Dillard	OT	1	22	Philadelphia Eagles
Gardner Minshew	QB	6	178	Jacksonville Jaguars

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Ducks	0	0	17	3	20
No. 25 Cougars	7	20	0	7	34

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Cougars	14	3	7	17	41
No. 24 Cardinal	14	14	3	7	38

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	0	10	3	0	13
No. 10 Cougars	3	10	0	6	19

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Cougars	0	10	7	14	31
Buffaloes	7	0	0	0	7