1986 Washington State Cougars football team
American college football season
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The 1986 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth and final season under head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled a 3–7–1 record (2–6–1 in Pac-10, eighth place) and were outscored 312 to 221.[1][2]
- Jim Walden (9th season)
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 3–7–1 (2–6–1 Pac-10) |
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| Home stadium | Martin Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Arizona State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Washington | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Arizona | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Cougars tied eventual Rose Bowl champion Arizona State in Tempe in late September,[3] then beat USC by twenty points in Pullman, but lost their final five games and dropped in the standings.
WSU's statistical leaders in 1986 included senior quarterback Ed Blount with 1,882 passing yards, Kerry Porter with 921 rushing yards, and Kitrick Taylor with 523 receiving yards.[4] Notable underclassmen included quarterback Timm Rosenbach,[5][6] guard Mike Utley, and future head coach Paul Wulff.[7]
Walden departed for Iowa State in the Big Eight Conference in mid-December,[8][9][10][11] and was succeeded by Dennis Erickson, who returned to the Palouse (four years at Idaho) in January 1987 after just one season at Wyoming.[12][13]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | UNLV* | W 34–14 | 17,000 | [14] | |
| September 13 | San Jose State* |
| L 13–20 | 15,000 | [15] |
| September 20 | at California | L 21–31 | 41,500 | [16] | |
| September 27 | at No. 11 Arizona State | T 21–21 | 70,543 | [17] | |
| October 4 | Oregon State |
| W 24–14 | 25,200 | [18] |
| October 11 | No. 9 USC |
| W 34–14 | 26,000 | [19] |
| October 25 | at No. 17 UCLA | L 16–54 | 46,189 | [20] | |
| November 1 | at Stanford | L 12–42 | 35,000 | [21] | |
| November 8 | No. 17 Arizona |
| L 6–31 | 17,000 | [22] |
| November 15 | at Oregon | L 17–27 | 25,137 | [23] | |
| November 22 | No. 12 Washington |
| L 23–44 | 40,000 | [24] |
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Game summaries
UNLV
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| UNLV | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| • Washington St | 21 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
- Date: September 6
- Location: Martin Stadium
- Game attendance: 17,000
| Q1 | WSU | Taylor 11 yard pass from Blount (Adams kick) | WSU 7–0 | |
| Q1 | WSU | Blount 14 yard run (Adams kick) | WSU 14–0 | |
| Q1 | WSU | Collins 71 yard interception return (Adams kick) | WSU 21–0 | |
| Q2 | UNLV | Woods 5 yard run (Libonati kick) | WSU 21–7 | |
| Q2 | WSU | Adams 32 yard field goal | WSU 24–7 | |
| Q3 | WSU | Wood 15 yard pass from Blount (Adams kick) | WSU 31–7 | |
| Q4 | WSU | Obrastoff 44 yard field goal | WSU 34–7 | |
| Q4 | UNLV | Jones 10 yard run (Libonati kick) | WSU 34–14 | |
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Washington
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Washington | 7 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 44 |
| Washington St | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
at Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington
- Date: November 22, 1986
- Game attendance: 40,000
- Gainesville Sun. November 23, 1986 Page 4F
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NFL draft
Four Cougars were selected in the 1987 NFL draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
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| Ricky Reynolds | CB | 2 | 36 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Kitrick Taylor | WR | 5 | 128 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Kerry Porter | RB | 7 | 171 | Buffalo Bills |
| Michael James | WR | 8 | 202 | Houston Oilers |