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	Multiple 3–4
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

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.^[1] They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they lost to Michigan State.

North Division

Record9–4 (6–3 Pac-12)

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2017 Pac-12 Conference football standings
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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

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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

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Broncos	7	3	7	14	3	7	3	44
• No. 20 Cougars	7	3	0	21	3	7	6	47


1	12:07	BSU	A. Mattison 4-yard rush (H. Hoggarth PAT).	BSU 7–0

1	4:47	WSU	R. Taylor 7-yard fumble return (E. Powell PAT).	TIED 7–7

2	9:14	BSU	H. Hoggarth 34-yard field goal.	BSU 10–7

2	0:41	WSU	E. Powell 20-yard field goal.	TIED 10–10

3	4:10	BSU	M. Cozart 14-yard rush (H. Hoggarth PAT).	BSU 17–10

4	14:53	BSU	C. Wilson 47-yard pass from M. Cozart (H. Hoggarth PAT).	BSU 24–10

4	10:53	BSU	C. Weaver 55-yard fumble return (H. Hoggarth PAT).	BSU 31–10

4	8:00	WSU	J. Calvin 17-yard pass from T. Hilinski (E. Powell PAT).	BSU 31–17

4	5:51	WSU	P. Pelluer 36-yard interception return (E. Powell PAT).	BSU 31–24

4	1:44	WSU	J. Morrow 6-yard pass from T. Hilinski (E. Powell PAT).	TIED 31–31

OT		BSU	H. Hoggarth 29-yard field goal.	BSU 34–31

OT		WSU	E. Powell 22-yard field goal.	TIED 34–34

2OT		WSU	G. Wicks 1-yard rush (E. Powell PAT).	WSU 34–41

2OT		BSU	C. Wilson 15-yard pass from M. Cozart (H. Hoggarth PAT).	TIED 41–41

3OT		BSU	H. Hoggarth 37-yard field goal.	BSU 44–41

3OT		WSU	J. Morrow 22-yard pass from T. Hilinski.	WSU 44–47

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2017 Washington State Cougars football

Holiday Bowl, L 17–42 vs. Michigan State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	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	Multiple 3–4
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →


1	11:41	WSU	E. Powell 44-yard field goal.	WSU 0–3

1	7:46	USC	S. Darnold 4-yard rush (C. McGrath PAT).	USC 7–3

2	14:48	WSU	T. Martin Jr. 28-yard pass from L. Falk (E. Powell PAT).	WSU 7–10

2	11:25	USC	R. Jones 86-yard rush (C. McGrath PAT).	USC 14–10

2	9:47	USC	C. McGrath 20-yard field goal.	USC 17–10

2	0:13	WSU	J. Morrow 1-yard rush (E. Powell PAT).	TIED 17–17

3	8:20	WSU	E. Powell 33-yard field goal.	WSU 17–20

3	0:16	USC	C. McGrath 29-yard field goal.	TIED 20–20

4	10:14	WSU	J. Morrow 23-yard pass from L. Falk (E. Powell PAT).	WSU 20–27

4	5:01	USC	S. Darnold 2-yard rush (C. McGrath PAT).	TIED 27–27

4	1:40	WSU	E. Powell 32-yard field goal.	WSU 27–30

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