1978 Washington State Cougars football team

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1978 Washington State Cougars football
Washington State Football Helmet 1978.png
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record4–6–1 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadium Martin Stadium, Joe Albi Stadium
Seasons
  1977
1979  
1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 1 012 1 0
No. 14 UCLA 6 2 08 3 1
Washington 6 2 07 4 0
Arizona State 4 3 09 3 0
No. 17 Stanford 4 3 08 4 0
California 3 4 06 5 0
Arizona 3 4 05 6 0
Oregon 2 5 02 9 0
Oregon State 2 6 03 7 1
Washington State 1 7 03 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under new head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled a 461 record (2–6 in Pac-10, last), and were outscored 296 to 276. [1] [2] The six home games were split evenly between Martin Stadium on campus in Pullman and Joe Albi Stadium in  Spokane.

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The team's statistical leaders included Jack Thompson with 2,333 passing yards, Tali Ena with 728 rushing yards, and Mike Wilson with 451 receiving yards. [3]

This was the first football season in the newly expanded Pac-10; the Cougars met the two new members, Arizona and Arizona State, but did not play the USC Trojans.

Senior quarterback Thompson was ninth in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy, and was the third overall selection of the 1979 NFL draft, taken by the Cincinnati Bengals. [4]

The offensive backs coach in 1977 under Warren Powers, Walden was promoted that December and became the Cougars' fourth head coach in four seasons (Jim Sweeney (1975), Jackie Sherrill (1976), and Powers). [5] [6] [7] He led the WSU program for nine years.

After this season, the running track in Martin Stadium was removed, the playing field was lowered, and the capacity was expanded with new lower seating. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 9 UNLV *W 34–726,250
September 16 Idaho *W 28–016,950
September 23 Arizona State
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 51–2633,507
September 30 Army *T 21–2131,612
October 14at No. 14 UCLA L 31–4540,023
October 21 Stanford Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 27–4327,411
October 28at Oregon ^W 7–3125,000
November 4 Oregon State
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 31–3220,061
November 11at California L 14–2228,750
November 18at Arizona L 24–3149,557
November 25 Washington
L 8–3835,187
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
^ Note: The Oregon game was later forfeited to Washington State by order of the Pacific-10 Conference

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Roster

1978 Washington State Cougars football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 88Ron BullSr
QB 9Clete CasperFr
C 77Mark ChandlessSr
RB 29Tali EnaJr
RB 25Harold GillumSr
QB 18Steve Grant Redshirt.svg  Sr
TE 81Gus HobusSr
G 66Steve JacksonJr
OT 72 Allan Kennedy So
G 65Tom LarsenSr
OT 62Mike LemkeSr
QB 11Samoa Samoa Redshirt.svg  Jr
QB, RB 10Brian SicklerSo
QB 14 Jack Thompson Sr
TB 26Mike WashingtonSo
FL 21Jim WhatleySo
RB 31Ray WilliamsJr
SE 86 Mike Wilson So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
SS 19Jack BrossmanSr
LB 32Sam BuschJr
MG 40Tom EversonSr
CB 41Jeff FilesFr
LB 96Raleigh FletcherSr
MG 61Brian FlonesSo
FS 28Bob GregorJr
DT 76Spud HarrisJr
DE 58Mark HicksSr
LB 35Jeff JonesJr
LB 39Don NevelsJr
LB 47 Scott Pelluer So
DT 68Greg PorterSo
DE 38Mel SandersJr
CB 17Randall SimmonsSr
CB 13Mike SnowJr
DT 64Steve SwiftSr
DE 36Tom ThompsonSr
DT 50 George Yarno Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 16Tim DaveyFr
K 22Paul WatsonSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Mike Church – (LB)
  • Gary Gagnon – (RB)
  • Rich Glover – (DL)
  • Lindsay Hughes – (DE)
  • Steve Morton – (TE)
  • Pat Ruel – (OL)
  • Al Sandahl – (QB)
  • Dave Walker – (DL)
  • Jerry Wamsley – (DB)
  • Ken Woody – (WR)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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Awards

Source: [12]

NFL Draft

One Cougar was selected in the 1979 NFL draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallFranchise
Jack Thompson QB 1 3 Cincinnati Bengals

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