1992 Washington State Cougars football team

1992 Washington State Cougars football
Copper Bowl champion
Copper Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Utah
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 15
Record	9–3 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Price (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Williams (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Mike Zimmer (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
Seasons ←  1991 1993  →

1992 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Washington +	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Stanford +	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Washington State	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	1
Arizona	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
Arizona State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Oregon	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
California	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars were 8–3 in the regular season (5–3 in Pac-10, tied for third), won their bowl game, and outscored their opponents 337 to 281. ^{[1] [2]}

The team's statistical leaders included Drew Bledsoe with 3,246 passing yards, Shaumbe Wright-Fair with 1,331 rushing yards, and C. J. Davis with 1,024 receiving yards. ^[3]

Home games were played on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman.

Washington State opened with six wins, ^[4] and were thirteenth in the AP poll, but then lost three of four prior to the Apple Cup. ^[5] A fourteen-point home underdog to fifth-ranked Washington, ^[6] the Cougars pulled off a classic blowout upset in the snow, scoring 29 unanswered points in the third quarter, and won 42–23 in the 20-year-old Bledsoe's last game at Martin Stadium. ^[7] WSU won the Copper Bowl by three over unranked Utah, ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} and climbed to fifteenth in the final rankings. ^[12]

Bledsoe opted not to play his senior season (1993) and was the first overall selection of the 1993 NFL draft. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	2:00 pm	Montana *		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 25–13	21,068	[16]
September 12	3:30 pm	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	PSN	W 23–20	39,112
September 26	7:00 pm	at Fresno State *		Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	PSN	W 39–37	38,077
October 3	2:00 pm	Temple *		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 51–10	21,861
October 10	1:30 pm	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 35-10	30,459
October 17	12:30 pm	UCLA	No. 22	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	ABC	W 30–17	32,208
October 24	12:30 pm	at No. 14 USC	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 21–31	54,038
October 31	2:00 pm	Oregon	No. 19	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		L 17–34	25,450
November 7	2:00 pm	Arizona State	No. 25	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 20–18	15,441
November 14	3:30 pm	at No. 15 Stanford	No. 21	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	PSN	L 3–40	52,018
November 21	12:30 pm	No. 5 Washington		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	ABC	W 42–23	37,600
December 29	5:00 pm	vs. Utah *	No. 18	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Copper Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–28	40,867
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

Further information: 1992 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	13	19	25	21	—	21	18	18	15
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	13	18	24	22	25 т	20	19	18	17

Game summaries

At Stanford

See also: 1992 Stanford Cardinal football team

Washington

Washington at Washington State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Huskies	0	7	0	16	23
•No. 25 Cougars	6	0	29	7	42

• Date:
  November 21
• Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman
• Game start:
  12:30 pm PST
• Game attendance: 37,600
• Game weather: 30 °F (−1 °C), snow
• Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

Q1		WSU	Wright-Fair 3 yard run (kick failed)	WSU 6–0
Q2		WASH	Brunell 1 yard run (Hanson kick)	WASH 7–6
Q3		WSU	Bobo 44 yard pass from Bledsoe (Schexnayder pass from Bledsoe)	WSU 14–7
Q3		WSU	Schexnayder 15 yard pass from Bledsoe (Price kick)	WSU 21–7
Q3	3:57	WSU	Wright-Fair 51 yard run (Price kick)	WSU 28–7
Q3		WSU	Pimiskern recovered fumble in end zone (Price kick)	WSU 35–7
Q4		WASH	Brunell 1 yard run (??? pass from Brunell)	WSU 35–15
Q4		WSU	Wright-Fair 41 yard run (Price kick)	WSU 42–15
Q4		WASH	Turner 2 yard run (Barry pass from Brunell)	WSU 42–23

See also: 1992 Washington Huskies football team and Apple Cup

Source: ^[7]

The Snow Bowl

• Bledsoe 18/28, 260 yds
• Wright-Fair 22 rush, 193 yds

Vs. Utah (Copper Bowl)

Main article: 1992 Copper Bowl

See also: 1992 Utah Utes football team

Roster

1992 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 75 Mike Bailey Jr QB 11 Drew Bledsoe Jr WR 2 Phillip Bobo Jr TE 89 Brett Carolan Jr WR 1 C. J. Davis Sr G 61 Josh Dunning Jr OT 72 Jim Eucker Sr OT 74 Bob Garman Sr WR 85 Albert Kennedy So OL 64 Ron Lewis Jr QB 13 Mike Pattinson Jr OT 77 Konrad Pimiskern Sr WR 9 Deron Pointer Jr WR 6 Calvin Schexnayder Sr TE 84 Dustin Smith Sr RB 5 Derek Sparks So C 66 Robbie Tobeck Sr OT 78 Andy Tribble Sr TE 98 Clarence Williams Sr RB 32 Shaumbe Wright-Fair Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 57 Kevin Ashworth Sr CB 27 Greg Burns So LB 48 Lewis Bush Sr LB 31 Ron Childs So DT 90 Chad Eaton So LB 29 Mark Fields So DT 69 Brian Ford Jr DT 97 Chris Frank Sr DT 92 Ray Hall Jr CB 24 Torey Hunter So LB 19 Kurt Loertscher Sr LB 41 Anthony McClanahan Jr SS 8 Singor Mobley So DE 86 DeWayne Patterson So FS 10 John Rushing So DE 99 Vince Saldivar Jr DE 94 Don Sasa Jr LB 46 Eric Thompson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 28 Steve Johnston Jr K 12 Aaron Price Jr	Head coach Mike Price (4th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Ted Williams – OC Mike Zimmer – DC Bill Doba – LB Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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NFL draft

Three Cougars were selected in the 1993 NFL draft. Drew Bledsoe was the first overall selection.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Drew Bledsoe	QB	1	1	New England Patriots
Lewis Bush	LB	4	99	San Diego Chargers
Clarence Williams	TE	7	169	Denver Broncos

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