2019 Washington State Cougars football team

2019 Washington State Cougars football
Cheez-It Bowl, L 21–31 vs. Air Force
Conference	Pac–12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	6–7 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Tracy Claeys (games 1-5) (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Darcel McBath (games 6-13) (1st as coordinator, 3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Roc Bellantoni (games 6-13) (1st season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ←  2018 2020  →

2019 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 5 Oregon x$		8	–	1					12	–	2
California		4	–	5					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					8	–	5
Oregon State		4	–	5					5	–	7
Washington State		3	–	6					6	–	7
Stanford		3	–	6					4	–	8
South Division
No. 16 Utah x		8	–	1					11	–	3
USC		7	–	2					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					8	–	5
UCLA		4	–	5					4	–	8
Colorado		3	–	6					5	–	7
Arizona		2	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Mike Leach, the Cougars competed in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference, and played their home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

WSU finished the regular season at 6–6, 3–6 in Pac-12 play, tied for fifth in the Northern Division. They were invited to the Cheez-It Bowl in Phoenix in late December, but lost 31–21 to Air Force. On January 9, Leach departed for Mississippi State, ^{[1] [2]} and less than a week later, athletic director Pat Chun hired Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich. ^{[3] [4]}

Preseason

Pac-12 media days

Pac-12 media polls

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Washington State was voted to finish in fourth place in the North Division and fifth place in the Pac-12 Championship. ^[5]

Media poll (North Division) Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Oregon 190 (17) 2 Washington 189 (17) 3 Stanford 129 4 Washington State 108 (1) 5 California 81 6 Oregon State 38

Media poll (Pac-12 Championship) Rank Team Votes 1 Utah 12 2 Oregon 11 3 Washington 9 4 USC 2 5 Washington State 1

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico State *	No. 23	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 58–7	27,228
September 7	2:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado *	No. 22	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 59–17	27,585
September 13	6:15 p.m.	vs. Houston *	No. 20	NRG Stadium Houston, TX (Texas Kickoff)	ESPN	W 31–24	40,523
September 21	7:30 p.m.	UCLA	No. 19	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	L 63–67	32,952
September 28	7:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Utah		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	L 13–38	46,115
October 12	12:30 p.m.	at No. 18 Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 34–38	48,536
October 19	4:00 p.m.	Colorado		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPNU	W 41–10	28,514
October 26	7:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ESPN	L 35–37	59,361
November 9	4:00 p.m.	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 20–33	39,168
November 16	1:30 p.m.	Stanford		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 49–22	32,952
November 23	6:00 p.m.	Oregon State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 54–53	22,016
November 29	1:00 p.m.	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA ( 112th Apple Cup )	FOX	L 13–31	70,931
December 27	7:15 p.m.	vs. Air Force *		Chase Field Phoenix, AZ (Cheez-It Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–31	34,105
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

Source: ^[6]

Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona, USC

Rankings

Further information: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	23	22	20	19	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	21	21	20	19	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released										—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Personnel

Coaching staff

Staff for the 2019 season. ^[7]

Name	Position	Season
Mike Leach	Head Coach, offensive coordinator	8th
Darcel McBath and Roc Bellantoni	Co-defensive coordinators	1st
Ken Wilson	Linebackers	5th
Kendrick Shaver	Safeties	1st
Steve Spurrier Jr.	Outside Receivers	1st
Dave Nichol	Inside receivers	2nd
Mason Miller	Offensive line	2nd
Jeff Phelps	Defensive line	2nd
Matt Brock	Outside Linebackers	1st
Eric Mele	Running backs	3rd
Dave Emerick	Chief of staff	6th
Antonio Huffman	Director of Football Operations	6th
Tyson Brown	Strength and conditioning	1st
Price Ferguson	Offensive Quality Control	3rd
Darcel McBath	Defensive backs	2nd

Roster

2019 Washington State football roster
Quarterbacks  2 Cammon Cooper – freshman (6'4, 205) 10 Trey Tinsley – senior (6'3, 215) 11 John Bledsoe – sophomore (6'3, 220) 18 Anthony Gordon – senior (6'3, 200)  - Gunner Cruz – freshman (6'5, 230)  - Gage Gubrud – senior (6'2, 205) Running back 21 Max Borghi – sophomore (5'10, 195) 31 Dominic Tominiko – freshman (5'9, 243) Fullbacks 39 Clay Markoff – freshman (5'9, 235) Wide receivers  1 Davontavean Martin – junior (6'3, 185)  5 Travell Harris – sophomore (5'9, 180)  6 Jamire Calvin – junior (5'10, 160)  8 Easop Winston – senior (5'11, 190) 12 Dezmon Patmon – senior (6'4, 220) 19 Brandon Arconado – senior (6'0, 190) 80 Hayden Harvey – sophomore (6’2, 165) 81 Renard Bell – junior (5'8, 162) 82 Lucas Bacon – freshman (6'2, 205) 83 Brandon Gray – freshman (6'5, 190) 84 Kassidy Woods – freshman (6'4, 205) 85 Calvin Jackson Jr. – senior (5'10, 170) 87 Nicky McManamon Jr. – freshman (6'2, 175) 88 Rodrick Fisher – freshman (6'2, 195) 89 Mitchell Quinn – freshman (5'11 160)  - Billy Pospisil III – freshman (5'10, 190)		Offensive linemen 55 Noah Osur-Myers – senior (6'4, 310) 59 Brian Greene – sophomore (6’3, 305) 61 Hunter Mayginnes – freshman (6’5, 320) 63 Liam Ryan – junior (6’5, 295) 65 Josh Watson – junior (6'4, 300) 66 Jarrett Kingston – freshman (6’5, 260) 67 Seth Yost – sophomore (6'7, 300) 69 Frederick Mauigoa – senior (6'3, 305) 70 Christian Haangana – junior (6’4, 345) 72 Abraham Lucas – sophomore (6’7, 320) 75 Cade Beresford – freshman (6’7, 275) 78 Syr Riley – freshman (6’4, 365) 79 Blake McDonald – freshman (6'5, 330) Defensive linemen  9 Lamonte McDougle – sophomore (6'0, 305) 30 Nnamdi Oguayo – senior (6’3, 252) 55 Derek Moore – senior (6’1, 250) 64 Michael Van Beek – freshman (6’2, 285) 73 Austin Martin – freshman (6'2, 292) 77 Beau Braden – freshman (6’4, 235) 84 Jesus Echevarria – sophomore (6’2, 300) 90 Misiona Aiolupotea-Pei – senior (6’3, 265) 92 Will Rogers III – junior (6'5, 250) 93 Christian Mejia – sophomore (6’3, 245) 94 Brennan Jackson – freshman (6'5, 235) 95 Ahmir Crowder – freshman (6'3, 255) 98 Dallas Hobbs – sophomore (6’6, 280) Punters 40 Blake Mazza – sophomore (5'9, 165) 94 Oscar Draguicevich III – junior (5'11, 180)		Linebackers 10 Ron Stone Jr. – freshman (6’3, 210) 13 Jahad Woods – junior (6'0, 225) 20 Dominick Silvels – junior (6’3, 230) 27 Willie Taylor III – sophomore (6’4, 235) 37 Justus Rogers – junior (6'2, 230) 41 Dillon Sherman – junior (6’2, 225) 44 Tristan Brock – senior (6’0, 240) 48 Isaiah Henderson-Brazie – freshman (6'1, 230) 50 Carson Block – senior (6’1, 235) 51 Hank Pladson – freshman (6'0, 205) 53 Ricky Baker – freshman (5'11, 221) 58 Fa'Avae Fa'Avae – sophomore (6'0, 225) 59 Cole Dubots – sophomore (6'1, 210)  - Rocky Katoanga – freshman (6’2, 245) Defensive backs  1 Tyrese Ross – freshman (6’1, 180)  4 Marcus Strong – senior (5’9, 185) 18 George Hicks III – junior (6’0, 190) 21 William Overstreet – freshman (5'10, 180) 25 Skyler Thomas – junior (5’9, 185) 28 Chad Davis Jr. – sophomore (6'2, 200) 32 Patrick Nunn – freshman (6'4, 205) 34 Jalen Thompson – senior (6'0, 190) 35 Armani Marsh – sophomore (5’8, 175) 36 Kedron Williams – sophomore (6'0, 185) 39 Damion Lee – sophomore (6’0, 195) 42 Halid Djibril – freshman (6'0, 190)  - Bryce Beekman – junior (6’2, 185)  - Gatlin Grisso – freshman (6’0, 190)  - Daniel Isom – junior (5’11, 175)  - Derrick Langford – sophomore (6'2, 190)  - Shahman Moore – junior (6’1, 165) Placekickers 27 Logan Prescott – freshman (5'11, 198) 33 Jack Crane – junior (6'2, 190) 96 Johan Zetterberg – sophomore (6'2, 205) Long snappers 54 Tyler Williams – freshman (6'3, 195)

Source: ^[8]

Game summaries

New Mexico State

See also: 2019 New Mexico State Aggies football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	0	0	0	7
No. 23 Cougars	14	21	13	10	58

Northern Colorado

See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	3	0	7	17
No. 22 Cougars	14	10	21	14	59

Vs. Houston

See also: 2019 Houston Cougars football team and Texas Kickoff

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Cougars	0	7	14	10	31
UH Cougars	0	14	0	10	24

UCLA

See also: 2019 UCLA Bruins football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	10	7	21	29	67
No. 19 Cougars	7	28	14	14	63

At Utah

See also: 2019 Utah Utes football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	6	0	0	13
Utes	7	14	10	7	38

At Arizona State

See also: 2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	10	7	14	3	34
No. 18 Sun Devils	0	17	7	14	38

Colorado

See also: 2019 Colorado Buffaloes football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	3	0	7	0	10
Cougars	21	3	7	10	41

At Oregon

See also: 2019 Oregon Ducks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	3	14	3	15	35
No. 11 Ducks	9	8	7	13	37

At California

See also: 2019 California Golden Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	5	6	3	6	20
Golden Bears	6	7	7	13	33

Stanford

See also: 2019 Stanford Cardinal football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	14	8	0	22
Cougars	13	9	10	17	49

Oregon State

See also: 2019 Oregon State Beavers football team

Oregon State Beavers (5–5) at Washington State Cougars (5–5)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	17	0	29	53
Cougars	7	14	14	19	54

at Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

• Date: November 23, 2019
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. PST
• Game weather: Partly cloudy, 38 °F (3 °C)
• Game attendance: 22,016
• Referee: Kevin Mar
• TV: Pac-12 Network
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter OSU – Jermar Jefferson 54-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 9:16. Oregon St 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 99 yards, 1:57. WSU – Dezmon Patmon 12-yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick), 2:17. Tie 7–7. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 2:51. Second quarter OSU – Champ Fleming 46-yard pass from Jake Luton (Everett Hayes kick), 12:38. Oregon St 14–7. Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards, 2:06. WSU – Renard Bell 10-yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick), 9:24. Tie 14–14. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:14. WSU – Deon McIntosh 33-yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick), 4:51. Washington St 21–14. Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 2:12. OSU – Noah Togiai 18-yard pass from Jake Luton (Everett Hayes kick), 2:20. Tie 21–21. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:31. OSU – Everett Hayes 47-yard field goal, 0:26. Oregon St 24–21. Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards, 0:42. Third quarter WSU – Calvin Jackson 36-yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick), 8:06. Washington St 28–24. Drive: 4 plays, 58 yards, 1:29. WSU – Renard Bell 10-yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick), 1:44. Washington St 35–24. Drive: 9 plays, 82 yards, 4:56. Fourth quarter OSU – Teagan Quitoriano 28-yard pass from Jake Luton (run good), 13:42. Washington St 35–32. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:02. WSU – Max Borghi 1-yard run (Blake Mazza kick), 9:52. Washington St 42–32. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:50. OSU – Jermar Jefferson 5-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 7:32. Washington St 42–39. Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards, 2:22. OSU – Jermar Jefferson 39-yard pass from Jake Luton (Everett Hayes kick), 6:45. Oregon St 46–42. Drive: 3 plays, 51 yards, 0:45. OSU – Jermar Jefferson 2-yard pass from Jake Luton (Everett Hayes kick), 4:17. Oregon St 53–42. Drive: 5 plays, 27 yards, 2:19. WSU – Dezmon Patmon 14-yard pass from Anthony Gordon (pass failed), 2:10. Oregon St 53–48. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:07. WSU – Max Borghi 2-yard run (run failed), 0:02. Washington St 54–53. Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards, 1:08. Top passers OSU – Jake Luton – 22/40, 408 yards, 5 TD, int WSU – Anthony Gordon – 50/68, 606 yards, 6 TD, 3 int Top rushers OSU – Jermar Jefferson – 21 rushes, 132 yards, 2 TD WSU – Max Borghi – 10 rushes, 44 yards, 2 TD Top receivers OSU – Champ Fleming – 4 receptions, 110 yards, TD WSU – Renard Bell – 8 receptions, 108 yards, 2 TD

At Washington

See also: 2019 Washington Huskies football team and Apple Cup

Washington State Cougars (6–5) at Washington Huskies (6–5)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	3	3	0	13
Huskies	7	14	7	3	31

at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA

• Date: November 29, 2019
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. PDT
• Game attendance: 70,931
• TV: FOX/FS1

Game information
Top passers WSU – Anthony Gordon – 48-62, 308 yards, 2 INT UW – Jacob Eason – 15-22, 244 yards, 1 TD Top rushers WSU – Max Borghi – 10 carries, 50 yards, 1 TD UW – Salvon Ahmed – 16 carries, 85 yards Top receiving WSU – Renard Bell – 9 receptions, 87 yards UW – Hunter Bryant – 6 receptions, 96 yards

Vs. Air Force (Cheez-It Bowl)

See also: 2019 Air Force Falcons football team and 2019 Cheez-It Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	17	7	7	31
Cougars	0	14	0	7	21

Awards

Player	Award	Date
Anthony Gordon	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week [9]	September 3, 2019
Liam Ryan	Pac-12 Offensive Line Player of the Week [9]	September 3, 2019
Anthony Gordon	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week [10]	September 16, 2019
Anthony Gordon	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week [11]	November 18, 2019
Abraham Lucas	Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week [12]	November 25, 2019
Anthony Gordon	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Offense [13]	December 10, 2019
Abraham Lucas	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Offense [13]	December 10, 2019
Blake Mazza	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference First Team Specialists [13]	December 10, 2019
Travion Brown	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Specialists [13]	December 10, 2019
Max Borghi	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention [13]	December 10, 2019
Josh Watson	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention [13]	December 10, 2019
Easop Winston	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention [13]	December 10, 2019
Jahad Woods	2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention [13]	December 10, 2019

NFL draft

See also: 2020 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL club
Dezmon Patmon	WR	6	212	Indianapolis Colts

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