2016 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2016 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Mike Leach and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 7–2 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the North Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they were defeated by Minnesota.

2016 Washington State Cougars football
Holiday Bowl, L 12–17 vs. Minnesota
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
2016 record8–5 (7–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorAlex Grinch (2nd season)
Base defense3–4 multiple
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
(Capacity: 32,952)
2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^  8 1     12 2  
Washington State  7 2     8 5  
No. 12 Stanford  6 3     10 3  
California  3 6     5 7  
Oregon State  3 6     4 8  
Oregon  2 7     4 8  
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x  8 1     10 4  
No. 3 USC  7 2     10 3  
No. 23 Utah  5 4     9 4  
Arizona State  2 7     5 7  
UCLA  2 7     4 8  
Arizona  1 8     3 9  
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 35:00 pmNo. 14 (FCS) Eastern Washington*P12NL 42–4532,952
September 107:15 pmat Boise State*ESPN2L 28–3136,163
September 1711:00 amIdaho*
P12NW 56–628,477
October 16:30 pmOregon
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
P12NW 51–3333,528
October 87:30 pmat No. 15 StanfordESPNW 42–1650,424
October 157:30 pmUCLA
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ESPNW 27–2129,310
October 227:00 pmat Arizona StateP12NW 37–3250,582
October 297:45 pmat Oregon StateESPN2W 35–3137,081
November 51:00 pmArizonaNo. 25
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
P12NW 69–733,547
November 127:30 pmCaliforniaNo. 23
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ESPNW 56–2130,135
November 1912:30 pmat No. 12 ColoradoNo. 20FOXL 24–3848,658
November 2512:30 pmNo. 6 WashingtonNo. 23
FOXL 17–4533,773
December 271:00 pmvs. Minnesota*ESPNL 12–1748,704
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 23 20 23 RV RV RV 
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 23 20 23 RV RV RV 
CFP Not released 25 23 22 23 NR NR Not released

Game summaries

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 (FCS) Eagles 7 17 14 7 45
Cougars 14 14 0 14 42

at Boise State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 7 7 14 28
Broncos 14 3 7 7 31

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 3 0 3 0 6
Cougars 7 14 7 28 56

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Ducks 7 7 6 13 33
Cougars 7 21 2 21 51

at Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 7 14 14 42
#15 Cardinal 0 3 7 6 16

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 0 0 7 14 21
Cougars 3 7 14 3 27

at Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 17 14 6 37
Sun Devils 7 7 7 11 32

at Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 6 22 7 35
Beavers 14 10 0 7 31

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7
#25 Cougars 24 14 14 17 69

California

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0 7 7 7 21
#23 Cougars 14 14 7 21 56

at Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Cougars 14 3 7 0 24
#12 Buffaloes 7 7 14 10 38

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Huskies 28 7 0 10 45
#23 Cougars 3 7 7 0 17

Minnesota–Holiday Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers 0 3 7 7 17
Cougars 3 3 0 6 12

Coaching staff

NameTitleYears at WSUAlma mater
Mike LeachHead Coach6BYU, 1983
Alex GrinchDefensive Coordinator/Secondary Coach3Mount Union, 2002
Jason LoscalzoStrength and Conditioning Coach6Humboldt State, 1999
Roy ManningOutside Linebackers Coach3Michigan, 2004
Jim MastroRunning Backs Coach6Cal Poly, 1994
Clay McGuireOffensive Line Coach6Texas Tech, 2004
Eric MeleSpecial Teams Coach3William Paterson, 2002
Dave NicholOutside Receivers Coach2Texas Tech, 1999

Source:[1]

References

http://wsucougars.com/roster.aspx?roster=74&path=football

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