2015 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2015 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth-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 9–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated the Miami Hurricanes.

2015 Washington State Cougars football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 20–14 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record9–4 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorAlex Grinch (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 3–4
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 3 Stanford x$   8 1     12 2  
No. 19 Oregon   7 2     9 4  
Washington State   6 3     9 4  
California   4 5     8 5  
Washington   4 5     7 6  
Oregon State   0 9     2 10  
South Division
USC xy   6 3     8 6  
No. 17 Utah x   6 3     10 3  
UCLA   5 4     8 5  
Arizona State   4 5     6 7  
Arizona   3 6     7 6  
Colorado   1 8     4 9  
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511:00 amPortland State*P12NL 17–2424,302
September 1212:30 pmat Rutgers*ESPNUW 37–3446,536
September 195:30 pmWyoming*
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
P12NW 31–1431,105
October 31:00 pmat No. 24 CaliforniaP12NL 28–3442,042
October 103:00 pmat OregonP12NW 45–38 2OT57,775
October 171:00 pmOregon State 
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
P12NW 52–3132,952
October 241:00 pmat ArizonaP12NW 45–4247,847
October 317:30 pmNo. 8 Stanford
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ESPNL 28–3030,012
November 712:30 pmArizona State
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
FS1W 38–2432,952
November 147:45 pmat No. 19 UCLAESPNW 31–2776,255
November 217:45 pmColorado
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ESPN2W 27–325,121
November 2712:30 pmat WashingtonNo. 20FOXL 10–4570,438
December 2611:00 amvs. Miami (FL)*CBSW 20–1441,180

Conference opponents not played this season: Utah, USC

Rankings

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

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Portland State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 0 10 14 24
Cougars 3 7 0 7 17

@ Rutgers

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 6 7 17 37
Scarlet Knights 0 6 6 22 34

Wyoming

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 14 0 0 0 14
Cougars 7 14 0 10 31

@ California

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 14 7 0 28
#24 Golden Bears 7 6 21 0 34

@ Oregon

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1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Cougars 7 7 7 1077 45
Ducks 10 7 7 770 38

Oregon State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 3 14 0 14 31
Cougars 14 31 0 7 52

@ Arizona

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 14 17 7 7 45
Wildcats 0 21 7 14 42

Stanford

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1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Cardinal 3 0 17 10 30
Cougars 3 9 10 6 28

Arizona State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Sun Devils 14 0 7 3 24
Cougars 0 10 7 21 38

@ UCLA

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 7 7 10 31
#18 Bruins 6 10 0 11 27

Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0 0 3 0 3
#24 Cougars 7 7 3 10 27

@ Washington

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1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Cougars 3 0 7 0 10
Huskies 7 10 7 21 45

Vs. Miami (FL)

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 7 0 0 7 14
Cougars 7 13 0 0 20

2015 Coaching staff

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  • Mike Leach – Head coach/offensive coordinator
  • Jim Mastro – Running backs
  • David Yost – Inside receivers
  • Graham Harrell – Outside receivers
  • Clay McGuire – Offensive line
  • Joe Salave'a – Assistant head coach/defensive line
  • David Lose – Defensive quality control
  • Alex Grinch – Defensive coordinator/secondary
  • Ken Wilson – Linebackers
  • Roy Manning – Outside linebackers
  • Brian Odom – Defensive quality control
  • Eric Mele – Special teams
  • Dave Emerick – Chief of staff
  • Antonio Huffman – Director of football operations
  • Jason Loscalzo – Strength and conditioning

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References

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  1. ^ "WSU Football Coaching Staff". wsucougars.com. Retrieved March 7, 2015.