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Washington State Looks to Rebound After Dropping Pacific-10 Opener at Oregon State

FOOTBALL: 3-1 Cougars Return Home To Face 1-2 Stanford

2005 WSU RESULTS Washington State University returns to Martin Stadium for the first time since opening the season Sept. 1 against Idaho when it hosts Stanford at 2 p.m., Saturday. Record: 3-1; 0-1 [OPP REC] The Cougars dropped their first game of the season last Saturday, falling 44-33 at 9/1 Idaho (38-26) [1-4] Oregon State, despite gaining 638 yards in total offense. The 638 total yards marked the 9/9 @ Nevada (55-21) [2-2] highest output by WSU since gaining 653 yards against Montana State (10/18/01). Stanford enters Saturday’s game with a 1-2 record, having dropped its last two. In 9/17 *Grambling State (48-7) [2-1] its last outing the Cardinal led early against Oregon but fell 44-20. Stanford leads the 9/24 Bye all-time series against WSU 31-23-1. 10/1 @ Oregon State [33-44] [3-2] 10/8 Stanford [2:00p] [1-2] WSU-UCLA ON FSN TV AT 3:30 P.M.: WSU’s Homecoming football game with 10/15 UCLA [tba] [4-0] UCLA will be televised live by FSN at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 15 from Martin Stadium. 10/22 @ California [tba] [5-0] 10/29 @ USC [12:30p] [4-0] HARRISON PICKS UP SEVENTH-STRAIGHT 100-YARD GAME: Senior running back Jerome Harrison rushed for a game-high 124 yards and three 11/5 Arizona State [tba] [3-2] against Oregon State, his seventh-straight game over 100 yards…it also 11/12 Oregon [7:15p] [4-1] marked the second consecutive game Harrison has recorded three scores as he 11/19 @ Washington [12:15p] [1-4] tallied three against Grambling State (9/17)…dating back to the UCLA game last * - WSU home game played at Seattle season (11/6/04), Harrison is averaging 148.3 yards per game and has scored 12 touchdowns…in 2005 he is averaging 130.8 rushing yards per game, tops in the Pac-10 and sixth nationally…his backup, freshman DeMaundray Woolridge, is THIS WEEK: Stanford averaging 85.0 ypg. Record: 1-2, 0-1 9/10 @ Navy (41-38) HILL TOPS CAREER-HIGH FOR SECOND STRAIGHT GAME: For the second 9/17 UC Davis (17-20) consecutive game junior receiver Jason Hill set his career-high for receiving 9/24 Bye yards…against Grambling State (9/17), Hill pulled in 10 catches for 143 yards and 10/1 Oregon (20-44) two touchdowns…last Saturday against Oregon State Hill played just over one half 10/8 @ Washington State before suffering a quadriceps contusion but that was enough time to grab eight 10/15 @ Arizona catches, one and a career-best 190 yards…this season he is averaging 130.2 yards per game, second in the nation, while his 7.00 receptions per game are 10/22 Arizona State 14th nationally. 10/29 UCLA 11/5 @ USC BRINK THROWS FOR SCHOOL RECORD IN LOSS TO OSU: Sophomore 11/12 @ Oregon State Alex Brink threw for a school-record 531 yards and one touchdown last 11/19 California Saturday against Oregon State, breaking the previous mark of 476 yards set by 11/26 Notre Dame Drew Bledsoe against Utah in the 1992 Copper Bowl…for more details on Brink’s season please see page 4. NEXT WEEK: UCLA Record: 4-0, 1-0 BASLER BECOMES WSU ALL-TIME PUNTS LEADER: Senior punter Kyle Basler moved into the top spot on the WSU career punting list against Oregon State 9/3 @ San Diego State (41-38) with 220 punts…Basler passed Gavin Hedrick (1973-77), whose record of 217 9/10 Rice (63-21) stood for 27 years…for more on Basler’s career, please see page 5. 9/17 Oklahoma (41-24) 9/24 Bye PACIFIC-10 NOMINATIONS: WSU’s Pacific-10 Conference award nominations 10/1 Washington (21-17) after the Oregon State game were Jerome Harrison (offense), Steve Dildine 10/8 California (defense) and Brandon Gibson (special teams)…Harrison rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns against Oregon State, his seventh-straight 1`00-yard 10/15 @ Washington State effort…Dildine registered a team- and career-high 13 tackles against the Beavers 10/22 Oregon State while Gibson returned five kickoffs for 91 yards, including a long of 38 yards that 10/29 @ Stanford set up the Cougars second touchdown of the game. 11/5 @ Arizona 11/12 Arizona State 2005 WSU CAPTAINS: TE Troy Bienemann (81), RB Jerome Harrison (1), LB Will Derting (51), P Kyle Basler (8). 12/03 @ USC 2005 STANFORD GAME CAPTAINS: C Tim Mattran (62), DE Julian Jenkins (94), FS Calvin Armstrong (25). FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION Page 2 SID: Rod Commons ([email protected]) ASSISTANTS: Linda Chalich, Craig Lawson, Jason Krump, Bill Stevens ([email protected]), Rachel Porter 509-335-COUG; FAX 509-335-0267 WEB: www.wsucougars.com October 3, 2005

WASHINGTON STATE COUGAR FOOTBALL HEADLINES

PAGE 1: PAGE 9: • WSU-UCLA selected for FSN telecast Oct. 15 • WSU stiffens on third down • Harrison goes over 100 yards again • WSU blocks nine kicks in 2003-04 but none this year • Hill has great game at OSU before being injured • WSU’s Red Zone success • Brink sets record with 531 passing yards • WSU has 28 points off turnovers this year • Basler sets WSU career record • Cougars among sack and leaders • WSU nominations to the Pac-10 • WSU can score quickly, nine TDs in less than a minute this • WSU and Stanford captains year PAGE 3: PAGE 10: • WSU and Stanforde series information • WSU starters have made 374 career starts • WSU’s NCAA and Pacific-10 rankings • WSU two-deep breakdown includes 32 underclassmen • Stanford’s NCAA and conference rankings • Doba’s teams tough in the first half PAGE 4: • WSU penalties take a dip in 2004 and 2005 • Derting climbs Cougar tackle lists • WSU shows off new uniforms • Harrison, Woolridge each top 100 yards PAGE 11: • Woolridge just third freshman with 100 rushing yards • WSU’s bowl record • Bumpus having Banner year • WSU’s 10-win seasons place Cougs in elite company • Brink sets WSU passing record, among Pac-10’s best • WSU’s overtime history PAGE 5: • Bill Doba turns to Cougar grads to fill out staff • Jason Hill chases WSU TD receiving record • Defensive linemen Bruce, Howard ex- • Seven Cougars on award watch lists PAGE 12: • Basler punting accomplishments • WSU award winners from Oregon State game • Harrison over 100 rushing yards every game this year • WSU starters in 2005 PAGE 6: PAGE 13: • Six Cougar games already selected for live TV • Pac-10 rankings for WSU players • Braidwood anchors defensive line • Harrison leads Pac-10 in rushing and scoring TDs • A long time between Pullman games • Langley most accurate kicker in Pac-10 • Cougars have 12 rookies, nine freshmen on depth chart PAGE 14: • WSU enjoyed extra time to prepare • WSU has held 75 of 189 opponents to less than 100 yards • Streaks and notes rushing since 1979 PAGE 7: PAGE 15: • WSU second nationally, scoring in 242 straight games • Only 66 running backs have topped the 100-yard rushing • Nothing like home, were WSU wins most often mark against WSU in the last 189 games and just three in • WSU 38-15 in last 53 games, among nation’s best 2004 • WSU -4 in turnovers in 2005 PAGE 16 • WSU boasts second best records in Pac-10, 2001-2005 • WSU and Pac-10 media opportunities PAGE 8: PAGE 17-18 • Cougars score often in 2005 campaign • WSU game-by-game reviews • WSU 101-88 since 1989 PAGE 19: • WSU’s California win streak • WSU Depth Chart • WSU 11-22 against ranked teams since 1995 PAGE 20-22: • WSU QBs have thrown TD passes in 51 of last 53 games • 2005 WSU statistics • WSU’s offense very balanced

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WASHINGTON STATE (3-1, 0-1) STANFORD (1-2, 0-1)

HEAD COACH: Bill Doba HEAD COACH: Walt Harris Alma Mater: Ball State, 1962 Alma Mater: UOP, 1968 WSU Record: 18-10 (3rd year) Stanford Record: 1-2 (1st year) Career Record: 18-10 (3rd year) Career Record: 64-70 (12 years) Coaching Career: WSU assistant for 14 seasons before being Coaching Career: Named head coach prior to 2005 season named head coach in 2003…coached in the high school ranks after spending previous seven seasons as head coach at for 15 years, then at Indiana (Lee Corso, 1977-82), Purdue Pittsburgh…other than two-year stint as quarterback coach with (Leon Burtnett, 1983-86), The Citadel (Charlie Taaffe, 1987- NY Jets (1992-94), has spent entire career in college ranks 88). working at Ohio State (1995-96), Pacific (1971-73 and 1989- Notable Players Coached: WSU Linebackers Mark Fields, 91), Tennessee (183-88), Illinois 9180-82), Michigan State Chris Hayes, James Darling, Ron Childs and . (1978-79), Air Force (1978), California (1974-77). Notable Players Coached: WR’s Larry Fitzgerald and Terry WSU vs. STANFORD (23-31-1) Glenn, RB Eddie George, OT Orlando Pace, DT Reggie White. Most WSU Points Scored: 49 (49-42, 1984) Widest WSU Victory Margin 34 (40-6, 1958) STANFORD vs. WSU (31-23-1) Longest WSU Win Streak: 8 (1957-64) Most Stanford Points Scored: 63 (63-16, 1970) Last WSU Win: 2003 (24-14) Widest Stanford Victory Margin 49 (49-0, 1969) Last WSU Win in Pullman: 1997 (38-28) Longest Stanford Win Streak: 8 (1973-82) Last WSU Win in Stanford: 2003 (24-13) Last Stanford Win: 2004 (23-17) WSU at Home: 6-12-0 (-2) Last Stanford Win in Pullman: 2004 (23-17) WSU at Stanford: 14-17-0 (+3) Last Stanford Win in Stanford: 1999 (54-17) WSU at Spokane 2-3-1 Stanford at Home: 17-14-0 (-3) Bill Doba vs. Stanford: 1-1 Stanford at Pullman 12-6-0 (+2) Bill Doba vs. Walt Harris: First Meeting Stanford at Spokane 2-3-1 Walt Harris vs. WSU: First Meeting NCAA RANKINGS Walt Harris vs. Bill Doba: First Meeting [2005 Rankings as of 10/2] WSU WSU WSU NCAA RANKINGS TEAM CATEGORY AVG PAC-10 NCAA [2005 Rankings as of 10/2] Rushing Offense 191.00 3 27 OSU OSU OSU Passing Offense 339.75 3 7t TEAM CATEGORY AVG Conf. NCAA Passing Efficiency 146.73 5 25 Rushing Offense 106.33 8 89 Total Offense 530.75 3 5 Passing Offense 169.67 10 96 Scoring Offense 43.50 2 6 Passing Efficiency 106.44 10 92 Rushing Defense 84.00 1 13 Total Offense 276.00 10 108 Pass Defense 211.33 4 48 Scoring Offense 26.00 8 68 Pass Efficiency Defense 232.50 2 65 Rushing Defense 150.67 6 69 Total Defense 316.50 2 31 Pass Defense 320.67 9 113 Scoring Defense 24.50 4 55t Pass Efficiency Defense 142.23 8 93 Net Punting 34.88 7 55 Total Defense 471.33 10 113 Punt Returns 14.56 4 19 Scoring Defense 34.00 9 100 Kickoff Returns 20.24 7 68 Net Punting 35.94 4 42 Turnover Margin -1.00 8 99t Punt Returns 4.44 10 94 Kickoff Returns 26.67 1 13 2005 WSU NCAA LEADERS Turnover Margin -0.33 7 82 NAME CATEGORY AVG RANK Alex Brink Passing Efficiency 147.07 25 2005 STANFORD NCAA LEADERS Total Offense 305.25 14 NAME CATEGORY AVG RANK Michael Bumpus Punt Returns 16.21 12 Trent Edwards Passing Efficiency 114.28 86 Jerome Harrison Rushing 130.75 6 Nick Sanchez .33 91t All-Purpose Yards 153.50 15 Michael Okwo Interceptions .33 91t Scoring 12.00 3t Udeme Udofia Interceptions .33 91t Jason Hill Receiving Yards Per Game 130.25 2 Jay Ottovegio Punting 38.83 81 Receptions Per Game 7.00 14 Michael Sgroi Field Goals 1.67 21 Scoring 10.50 13t Scoring 8.00 59 Loren Langley Field Goals 1.75 18 T.J. Rushing Kickoff Returns 33.57 5 Scoring 9.75 25 Marcus McCutcheon Kickoff Returns 21.25 67 DeMaundray Woolridge Rushing 85.00 44

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DERTING ON TACKLE LISTS: Senior Will Derting, who BRINK SETS WSU PASSING RECORD: Alex Brink’s has made 253 tackles in his illustrious career, can move near performance against Oregon State Oct. 1 ranks as the best ever the top of several career lists this season…among Derting’s by a Cougar quarterback and one of the best in Pac-10 history: highlights: • Brink set WSU single game records with 531 passing yards • With 14.5 career sacks Derting ranks tied for ninth on and 515 yards of total offense; WSU’s list…eight sacks this year would put him among the • Brink notched the fourth best passing performance in Pac- top four; 10 history; • Derting has 98.0 yards in sacks to rank 10th on WSU’s • Brink is the first Cougar to top the 500 yard mark passing career list; and just the sixth WSU player to go over 400 yards…Drew • Derting’s 31.0 tackles-for-losses places him in a tie for fifth Bledsoe and Jason Gesser are the only Cougar quarterbacks on the career list…six more would place him in the top four; to top 400 yards twice in their careers and Bledsoe is the • Derting has 129.0 yards in TFL losses, 10th on the all-time only QB to do so twice in the same year; list; 40 more yards would put him in the top six; • Brink’s 515 yards of total offense ties him for second • Derting’s 253 tackles places him 15th on the WSU career among all Pac-10 players; list and just 30 tackles out of 10th place.the all-time list. • Brink is one of just eight Pac-10 Players to top 500 yards in total offense: HARRISON/WOOLRIDGE BOTH RUSH FOR 100-PLUS: Against Nevada and Grambling State Jerome Harrison and MORE BRINK HIGHLIGHTS FROM OSU GAME: DeMaundray Woolridge have each broken the 100-yard • Brink’s 65 plays (59 rushing, six rushing) ranks third on barrier, becoming the first pair of Cougar backs to rush for WSU’s single-game list behind Drew Bledsoe (74 vs. 100 yards in a game twice in the same season since Steve Montana, 1992) and Timm Rosenbach (66 vs. California); Broussard and Rich Swinton did so in 1988 (Illinois and • Brink’s 59 passes ranks second behind Drew Bledsoe’s 66 Oregon)…Harrison and Woolridge are the first pair of WSU throws against Montana, 1992; backs ever over 100 yards in consecutive games and the first • Brink’s 31 pass completions ranks third at WSU behind running backs since 1988 with multiple 100-yards games in Drew Bledsoe’s 37 against Montana, 1992, and Jerry the same season. Henderson’s 32 against Oregon in 1968

WOOLRIDGE THIRD FRESHMAN OVER 100: When WSU SINGLE GAME PASSING LIST: DeMaundray Woolridge rushed for 133 yards against 1. Alex Brink 2005 531 Oregon State Nevada, he became just the third freshman in WSU history 2. Drew Bledsoe 1992 476 Utah (Copper Bowl) to top the century mark rushing the football...the others were 3. Ryan Leaf 1997 447 Arizona State Will Haskell with 100 yards in 1993 against Oregon State 4. Jason Gesser 2001 432 California and Deon Burnett with 104 yards against California in 5. Jason Gesser 2002 431 California 1999...Haskell topped 100 yards in the third game of his 6. Drew Bledsoe 1992 413 Montana career and Burnett accomplished the fete in his fifth game... 7. Mark Rypien 1985 403 Oregon Woolridge was playing just his second game for WSU. 8. Mike Pattinson 1993 400 Arizona State

BUMPUS HAS BANNER YEAR: Michael Bumpus only WSU SINGLE GAME TOTAL OFFENSE: returned punts for 10 games in 2004 season, but still inked 1. Alex Brink 2005 515 Oregon State his name in several WSU Top 10 list…in 2005 he picked up 2. Drew Bledsoe 1992 468 Utah (Copper Bowl) where he left off, adding his name to several categories in 3. Jason Gesser 2002 417 California the record books: PAC-10 CONFERENCE SINGLE GAME PASSING: BUMPUS IN 2004: 1. Andrew Walter, ASU 2002 536 Oregon • 391 punt return yards ranked fourth; 2. , ASU 1989 534 WSU • 34 punt returns ranked fifth; 3. , ASU 1984 532 Florida State • 11.5 return average ranked fifth; 4. Alex Brink, WSU 2005 531 Oregon State • Two punt returns for touchdowns ranked second on single- 5. Ryan Kealy, ASU 1998 511 Arizona season list; 6. Pat Barnes, California 1996 503 Arizona • Two punt returns for touchdowns ranked tied for second on (4 overtimes) career list; • Sixth longest punt return in WSU history, 76-yards at ASU. PAC-10 CONFERENCE SINGLE GAME T-OFFENSE: 1. Jeff Van Raaphorst, ASU 1984 532 Florida State BUMPUS IN 2005: 2. Alex Brink, WSU 2005 515 Oregon State • 157 punt return yards at Nevada, second on single-game 2. Cade McNown, UCLA 1998 515 Miami (FL) list; 4. Paul Justin, ASU 1989 512 WSU • 87-yard punt return for a TD at Nevada, ranks No.1 all- time; • 618 career punt return yards rank fifth all-time; • Three career punt returns for touchdowns ties the WSU record, held by Mark Williams (1966-68).

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HILL CHASING COUGAR TD RECORD: Junior Jason Hill BASLER PINS THEM DEEP: Kyle Basler, in four seasons, is putting together his second straight banner season: has punted a school record 220 times and averaged 42.5 • He has now caught 19 TD passes, just three short of the yards, plus a net average of 38.1: WSU career record of 22 set by Hugh Campbell, 1960- • In all, 48 of his punts have gone for 50 or more yards 62…Hill’s 19 TD receptions places him second, just ahead • He has dropped 67 inside the opponent 20 yard line…that is of Nian Taylor, Deron Pointer and Devard Darling, who 30% of his punts inside the 20 yard line each had 18 TD receptions; • 32 of his punts have been downed inside the 10 yard line • He caught 12 TD passes in 2004, setting a school record; (15%) • This year Hill had two TD receptions in each of WSU’s first • 21 were downed inside the five yard line (10%) three games and one at Oregon State; • Basler had 15 punts inside the 20 as a freshman, 30 as a • His 10 catches against Grambling is tied for fourth on the sophomore, 19 as a junior in 2004 and three as a senior. single-game receptions list; • He finished the 2004 season ranked first in TD receptions BASLER SETS WSU CAREER RECORDS: Senior Kyle (12), fifth in receiving yards (1,007) and fourth in receiving Basler has set one WSU punting record and is on pace to average (22.4): break a second…here are his rankings going into the Oregon • In 2004 he had four games with over 100 receiving yards; State game: • Hill’s 45 receptions in 2004 led WSU receivers; • Hill had six catches for 206 yards and one score against CAREER PUNTS Colorado in 2004, ranking seventh on WSU’s single-season 1. 220 Kyle Basler, 2002-05 list 2. 217 Gavin Hedrick, 1974-77 • Hill’s three TD receptions against Idaho in 2004 equaled the WSU record shared with seven others; CAREER PUNT YARDS • In a five-game stretch in 2004, Colorado through Stanford, 1. 9,509 Gavin Hedrick, 1974-77 (217 punts) Hill caught 20 passes, nine for touchdowns; 2. 9,352 Kyle Basler, 2002-05 (220 punts) • Hill’s 190 receiving yards with eight receptions at OSU is his second most productive game. CAREER PUNT AVERAGE 1. 43.4 Gavin Hedrick, 1974-77 (217/9,409) COUGARS ON PRESEASON WATCH LISTS: Seniors Will 42.5 Kyle Basler, 2002-05 (216/9,200) Derting, Nick Mihlhauser Jerome Harrison, Kyle Basler and Troy Bienemann, and juniors Jason Hill and Mkristo Bruce, BASLER ON WSU LISTS: During his four seasons, Kyle have been named to national football award watch lists: Basler has had some outstanding game and season performances, including: WILL DERTING • His 78 punts in 2004 and 77 in 2003 rank third and fourth on • Butkus Award - Outstanding Linebacker the one-season list; • Rotary Lombardi Award - Outstanding Lineman (players • His 43.5 punting average in 2003 (77/3,351) ranks tied for within five yards of the line of scrimmage) fifth on the single-season list; • Ronnie Lott Trophy - Defensive Player of the Year • Basler’s 3,361 yards in 2004 and 3,351 yards in 2003 rank • Ted Bednarik Award - Defensive Player of the Year third and fourth on the one-season list; • Bronko Nagurski Award - Defensive Player of the year • Basler’s 87-yard punt against Arizona in 2004 is the longest in WSU history; MKRISTO BRUCE • Basler’s 430 punting yards against Stanford in 2003 ranks • Ted Hendricks Award - Outstanding Defensive End seventh on WSU’s one-game list. NICK MIHLHAUSER • Dave Rimington Trophy - Best Center HARRISON OFF TO FAST START IN 2005: Senior running • Rotary Lombardi Award - Outstanding Lineman (players back Jerome Harrison continues to be among the nation’s within five yards of the line of scrimmage) elite rushers through the first part of the 2005 season: JASON HILL • Harrison has rushed for 100-plus yards in seven consecutive games, averaging 148.3 ypg in that span; • Fred Biletnikoff Award - Outstanding Receiver • Harrison’s 130.8 ypg this season is tops in the Pac-10 and KYLE BASLER sixth nationally; • Ray Guy Award - Outstanding Punter • Harrison’s eight touchdowns this year are tied for No.1 in JEROME HARRISON the Pac-10 and tied for 3rd nationally; • Harrison’s nine career games of 100-plus yards is tied for • Doak Walker Award - National Running Back Award sixth on school list; TROY BIENEMANN - • Harrison’s 17 career rushing touchdowns are tied for eighth • NFF & CHoF Post-Graduate Scholarship Award on WSU’s career list; • Rotary Lombardi Award - Outstanding Lineman (players • Harrison’s 238 all-purpose yards at UCLA in 2004 rank within five yards of the line of scrimmage) eighth on WSU’s single-game list; • Harrison’s 247 yards rushing yards at UCLA in 2004 ranks third on career list.

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WSU GAMES TELEVISED BY ABC, FSN AND ESPN: Six STREAKS AND NOTES: Cougar football games have already been chosen for live • WSU’s 638 total yards against Oregon State was its highest television coverage this fall…additional Pac-10 games could offensive output since the 2001 season when the Cougars put be chosen for live TV coverage, either 12 or six days in up 653 yards of total offense against Montana State (10/18); advance of the game, per the Pac-10 television contract: • WSU opened its Pac-10 schedule on the road for the fourth straight year…Cougars won at California (2002), at Oregon • WSU vs. Idaho, FSN Northwest, 7:00 p.m. (2003), at Arizona (2004) and lost at Oregon State • WSU at Nevada, ESPN, 7:00 p.m. (2005)…WSU opened its 2001 Pac-10 season with a home • WSU vs. UCLA, FSN, 3:30 p.m. victory over California. • WSU at USC, ABC, 12:30 p.m. • WSU vs. Oregon, FSN, 7:15. p.m. MISC. WSU PLAYER NOTES: • WSU at Washington, FSN, 12:15 p.m. • Kyle Basler has averaged 40 or more yards 28 times in his career and has booted 47 punts 50 yards or longer; BRAIDWOOD ANCHORS COUGAR DEFENSIVE LINE: • Mkristo Bruce has 11.5 career sacks, 9.5 in last 13 games; Senior Adam Braidwood is making the most of his final • DeWayne Patterson, in his Cougar debut at free safety, season in a Cougar uniform: made five tackles and recorded one sack; • Braidwood leads the Cougars with 3.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles • WSU lists three first-year freshmen as backup for loss this season; linebackers…Cory Evans, Greg Trent and Jason Stripling • His five quarterback hurries is tops on the team in 2005; all are listed #2 and have played in each game this season; • Braidwood had three sacks against Oregon State in 2004 to • Courtney Williams, a true freshman, looked like a special rank tied for fourth on the single-game list; teams veteran against Idaho, making five tackles…he had • Braidwood had 25.0 yards in sacks at Oregon State in 2004, one of the top 400 meter times in the nation (preps) last eighth most by a Cougar in a game; year, 47.24 seconds; • He is tied for the team lead in forced with two. • Troy Bienemann has caught passes in 30 of his 38 games; • Alex Brink has thrown 16 TD passes in his nine starts; A LONG TIME BETWEEN PULLMAN GAMES: WSU • Michael Bumpus had a career-high eight receptions against opened in Martin Stadium Sept. 1 and doesn’t return home Idaho for a career-best 88 yards; until this weekend, Oct. 8, when Stanford visits the • Jerome Harrison has gone over 100-yards rushing in each Cougars…the last time WSU had an extended absence of his last seven games, averaging 148.3 yards in that span; between home games was in 1990 when WSU hosted UCLA • Jason Hill has racked up over 100 receiving yards in six Sept. 29, then was on the road until playing ASU at home games, including career-best effort 190 yards against Nov. 10. Oregon State, and come close three times, 98 yards against UCLA last year, 96 yards against Idaho and 92 at Nevada; COUGARS PLAY 12 ROOKIES: WSU played nine freshmen • Loren Langley has hit 48 of 51 extra point kicks…a and three transfers in the season’s first three games…it is the blocked PAT, a bad snap and hitting the right upright most first-year players to see action in Bill Doba’s 17 years accounted for the misses; at WSU…the transfers to play were DE Lance Broadus, DB • DeMaundray Woolridge is just the third true freshman at Lorenzo Bursey and DB DeWayne Patterson…the freshmen WSU to break the 100-yard rushing barrier and only the to see action were DT A’i Ahmu, LB Cory Evans, WR second with multiple 100-yard efforts…Woolridge had 133 Brandon Gibson, LB Jason Stripling, LB Greg Trent, WR yards at Nevada and 113 yards against Grambling. Benny Ward, LB Courtney Williams, DB Michael Willis, RB DeMaundray Woolridge…nine of the newcomers play on defense and three are offensive players.

WSU HAD EXTRA TIME TO PREPARE: WSU had extra time to prepare for each of its three opponents following the Idaho opener…the Cougs had one extra day to prepare for both Nevada Sept. 9 and Grambling State in Seattle Sept. 17 and then a bye before the Pac-10 opener at Oregon State…WSU is 6-5 over the last five seasons when having extra time to prepare, including 5-3 following a bye.

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SCORING STREAKS: WSU currently has three significant TURNOVERS: WSU is -4 in turnovers after four games in scoring streaks on the line: 2005…the Cougs finished the 2004 season -1 in • The Cougars have scored in 229 consecutive Pacific-10 turnovers…in 2003 WSU finished +8 in turnovers…in the games, the longest active streak for any league team...the last 16 years, WSU is -32 in turnovers…only three times last time WSU was shut out in Pac-10 play was at Oregon since 1989 has WSU had fewer turnovers than the State in 1975. opponents, yet they have won over half of their games with • WSU has scored in 242 consecutive games since a 44-0 seven winning seasons: shutout at Ohio State in 1984…the streak is the second longest among D-I schools…schools with streaks over 200 ------W S U ------OPPONENTS -- games are: Michigan 254, WSU 242, Oregon 235, Florida YEAR +/- F FL PI TOT F FL PI TOT State 212 and Florida 207; 2005 -4 9 5 6 11 12 3 4 7 • The Cougars have scored in 185 consecutive Martin 2004 -1 35 18 12 30 33 17 12 29 Stadium home games since a 21-0 loss to Oregon State in 2003 +8 31 18 22 40 47 24 24 48 Pullman in 1956. 2002 -4 31 15 14 29 21 8 17 25 2001 +12 25 13 15 28 23 14 26 40 NOTHING LIKE HOME: WSU performs better at home than 2000 -1 25 13 10 23 20 10 12 22 on the road, as do most schools: 1999 -4 23 12 9 21 14 5 12 17 • Since 1989, at home, the Cougars are 55-36 (60.4%); 1998 -17 22 15 25 40 22 11 12 23 • On the road since 1989 the team is 46-52 (46.9%); 1997 -1 16 15 13 28 8 8 19 27 • WSU’s 6-0 Pullman record in 1997 is the best ever for the 1996 -4 17 16 11 27 10 10 13 23 Cougars, while the 2001 record of 6-1 is the best on the 1995 0 36 7 10 17 38 7 10 17 road since the 1988 team also went 6-1; WSU was also 6-0 1994 +9 31 14 9 23 27 20 12 32 in “home” games in 2003, with one win coming in Seattle; 1993 -2 32 15 14 29 28 14 13 27 • WSU is 20-6 in home games and 17-8 on the road since 1992 -6 23 12 15 27 20 7 14 21 2001…the Cougs have had a winning record on the road the 1991 -5 23 12 16 28 26 10 13 23 past five years: 1990 -4 16 9 12 21 21 10 7 17 1989 -10 21 9 24 33 20 8 15 23 YEAR HOME AWAY OVERALL HIGHLIGHT TOTAL:-34 416 218 237 455 388 186 235 421 1989 3-2 3-3 6-5 1990 1-4 2-4 3-8 COUGS SECOND IN PAC-10 SINCE 2001: The WSU 1991 2-3 2-4 4-7 Cougars boast the second best record among Pacific-10 1992 5-1 4-2 9-3 Copper Bowl Conference schools over the past five years…WSU trails 1993 4-1 1-5 5-6 only USC in overall and Pac-10 records…here’s a 1994 3-2 5-2 8-4 Alamo Bowl breakdown of Pac-10 teams since 2001: 1995 3-2 0-6 3-8 1996 3-2 2-4 5-6 OVERALL 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1997 6-0 4-2 10-2 Rose Bowl TEAMS W L W L W L W L W L W L 1998 2-4 1-4 3-8 1. USC 44 9 4 0 11 0 12 1 11 2 6 6 1999 2-4 1-5 3-9 2. WSU 38 15 3 1 5 6 10 3 10 3 10 2 2000 1-5 3-2 4-7 3. ORE 35 19 4 1 5 6 8 5 7 6 11 1 2001 4-1 6-1 10-2 4. UCLA 31 20 4 0 6 4 6 7 8 5 7 4 2002 6-1* 4-2 10-3 Rose Bowl 5. OSU 30 23 3 2 6 5 8 5 8 5 5 6 2003 6-0* 4-3 10-3 Holiday Bowl 6. CAL 30 22 5 0 9 1 8 6 7 5 1 10 2004 2-4* 3-2 5-6 7. ASU 28 25 3 2 8 3 5 7 8 6 4 7 2005 2-0 1-1 3-1 8. WASH 23 30 1 4 1 10 6 6 7 6 8 4 TOTALS: 55-36 46-53 101-89 Six Bowls 9. STAN 20 28 1 2 4 7 4 7 2 9 9 3 * = Home record includes games in Seattle in 2002-2003-2004- 10. ARIZ 15 35 1 3 3 8 2 10 4 8 5 6 2005. PAC-10 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 COUGS 38-15 THE LAST FOUR SEASONS: Since 2001, TEAMS W L W L W L W L W L W L WSU has won 38 of 53 games and is tied for 20th among 1. USC 28 5 2 0 7 0 7 1 7 1 5 3 D-I teams with the most wins over the past five years: 2. WSU 22 11 0 1 3 5 6 2 7 1 6 2 Oklahoma 49-9, Texas 47-8, Miami (FL) 47-6, Georgia 46- 3. ORE 20 14 1 1 4 4 5 3 3 5 7 1 10, USC 47-9, Boise State 46-9, Ohio State 43-12, LSU 42- 4. UCLA 17 15 1 0 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 12, Tennessee 41-14, Iowa 41-14, Louisville 41-14, Auburn 5. CAL 18 16 2 0 7 1 5 3 4 4 0 8 41-15, Virginia Tech 41-16, Michigan 40-15, Florida State 6. OSU 17 17 1 1 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 40-15, Fresno State 39-17, Toledo 39-15, Bowling Green 7. WASH 14 20 0 2 0 8 4 4 4 4 6 2 39-14, Maryland 39-16, WSU 38-15, Marshall 38-16, Utah 8. ASU 14 20 1 1 5 3 2 6 5 3 1 7 38-14. 9. STAN 11 22 0 1 2 6 2 6 1 7 6 2 10. ARIZ 6 27 0 1 2 6 1 7 1 7 2 6

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COUGS SCORE OFTEN: Since 1980 WSU has averaged COUGS AGAINST RANKED TEAMS SINCE 1995: Since 26.6 points per game, including 43.5 this season…in 2004 1995 WSU is 11-22 against ranked teams and 6-7 when the WSU averaged 25.0 points…in 2003 the Cougs averaged Cougars were also ranked: 30.3 points and in 2002 it was 33.2 points…the following is a breakdown of WSU scoring by season since 1980: YEAR WSU OPPONENT DATE SCORE W/L 2004 #20 Arizona State N. 13 28-45 L YR RECORD 0 1-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50> PT/PPG 2004 #1 USC O. 30 12-42 L 1980 4-7-0 1 6 4 287/26.1 2003 #15 #5 Texas D. 30 28-20 W 1981 8-3-1 5 2 5 297/24.8 2003 #6 #3 USC N. 1 16-43 L 1982 3-7-1 1 1 6 2 1 170/15.5 2003 #21 #10 Oregon S. 20 55-16 W 1983 7-4-0 1 5 3 1 1 237/21.5 2003 #17 Colorado S. 13 47-26 W 1984 6-5-0 1 1 5 2 1 1 317/28.8 2003 #19 Notre Dame S. 6 26-29ot L 1985 4-7-0 1 2 2 5 1 313/28.5 2002 #7 #8 Oklahoma J. 1 14-34 L 1986 3-7-1 1 4 4 2 221/20.1 2002 #5 #15 Oregon N. 9 32-21 W 1987 3-7-1 3 5 3 238/21.6 2002 #8 #16 Arizona State N. 2 44-22 W 1988 9-3-0 5 3 3 1 415/34.6 2002 #17 #18 USC O. 5 30-27ot W 1989 6-5-0 1 1 3 2 3 1 351/31.9 2002 #10 #6 Ohio State S. 14 7-25 L 1990 3-8-0 4 3 2 1 1 266/24.2 2001 #9 #14 Washington N. 17 14-26 L 1991* 4-7-0 1 4 2 1 2 1 280/25.5 2001 #16 #9 UCLA N. 3 20-14 W 1992 9-3-0 1 1 4 4 1 1 337/28.1 2001 #14 #11 Oregon O. 27 17-24 L 1993 5-6-0 3 2 2 1 1 2 271/24.6 2001 #23 Stanford O. 13 45-39 W 1994 8-4-0 3 3 6 192/16.0 2000 #6 Washington N. 18 3-51 L 1995 3-8-0 1 4 3 2 1 236/21.5 2000 #7 Oregon (ot) N. 4 24-27 L 1996 5-6-0 2 6 1 2 314/28.5 2000 #18 Oregon State O. 28 9-38 L 1997 10-2-0 1 2 5 1 3 483/40.3 2000 #22 Arizona (3 ot) O. 14 47-53 L 1998 3-8-0 2 3 5 1 223/20.3 1999 - Did not play a ranked team 1999 3-9-0 1 5 4 1 1 248/20.7 1998 #10 Arizona N. 7 7-41 L 2000 4-7-0 1 2 3 3 2 281/25.5 1998 #15 Oregon O. 10 29-51 L 2001 10-2-0 2 2 3 3 2 420/35.0 1998 #4 UCLA O. 3 17-49 L 2002 10-3-0 1 1 2 4 5 431/33.2 1997 #8 #1 Michigan J. 1 16-21 L 2003 10-3-0 2 5 4 1 1 394/30.3 1997 #10 #21 Arizona State N. 1 31-44 L 2004 5-6-0 4 4 2 1 275/25.0 1997 #22 USC S. 13 28-21 W 2005 3-1-0 2 1 1 174/43.5 1996 #12 Washington (ot) N. 23 24-31 L 147-138-4 2 22 70 84 61 32 18 7681/26.6 1996 #19 California O. 19 21-18 W 1996 #25 Oregon S. 21 55-44 W * = TD RECORD: WSU scored at least one touchdown in 82 1996 #5 Colorado A. 31 19-37 L consecutive games between 1984 and 1991...the streak ended 1995 #12 Oregon O. 21 7-26 L with a 44-3 loss to UCLA in 1991. 1995 #5 USC O. 14 14-26 L 1995 #2 Nebraska S. 30 21-35 L WASHINGTON STATE SINCE '89: The Washington State Cougars are 101-87 since the start of the 1989 season...here's COUG TD STREAK: WSU quarterbacks have thrown a look at the records for Pac-10 teams, 1989-Present: touchdown passes in 51 of the last 53 games - every game during the 2001 (12) and 2002 (13) seasons, 11 of 13 games OVERALL PACIFIC-10 in 2003, all 11 games in 2004 and each game in 2005. 1989-PRESENT W L T W L T • The two games in 2003 when WSU didn’t throw a TD pass USC 128 67 5 81 44 3 were against Idaho in the opener and at home against New Washington 123 69 1 83 45 1 Mexico…WSU won both games; Oregon 123 71 0 73 54 0 • The last time WSU didn’t throw a TD pass at a foe’s home UCLA 109 80 1 69 59 1 field or in a was at Hawai’i in 1999 …since then Arizona State 103 84 1 63 64 1 WSU has thrown at least one TD pass in 28 straight games Washington State 101 88 0 58 71 0 played at the opponent’s field or in a bowl game. Arizona 98 91 1 58 70 1 California 92 94 1 53 75 1 BALANCED OFFENSE: The Cougars have a reputation of Stanford 88 94 2 60 68 0 being a passing team, but over the past 12 years have Oregon State 73 112 2 39 87 2 actually run the ball more times than they have thrown: • In the last 12 years WSU has run 5,188 rushing plays CALIFORNIA STREAKING: WSU streaks currently include: (50.4%) and 5,113 passing plays • Won 12 of its last 17 Pac-10 road games • In 2003 WSU rushed the ball 484 times (50.3%) and threw • Won eight of its last nine Pac-10 games in California 478 passes • Won 12 of its last 15 games against California schools • In 2004 WSU ran 410 times (51.3%) and passed 389 times. • In 2005, WSU has run the ball 164 times (51.4%) for 764 yards and passed 155 times for 1359 yards.

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COUGS LIMIT THIRD DOWNS: Over the past three years TURNOVERS = POINTS: This season WSU has converted WSU opponents have been successful on third down plays their opponent turnovers into touchdowns…in 2004 the just 29.7% of the time…this season Idaho converted 29% Cougars scored a total of 78 points off turnovers, nearly half of their third down opportunities, Nevada 25%, Grambling of the points the Cougars scored the previous season…in 23.5% and OSU 52.6%...opponents in 2004 were successful 2003 WSU scored 142 points off turnovers, taking the ball 33.3% of the time and in 2003 25.1%. away from the opponents 24 times with interceptions while recovering 24 of the opponents’ 47 fumbles: 2005 1stQ 2ndQ 3rdQ 4thQ GAME Idaho 0-2 1-6 2-5 2-4 5-17 2005 OPPONENT WSU WSU WSU @ Nevada 0-3 0-3 3-6 1-4 4-16 OPPONENT TOs TD FG POINTS Grambling 1-4 2-7 1-3 0-3 4-17 Idaho 1 1 0 7 OSU 4-5 0-3 3-5 3-6 10-19 @ Nevada 1 1 0 7 Stanford Grambling 1 1 0 7 UCLA OSU 1 1 0 7 California Stanford USC UCLA ASU California Oregon USC Washington Arizona State 2005 5-14 3-19 9-19 6-17 23-69 Oregon 35.7% 15.8% 47.5% 35.3 % 33.3% Washington 2004 13-42 13-50 18-47 18-50 63-189 2005 TOTALS: 4 4 0 28 31.0% 26.0% 38.3% 36.0% 33.3% 2004 Totals: 29 11/75 pts 1/3 pts 78 2003 8-49 15-62 19-50 10-46 52-207 2003 Totals: 48 18/124 pts 6/18 pts 142 16.3% 24.2% 38.0% 21.7% 25.1% COUGS AMONG SACK LEADERS: This year the Cougars BLOCK THOSE KICKS: WSU blocked nine kicks during the have made 17 sacks in the first four games, including six at 2003 and 2004 seasons, five placement kicks and four Nevada and seven versus Grambling; punts: • WSU led the Pac-10 with 55 sacks in 2002 and 40 in 2001; • In 2003 the Cougars blocked three punts and Cody Boyd • The Cougars recorded a sack in 22 straight games between blocked two field goals against Idaho and a PAT attempt 2001 and the Arizona game in 2003. against New Mexico; • WSU had 32 sacks in 2004; • In 2004 Aaron Johnson blocked a Colorado field goal • In 2003 WSU finished the regular season with 50 sacks, attempt and Wally Dada blocked a punt at New Mexico; second behind USC’s Pac-10-leading 55; • 168 sacks 2000-03 led the nation; RED ZONE: WSU has scored 21 times in 25 trips into the Red • 79 interceptions 2001-04 tied for first nationally with Zone…opponents have stopped WSU three times with Nebraska and first in the Pac-10; interceptions and a recovered : • 92 interceptions 2000-04 tied for fifth nationally and led the Pac-10; Virginia Tech led the NCAA with 102; WSU INSIDE 20 SCORED TD-FG % SUCCESS • 101 interceptions 1999-04 fifth nationally: 2005 25 21 14-7 84.0% 2004 33 25 20-5 75.8% SACKS INTERCEPTIONS 2003 53 42 24-18 79.2% 1999 - 18 (Pac-10 9th) 1999 - 12 2002 64 45 30-15 70.3% 2000 - 23 (Pac-10 9th) 2000 - 13 2001 57 45 31-14 78.9% 2001 - 40 (Pac-10 1st) 2001 - 26 2000 36 27 17-10 75.0% 2002 - 55 (Pac-10 1st) 2002 - 17 1999 32 31 23-8 96.9% 2003 - 50 (Pac-10 2nd) 2003 - 24 1998 28 17 10-7 60.7% 2004 - 32 (Pac-10 5th) 2004 - 12 1997 55 49 39-10 89.1% 2005 - 17 (Pac-10 1st) 2005 - 4

OPP INSIDE 20 SCORED TD-FG % SUCCESS WSU SCORES QUICKLY: WSU had three scoring drives 2005 16 13 9-4 81.2% lasting less than a minute against each opponent this year, 2004 39 32 24-8 82.1% giving WSU 52 scoring drives lasting less than a minute 2003 38 28 17-11 73.7% during the last four years…here’s the year totals since 2002 40 30 20-10 75.0% 2002: 2001 34 26 18-8 70.6% 2000 45 36 29-7 80.0% YEAR TD FG 1999 41 30 23-7 73.2% 2002 14 2 1998 42 34 30-4 81.0% 2003 11 2 1997 32 23 20-3 71.9% 2004 13 1 2005 9 1 Total 47 6

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COUGS BOASTED STARTING EXPERIENCE: With 47 BREAKING DOWN TOP 22-44: WSU’s starting lineup of 22 letterwinners returning from last year, including 17 starters, players against Stanford will include 2 freshman, 5 WSU has an experienced team in 2005: sophomores, 8 juniors and 7 seniors, while the top 44 (two- • A total of 34 players have started at least one game and deep) consisted of 9 freshmen, 8 sophomores, 15 juniors and combined they boast 374 career starts 12 seniors...in the two-deep, WSU lists a combined 17 • 17 Offensive players have made 180 starts and combined freshmen-sophomores and 27 juniors-seniors…32 of the top they played in 432 games 44 are underclassmen: • 14 defensive players have started 138 games and they have combined to play in 301games STARTERS (O-D) TOP 44 (O-D) Freshmen 0-2=2 3-3=6 DEF. STARTERS (G) POS CAREER ’05 ’04 ’03 ’02 RS-Freshmen 0-0=0 2-1=3 A’i Ahmu (4) DT 4 4 Sophomores 1-0=1 1-1=2 Adam Braidwood (41) DE 16 4 11 1 RS-Sophomores 2-2=4 2-4=6 Mkristo Bruce (28) DE 15 4 11 Juniors 1-0=1 1-2=3 Odell Howard (19) DT 2 2 RS-Juniors 3-4=7 7-6=13 Aaron Johnson (13) DT 11 4 7 Seniors 3-2=5 3-2=5 Ropati Pitoitua (8) DT 4 4 RS-Seniors 1-1=2 3-4=7 Scott Davis (26) LB 17 4 11 2 Will Derting (37) LB 33 4 11 12 6 DOBA’S TEAMS SHUT DOWN FOES: Bill Doba has been Steve Dildine (28) LB 9 4 4 1 WSU’s head coach for 28 games and he has won 18 Husain Abdullah (13) DB 2 2 times…in those 28 games, his Cougar teams have held the Wally Dada (22) CB 5 4 1 opponents without a TD in the first half 11 times…in 2003 Eric Frampton (27) DB 4 4 WSU blanked Idaho, Arizona and Stanford in the first half DeWayne Patterson (4) DB 2 2 and held Notre Dame to a field goal, Oregon to a safety and Alex Teems (31) CB 14 4 10 UCLA to a pair of field goals…in 2004 New Mexico didn’t TOTALS: (301) 138 44 72 16 6 score until the third quarter, Colorado had one first half field goal and Idaho was shutout until the fourth quarter…in 2005 OFF. STARTERS POS CAREER ’05 ’04 ’03 ’02 WSU has blanked Nevada and Grambling and given up one Bobby Byrd (15) OL 13 4 9 first-half TD (Idaho). Riley Fitt-Chappell (38) OL 9 4 5 Charles Harris (17) OL 6 4 1 1 PENALTIES DOWN: This year WSU has averaged 8.0 Norvell Holmes (26) OL 12 4 7 1 penalties for an average of 69.5 yards…in 2004 WSU Nick Mihlhauser (38) OL 25 4 11 9 1 averaged 7.0 penalties and 65.7 penalty yards per game, Sean O’Connor (24) OL 4 4 while in 2003 WSU averaged 11.5 penalties and 94.6 Troy Bienemann (38) TE 36 4 9 12 11 penalty yards per game: Boyd, Cody (21) TE 1 1 Jesse Taylor (27) TE 2 2 YEAR GAMES WSU PENALTIES OPP PENALTIES Michael Bumpus (15) WR 11 4 7 2005 4 games 32 278 (6th) 31 238 Trandon Harvey (36) WR 3 1 2 2004 11 games 77 723 (7th) 86 744 Jason Hill (27) WR 15 4 11 2003 13 games 150 1230 (9th) 102 875 Chris Jordan (27) WR 15 4 10 1 2002 13 games 103 872 (6th) 94 845 Marty Martin (36) WR 4 4 2001 12 games 87 759 (7th) 97 922 Josh Swogger (17) QB 6 6 2000 11 games 115 928 (10th) 92 806 Alex Brink (15) QB 9 4 5 Note: Pac-10 ranking for WSU noted in () Jerome Harrison (15) RB 9 4 5 TOTALS: (432) 180 44 88 30 18 COUGARS DEBUT NEW UNIFORMS: It is back to the basics for WSU’s new uniforms this season…while the KICKERS POS CAREER ’05 ’04 ’03 ’02 crimson and gray helmets remain the same with the Cougar Kyle Basler (41) P 41 4 11 13 13 logo on each, uniform pants and tops will have a more basic Graham Siderius (31) PK 2 2 look…there are two jerseys, one white for use on the road Loren Langley (15) PK 13 4 9 and one crimson for use at home…pant colors will include TOTALS: (87) 56 8 22 13 13 white, crimson and two gray pants, one solid and one with traditional striping down the side…both the white and GRAND TOTALS: (820) 374 96 182 59 37 crimson pants also have the traditional NFL-style stripes down the side…the front of the jerseys will have a smaller BASLER, BIENEMANN, DERTING LEAD IN STARTS: “Washington State University” across the front, along with a Punter Kyle Basler has started all 41 games in his career, return to block numbers…a new addition this year will be while tight end Troy Bienemann has made 36 starts in 38 the use of uniform numbers on the jersey sleeves. games…linebacker Will Derting has 33 starts to his credit in 37 games.

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WSU BOWL RECORD: WSU’s appearance in the 2003 WSU’S OVERTIME EXPERIENCE: The Cougars are 2-6 in Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was the Cougars’ 10th bowl overtime games: appearance and second in the Holiday Bowl…WSU is 6-4 in 10 previous bowl games: YEAR OPPONENT #of OTs SCORE W/L • 1916 Rose Bowl - WSU 14, Brown 0 (W) 1996 Washington 1 24-31 L • - Alabama 24, WSU 0 (L) 1997 Arizona 1 35-34 W • 1981 Holiday Bowl - BYU 38, WSU 36 (L) 2000 Arizona 3 47-53 L • 1988 Aloha Bowl - WSU 24, Houston 22 (W) 2000 Arizona State 1 20-23 L • 1992 Copper Bowl - WSU 31, Utah 28 (W) 2000 Oregon 1 24-27 L • 1994 Alamo Bowl - WSU 10, Baylor 3 (W) 2002 USC 1 30-27 W • 1998 Rose Bowl - Michigan 21, WSU 16 (L) 2002 Washington 3 26-29 L • 2001 Sun Bowl - WSU 33, Purdue 27 (W) 2003 Notre Dame 1 26-29 L • 2003 Rose Bowl - Oklahoma 34, WSU 14 (L) • 2003 Holiday Bowl - WSU 28, Texas 20 (W) DOBA TURNS TO COUGARS FOR ASSISTANTS: When Bill Doba began assembling his staff in December, 2002, PAC-10 PICKS WSU SIXTH: Despite the return of 17 starters after taking over for , he turned to three former nine on offense, six on defense and 2 kickers) and 47 Cougar players, a former head coach he worked for, and a letterwinners the Cougars were picked to finish sixth by the Pac-10 offensive coordinator…four of the new coaches media covering the Pacific-10 Conference when they Doba brought to WSU have served as coordinators…his gathered in early August…the 2005 Pac-10 Media Poll: 1. staff includes five former Cougar players, equaling the USC 410 points (unanimous), 2. California 300, 3. ASU most graduates on any D-1 staff in 2003…here is a quick 296, 4. Oregon 290, 5 UCLA 282, 6. WSU 189, 7. OSU rundown: 159, 8. Arizona 131…9. Stanford 106, 10. Washington 91.….WSU was picked to finish fifth in 2005 and ended the 1. Robb Akey, DC/line, joined WSU 1998, Weber State ’88, year seventh with a 3-5 Pc-10 record. came to WSU from N. Arizona, where he was DC; 2. Leon Burtnett, linebackers, joined WSU 2003, former BRUCE ATTENDS CONFERENCE: Sophomore defensive Purdue head coach (1982-86) and an assistant for end Mkristo Bruce was among 321 NCAA student-athletes Indianapolis Colts, also on WSU staff 1971, DC at selected to attend the 2004 NCAA Leadership Conference Wyoming, Purdue, Fresno State, Northeast Louisiana, in late May…the conference was designed to enhance Arkansas State; student-athletes’ leadership and communication skills and 3. Ken Greene, secondary, joined WSU 2003, Washington to enable them to become more effective leaders and State ’77, came to WSU from Purdue, played motivators. professionally with St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Chargers; WSU AMONG ELITE WITH 10-WIN SEASONS: 4. Mike Levenseller, OC/Receivers, joined WSU in 1992, Washington State was one of just four NCAA Div. I teams Washington State ’78, played professionally with Oakland, to record 10 wins in each of the 2001-02-03) seasons…the Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Cincinnati, Edmonton and Calgary; others are Maryland, Miami (FL) and Oklahoma. 5. Robin Pflugrad, tight ends/RC, joined WSU 2001, Portland State ’80; came to WSU from N. Arizona, where he was 2003 SEASON AMONG BEST: WSU’s 10-3 finish in 2003 OC; equaled the fifth best record for the Cougars since the 6. Timm Rosenbach, quarterbacks, joined WSU 2003, 1920’s when teams began playing 10 or more Washington State ’88; came from E. Washington, where games…WSU’s best records include 9-1 (90.0%) in 1930, he was OC, played professionally with Phoenix, New 10-2 (83.3%) in 1929, 1997 and 2002 and 10-3 (76.9%) in Orleans and Hamilton; 2002 and 2003. 7. Kelly Skipper, running backs, joined WSU 2003, Fresno State ’89, he was OC before joining WSU; BACK-TO-BACK 10-WIN SEASONS RARE IN PAC-10: 8. Mike Walker, defensive line, joined WSU 1997, WSU posted three straight 10-win seasons in 2001-02-03, a Washington State ’82, played professionally with rare fete in the Pac-10…WSU also had four 10-win seasons Hamilton and Edmonton; between 1997 and 2003 and made two Rose Bowl 9. George Yarno, offensive line, joined WSU 2003, appearances…how rare were those 10-win seasons: Washington State ’79, also a WSU assistant 1991-94, OC at Idaho, 19956-97, played professionally with Tampa • WSU and USC are the only Pac-10 teams with four 10-win Bay, Atlanta, Houston and Green Bay. seasons in a seven-year period…USC has done it three times, but WSU is the only team to do it since 1978; TWO QBS ON DEFENSIVE LINE: Two members of WSU’s • WSU and USC are the only teams with three straight 10- defensive line, Odell Howard and Mkristo Bruce, were high win seasons, USC in 1931-32-33 and 2002-03-04, while school quarterbacks…Howard prepped at Pomona High WSU did it in 2001-02-03. (Pomona, Calif.) and Bruce at Liberty High near • Just five Pac-10 teams have had back-to-back 10-win Renton…Bruce passed for 718 yards and seven touchdowns seasons since the lead went to 10 teams in 1978, WSU plus and ran for 602 as a senior, while Howard threw for 1,085 Oregon 2000-01, UCLA 1997-98 and 1987-88, Washington yards and 10 touchdowns his senior year. 1981-82 and 1990-91, and USC 1978-79 and 2002-03-04;

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WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS: Washington State's weekly FOX Sports Net award winners from the Oregon State game are:

Pac-10 Offense: Jerome Harrison (Kalamazoo, Mich.) Pac-10 Defense: Steve Dildine (Graham, Wash.) Pac-10 Special Teams: Brandon Gibson (Puyallup, Wash.) Offensive Scout Team: Tony Thompson (Seattle, Wash.)/Jessie Baines (Puyallup, Wash.) Defensive Scout Team: Terence Simmons (Auburn, Wash.) Cougar Claw Offense: Jason Hill (San Francisco, Calif.)/Trandon Harvey (National City, Claif.) Cougar Claw Defense: Don Turner (Spokane, Wash.) Assassin: None Iron Man: Greg Trent (Keller, Texas) Gamebreaker: None

2005 WSU FOOTBALL STARTERS

POS IDA NEV GRAM OSU STAN UCLA CAL USC ASU ORE WASH SE Hill Hill Hill Hill LT Byrd Byrd Byrd Byrd LG O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor O’Connor C Mihlhauser Mihlhauser Mihlhauser Mihlhauser RG Holmes Holmes Holmes Holmes RT Harris Harris Harris Harris TE Bienemann Bienemann Bienemann Bienemann SB Bumpus Bumpus Bumpus Bumpus QB Brink Brink Brink Brink RB Harrison Harrison Harrison Harrison FL Jordan Jordan Jordan Jordan PK Langley Langley Langley Langley NOTE: WSU’s starting offensive lineup usually included three wide receivers (as noted above) and one running back, but occasionally included four wide receivers, usually without the tight end, or five wide receivers without a tight end and running back.

DE Bruce Bruce Bruce Bruce DT Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson DT Ahmu Ahmu Ahmu Ahmu DE Braidwood Braidwood Braidwood Braidwood WLB Dildine Dildine Dildine Dildine MLB Derting Derting Derting Derting SLB Davis Davis Davis Davis RCB Dada Dada Dada Dada SS Frampton Frampton Frampton Frampton FS Patterson Patterson Abdullah Abdullah LCB Teems Teems Teems Teems P Basler Basler Basler Basler

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2005 PACIFIC-10 RANKINGS FOR THE COUGARS [UPDATED: October 2, 2005]

PLAYER AVG PAC-10 PLAYER AVG PAC-10 CATEGORY RANK CATEGORY RANK

Husain Abdullah Steve Dildine Forced Fumbles 0.33 6t Tackles 6.5 20t Fumbles Recovered 0.25 8t Kyle Basler Punting 39.1 7 Eric Frampton Passes Defended 1.25 5t Adam Braidwood Sacks 3.5 5 Jerome Harrison Tackles For Loss 4.5 10 Rushing 130.8 1 Forced Fumbles 0.50 1t Total Offense 130.8 10 All-Purpose 153.5 3 Alex Brink Scoring 12.0 1t Passing 306.2 4 Scoring (TDs) 12.0 1t Total Offense 3-5.2 4 Passing Efficiency 147.1 5 Jason Hill Receptions Per Game 7.00 3 Mkristo Bruce Receiving Yds Per Game 130.2 2 Tackles 5.0 38t All-Purpose 130.2 6 Sacks 3.0 6 Scoring 10.5 4t Scoring (TDs) 10.5 4t Michael Bumpus Punt Return Avg. 16.2 3 Loren Langley Scoring 9.8 8 Lorenzo Bursey Scoring (Kick) 9.8 3 Kick Return Avg. 21.9 7 Field Goals 1.75 3 Field Goal Percentage 1.000 1 Scott Davis PAT Kicking 94.7 9 Tackles 4.5 46t DeMaundray Woolridge Will Derting Rushing 85.0 7 Tackles 7.0 18t

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RUSHING TOTALS UNDER 100: In the last 17 years WSU has held 75 of 189 opponents to less than 100 yards rushing...the lows include Montana State -35 (1993), Arizona -17 (2002), Pacific -6 (1993) and Montana’s -6 (1995)...in those 189 games, WSU held opponents to 50 or less yards 21 times:

1989 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 5/11 (6 teams less than 100 yards) Idaho 82, BYU 71, OSU 56, Wyoming 26, USC 161, Oregon 55, Stanford 80, Arizona 261, ASU 117, California 149, Washington 136. 1990 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 11/11 (0) TCU 107, Wyoming 226, BYU 133, California 234, UCLA 158, USC 307 Oregon State 170, Arizona 300, Stanford 147, ASU 146, Washington 227. 1991 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 11/11 (0) Oregon 283, Fresno State 194, Ohio State 321, UNLV 161, Oregon State 168, USC 301, ASU 224, UCLA 268, Arizona 190,Stanford 222, Washington 194. 1992 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing -7/12 (5) Montana 52, Arizona 58, Fresno State 168, Temple 70, Oregon State 190, UCLA 86, USC 188, Oregon 154, ASU 91, Stanford 193, Washington 142, Utah 179. 1993 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 3/11 (8) Michigan 179, Montana State -35, OSU 76, USC 104, Pacific -6, ASU 83, California 28, Arizona 38, Oregon 98, UCLA 82,Washington 302. 1994 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 3/12 (9) Illinois 5, Fresno State 34, UCLA 69, Tennessee 149, Oregon 27, Arizona 51, ASU 36, California 93, USC 68, OSU 178, Washington 102, Baylor 74. 1995 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 5/11 (6) Pittsburgh 78, Montana -6, UCLA 137, Nebraska 428, OSU 72, USC 93, Oregon 43, Arizona 84, California 134, Stanford 131, Washington 222. 1996 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 10/11 (1) Colorado 192, Temple 125, Oregon 118, SJSU 100, Arizona 145, OSU 141, California 44, Illinois 148, UCLA 164, Stanford 102, Washington 213. 1997 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 8/12 (4) UCLA 209, USC 31, Illinois 173, Boise State 46, Oregon 154, Cal 109, Arizona 73, ASU 150, USL 75, Stanford 160, Washington 101, Michigan 128. 1998 – Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing – 9/11 (2) Illinois 123, Boise State 120, Idaho 100, California 79, UCLA 256, Oregon 247, USC 214, ASU 242, Arizona 361, Stanford 94, Washington 178. 1999 – Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing – 10/12 (2) Utah 175, Stanford 103, Idaho 158, Arizona 249, California 58, Louisiana 130, ASU 217, OSU 163, Oregon 228, USC 201, Washington 250, Hawaii 83. 2000 – Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing – 9/11 (2) Stanford 118, Utah 136, Idaho 216, Cal 149, BSU 193, Arizona 254, ASU 117, OSU 267, Oregon 94, USC 91, Washington 336. 2001 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 4/12 (8) Idaho 74, BSU 54, Cal 71, Arizona 76, OSU 24, Stanford 219, MSU 134, Oregon 446, ASU 130, Washington 79, Purdue 55. 2002 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 5/13 (8) Nevada 108, Idaho 51, OSU 292, MSU 62, Cal 101, USC 72, Stanford 150, Arizona -17, ASU 37, Oregon 60, Washington 19, UCLA 53, Oklahoma 146. 2003 – Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing – 4/13 (9) Idaho 83, Notre Dame 167, Colorado 97, New Mexico 22, Oregon 54, Arizona 65, Stanford 42, Oregon State 15, USC 222, UCLA 145, ASU 60, Washington 78, Texas 131. 2004 – Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing – 8/11 (3) New Mexico 186, Colorado 47, Idaho 131, Arizona 80, Oregon 209, Stanford 139, Oregon State 171, USC 186, UCLA 107, Arizona State 141, Washington 71. 2005 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - -2/4 (2) Idaho 86, Nevada 125, Grambling State 11, Oregon State 120

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100-YARD RUSHERS FEW: Only 66 running backs have been able to crack the 100-yard mark in the last 17 years and 189 games against WSU’s defense.

1989 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 3 , USC, 132; Greg Zomalt, California, 105, Greg Lewis, Washington, 115 1990 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 5 Anthony Wallace, California, 154; Brian Brown, UCLA, 125; Mazio Royster, USC, 203; Lockwood, USC, 102; Beno Bryant, Washington, 114 1991 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 8 Sean Burwell, Oregon, 189; Deon Strother, USC, 122; Mazio Royster, USC, 114; George Montgomery, ASU, 128; KevinWilliams, UCLA, 112; Ontiwaun Carter, Arizona, 106; Tommy Vardell, Stanford, 140; Beno Bryant, UW, 127 1992 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 3 Anthony Daigle, Fresno State, 100; Ellery Roberts, Stanford, 100; Keith Williams, Utah, 112 1993 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 2 Tyrone Wheatley, Michigan, 117; Napoleon Kaufman, Washington, 181 1994 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 1 J.J. Young, Oregon State, 100 1995 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 5 Karim Abdul-Jabar, UCLA, 125; Ahman Green, Nebraska, 176; Reynard Rutherford, California, 124; Anthony Bookman, Stanford, 123; Rashaan Shehee, Washington, 212 1996 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 2 Skip Hicks, UCLA, 116; Corey Dillon, Washington, 155 1997 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 4 Skip Hicks, UCLA, 190; Robert Holcombe, Illinois 163; Michael Martin, ASU, 111; Anthony Bookman, Stanford, 115 1998 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 5 Steve Havard, Illinois, 103, Reuben Droughns, UO, 217; Gerald Green, ASU, 119, Trung Canidate, Arizona, 174, Willie Hurst, Washington, 155. 1999 – Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU – 8 Mike Anderson, Utah, 108; Anthony Tenner, Idaho, 118; Trung Canidate, Arizona 158; Darren Brister, ULL, 113; J.R. Redmond, ASU, 165; Reuben Droughns, UO, 123; , USC, 117; Paul Arnold, UW, 126. 2000 – Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU – 6 Willie Alderson, Idaho, 113; Leo Mills, Arizona, 129; Tom Pace, ASU, 103, Ken Simonton, OSU, 169; Rich Alexis, UW, 122; Braxton Cleman, UW, 105. 2001 – Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU – 6 Brian Allen, Stanford, 133; Ryan Johnson, MSU, 116; Onterrio Smith, 285, and Maurice Morris, Oregon, 138; DeShaun Foster, UCLA, 102; Delvon Flowers, ASU, 137. 2002 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 3 Maurice Clarett, OSU, 230, Joe Igber, Cal, 111, Quentin Griffin, Oklahoma, 144 2003 Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU – 2 LenDale White, USC, 149, Tyler Ebell, UCLA, 105. 2004 Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU – 3 DonTrell Moore, UNM, 167; Terrance Whitehead, Oregon, 166; Ryan Cole, Oregon State, 104. 2005 Players Gained 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 0 None

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BILL DOBA TV SHOWS: “KXLY Cougar Football Saturday” WSU RADIO: Bob Robertson, Jim Walden and Bud Nameck airs each Saturday during the football season at 12:00 p.m. combine talents on the 26-station Cougar Sports PT, leading into ABC’s Pac-10 Game of the Week…Rick Network…Robertson is in his 39th year of broadcasting Lukens and Dennis Patchin host the shows, along with Cougar sports…Walden, a former Cougar head coach (1978- Keith Osso and Allison Leep...FOX Sports Net Northwest’s 86), is in his fifth season as a Cougar nightly (7:00 p.m.) Northwest Tonight program also gives commentator…Nameck has been broadcasting WSU sports extensive coverage to Doba and Cougar football. on radio or television since 1981 and is in his fourth season as part of the radio team…broadcast time is 60 minutes prior DOBA PHONE CONFERENCES: Bill Doba is available for to kickoff. Additionally, the one-hour "Bill Doba Show," media interviews three times weekly via a conference phone produced and distributed by the Cougar Sports Radio hookup, Sunday at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. and Network and KXLY, airs weekly on most network stations Thursday at 2:15 p.m. For access information contact the live Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m…Robertson is the show’s regular WSU Media Information Office. host…all game broadcasts are available via the internet…to listen, and for complete broadcast schedules, connect to WEEKLY WSU PRESS CONFERENCES: WSU hosts a www.wsucougars.com. weekly press conference each Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. in Bohler Athletic Complex 186. All in-season head coaches PAC-10 SATELLITE FEED: The Pac-10 provides a weekly and selected players (when available) will be available for satellite feed featuring interviews with the head coaches and the phone conference and in-person interviews. Contact the selected players regarding upcoming games, plus highlight WSU Media Information Office for more information. footage. The 30-minute feed airs every Wednesday at 11:30 Members of the media may attend in person or participate by a.m. PDT/MST (2:30 EDT) beginning Sep. 7 and running use of the telephone. through Nov. 30. Coordinates for the feed are Satellite IA5/C14, c-band). Trouble numbers: Master Control 310- LIVE TELEVISION: Pac-10 television action this week 543-1835 or 805-231-3229 or pager 888-451-5861, or includes: Michelle Zumalt at the Pac-10 at 925-932-4411.

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WSU 38, Idaho 26 WSU 55, Nevada 21 Sept. 1, 2005, Pullman, Wash. -- Jerome Harrison rushed for Sept. 9, 2005, Reno, Nev. -- Michael Bumpus collected 157 165 yards and two first-quarter touchdowns to lead WSU past yards in punt returns, including a school-record 87-yard touchdown return, as WSU defeated Nevada, 55-21. Idaho 38-26. Harrison scored on the game’s first play from scrimmage with an 80-yard scamper up the right sideline. The Washington State 14 13 21 7 55 Cougars recovered a Vandal fumble on the ensuing kickoff and Nevada 0 0 14 7 21 Harrison converted the turnover into points with a 4-yard run 1:09 into the game. TEAM QT TIME SCORING PLAY WSU 1 3:13 Frampton 36 interception return (Langley kick) Idaho 6 6 7 7 26 WSU 1 :26 Bienemann 18 pass from Brink (Langley kick) Washington State 17 0 14 7 38 WSU 2 9:51 Langley 18 field goal WSU 2 3:33 Hill 6 pass from Brink (Langley kick) TEAM QT TIME SCORING PLAY WSU 2 :22 Langley 28 field goal WSU 1 14:48 Harrison 80 run (Langley kick) NEV 3 11:13 Spencer 21 pass from Rowe (Jackle kick) WSU 1 13:51 Harrison 4 run (Langley kick) WSU 3 10:27 Hill 22 pass from Brink (Siderius kick) IDAHO 1 8:55 Williams 9 pass from Harrington (kick failed) WSU 3 8:06 Bumpus 87 punt return (Langley kick) WSU 1 :12 Langley 26 field goal WSU 3 4:36 Gibson 44 pass from Swogger (Siderius kick) IDAHO 2 6:37 Barrow 24 field goal NEV 3 :30 Mitchell 14 run (Jackle kick) IDAHO 2 2:56 Barrow 24 field goal NEV 4 12:51 Hubbard 3 run (Jackle kick) WSU 3 9:37 Bumpus 26 pass from Brink (Langley kick) WSU 4 7:12 Woolridge 1 run (Siderius kick) IDAHO 3 5:27 Smith 4 pass from Wichman (Barrow kick) WSU 3 3:54 Hill 72 pass from Brink (Langley kick) TOTAL OFFENSE: WSU 75/534/7/1. Nevada 77/382/5.0. WSU 4 13:19 Hill 20 pass from Brink (Langley kick) RUSHING: WSU 43/267/20/247/1/70: Woolridge 15/133 (TD), IDAHO 4 2:50 Bird 6 run (Barrow kick) Harrison 18/121, Asuega-Stark 2/5, Collins 1/1, Swogger 1/0, Brink 3/-2, Team 3/-11. Nevada 35/154/25/129/2/21: Mitchell 13/59 (TD), TOTAL OFFENSE: WSU 64/436/6.8. Idaho 73/266/3.6. Rowe 11/38, Hubbard 6/25 (1 TD), Spencer 1/6, Moore 3/0, Team RUSHING: WSU 35/216/10/206/2/80: Harrison 24/170 (2 TD), Brink 1/-3. 3/29, Woolridge 4/17, Bumpus 1/-1, Team 3/-4. Idaho PASSING: WSU 32/19/0/287/4/47: Brink 23/15/0/202/3/47, Swogger 41/124/38/86/1/9: Bird 23/70 (1 TD), Lumbala 10/35, Ford 2/15, 9/4/0/85/1/44. Nevada 42/23/1/257/1/52: Rowe 32/19/1/219/1/52, Sherman 1/-2, Smith 1/-3, Harrington 1/-4, Wichman 2/-12, Team Moore 10/4/0/38/0/13. 1/-13. RECEIVING: WSU: Hill 5/92 (2 TD), Bienemann 4/58 (TD), Harvey PASSING: WSU 29/17/2/230/3/72: Brink 29/17/2/230/3/72. Idaho 3/27, Bumpus 2/21, Jordan 2/17, Gibson 1/44 (TD), Harrison 1/15, 32/19/0/180/2/31: Wichman 23/13/0/143/1/31, Harrington Prator 1/13. Nevada: Spencer 7/126 (TD), McCoy 4/23, Pudewell 9/6/0/37/1/18. 2/23, Darlington 2/21, Flowers 2/20, Brackett 2/10, Haug 2/5, RECEIVING: WSU: Bumpus 8/88 (1 TD), Hill 5/96 (2 TD), Sammons 1/20, Rosenblum 1/9. Bienemann 3/32, Harrison 1/14. Idaho: Smith 10/103 (1 TD), INTERCEPTIONS: WSU: Frampton 1/36 (TD). Nevada: None. Askew 4/37, Lumbala 2/31, E. Williams 1/9, Sherman 1/2, Bird 1/- PUNTING: WSU: Basler 4/153/38.2/47, Nevada: Bergendahl, 2. 10/421/42.1/51. INTERCEPTIONS: WSU: None. Idaho: Snyder 1/7, Martin 1/0. PUNT RETURNS: WSU: Bumpus 5/157/87 (TD), Bursey, 2/6/6. PUNTING: WSU: Basler 5/211/42.2/47, Team 1/44/44.0/44. Idaho: Nevada: Stanley, 1/2/2. Conley 9/351/39.0/50. KICKOFF RETURNS: WSU: Bursey 3/68/34, Collins, 1/12/12. PUNT RETURNS: WSU: Bumpus 4/28/25. Idaho: W. Williams 3/4/2. Nevada: Wilson, 4/69/23, Hubbard, 1/21/21. KICKOFF RETURNS: WSU: Bursey 5/109/28. Idaho: Ramsey SCORING: WSU: Hill 12, Langley 10, Bienemann 6, Bumpus 6, 4/75/42, Sherman 1/17/17, Dykes 1/10/10. Gibson 6, Frampton 6, Woolridge 6, Siderius 3. Nevada: Spencer 6, SCORING: WSU: Harrison 12, Hill 12, Langley 8, Bumpus 6. Idaho: Mitchell 6, Hubbard 6, Jaekle 3. Barrow 8, Bird 6, Smith 6, E. Williams 6. FIRST DOWNS: WSU 27/13/12/2. Nevada 21/8/11/2. FIRST DOWNS: WSU 16/7/9/0. Idaho 19/7/9/3. FUMBLES/LOST: WSU 2/1. Nevada 1/0. FUMBLES/LOST: WSU 2/1. Idaho 4/1. PENALTIES/YARDS: WSU 6/48. Nevada 3/46. PENALTIES/YARDS: WSU 9/103. Idaho 7/54. POSSESSION TIME: WSU 30:22. Nevada 29:38. POSSESSION TIME: WSU 25:20. Idaho 34:40. THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS: WSU 4/12. Nevada 4/16. THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS: WSU 5/15. Idaho 5/17. ATTENDANCE 17,552. ATTENDANCE 28,933. WSU TACKLERS (T/P/A): Braidwood 6/5/1, Derting 5/5/0, Diddine WSU TACKLERS (T/P/A): Derting 11/4/7, Frampton 7/4/3, Davis 5/4/1, Trent 4/4/0, Davis 4/4/0, Bruce 3/3/0, Teems 3/3/0, Dada 6/2/4, Patterson 5/4/1, Bruce, 5/3/2, Williams 5/3/2, Teems 5/2/3, 3/3/0, Evans 3/1/2, Willis 2/2/0, Eichelberger 2/2/0, Frampton 2/2/0, Dada 4/4/0, Dildine 4/1/3, Bass 3/2/1, Braidwood 3/2/1, Turner Hall 2/2/0, Patterson 2/2/0, Ahmu 2/1/1/, Turner 2/1/1, Bell 2/1/1, 3/2/1, Ahmu, 3/1/2, Johnson 3/1/2, Olson 2/2/0, Mullennix 2/1/1, Langley 2/1/1, Woodard, 1/1/0, Stripling 1/1/0, Bass 1/1/0, Baltzer Willis 2/1/1, Bursey 1/1/0, Collins 1/1/0, Gibson 1/1/0, Hall 1/1/0, 1/1/0, Mullenix 1/1/0, Olson 1/1/0, West 1/1/0, Graise 1/1/0, Rogers Evans 1/0/1, Stripling 1/0/1, Ward 1/0/1. 1/1/0, Asuega-Start 1/1/0. WSU SACKS: Patterson 1/-10, Bruce 1/-4, Braidwood 1/-2. WSU SACKS: Braidwood 1.5/-4, Bruce 1/-8, Eichelberger 1/-2, WSU TFL: Frampton 2/-5, Bruce 1.5/-5, Patterson 1/-10, Braidwood Mullennix 1/-1, Olson 1/-3, Ahmu 0.5/-3. 1/-2, Dildine 1/-2, Olson 1/-1, Davis 0.5/-1, Derting 0.5/-1, Teems WSU TFL: Braidwood 2.5/-5, Davis 1/-1, Bruce 1/-8, Eichelberger 1/- 0.5/0. 2, Mullennix 1/-1, Olson 1/-3, Graise 1/-3, Ahmu 0.5/-3.

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WSU 48, Grambling State 7 Oregon State 44, WSU 33 Sept. 17, 2005, Seattle, Wash. -- Jerome Harrison rushed for Oct. 1, 2005, Corvallis, Ore. – Alex Brink threw for a school- 113 yards and three scores to lead Washington State past record 531 yards and Jerome Harrison rushed for 124 yards and Grambling State at Qwest Field. Alex Brink added three scoring three touchdowns but it was not enough as the Beavers scored tosses, including 18 and 56 yards to Jason Hill, and the Cougar 21 fourth-quarter points to rally for the victory at Reser defense limited Grambling State to 11 yards rushing. Hill Stadium. Jason Hill added eight catches and a career-best 190 finished with 10 catches for 143 yards and DeMaundry yards with one score while Michael Bumpus had 9 catches and Woolridge contributed 105 yards on the ground. 132 yards, both career-highs.

Grambling State 0 0 7 0 7 Washington State 7 23 0 3 33 Washington State 14 10 10 14 48 Oregon State 10 6 7 21 44

TEAM QT TIME SCORING PLAY TEAM QT TIME SCORING PLAY WSU 1 8:02 Harrison 1 run (Langley kick) WSU 1 12:13 Harrison 2 run (Langley kick) WSU 1 7:10 Harrison 1 run (Langley kick) OSU 1 8:23 Moore 1 run (Serna kick) WSU 2 14:15 Hill 18 pass from Brink (Langley kick) OSU 1 1:22 Serna 38 field goal WSU 2 :00 Langley 31 field goal WSU 2 12:51 Harrison 5 run (Langley kick) WSU 3 9:30 Langley 32 field goal WSU 2 7:20 Langley 29 field goal WSU 3 5:42 Bienemann 7 pass from Brink (Langley kick) WSU 2 6:09 Harrison 3 run (Langley kick) GSU 3 1:00 Tolbert 11 pass from Eugene (Millson kick) OSU 2 3:39 Serna 47 field goal WSU 4 14:17 Hill 56 pass from Brink (Langley kick) WSU 2 1:46 Hill 20 pass from Brink (Langley kick failed) WSU 4 13:22 Harrison 2 run (Langley kick) OSU 2 :26 Serna 35 field goal OSU 3 2:08 Bernard 1 run (Serna kick) TOTAL OFFENSE: WSU 83/515/6.2. GSU 68/208/3.1. OSU 4 10:38 Piscitelli 23 interception return (Serna kick) RUSHING: WSU 48/237/33/204/3/19: Harrison 23/113 (3 TD), WSU 4 8:45 Langley 23 field goal Woolridge 18/105, McCall 3/3, Team 1/-2, Brink 3/-15. OSU 4 6:50 Hass 63 pass from Moore (Serna kick) GSU 37/79/68/11/0/11: Carter 9/24, Mayes 6/15, Jessie 2/10, OSU 4 :56 Bernard 3 run (Serna kick)

Tolbert 1/5, Gray 1/3, Rogers 2/2, Kuuan 2/0, Kerlegan 1/-1, TOTAL OFFENSE: WSU 97/638/6.6. OSU 81/410/5.1 Manuel 1/-14, Eugene 12/-33. RUSHING: WSU 38/152/45/107/3/35: Harrison 31/124 (3 TD), PASSING: WSU 35/22/0/311/3/56: Brink 29/19/0/262/3/56, Team 1/-1, Brink 6/-16. OSU 36/120/6/114/3/13: Bernard Swogger 6/3/0/49/0/39. GSU 31/14/1/197/1/41: Eugene 28/89 (2 TD), Mike Hass 1/13, Matt Moore 7/12. 30/14/0/197/1/41, Kerlegan 1/0/1/0/0/0. PASSING: WSU 59/31/4/531/1/46: Brink 59/31/4/531/1/46. RECEIVING: WSU: Hill 10/143 (2 TD), Bumpus 4/24, OSU Moore 45/20/2/296/1/63. Harrison 2/56, Boyd 1/39, Collins 1/19, Taylor 1/12, Martin RECEIVING: WSU: Bumpus 9/132, Hill 8/190 (TD), Harvey 1/8, Bienemann 1/7 (1 TD), Jordan 1/3. GSU: Edwards 5/79, 4/92, Bienemann 3/62, Jordan 2/17, Boyd 2/7, Prator 1/19, Harris 3/65, Tolbert 3/35 (1 TD), Carter 3/18. Harrison 1/6, Collins 1/6. OSU Hass 7/161 (TD), Wheat- INTERCEPTIONS: WSU: Willis 1/0. GSU: None. Brown 6/51, Hawkins 4/48, Haines 1/18, Bernanrd 1/11, PUNTING: WSU: Basler 3/115/38.3/52. GSU: Manuel Vandiver 1/7. 9/311/34.6/58. INTERCEPTIONS: WSU: Teems 1/0, Turner 1/0. OSU PUNT RETURNS: WSU: Bumpus 2/13/13. GSU: Mackey Ellison 1/47, Piscitelli 1/23 (TD), Bray 1/5, Van Orsow 1/0. 1/3/3. PUNTING: WSU: Basler 4/152/38.0/43. OSU: Paulescu KICKOFF RETURNS: WSU: Bursey 2/36/23. GSU: Carter 5/228/45.6/56. 3/57/23, Gray 3/45/20, Rogers 1/0/0. PUNT RETURNS: WSU: Bumpus 3/29/16. OSU: Stroughter SCORING: WSU: Harrison 18, Hill 12, Langley 12, 4/44/29. Bienemann 6. GSU: Tolbert 6, Millson 1. KICKOFF RETURNS: WSU: Gibson 5/91/38, Bursey FIRST DOWNS: WSU 27/12/12/3. GSU 12/5/6/1. 1/28/28. OSU: Herron 2/60/39, Herod 2/46/28, Stroughter 1/24/24, Perry 1/3/3. FUMBLES/LOST: WSU 2/2. GSU 3/1. SCORING: WSU: Harrison 18, Langley 9, Hill 6. OSU: Serna PENALTIES/YARDS: WSU 9/60. GSU 13/88. 14, Bernard 12, Hass 6, Piscitelli 6, Moore 6. POSSESSION TIME: WSU 30:54. GSU 29:06. FIRST DOWNS: WSU: 30/8/21/1. OSU: 21/5/14/2 THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS: WSU 6/15. GSU 4/17. FUMBLES/LOST: WSU: 3/1. OSU: 4/1. ATTENDANCE: 51,486 PENALTIES/YARDS: WSU: 8/67. OSU: 8/50. WSU TACKLERS (T/P/A): Bruce 6/5/1, Trent 6/3/3, Turner POSSESSION TIME: WSU: 31:56. OSU: 28:04. 5/5/0, Evans 4/3/1, Johnson 4/3/1, Collins 4/1/3, Dildine ATTENDANCE: 42,908 4/0/4, Stripling 3/3/0, Davis 3/2/1, Derting 3/1/2, Dada 2/2/0, WSU TACKLERS (T/P/A): Dildine 13/6/7, Abdullah 9/4/5, Howard 2/2/0, Olson 2/2/0, Patterson 2/2/0, Abdullah 2/1/1, Frampton 2/1/1, Teems 2/1/1, Willis 2/1/1, Bienemann 1/1/0, Derting 9/2/7, Dada 6/6/0, Frampton 6/4/2, Bruce 6/2/4, Braidwood 1/1/0, Broadus 1/1/0, Hall 1/1/0, Kensok 1/1/0, Davis 5/2/3, Braidwood 4/2/2, Johnson 4/1/3, Trent 4/1/3, Team 1/1/0, Ahum 1/0/1, Stevens 1/0/1. Patterson 3/2/1, Turner 3/0/3, Evans 2/1/1, Ahmu 2/0/2, WSU SACKS: Evans 1/-19, Team 1/-9, Howard 1/-6, Olson 1/- Siderius 1/1/0, Bienemann 1/1/0, O’Connor 1/1/0, Collins 6, Braidwood 1/-1, Hall 1/-1, Ahmu 0.5/-2, Stevens 0.5/-1. 1/1/0, Brink 1/0/1, Martin 1/0/1, Teems 1/0/1, Olson 1/0/1, Willis 0/1/1. WSU TFL: Evans 2/-24, Olson 2/-8, Team 1/-9, Howard 1/-6, WSU SACKS: Bruce 1/-6. Braidwood 1/-1, Davis 1/-1, Hall 1/-1, Johnson 1/-1, Ahmu 0.5/- WSU TFL: Bruce 1/-6. 2, Stevens 0.5/-1.

2005 WASHINGTON STATE DEPTH CHART - Stanford

COUGAR OFFENSE COUGAR DEFENSE

SE 83 ** [4] JASON HILL (6-2, 208, Jr.) OR WE 94 ** [4] MKRISTO BRUCE (6-6, 250, #Jr.) 88 *** [0] Trandon Harvey (5-11, 195, #Sr.) 96 [0] Mike Graise (6-3, 216, #Fr.) 19 * [0] Greg Prator (6-1, 214, Sr.) 33 * [0] Paul Stevens (6-3, 250, #So.) 15 [0] Benny Ward (6-4, 184, Fr.) LT 40 * [4] AARON JOHNSON (6-6, 310, #So.) LT 70 * [4] BOBBY BYRD (6-7, 314, #So.) 19 ** [0] Odell Howard (6-3, 292, #Jr.) 71 * [0] Spencer Hollison (6-6, 305, #Jr.) 77 [0] Matt Eichelberger (6-3, 314, #Fr.)

LG 73 ** [4] SEAN O’CONNOR (6-5, 287, #Jr.) RT 92 [4] FEVAEA’I AHMU (6-1, 284, Fr.) 78 ** [0] Riley Fitt-Chappell (6-7, 316, #Sr.) 79 [0] Bryan Olson (6-4, 277, #Sr.) 70 [0] Mark Matthey (6-2, 277, #So.) C 66 *** [4] NICK MIHLHAUSER (6-3, 292, Sr.) 61 * [0] Josh Duin (6-3, 311, #Jr.) SE 13 *** [4] ADAM BRAIDWOOD (6-5, 267, Sr.) 58 * [0] Matt Mullennix (6-5, 256, #So.) RG 76 ** [4] NORVELL HOLMES (6-2, 297, #Sr.) 97 [0] Lance Broadus (6-2, 211, So.) 60 [0] Dan Rowlands (6-5, 283, #Fr.) SLB 42 ** [4] SCOTT DAVIS (5-10, 228, #Jr.) RT 55 ** [4] CHARLES HARRIS (6-6, 308, #Jr.) 38 [0] Cory Evans (6-2, 215, Fr.) 72 [0] Andy Roof (6-3, 316, #Fr.) 43 ** [0] Brian Hall (6-2, 242, #Jr.)

TE 81 *** [4] TROY BIENEMANN (6-5, 252, Sr.) MLB 52 [0] GREG TRENT (5-10, 230, Fr.) 80 ** [0] Cody Boyd (6-8, 257, #Jr.) 56 ** [0] Chris Baltzer (6-2, 228, Jr.) 47 ** [0] Jesse Taylor (6-3, 240, #Jr.) 51 ***[4] Will Derting (6-0, 235, #Sr.) INJ 48 [0] Ben Woodard (6-5, 237, #Fr.) WLB 49 ** [4] STEVE DILDINE (6-1, 229, #Jr.) SB 5 * [4] MICHAEL BUMPUS (5-11, 186, So.) 50 [0] Jason Stripling (5-11, 218, Fr.) 6 *** [0] Marty Martin (5-11, 187, #Sr.) RCB 4 ** [4] WALLY DADA (5-11, 198, Sr.) QB 10 * [4] ALEX BRINK (6-2, 202, #So.) 25 ** [0] Don Turner (6-0, 183, #Jr.) 9 ** [0] Josh Swogger (6-5, 254, #Jr.) 27 [0] Ryan Kensok (5-9, 164, #Fr.) 17 [0] Gary Rogers (6-5, 241, #Fr.) SS 37 ** [4] ERIC FRAMPTON (5-11, 208, #Jr.) RB 1 * [4] JEROME HARRISON (5-10, 205, Sr.) 24 [0] Christian Bass (6-2, 212, #So.) 35 [0] DeMaundray Woolridge (5-8, 223, Fr.) 34 [0] Courtney Williams (6-1, 193, Fr.) 20 * [0] Kevin McCall (5-11, 215, #So.) FS 23 * [2] HUSAIN ABDULLAH (6-0, 189, #So.) FL 2 ** [4] CHRIS JORDAN (6-1, 210, #Jr.) 30 [2] DeWayne Patterson (6-2, 195, Jr.) 86 [0] Brandon Gibson (6-0, 195, Fr.) 22 [0] Michael Willis (6-3, 205, Fr.)

PAT 27 * [4] LOREN LANGLEY (5-8, 150, So.) LCB 21 ** [4] ALEX TEEMS (5-11, 195, #Sr.) OR 18 ** [0] Graham Siderius (6-1, 210, #Sr.) 25 ** [0] Don Turner (6-0, 183, #Jr.) 3 [0] Lorenzo Bursey (5-8, 175, So.) FB 41 * [0] JED COLLINS (6-2, 250, So.) 29 * [0] Brandon Asuega-Stark (5-10, 219, #Sr.) P 8 *** [4] KYLE BASLER (6-3, 238, #Sr.) 18 ** [0] Graham Siderius (6-1, 210, #Sr.) CAPTAINS: Offense – Troy Bienemann, Jerome Harrison WSU SPECIAL TEAMS Defense – Will Derting Special Teams - Kyle Basler KO: 18 Graham Siderius (6-2, 210, #Sr.) FIELD GOALS: 27 Loren Langley (5-8, 150, So.) OR [ ] = Number of 2005 starts; not always at same position. 18 Graham Siderius (6-2, 210, #Sr.)

* = Varsity letters earned LONG SNAPS: 81 Troy Bienemann (6-5, 252, Sr.) [punts] 78 Riley Fitt-Chappell (6-7, 316, #Sr.) [fg] # = Has redshirted 66 Nick Mihlhauser (6-3, 292, Sr.)

HOLDER: 8 Kyle Basler (6-3, 238, #Sr.) 10 Alex Brink (6-2, 202, #So.)

P-RETURNS: 5 Michael Bumpus (5-11, 186, So.) 1 Jerome Harrison (5-10, 200, Sr.)

Revised: 10/03/05 KO-RETURN: 3 Lorenzo Bursery (5-8, 175, So.) 86 Brandon Gibson (6-0, 195, Fr.)

2005 WASHINGTON STATE COUGAR FOOTBALL

Date Opponent W/L Score Overall Conference Time Attend Sept. 1, 2005 IDAHO W 38-26 1-0 0-0 3:19 28,339 Sept. 9, 2005 @ Nevada W 55-21 2-0 0-0 3:24 17,552 Sept. 17, 2005 #GRAMBLING STATE W 48-7 3-0 0-0 3:15 51,486 Oct. 1, 2005 @ Oregon State L 33-44 3-1 0-1 3:55 42,908 Oct. 8 STANFORD 2:00p Oct. 15 UCLA (Homecoming) tba Oct. 22 @ California tba Oct. 29, 2005 @ USC 12:20p/ABC Nov. 5 ARIZONA STATE tba Nov. 12 OREGON 7:15p/FSN Nov. 19 @ Washington 12:15p/FSN # - Game played at Qwest Stadium, Seattle, with WSU the official home team.; Game Times Listed for Pacific Time Zone

TEAM STATISTICS WSU OPP RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD LG Avg/G SCORING 174 98 Hill, Jason 4 28 521 18.6 7 72 130.2 Points Per Game 43.5 24.5 Bumpus, Michael 4 23 265 11.5 1 46 66.2 FIRST DOWNS 100 73 Bienemann, Troy 4 11 159 14.5 2 26 39.8 Rushing 40 25 Harvey, Trandon 4 7 119 17.0 0 33 29.8 Passing 54 40 Harrison,Jerome 4 5 91 18.2 0 34 22.8 Penalty 6 8 Jordan, Chris 4 5 37 7.4 0 11 9.2 RUSHING YARDAGE 764 336 Boyd, Cody 2 3 46 15.3 0 39 23.0 Yards gained rushing 872 477 Prator, Greg 4 2 32 16.0 0 19 8.0 Yards lost rushing 108 141 Collins, Jed 4 2 25 12.5 0 19 6.2 Rushing Attempts 164 149 Gibson, Brandon 4 1 44 44.0 1 44 11.0 Average Per Rush 4.7 2.3 Taylor, Jesse 4 1 12 12.0 0 12 3.0 Average Per Game 191.0 84.0 Martin, Marty 4 1 8 8.0 0 8 2.0 TDs Rushing 9 6 Total...... 4 89 1359 15.3 11 72 339.8 PASSING YARDAGE 1359 930 Opponents...... 4 76 930 12.2 5 63 232.5 Att-Comp-Int 155-89-6 150-76-4 Average Per Pass 8.8 6.2 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LG Average Per Catch 15.3 12.2 Bumpus, Michael 14 227 16.2 1 87 Average Per Game 339.8 232.5 Bursey, Lorenzo 2 6 3.0 0 6 TDs Passing 11 5 Total...... 16 233 14.6 1 87 TOTAL OFFENSE 2123 1266 Opponents...... 9 53 5.9 0 29 Total Plays 319 299 Average Per Play 6.7 4.2 Average Per Game 530.8 316.5 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LG KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 17-344 24-427 Bursey, Lorenzo 11 241 21.9 0 34 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 16-233 9-53 Gibson, Brandon 5 91 18.2 0 38 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 4-36 6-82 Collins, Jed 1 12 12.0 0 12 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.2 17.8 Total...... 17 344 20.2 0 38 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 14.6 5.9 Opponents...... 24 427 17.8 0 42 INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.0 13.7 FUMBLES-LOST 9-5 12-3 PENALTIES-YARDS 32-278 31-238 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LG Average Per Game 69.5 59.5 Teems, Alex 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTS-YARDS 16-631 33-1311 Turner, Don 1 0 0.0 0 0 Average Per Punt 39.4 39.7 Frampton, Eric 1 36 36.0 1 36 Net punt average 34.9 32.1 Willis, Michael 1 0 0.0 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 29:38 30:22 Total...... 4 36 9.0 1 36 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 24/59 23/69 Opponents...... 6 82 13.7 1 47 3rd-Down Pct 41% 33% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3/6 2/5 4th-Down Pct 50% 40% FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LG SACKS BY-YARDS 17-88 4-27 Dildine, Steve 1 15 15.0 0 15 MISC YARDS 15 29 Total...... 1 15 15.0 0 15 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 22 12 Opponents...... 2 29 14.5 0 20 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 7-7 5-6 PAT-ATTEMPTS 21-22 11-12 ATTENDANCE 79,825 60,460 Games/Avg Per Game 2/39912 2/30230 Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Washington State 52 46 45 31 174 Opponents 16 12 35 35 98 17

2005 WASHINGTON STATE COUGAR FOOTBALL

RUSHING G TC YG YL NYG AVG TD LG YDS/G Harrison,Jerome 4 96 553 30 523 5.4 8 80 130.8 Woolridge, D. 3 37 263 8 255 6.9 1 70 85.0 Asuega-Stark,Br 4 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 2 1.2 McCall, Kevin 1 3 5 2 3 1.0 0 4 3.0 Collins, Jed 4 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.2 Swogger, Josh 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Bumpus, Michael 4 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.2 Brink, Alex 4 15 45 49 -4 -0.3 0 22 -1.0 Team 4 8 0 18 -18 -2.2 0 0 -4.5 Total...... 4 164 872 108 764 4.7 9 80 191.0 Opponents...... 4 149 477 141 336 2.3 6 21 84.0

PASSING G Effic PA PC PI Pct Yds TD LG Avg/G Brink, Alex 4 147.07 140 82 6 58.6 1225 10 72 306.2 Swogger, Josh 2 143.71 15 7 0 46.7 134 1 44 67.0 Total...... 4 146.75 155 89 6 57.4 1359 11 72 339.8 Opponents...... 4 108.41 150 76 4 50.7 930 5 63 232.5

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Harrison,Jerome 4 523 91 0 0 0 614 153.5 Hill, Jason 4 0 521 0 0 0 521 130.2 Bumpus, Michael 4 -1 265 227 0 0 491 122.8 Woolridge, D. 3 255 0 0 0 0 255 85.0 Bursey, Lorenzo 4 0 0 6 241 0 247 61.8 Bienemann, Troy 4 0 159 0 0 0 159 39.8 Gibson, Brandon 4 0 44 0 91 0 135 33.8 Harvey, Trandon 4 0 119 0 0 0 119 29.8 Boyd, Cody 2 0 46 0 0 0 46 23.0 Collins, Jed 4 1 25 0 12 0 38 9.5 Jordan, Chris 4 0 37 0 0 0 37 9.2 Frampton, Eric 4 0 0 0 0 36 36 9.0 Prator, Greg 4 0 32 0 0 0 32 8.0 Taylor, Jesse 4 0 12 0 0 0 12 3.0 Martin, Marty 4 0 8 0 0 0 8 2.0 Asuega-Stark,Br 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 1.2 McCall, Kevin 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 Brink, Alex 4 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -1.0 Total...... 4 764 1359 233 344 36 2736 684.0 Opponents...... 4 336 930 53 427 82 1828 457.0

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Brink, Alex 4 155 -4 1225 1221 305.2 Harrison,Jerome 4 96 523 0 523 130.8 Woolridge, D. 3 37 255 0 255 85.0 Swogger, Josh 2 16 0 134 134 67.0 Asuega-Stark,Br 4 2 5 0 5 1.2 McCall, Kevin 1 3 3 0 3 3.0 Collins, Jed 4 1 1 0 1 0.2 Bumpus, Michael 4 1 -1 0 -1 -0.2 Total...... 4 319 764 1359 2123 530.8 Opponents...... 4 299 336 930 1266 316.5

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Harrison,Jerome 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Hill, Jason 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Langley, Loren 0 7-7 18-19 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 39 Bumpus, Michael 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Bienemann, Troy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Woolridge, D. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Frampton, Eric 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Gibson, Brandon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Siderius,Graham 0 0-0 3-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 3 Total...... 22 7-7 21-22 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 174 Opponents...... 12 5-6 11-12 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 98

2005 WASHINGTON STATE COUGAR FOOTBALL

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Langley, Loren 7-7 100.0 1-1 4-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 32 0

FG SEQUENCE WSU OPP Idaho (26) (24),(24) @ Nevada (18),(28) - Grambling State/Seattle (31),(32) 26 @ Oregon State (29),(23) (38),(47),(35) Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Lg TB FC I20 Bk Basler, Kyle 15 587 39.1 52 1 0 3 1 Team 1 44 44.0 44 0 0 0 0 Total...... 16 631 39.4 52 1 0 3 1 Opponents...... 33 1311 39.7 58 1 3 9 0

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |-----Pass Def-----| |---Fumbles---| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo AT TT TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 51 Derting, Will 4 15 13 28 0.5-1 . . 2 1 . . . . 49 Dildine, Steve 4 11 15 26 1.0-2 . . . 1 1-15 . . . 94 Bruce, Mkristo 4 13 7 20 3.5-19 3.0-18 . 1 1 . 1 . . 42 Davis, Scott 4 10 8 18 2.5-3 . . 2 . . . . . 37 Frampton, Eric 4 11 6 17 2.0-5 . 1-36 4 1 1-0 . . . 4 Dada, Omowale 4 15 . 15 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 52 Trent, Greg 4 8 6 14 . . . . 1 . . . . 13 Braidwood, Adam 4 10 4 14 4.5-8 3.5-7 . 1 5 . 2 . . 25 Turner, Don 4 8 5 13 . . 1-0 2 . . . . . 30 Patterson, D. 4 10 2 12 1.0-10 1.0-10 . 1 . . 1 . . 21 Teems, Alex 4 6 5 11 0.5-0 . 1-0 2 . . . . . 40 Johnson, Aaron 4 5 6 11 1.0-1 . . 2 1 . . . . 23 Abdullah,Husain 3 5 6 11 . . . 2 . . 1 . . 38 Evans, Cory 4 5 5 10 2.0-24 1.0-19 ...... 92 Ahmu, A'i 4 2 6 8 1.0-5 1.0-5 . . 1 . . . . 22 Willis, Michael 4 4 3 7 . . 1-0 ...... 79 Olson, Bryan 4 5 1 6 4.0-12 2.0-9 ...... 41 Collins, Jed 4 3 3 6 ...... 2 . . 50 Stripling,Jason 4 4 1 5 . . . 1 . . . . . 34 Williams,Courtn 4 3 2 5 ...... 24 Bass, Christian 4 3 1 4 ...... 43 Hall, Brian 4 4 . 4 2.0-2 1.0-1 ...... 58 Mullennix,Matt 4 2 1 3 1.0-1 1.0-1 . . 3 . . . . 77 Eichelberger, M 3 2 . 2 1.0-2 1.0-2 ...... 19 Howard, Odell 3 2 . 2 1.0-6 1.0-6 ...... 32 Bell, Ian 4 1 1 2 ...... 27 Langley, Loren 4 1 1 2 ...... 81 Bienemann, Troy 4 2 . 2 ...... 56 Baltzer, Chris 4 1 . 1 ...... 97 Broadus, Lance 3 1 . 1 ...... 17 Rogers, Gary 2 1 . 1 ...... 27 Kensok, Ryan 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 15 Ward, Benny 4 . 1 1 ...... 82 West, Adam 2 1 . 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 33 Stevens, Paul 2 . 1 1 0.5-1 0.5-1 ...... 73 O'Connor, Sean 4 1 . 1 ...... 48 Woodard, Ben 4 1 . 1 ...... 96 Graise, Mike 4 1 . 1 1.0-3 . . . 1 . . . . 29 Asuega-Stark,Br 4 1 . 1 ...... 6 Martin, Marty 4 . 1 1 ...... 86 Gibson, Brandon 4 1 . 1 ...... 3 Bursey, Lorenzo 4 1 . 1 ...... 18 Siderius,Graham 4 1 . 1 ...... 10 Brink, Alex 4 . 1 1 ...... Team 4 1 . 1 1.0-9 1.0-9 ...... Total...... 4 183 112 295 31-114 17-88 4-36 22 16 3-15 8 . . Opponents...... 4 - - - - 4-27 6-82 21 12 5-29 5 1 .