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WSUCOUGARS .COM Weekly Release • Oct. 5, 20092009 WSU SCHEDULE Record: 1-4, 0-3 Time/TV 9/5 STANFORD L, 13-39 9/12 HAWAII* L, 20-38 9/19 SMU W, 30-27 (ot) 9/26 at USC L, 6-27 10/3 at Oregon L, 6-52 10/10 ARIZONA STATE 2 p.m. 10/17 BYE 10/24 at California TBA Washington State Cougars (1-4, 0-3) vs. 10/31 vs. Notre Dame# 4:30 p.m. (PT), Arizona State Sun Devils (2-2, 0-1) NBC 11/7 at Arizona TBA October 10 • Martin Stadium • 2 p.m. 11/14 UCLA TBA 11/21 OREGON STATE TBA TV: No TV 11/28 at Washington TBA * - WSU home game played at Seattle Radio: Cougar Sports Radio Network # - Game played at San Antonio, Texas SATURDAY’S GAME: Washington State returns to Martin Stadium following a two- week stretch on the road as it hosts the Arizona State Sun Devils (2-2, 0-1), Saturday at PAC-10 STANDINGS 2 p.m. The game is part of Homecoming weekend for Washington State and marks the only home appearance by the Cougars in the month of October. The contest will be Pac-10 Overall radio only and can be heard across the Cougar Sports Radio Network. Stanford 3 0 4 1 Oregon 2 0 4 1 COUGARS ON HOMECOMING: Dating back to the first Homecoming game against Arizona 1 0 3 1 Whitman in 1915, a 17-0 shutout victory for the Cougars, WSU is 41-43-3 on Homecoming USC 2 1 4 1 weekend. The Cougars are 38-41-2 in Homecoming games played against Pacific-10 Oregon State 1 1 3 2 Conference rivals, including 0-1 in the only meeting played against Arizona State (23-20 Washington 1 1 2 3 in 2007). Dating back to 1990, WSU is 10-8 in Homecoming games. UCLA 0 1 3 1 Arizona State 0 1 2 2 WSU-ASU SERIES: Arizona State leads the all-time series by a 21-12-2 margin, includ- California 0 2 3 2 ing a 7-6 advantage when playing in Pullman. The Cougars have dropped the last five WSU 0 3 1 4 meetings in the series after winning the previous three. Last year the Sun Devils’ Rudy Carpenter threw three touchdown passes en route to a 31-0 victory in Tempe. The last This Week’s Schedule meeting in Pullman saw Thomas Weber kick a 37-yard field goal with less than one min- Saturday, October 10 ute remaining to lift ASU to a 23-20 win, a game in which WSU recorded seven sacks. Washington State vs. Arizona State, 2 p.m. WSU’s last win in the series came in 2003, a 34-19 victory in Pullman. Oregon at UCLA, 12:30 p.m. Stanford at Oregon State, 4 p.m. LINEUP SHUFFLE: Through the first five games of the 2009 season, the Cougar coach- Arizona at Washington, 7:15 p.m. ing staff is still searching for continuity within its starting lineup. Though early in the campaign, injuries have forced the Cougars to use four different starting lineups in its All Times Pacific offensive live, five different starting lineups on offense and three different starting units on defense. There has yet to be two games this year where WSU has used the same starting offense and defense. PUTTING IN TIME: Looking at the 2009 WSU roster reveals few names who have been in the program more than two years. Of the 114 players currently on the Cougar roster, only 37 have been a member of the team more than two years. That includes only six MEDIA RELATIONS current fifth-year seniors and 15 total players who have earned more than one varsity Football Contacts letter. Compare that to the success of WSU during the 2002 and 2003 season, when the Bill Stevens, Director Cougars had 28 and 24 players, respectively, with multiple varsity letter winners. [email protected] 509.335.4264 - Office FIRST STARTS: Continuing a trend from last season, WSU has had a number of players 916.761.7005 - Cell make their starting debuts this season. Through the first five games of 2009, 16 Cougars Joe Nickell, Assistant Director have made their first career starts, six on offense and 10 on defense. In 2008 26 players [email protected] registered their first start for WSU, 17 on offense and nine on defense. First-time 509.335.5785 - Office 509.361.4338 - Cell offensive starters include Gino Simone (WR), Zack Williams (OG), Jeffrey Solomon (WR), Assistant Directors Alex Reitnouer (OL), Jeff Tuel (QB) and Tyson Pencer (OT). Defensive first-time starters Linda Chalich [email protected] include Travis Long (DE), Bernard Wolfgramm (DT), Josh Luapo (DT), Jason Stripling Craig Lawson [email protected] (LB), Brandon Jones (CB), LeAndre Daniels (S), Alex Hoffman-Ellis (LB), Casey Hamlett Jessica Schmick [email protected] (DE), Daniel Simmons (CB) and Dan Spitz (DE). Cougars vs. Arizona State • Martin Stadium • Pullman, Wash. • 2 p.m. • Oct. 10 Washington State (1-3, 0-2) Arizona State (2-2, 0-1) HEAD COACH: Paul Wulff HEAD COACH: Dennis Erickson Alma Mater: Washington State, 1990 Alma Mater: Montana State ‘70 WSU Record: 3-15 (Second year) Arizona St. Record: 17-12 (Third year) Career Record: 56-55 (10th year) Career Record: 165-77-1 (21st year) WSU 2009 Record: 1-4 2009 record: 2-2 Coaching Career: Began coaching in 1993 as Eastern Washington Coaching Career: Erickson has coached at Idaho 1982-85, Wyoming University volunteer assistant...1994-97 EWU offensive line/strength 1986, Washington State 1987-88, Miami (FL) 1989-94, Oregon coach...1998-99 EWU offensive coordinator...2000-07 EWU head State 1999-2002, Idaho (2006) and now Arizona State; in the NFL, coach...Named WSU head coach Dec. 8, 2007. he was head coach at Seattle 1995-98 and San Francisco 2003-04. Series Information Series Information WSU vs. ARIZONA STATE (12-21-2) ARIZONA STATE vs. WSU (21-12-2) Most WSU Points Scored: 51 (51-26, 1978) Most ASU Points Scored: 51 (51-26, 1990) Widest WSU Victory Margin: 25 (51-26, 1978) Widest ASU Victory Margin: 31 (38-7, 1987; 31-0, 2008) Longest WSU Win Streak: 4 (1991-94) Longest ASU Win Streak: 4 (1967-73, 1997-2000) Last WSU Win: 2003 (34-19) Last ASU Win: 2008 (31-0) Last WSU Win in Pullman: 2003 (34-19) Last ASU Win in Pullman: 2007 (23-20) Last WSU Win in Tempe: 2001 (28-16) Last ASU Win in Tempe: 2008 (31-0) WSU at Home: 6-7-0 (-2) ASU at Tempe: 13-5-2 (+3) WSU at Tempe: 5-13-2 (-3) ASU at Pullman: 7-6-0 (+2) WSU at Spokane: 1-1-0 ASU at Spokane: 1-1-0 Paul Wulff vs. Arizona State: 0-1 Dennis Erickson vs. WSU: 4-3 Paul Wulff vs. Dennis Erickson: 0-2 Dennis Erickson vs. Paul Wulff: 2-0 NCAA Rankings NCAA Rankings [2009] [2009] WSU WSU WSU ASu ASU ASU TEAM CATEGORY AVG Pac-10 NCAA TEAM CATEGORY AVG PAC-10 NCAA Rushing Offense 101.40 10 102 Rushing Offense 115.50 9 91 Passing Offense 181.60 8 94 Passing Offense 220.50 4 57 Passing Efficiency 94.12 10 117 Passing Efficiency 106.09 9 102 Total Offense 283.00 10 112 Total Offense 336.00 8 88 Scoring Offense 15.00 10 116 Scoring Offense 30.50 3 39 Rushing Defense 195.80 10 108 Rushing Defense 75.50 2 9 Pass Defense 309.80 10 120 Pass Defense 156.50 1 8 Pass Efficiency Defense 158.01 10 115 Pass Efficiency Defense 101.02 4 21 Total Defense 505.60 10 119 Total Defense 232.00 1 3 Scoring Defense 36.60 10 114 Scoring Defense 16.25 3 26 Net Punting 37.61 4 35 Net Punting 37.32 6 42 Punt Returns 6.75 8 78 Punt Returns 11.70 5 39 Kickoff Returns 20.00 9 88 Kickoff Returns 20.42 7 81 Turnover Margin -.80 9 T92 Turnover Margin 2.25 1 2 NCAA Leaders NCAA Leaders 2009 - Top 50 2009 - Top 50 NAME CATEGORY AVG RANK NAME CATEGORY AVG RANK Reid Forrest Punting 44.70 11 Trevor Hankins Punting 45.26 6 Jarrell Holman Interceptions .75 T6 Keelan Johnson Kickoff Returns 26.20 36 Chris McGaha Receptions/Game 6.25 T34 Mike Nixon Interceptions .75 T6 Kyle Williams Punt Returns 10.50 34 2009 WASHINGTON STATE COUGAR FOOTBALL Cougars vs. Arizona State • Martin Stadium • Pullman, Wash. • 2 p.m. • Oct. 10 INJURIES TAKING A TOLL: LONG ROADTRIP AHEAD: WEEKLY SCHEDULE BYE WEEK PRACTICE Through the first five games Following WSU’s home game SCHEDULE: Follwoing the of the 2009 season, the Cou- against SMU, the Cougars have MONDAY Arizona State game Saturday, gars have been hit hard by the embarked on a part of their the Cougars will have their only injury bug, particularly the of- schedule that sees them play bye week of the season. The OFF DAY fensive and defensive lines. So five of six games on the road. practice schedule for the bye far this season WSU has missed Following contests at USC and week is as follows: Monday: No Media 34 player games due to injury Oregon, WSU returns home to no practice; Tuesday: practice or illness. On the offensive line host Arizona State. After a bye, Availability at 6 a.m.; Wednesday: practice five players who have started the Cougars play their following this season have nine missed at 6 a.m.; Thursday-Saturday: three games on the road at Cal, games due to injury, while the no practice; Sunday: practice Notre Dame (San Antonio) and defensive line has missed a to- 4 p.m.