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WEEKLY RELEASE - GAME 3 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-2, 0-0 Pac-12) PORTLAND STATE (1-1) vs. WASHINGTON STATE (0-2) 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13 • Martin Stadium (32,952) • Pullman, Wash. DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT TV Aug. 28 Rutgers % L, 38-41 FOX Sports 1 Sept. 5 at Nevada L, 13-24 ESPN BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY Sept. 13 Portland State 5 p.m. Pac-12 Sept. 20 Oregon* 7:30 p.m. ESPN TV: Pac-12 Networks ALL-TIME RECORD: WSU 1-0 Sept. 27 at Utah* TBA TBA PLAY-BY-PLAY: JB Long STREAK: WSU +1 Oct. 4 * TBA TBA ANALYST: LAST MEETING: WSU 48-9 (2008 in Pullman) Oct. 10 at Stanford* 6 p.m. ESPN LAST PORTLAND STATE WIN: NA Oct. 25 Arizona* TBA TBA RADIO: Washington State IMG Sports Network IN PULLMAN: WSU 48-9 (9/20/08) Nov. 1 USC* TBA TBA PLAY-BY-PLAY: Bud Nameck STREAK: WSU +1 Nov. 8 at Oregon State* TBA TBA ANALYST: Bob Robertson LAST MEETING: WSU 48-9 (9/20/08) Nov. 22 at Arizona State* TBA TBA ANALYST: LAST PORTLAND STATE WIN: NA Nov. 29 Washington* TBA TBA SIDELINE: Jessamyn McIntyre IN PORTLAND: NA * Pac-12 Conference Game STREAK: NA ** All times and dates are subject to change LIVESTATS: wsucougars.com LAST MEETING: NA & The Seattle Game (CenturyLink Field) TWITTER: @WSUCougfb LAST PORTLAND STATE WIN: NA Home games in BOLD All times Pacific

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS HOST PORTLAND STATE SATURDAY IN HOME-OPENER ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Washington State University welcomes Portland State University into new-look Martin Stadium for the home-opener Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks. OFFICE ADDRESS: Bohler Addition 195 Pullman, WA 99164-1602 NEXT WEEK OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUG Washington State opens Pac-12 play hosting No. 2 Oregon next Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. OFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267 MARTIN STADIUM PRESS BOX: 509-335-COUG MIKE LEACH RADIO SHOW ASSOC. A.D. / ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Washington State Head Coach Mike Leach holds a weekly radio show on WSU’s flagship station 920 Bill Stevens KXLY every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. live from Zeppoz in Pullman. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 CELL: 916-761-7005 BOB ROBERTSON, NATION’S LONGEST TENURED RADIO ANNOUNCER [email protected] EMAIL: Hall of fame announcer Bob Robertson is in his 48th season calling Cougar football games, and SPORTS: Football, Women’s Tennis ASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth according to a nation-wide survey of sports information directors, is the longest tenured radio an- OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 nouncer in the country with the next closest being Bill Hillgrove who has announced 44 straight CELL: 951-452-6129 seasons at Pitt. Robertson began calling WSU games in 1964 and with the exception of a three-year EMAIL: [email protected] period in 1969-71, has been calling Cougar games ever since. Last season, Robertson slid over from SPORTS: Football, Women’s his familiar play-by-play role and passed the microphone to Bud Nameck. Robertson now hosts the ASST. DIRECTOR: Linda Chalich Cougars pre, halftime and postgame shows, while also providing analysis during the games. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 EMAIL: [email protected] COLLEGE GAMEDAY RECORD Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field SPORTS: In addition to Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso, ESPN’s College GameDay has had another ASST. DIRECTOR: Jessica Holmes OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0255 constant – the WSU flag, which this weekend will be making its 150th consecutive appearance EMAIL: [email protected] on the weekly show, dating back to the beginning of the 2004 season. Two flags – Ol’ Crimson and SPORTS: Men’s Basketball, Rowing Gray – have been flown in the background of the GameDay set by dozens of friends and alumni. ASST. DIRECTOR: Craig Lawson The Gray flag was added this year after Whitey was retired in honor of ’s “No White OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0265 Flags.” WSU recognized the GameDay flag wavers in a pregame ceremony prior to the Montana EMAIL: [email protected] State game in 2010. In addition to the flags that fly, there is a traveling flag signed by the holders after SPORTS: Women’s Soccer, Baseball, each episode. The traveling flag is retired after each season, the first of which is hanging in WSU’s Men’s & Women’s Golf, Swimming Alumni Center.

YOUNG COUGS MAKE THEIR DEBUTS Washington State saw 17 players make their collegiate debut in the season-opener against Rutgers and four made their first career start in week two at Nevada. Twelve freshmen have played in the first two games including two true freshmen in punter Jordan Dascalo and Calvin Green. Redshirt-freshman officially 2012 2013 2014 made his debut last week at Nevada, appearing in one play Total Freshmen Played 17 10 12 for an injured . Falk handed the ball off. True Freshmen Played 9 5 2 Sophomores Played 13 17 8

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PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEDIA INFORMATION 2014 STANDINGS AUDIO ON INTERNET THE WASHINGTON STATE IMG COLLEGE NETWORK NORTH DIVISON WSU’s football broadcasts are available on the Inter- Pac-12 Overall net through WSU’s web provider NeuLion. The ad- California 0-0 2-0 dress is: www.wsucougars.com, then use the Connect Cougar football games are broadcast live on the Oregon 0-0 2-0 link near the top of the page. radio throughout the Pacific Northwest via the Wash- Oregon State 0-0 2-0 ington State IMG College Sports Network. The 25-sta- Washington 0-0 2-0 WSU TICKETS tion football network - one of the largest in the Pac-12 Washington State 0-0 0-2 WSU football tickets are available online at www.wsu- - reaches from British Columbia to Oregon and can be Stanford 0-1 1-1 cougars.com, by clicking on the “Tickets” link on the heard worldwide via the internet and XM Satellite ra- front page. Tickets are available online 24 hours a day, SOUTH DIVISON dio. Cougar football broadcasts begin an hour before up until the day before the game. All orders processed kickoff, carry through the game and conclude with Pac-12 Overall online can be mailed up to 10 days prior to the game. USC 1-0 2-0 After that all online orders will be held for pickup at post-game interviews with players and coaches. Arizona 0-0 2-0 Will Call. For any questions about WSU tickets, please 710 ESPN will air a weekly season-long segment Arizona State 0-0 2-0 call 1-800-Go-Cougs, Option 1, during business hours featuring WSU head coach Mike Leach along with UCLA 0-0 2-0 (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.). special Cougar Athletics programming on both 710 Utah 0-0 2-0 ESPN Seattle and KTTH 770 AM. In addition, a WSU Colorado 0-0 1-1 WSUCOUGARS.COM section and archived game podcasts will be high- WSU releases, statistics, notes and depth chart infor- lighted on the 710 Sports page of MyNorthwest.com. mation are loaded weekly on the WSU Athletics Home The 18-station football network - one of the largest in THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Page. The address is: http://www.wsucougars.com. the Pac-12 - reaches from British Columbia to Oregon SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 COUGAR ATHLETICS ON THE WEB and can be heard worldwide via the internet and XM Wyoming at Oregon, 11 a.m. (P12N) Connect with Washington State University Athletics Satellite radio. Illinois at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX) on the web at WSUCougars.com, the official website IMG College produces the Washington State Army at Stanford, 2 p.m. (P12N) of Cougar Athletics, and on Twitter (twitter.com/WSU- IMG College Sports Network, which also features Portland State at Washington State, 5 p.m. (P12N) Cougars_com) and Facebook (facebook.com/WSU- radio coverage of WSU men’s basketball, baseball, USC at Boston College, 5 p.m. (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) CougarAthletics) during the 2013 season. UCLA vs. Texas, 5 p.m. (FOX) women’s basketball and women’s volleyball, and the Cougar Coaches Show in the fall and winter seasons. Arizona State at Colorado, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) PAC-12 TELECONFERENCE Nevada at Arizona, 8 p.m. (P12N) The Pac-12 Conference hosts a weekly teleconference IMG College, founded in 1992 in its corporate home call each Tuesday during the football season. The tele- of Winston-Salem, NC, manages corporate marketing conference call begins at 9:55 a.m., PT, while Mike opportunities and on-site promotions at WSU football Leach participates at 10:55 a.m. Contact the Pac-12 and basketball games as well as oversees sales for media relations office at 925-932-4411 for details and all signage at Martin Stadium, Friel Court at Beasley LAST WEEK’S RESULTS call-in information. Coliseum and all Cougar competition sites. THURSDAY, SEPT. 4 LEACH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE AVAILABILITY Location Station Frequency Arizona def. UTSA, 26-23 WSU head football coach Mike Leach is available for individual media interviews following practices Sun- Spokane (Flagship) KXLY 920 AM FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 day, Tuesday and Wednesday, along with after each Seattle KIRO 710 AM NEVADA def. Washington State, 24-13 Cougar game. Arrangements for interviews with coach Bellingham KPUG/KBAI 1170/930 AM Leach other than those times must be made through Centralia KMNT 104.3 FM SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 the WSU Athletic Communications office. WSU play- Colfax KCLX 1450 AM CALIFORNIA def. Sacramento State, 55-14 ers are available for interviews after each game and Colville KCVL 1240 AM WASHINGTON def. Eastern Washington, 59-52 then during Monday’s weekly press conference. Three UTAH def. Fresno State, 59-27 Grand Coulee KEYG 98.5 FM student-athletes will be brought to the press confer- Moses Lake KBSN 1470 AM Colorado def. UMASS, 41-38 ence at 12:30 p.m. and will be available at that time. USC def. STANFORD, 13-10 There will be no student-athlete availability following Mount Vernon KAPS 660 AM OREGON def. Michigan State, 46-27 practices during game week. Contact Bill Stevens Omak KEYG 97.7 FM Arizona State def. NEW MEXICO, 58-23 ([email protected]) or Bobby Alworth (bobby. Pasco KONA 610 AM UCLA def. Memphis, 42-35 [email protected]) in the WSU Athletic Communica- Portland KKPZ 1330 AM Oregon State def. HAWAII, 38-30 tions Office. Media are reminded that they should not Pullman KHTR 104.3 FM contact student-athletes via their cell phones or social Pullman KQQQ 1150 AM media accounts. All interviews need to be scheduled Shelton KMAS 1030 AM through the Athletic Communications Office. Walla Walla KGDC 1320 AM 2014 PRESEASON POLL PRACTICE POLICY Wenatchee KPQ 560 AM The first 15 minutes of each practice is open to media. Wenatchee KNZW 1340 AM NORTH DIVISION Interviews with members of the coaching staff will be Internet wsucougars.com 1. Oregon (37) 232 conducted on the field after practice. Media is asked XM Satellite Radio 2. Stanford (2) 192 not report on injuries or strategy. All walk-thru prac- 3. Washington 142 tices are closed with no media availability. 4. Oregon State 125 5. Washington State 87 6. California 41

SOUTH DIVISION 1. UCLA (37) 231 2. USC (1) 181 3. Arizona State (1) 163 4. Arizona 119 5. Utah 82 6. Colorado 43

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE MONDAY - Sept. 8 TUESDAY - Sept. 9 WEDNESDAY - Sept. 10 THURSDAY - Sept. 11 FRIDAY - Sept. 12 SATURDAY - Sept. 13 SUNDAY - Sept. 14 No practice Practice Practice Practice Closed Walk-Thru vs. Portland State Practice 12:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 8 p.m. Press Conference All Coaches Available All Coaches Available Asst. Coaches ONLY Pac-12 Networks Asst. Coaches ONLY To Media To Media Available To Media Available To Media

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WSU QUICK FACTS FOR STARTERS In the season-opener against Rutgers, eight Cougars make their first career start, five on offense FOUNDED: 1890 and three on . Four more freshman made their first career start at Nevada last week. Senior NICKNAME: Cougars COLORS: Crimson and Gray wideout made the most of his first career start against Rutgers, catching a career- CONFERENCE: Pac-12 high 12 passes for 124 yards including a 26-yard . The offensive line owns three players, ENROLLMENT: 19,446 center Riley Sorenson, right guard Eduardo Middleton and right tackle Cole Madison, who all made LOCATION: their first start in Rutgers game, with Madison also making his collegiate debut. Redshirt-freshman P. O. Box 641602 Jamal Morrow became the first Cougar freshman to start at running back since Rickey Pullman, WA 99164-1602 Galvin in 2011. The defense saw senior Mitch Peterson turn in a great performance in his STADIUM: Martin Stadium (32,952 - FieldTurf) start at the SAM linebacker position, making a game-high 16 tackles. At Nevada, redshirt-freshmen PRESIDENT: Elson S. Floyd Darius Lemora (S), Robert Lewis (WR), Charleston White (CB) and true freshman Calvin Green (WR) ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Bill Moos each notched their first career start. TICKET OFFICE: 509-335-9626, 800-GO-COUGS GENERAL DEPARTMENT: 509-335-0311 WSU ATHLETICS FAX: 509-335-5197 NATION’S PASSING LEADER WSU ATHLETICS WEBSITE: www.wsucougars.com Quarterback Connor Halliday enters the week leading the country in total passing yards (921), pass- ing yards-per-game (460.5) and total offense (441.5). The Spokane native posted the second-best HEAD COACH: Mike Leach performance in the country week one, going 40-of-56 for 532 yards and five against ALMA MATER: BYU, 1983 Rutgers before throwing for 389 yards and one touchdown at Nevada. Halliday’s six touchdown CAREER RECORD (Seasons): 93-61 (13th) passes are tied for second-most in the Pac-12 Conference and ninth in the country. WSU RECORD (Seasons): 9-18 (3rd) WSU PAC-12 RECORD (Seasons): 5-13 (3rd) HALLIDAY FIRES AWAY ON RECORD BOOKS CAREER BOWL RECORD (Games): 5-5 (11) DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR: Quarterback Connor Halliday continues to push his name up the WSU record book, recording his Mike Breske (3rd) fourth career five-touchdown game, third career 500-yard performance and 16th career 300-yard RUNNING BACKS: performance. Last season, the redshirt-senior tallied nine 300-yard games, five 4-touchdown games Jim Mastro (3rd) and his 4,597 passing yards were the most in school history and second-most in Pac-12 history, OFFENSIVE LINE: breaking ’s school record of 3,968 set in 1997. Clay McGuire (3rd) ASST. HEAD COACH/SPECIAL TEAMS: HALLIDAY’S IMPRESSIVE STRETCH Eric Russell (3rd) Dating back to last season, Connor Halliday has enjoyed one of the best five-game stretches by DEFENSIVE LINE: any quarterback in the country. Starting in the win at Arizona last season, Halliday has averaged Joe Salave’a (3rd) OUTSIDE RECEIVERS: 403 ypg (2,420) while completing 65 percent of his passes and tossing 20 touchdowns and seven Dennis Simmons (3rd) . He threw for 319 yards and two scores in the win at Arizona, 488 yards and four OUTSIDE : touchdowns in the win over Utah, 282 yards and two touchdowns at Washington, 410 yards and six Paul Volero (3rd) scores in the , 532 yards and five touchdowns against Rutgers and 389 yards and LINEBACKERS: a touchdown at Nevada. Ken Wilson (2nd) INSIDE RECEIVERS: HALLIDAY ADDS TO TOP MARKS David Yost (2nd) Connor Halliday has added to his school-records with some big numbers in the first two games this SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D./CHIEF OF STAFF: season. Halliday now owns 16 career 300-yard performances, seven 400-yard games, three 500-yard Dave Emerick (3rd) DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS: games, 10 four-touchdown performances including four 5-touchdown games, all school records. Antonio Huffman (3rd) Halliday’s 34 touchdown passes last season tied Ryan Leaf (1997) for the most in WSU single season HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH: history. His five scoring throws against Rutgers pushed him past Ryan Leaf and now sits in third all Jason Loscalzo (3rd) time with 64 career touchdown passes after throwing for another at Nevada. He trails only Jason Gesser (70) and (76). Halliday also sits third all-time with 8,352 career passing yards, 2013 RECORD: 6-7 (New Mexico Bowl) closing in on Gesser (9,830) and Brink (10,913). PAC-12 RECORD: 4-5 PAC-12 FINISH: 5th-North WIDE RECEIVER CORE STARTS STRONG WSU receivers picked up where they left off from 2013, as 10 players caught a pass against Rutgers LETTERWINNERS LOST/RETURNING: 22/36 DEFENSE L/R: 11/18 and nine made a reception at Nevada. Redshirt-senior Vince Mayle leads the way with a Pac-12- OFFENSE L/R: 9/16 best 20, good for third-most in the country while senior Isiah Myers owns 15 receptions, tied for third SPECIAL TEAMS L/R: 2/2 in the Pac-12. Mayle opened the season with a career-high 12 catches for 124 yards against Rutgers RETURNING STARTERS: 16 before making eight more grabs at Nevada. Myers tallied six receptions for two scores in the opener DEFENSE: 7 before making a game-high nine at Nevada. Sophomore made eight grabs for 83 yards OFFENSE: 8 and a touchdown against Rutgers while redshirt-freshman Robert Lewis grabbed eight catches in SPECIAL TEAMS: 1 his first career start at Nevada last week. The Cougars returned their top eight pass catchers from last year, all recording at least 37 receptions, making up 89.9 percent of their pass catchers from last WSU ALL-TIME RECORD: 510-531-45 (118th Season) season, sixth-most in the country, according to a national survey from sports information directors. CONFERENCE RECORD: 255-357-25 WSU BOWL RECORD: 6-5 (11) YOUTH MOVEMENT CONTINUED IN 2013 1916 : WSU 14 - Brown 0 The Cougars continued their youth movement last season after 17 freshmen, including nine true : Alabama 24 - WSU 0 freshmen made their debuts in 2012. In 2013, WSU saw 10 freshmen play including five true freshmen. 1981 Holiday Bowl: BYU 38 - WSU 36 Last season, the Cougars started eight sophomores in each game, four on each side of the ball and 1988 Aloha Bowl: WSU 24 - Houston 22 saw 17 sophomores contribute. In last year’s season-opener at Auburn, WSU started true freshman : WSU 31 - Utah 28 wideout and All-Pac-12 honorable mention selection River Cracraft. True freshman 1994 Alamo Bowl: WSU 10 - Baylor 3 Daquawn Brown also made his debut that day and later made his first collegiate start at No. 25 USC 1998 Rose Bowl: Michigan 21 - WSU 16 the following week, tallying a game-high 11 tackles and two pass break-ups. He finished the season 2001 : WSU 33 - Purdue 27 2003 Rose Bowl: Oklahoma 34 - WSU 14 with 50 tackles, two interceptions and second on the team with five pass breakups. Cracraft finished 2003 Holiday Bowl: WSU 28 - Texas 20 the year with 46 receptions, three touchdowns and averaged 13.3 yards-per-catch. Cracraft capped 2013 New Mexico Bowl: Colorado State 48 - WSU 45 his freshman campaign with season-best nine catches for 125 yards and touchdown in the New Mexico Bowl, tying a WSU bowl record for receptions. WSUCOUGARS.COM 3 2014 COUGAR FOOTBALL

STAT RANKINGS COUGAR OFFENSE TOOK OFF IN 2013 The Washington State passing offense produced the fourth-best passing offense in the country CATEGORY NO. PAC-12 NCAA last season at 368.0 yards-per-game with quarterback Connor Halliday owning the third-highest OFFENSE passing average at 353.6 and the third-most passing yards in the country (4,597). The offense set the Scoring/G 25.5 12 89 Pac-12 record for completions (470), surpassing the previous mark of 398 set by Arizona in 2011, and Rushing/G 22.0 12 123 the record for pass attempts (756), passing last year’s mark of 2012 2013 Passing/G 460.5 1 1 624 set by WSU. Halliday posted the school record for passing Scoring 20.4 31.0 Total Offense/G 482.5 8 39 yards in a season along with two of the NCAA’s top five single- Total Touchdowns 29 46 First Downs/G 23.5 T-8 48 Rushing/G 29.1 53.4 Sacks Allowed/G 7/3.5 11 112 game passing marks in the FBS last season including the top Passing/G 330.4 368.0 Red Zone 8-12 (50%) 11 103 (557). WSU had 10 receivers catch a pass in a game 11 times Total Offense/G 359.5 421.4 3rd Down 13-28 (46%) 6 45 last season and three receivers catch seven touchdown passes First Downs/G 20.8 23.2 74.4 78.4 4th Down 0-4 (0%) T-11 89 (Dom Williams, Gabe Marks, Vince Mayle). Red Zone Pct. Third-Down Pct. 31.7 39.5 DEFENSE Scoring/G 32.5 10 96 OFFENSIVE LINE MADE HUGE STRIDES Rushing/G 214.5 12 102 Washington State showcased an improved offensive line last season, nearly doubling rushing yards Passing/G 195.5 4 43 and allowing 25 fewer sacks than 2012. WSU debuted the improved running game in the season Total Defense/G 410.0 9 86 opener at Auburn, rushing for 120 yards and two touchdowns, its highest rushing total since rushing Sacks/G 1/0.5 T-11 111 Red Zone 8-8 (100%) T-10 88 for 125 yards at Oregon in 2011. The Cougars also rushed for 113 yards against Oregon State and 101 3rd Down % 12-32 (38%) T-6 65 at Arizona. WSU finished with 10 rushing touchdowns in 2013 after posting six rushing scores all of 4th Down % 2-4 (50%) T-5 59 2012. Against Southern Utah last year, the offensive line hit another mark, not allowing a sack for the KICKOFF RETURN AVG. 23.5 2 45 first time since against Utah in 2011. They turned in another highlight against Utah in week 11, again OPP. KICKOFF RETURN AVG. 21.0 11 75 not allowing a sack to a Utes defense that had entered the week 2012 2013 NET KICKOFF COVERAGE 41.5 T-5 - leading the country in sacks. The Cougars finished the season Games 12 13 PUNT RETURN AVG. 5.2 10 83 with the second-best pass attempts-to-sack ratio in the Pac-12 Carries 252 243 OPP. PUNT RETURN AVG. 3.5 6 47 Conference at 23.9 (756/32), going the second-longest between Net Rushing Yards 349 694 Rushing TDs 6 10 NET PUNTING 39.0 4 49 allowing sacks while dropping back to pass the most times in PENALTIES/G 9.5/74.5 6 97 Yards-Per-Carry 1.4 2.9 Pac-12 history. Oregon State led the conference at 25.0 (625/25). Yards-Per-Game 29.1 53.4 Sacks Allowed 57 32 2014 COUGAR OFFENSIVE LINE BREAKDOWN COUGARS IN THE PAC-12 The Cougars return two starters from last year in left tackle Joe Dahl and left guard Gunnar Eklund who combined for 33 starts to start the season, the fewest by any Pac-12 offensive line. WSU PASSING YARDS/GAME RANK AVG. replaces the center and right side of the line after all three positions were occupied by seniors in Connor Halliday 1 460.5 2013. Sophomore center Riley Sorenson and redshirt-sophomore Eduardo Middleton are the only offensive linemen with game experience, appearing in a combined four games last season. The re- PASSING TOUCHDOWNS RANK NO. vamped line protected for Connor Halliday who went 40-of-56 for 532 yards and five touchdowns in Connor Halliday T-2 6 the opener and 389 yards at Nevada. PASSING YARDS RANK NO. Connor Halliday 1 921 EKLUND NAMED OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK Each week, Washington State coaches award the “Bone” award to the offensive lineman who per- RECEPTIONS RANK NO. forms the best during the previous game. Redshirt-junior left guard Gunnar Eklund is the week two Vince Mayle 1 20 recipient after grading out the highest and delivering two knockdown blocks at Nevada. Isiah Myers T-4 15 WSU DEFENSE HITS THE MARK RECEIVING YARDS RANK NO. The Cougars defense posted some impressive numbers last season, holding eventual SEC champion Vince Mayle 2 210 Isiah Myers 4 196 Auburn to 99 passing yards and 4-of-13 on third down. The following week, WSU limited No. 25 USC to 54 yards passing, 193 yards in total offense including All-American wideout to 51 all- KICK RETURN AVG. RANK AVG. purpose yards. The defense did not stop once returning to Martin Stadium, posting a shutout in the Kristoff Williams 3 21.9 42-0 win over Idaho in week four, notching the first shutout since 2003 (Idaho, 25-0 in Seattle) and the first home shutout since 1999 (Louisiana-Lafayette, 44-0). WSU finished the year tied for third in PUNT AVG. RANK AVG. the Pac-12 in red zone defense with Oregon, trailing only USC and Stanford. The Cougars forced 30 Jordan Dascalo 7 40.4 turnovers in 2013, second-most in the Pac-12 and the most by a Cougar defense since the 2006 team forced 30. TACKLES RANK TOTAL Mitch Peterson T-5 20 Daquawn Brown T-11 17 LINEBACKING CORE LEADS THE WAY Darryl Monroe T-11 17 The Cougar’s 3-4 defense saw its linebackers fill up the stat sheet last season. Linebackers Justin Sagote (106), Darryl Monroe (94), Cyrus Coen (60) and Tana Pritchard (55) made up four of the Cougars top five tacklers. Gone is Sagote to graduation but Monroe, Coen and Pritchard all return along with 2011 starter Chester Su’a who sat out last season. WSU’s returning linebackers combined for 25.5 tackles-for-loss including nine sacks last season. The Cougars got another boost in the season opener when redshirt-senior Mitch Peterson stepped in at SAM linebacker and made a game-high 16 tackles in his first career start.

CALDWELL MAKES FIRST CAREER START...ON DEFENSE Junior safety Teondray Caldwell made his first career start on defense in the season-opener against Rutgers, tallying four tackles after switching from running back midway through fall camp. Caldwell had played the first two seasons on offense, appearing in 22 games and making eight starts at run- ning back. Caldwell became the first Cougar to make starts on both sides of the ball since Dan Spitz made five starts as a defensive lineman in 2009 before making 11 starts as an offensive lineman in 2011-12.

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WSU BY THE NUMBERS SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Each week, Washington State assistant head coach / special teams coordinator Eric Russell selects CATEGORY 2014 a “Special Teams Player of the Week” to the player who performs the best during the previous RECORD 0-2 game. The week two recipient is Theron West who led the way on special teams, recording a tackle PAC-12 0-0 NORTH 0-0 on punt coverage, assisted on a tackle on a kickoff and also sniffed out Nevada’s fake punt run SOUTH 0-0 play, assisting on a tackle-for-loss on the play. Isaac Dotson also received honorable mention after NONCONFERENCE 0-2 recording a pair of special teams tackles while appearing on the punt return, kickoff, kickoff return HOME 0-1 and field goal teams. For the season, Dotson leads the team with three special teams tackles, all on AWAY 0-1 kickoffs. DAY NIGHT 0-2 SPECIAL TEAMS FINISHED AMONG PAC-12 LEADERS TV GAMES The Cougars kickoff and punt return teams saw improvement in 2012 and both continued the trend FOX SPORTS 1 0-1 in 2013. Teondray Caldwell earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention as a kick returner in 2012 after ESPN 0-1 finishing third in the conference with a 25.0 kick return average. Last season, Rickey Galvin finished SCORING FIRST 0-0 fourth in the Pac-12 with a 22.4 kickoff return average. The kickoff coverage team finished the OPPONENT SCORES FIRST 0-2 year tied for first in the in the conference with Stanford. For the punt return team, it ranked fourth in the Pac-12 at 9.0 ypr, all by graduated Leon Brooks. The special teams unit picked up another LEADING AT HALF 0-0 accomplishment last season, blocking its first punt (Theron West vs. Oregon State) since 2007. The TRAILING AT HALF 0-2 Cougars, and West, blocked another punt in the New Mexico Bowl. TIED AT HALF 0-0 HALLIDAY’S RECORDING SETTING NIGHT AT OREGON LEADING AFTER 3 QUARTERS 0-1 Connor Halliday went 58-of-89 for 557 yards and four touchdowns at No. 2 Oregon last season, TRAILING AFTER 3 QUARTERS 0-1 TIED AFTER 3 QUARTERS 0-0 setting Pac-12 and WSU single-game records for pass completions, attempts, passing yards and total offense. His 58 completions tied an NCAA Division I record with Andy Schmitt of Eastern LEADING WITH 5 MINUTES REMAINING 0-1 Michigan in 2008 and were the second-most completions in NCAA history. The 89 pass attempts TRAILING WITH 5 MINUTES REMAINING 0-1 were the second-most in NCAA history and were a Division I record, surpassing the previous mark TIED WITH 5 MINUTES REMAINING 0-0 of 83 thrown by in 1998.

SCORING FEWER THAN 20 POINTS 0-1 COUGARS TO FACE EIGHTH-TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN 2014 SCORING 20+ POINTS 0-0 According to ESPN Insider Brian Fermeau, the Cougars entered the season with the eighth-toughest SCORING 30+ POINTS 0-1 schedule in the country. Utah sits atop the ranking while other fellow Pac-12 Conference members SCORING 40+ POINTS 0-0 ALLOWING FEWER THAN 20 POINTS 0-0 Stanford and Cal sit sixth and ninth, respectively. Last year, WSU played the fifth-toughest schedule ALLOWING 20+ POINTS 0-1 in the country according to USA Today. ALLOWING 30+ POINTS 0-0 ALLOWING 40+ POINTS 0-1 HALLIDAY APPEARS ON AWARD WATCH LISTS Redshirt-senior quarterback Connor Halliday received recognition throughout the summer, appear- RUSHING FOR LESS THAN 50 YARDS 0-2 ing on a number of award watch lists including the Davey O’Brien Award, Manning Award, Johnny RUSHING FOR 50-99 YARDS 0-0 Unitas Award, Performance Awards Quarterback Trophy. Halliday started all 13 RUSHING FOR 100+ YARDS 0-0 games for the Cougars last season, setting a school-record with 4,597 passing yards, second-most ALLOWING LESS THAN 100 RUSHING YARDS 0-0 in Pac-12 Conference history. The Spokane, Wash. native also set school records for pass com- ALLOWING 100+ RUSHING YARDS 0-0 ALLOWING 200+ RUSHING YARDS 0-2 pletions (449), pass attempts (714) and tied the school record with 34 touchdown passes. Halliday tallied nine 300-yard performances including four 400-yard games and capped his season leading PASSING FOR LESS THAN 300 YARDS 0-0 Washington State to the New Mexico Bowl where he tied an NCAA record with six PASSING FOR LESS THAN 300+ YARDS 0-1 touchdown passes. PASSING FOR LESS THAN 400+ YARDS 0-0 PASSING FOR LESS THAN 500+ YARDS 0-1 COOPER NAMED TO AWARD WATCH LISTS ALLOWING LESS THAN 200 PASSING YARDS 0-1 Redshirt-junior defensive lineman was named to a couple award watch lists this ALLOWING 200+ PASSING YARDS 0-1 summer, appearing on the Lott Trophy watch list and the College Football Performance Awards De- ALLOWING 300+ PASSING YARDS 0-0 fensive Lineman Trophy watch list. Cooper started all 13 games for the Cougars last season, making ALLOWING 400+ PASSING YARDS 0-0 50 tackles including team-highs of 13.5 tackles-for-loss and five sacks. The Tacoma, Wash. native TOTALING LESS THAN 300 YARDS 0-0 also recovered two , forced two and scored one touchdown on a return. Cooper also TOTALING 300+ YARDS 0-0 received preseason All-Pac-12 recognition from Phil Steele Magazine and Athlon Sports. TOTALING 400+ YARDS 0-1 TOTALING 500+ YARDS 0-1 2015 QUARTERBACK TO ENROLL EARLY ALLOWING LESS THAN 300 TOTAL YARDS 0-0 Incoming freshman quarterback Tyler Hilinksi signed a Financial Aid Agreement and will join the ALLOWING 300+ TOTAL YARDS 0-1 Washington State football program in January, 2015. Hilinski will graduate from Upland High School ALLOWING 400+ TOTAL YARDS 0-1 in Upland, Calif. this winter, enroll at WSU in January, 2015 and be able to participate in spring drills ALLOWING 500+ TOTAL YARDS 0-0 with the Cougars. As a junior last fall, Hilinski earned Inland Valley Offensive Player of the Year HAVING A 100-YARD RECEIVER 0-2 honors after throwing for 3,053 yards, 34 touchdowns and just eight interceptions. He completed HAVING 2 PLAYERS WITH 8+ CATCHES 0-1 177-of-260 (.680) pass attempts and also rushed for 334 yards and four touchdowns. Hilinksi, 6-4, HAVING 3 PLAYERS WITH 5+ CATCHES 0-2 190, is rated a four-star prospect by Rivals.com and three stars by ESPN.com and Scout.com. He is ranked the No. 106 prospect in the Western-150 and the No. 41 quarterback prospect in the country COMMITTING NO TURNOVERS 0-0 by Scout.com. His brother, Kelly, is a quarterback at Columbia University. COMMITTING FEWER THAN 3 TURNOVERS 0-1 COMMITTING 3+ TURNOVERS 0-1 NO TAKEAWAYS 0-1 FORCING FEWER THAN 3 TURNOVERS 0-1 FORCING 3+ TURNOVERS 0-0

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SCORING DRIVES ALLISON NAMED TO ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM VS. RUTGERS (SEATTLE) QTR PLAYS YDS TIME Linebacker Jeremiah Allison is a nominee for the Allstate Coaches Powell 22-yard FG 1 4 -1 1:33 Association (AFCA) Good Works Team®. For 23 years the Allstate AFCA Good Works Myers 4-yard pass from Halliday 2 5 80 2:08 Team® has served as one of the most coveted and prestigious off-the-field honors in Mayle 26-yard pass from Halliday 2 8 72 3:10 college football, recognizing players whose charitable involvement and community service Cracraft 7-yard pass from Halliday 3 7 75 2:33 Myers 14-yard pass from Halliday 3 9 63 3:46 contributions stand out among all other student-athletes participating in the sport, and Galvin 5-yard pass from Halliday 4 6 67 2:31 who represent the sport’s finest in the areas of volunteerism and leadership among their peers. Allison, a junior, has been involved with many community service projects in and AT NEVADA QTR PLAYS YDS TIME around Pullman, Wash., assisting in Habitat for Humanity, the Washington State Athletics Mayle 13-yard pass from Halliday 2 5 80 1:32 Powell 25-yard FG 2 13 62 3:56 Reading Buddies with local elementary schools, Sr. Buddies at the local retirement home, Breshears 38-yard FG 4 8 39 2:37 a Special Olympics basketball tournament and Butch’s Holiday Bash for local children. The Los Angeles native has also helped out with National Women In Sports Day and is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for football. Allison was named to the WSU Athletics All-Academic Team as a freshman. Last season as a sophomore, Allison appeared in all 13 games, made seven tackles and recovered one fumble.

WSU TO INDUCT STEVE GLEASON IN TO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME WSU will induct Steve Gleason as the lone member into the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame, WSU Director of Athletics Bill Moos announced this summer. In an unprecedented move, Gleason will be the sole member of the 2014 class and will be recognized in an in-game ceremony during a home football game later this fall. “Steve exemplifies all we stand for at Washington State University and will be our exclusive honoree for the 2014 class,” said Moos. “It’s an opportunity to focus on everything he has accomplished, as a student- athlete, as a professional athlete and as a role model and hero for so many. After consul- tation with the Hall of Fame committee, I felt it was appropriate, and most deserving, to have Steve as the lone inductee this year. Throughout his battle with ALS, he has served as an inspiration to Cougars young and old.” Gleason was a four-year letterwinner in both football and baseball during his time at Washington State (1995-99). On the football field he was a two-time team captain, garnered All-Pacific-10 Conference honors three times and finished his career with 282 tackles, ninth-most in school history. As a member of the baseball team Gleason served as team captain his senior year and his 12 career triples were tied for third when he left. Academically Gleason was a four-time Pacific-10 All- Academic selection for football, including first-team honors his junior and senior seasons. As a senior he was also a GTE Academic All-District VIII First Team selection and received WSU’s Beulah M. Blankenship Outstanding Student-Athlete award and the Student-Ath- lete Advisory Board Outstanding Senior Award. Gleason went on to play in the NFL for seven seasons (2000-07), all with the . As a player he may be best remembered for blocking a punt that resulted in a touchdown in the Saints first game in New Orleans’ in nearly 21 months following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Gleason was diagnosed with ALS in 2011 and since that time he, along with his foundation, Team Gleason, has been a global leader in raising awareness of and improving the lives of those affected by the disease. Gleason will join the current 177 members of the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

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DATE OPPONENT SITE OVERTIMES RESULT 11/23/96 Washington Pullman 1 L, 24-31 10/25/97 Arizona Pullman 1 W, 35-34 10/14/00 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 3 L, 47-53 10/21/00 Arizona State Pullman 1 L, 20-23 11/4/00 Oregon Pullman 1 L, 24-27 10/5/02 USC Pullman 1 W, 30-27 11/23/02 Washington Pullman 3 L, 26-29 11/6/03 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 1 L, 26-29 10/15/05 UCLA Pullman 1 L, 41-44 11/22/08 Washington Pullman 2 W, 16-13 9/19/09 SMU Pullman 1 W, 33-30 11/19/11 Utah Pullman 1 L, 27-30 11/23/12 Washington Pullman 1 W, 31-28 TOTAL 5-8

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AP TOP-25 WHO’S GONE? 1 Florida State (38) 2-0 1463 Last season, Washington State sent off a group of seniors that posted a 2012 Apple Cup victory and 2 Oregon (16) 2-0 1415 led the Cougars back to a bowl game in 2013, the first bowl appearance since 2003. Gone is first- 3 Alabama (1) 2-0 1334 team All-American safety Deone Bucannon (15 career INT) to the Arizona Cardinals, 4 Oklahoma (2) 2-0 1303 Damanté Horton (9 career INT) and Nolan Washington (31 starts) both graduated along with two- 5 Auburn 2-0 1236 6 Georgia (1) 1-0 1201 time All-Pac-12 center Elliott Bosch (25 starts), offensive lineman John Fulllington (43 starts) and 7 Texas A&M (2) 2-0 1101 kicker Andrew Furney (third-most FG in school history). 8 Baylor 2-0 1043 9 USC 2-0 1039 WSU OPENS COUGAR FOOTBALL COMPLEX 10 LSU 2-0 1029 11 Notre Dame 2-0 815 Washington State opened its state-of-the-art Cougar Football Complex this summer. The 12 UCLA 2-0 779 84,000-square football building will house the Cougar football program including a locker room, play- 13 Michigan State 1-1 751 ers lounge, team and position meeting rooms, coaches offices, training and equipment rooms, an 14 Ole Miss 2-0 703 11,153-square foot football-only weight room, the Cougar Football Hall of Fame and Heritage Area 15 Stanford 1-1 592 16 Arizona State 2-0 570 and a gameday home for Gray W letterwinners. 17 Virginia Tech 2-0 532 18 Wisconsin 1-1 391 COUGAR FOOTBALL FACILITIES GET NEW FIELDTURF 19 Kansas State 2-0 285 WSU installed new FieldTurf to Martin Stadium and the Rogers Practice Field this summer. The 20 Missouri 2-0 237 21 Louisville 2-0 234 updated FieldTurf replaced the turf that had been utilized at Martin Stadium since 2006 and on the 22 Ohio State 1-1 222 practice field since 2010. The company, FieldTurf, put down FieldTurf Revolution Fiber, the same sur- 23 Clemson 1-1 206 face used by the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink field, the New England Patriots, Ohio State and 24 South Carolina 1-1 199 Notre Dame. The surfaces of both WSU facilities feature the iconic Cougar logo at midfield along 25 BYU 2-0 179 with crimson end zones and will be completed in late July. Others receiving votes: Nebraska 153, North Carolina 118, Oklahoma State 92, Florida 70, Duke 43, Penn State 35, TCU 31, COUGARS CAPPED 2013 SEASON WITH TRIP TO NEW MEXICO BOWL Mississippi State 29, Marshall 18, Tennessee 14, Iowa 10, West Washington State capped an improved 2013 campaign by earning a trip to the New Mexico Bowl, Virginia 6, Cincinnati 6, Washington 4, North Dakota State 3, Texas Tech 3, Pittsburgh 3, Utah 2, Arizona 1 the school’s first bowl appearance since 2003. COUGARS REACHED WINS MARKS AGAINST NATION’S FIFTH-TOUGHEST SCHEDULE For the first time since 2006, the Cougars reached the six-win mark, recorded four conference wins, ESPN/USA TODAY TOP-25 won consecutive conference games (Arizona, Utah) and tallied three conference road wins in a season (USC, Cal, Arizona). According to the USA Today, WSU played the fifth-toughest schedule in 1 Florida State (51) 2-0 1529 the country, falling by a touchdown at eventual SEC champion Auburn, winning at USC and facing 2 Alabama (1) 2-0 1435 Stanford and Oregon away from Martin Stadium. The combined record of the seven teams WSU 3 Oklahoma (3) 2-0 1408 4 Oregon (6) 2-0 1407 lost to was 67-27, with four of the teams finishing the year in the top-15 of the final BCS standings. 5 Auburn 2-0 1312 6 Georgia (1) 1-0 1209 COUGARS KNOCKED OFF NO. 25 USC 7 Baylor 2-0 1135 Washington State’s 10-7 win at No. 25 USC week two last season was its first victory over the 8 Texas A&M 2-0 1090 9 LSU 2-0 1034 Trojans since 2002 and first win over USC in Los Angeles since 2000. The victory was also the first 10 USC 2-0 999 win over a ranked team since beating No. 16 Oregon 34-23 in Pullman in 2006 and the first win over 11 Notre Dame 2-0 858 a ranked opponent on the road since beating No. 10 Oregon 55-13 in 2003. 12 UCLA 2-0 812 13 Michigan State 1-1 716 14 Arizona State 2-0 646 BUCANNON GONE TO THE NFL 15 Ole Miss 2-0 609 Safety Deone Bucannon was selected in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft as the No. 27 overall 16 Stanford 1-1 585 pick by the Arizona Cardinals last spring. Bucannon was the first Cougar taken in the first round 17 Wisconsin 1-1 409 since cornerback Marcus Trufant was the No. 11 overall selection in the 2003 draft by the Seattle 18 Ohio State 1-1 402 19 Virginia Tech 2-0 349 Seahawks. Bucannon was the first WSU defensive back drafted since safety Eric Frampton was 20 Kansas State 2-0 333 taken in the fifth round by the Oakland Raiders in 2007 and is Washington State’s 13th overall first- 21 Nebraska 2-0 310 round pick. Bucannon closed out his Cougar career with one of the best seasons in WSU history, 22 Missouri 2-0 281 being named a First-Team All-American by the Associated Press, a Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist 23 South Carolina 1-1 232 24 Clemson 1-1 212 and an All-Pac-12 First Team selection. The Fairfield, Calif. native led the Pac-12 with 114 tackles 25 North Carolina 2-0 129 and tied for the conference lead with six interceptions. Bucannon, a three-time all-conference pick, notched 100-tackle seasons as a junior and senior, also owned team-highs of three forced fumbles Others receiving votes: Louisville 128, BYU 124, Florida 107, and two fumble recoveries. He finished his career fourth in WSU history in career tackles (384), Mississippi State 84, Oklahoma State 81, Duke 55, Washington 22, TCU 19, Minnesota 17, Marshall 14, Iowa 9, Cincinnati 8, second in career solo tackles (268) and third in career interceptions with 15. He closed the season Arizona 7, West Virginia 6, Oregon State 6, Pittsburgh 5, North- as the NCAA’s active career leader in solo tackles, tied for the lead in career interceptions and fifth ern Illinois 5, Memphis 4, Rutgers 4, Michigan 2, Boise State in career total tackles. Bucannon also played on the kickoff and punt coverage teams last season 1, Texas Tech 1 and finished tied for second on the team with seven special teams tackles, five coming on kickoff. Bucannon and the Cardinals open the 2014 season hosting San Diego Monday night.

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CONNOR HALLIDAY STATS WSU RECORDS HALLIDAY YEAR-BY-YEAR CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASSES YEAR-BY-YEAR 1. Alex Brink, 2004-07 76 YEAR GP/GS CMP-ATT-INT PCT. YDS AVG./G TD LG EFFIC. TC NYG TD LG PLAYS TOFF 2. Jason Gesser, 1999-2002 70 2011 4/1 59-103-4 57.3 960 240.0 9 85 156.6 6 -28 0 2 109 932 3. Connor Halliday, 2011-present 64 2012 9/5 151-290-13 52.1 1874 208.2 15 81 114.5 27 -156 0 3 317 1718 2013 13/13 449-714-22 62.9 4597 353.6 34 72 126.5 50 -177 0 11 764 4420 CAREER PASSING YARDS 2014 2/2 78-113-3 69.0 921 460.5 6 64 149.7 11 -38 0 4 124 883 1. Alex Brink, 2004-07 10,913 TOTAL 28/21 737-1220-42 60.4 8352 298.5 64 85 128.3 94 -399 0 11 1314 7953 2. Jason Gesser, 1999-2002 8,830 3. Connor Halliday, 2011-present 8,352 RS-FRESHMAN (2011) CAREER COMPLETIONS DATE OPPONENT GP/GS CMP-ATT-INT YDS TD LG TC NYG TD LG PLAYS OFFENSE 1. Alex Brink, 2004-07 848 9/3 Idaho State - 6-13-0 67 1 20 0 0 0 0 13 67 2. Connor Halliday, 2011-present 737 9/10 UNLV - 5-6 110 2 57 0 0 0 0 6 110 9/17 at San Diego State DNP CAREER ATTEMPTS 10/1 at Colorado DNP 1. Alex Brink, 2004-07 1,451 10/8 at UCLA DNP 2. Connor Halliday, 2011-present 1,220 10/15 Stanford DNP 10/22 Oregon State (Sea) DNP CAREER 300-YARD GAMES 10/22 at Oregon DNP 1. Connor Halliday, 2011-present 16 11/5 at California DNP 2. Alex Brink, 2004-07 12 11/12 Arizona State - 27-36-0 494 4 85 3 -1 0 2 39 493 Ryan Leaf, 1994-97 12 11/19 Utah * 21-48-4 289 2 44 3 -27 0 0 51 262 11/26 at Washington DNP PAC-12 RECORDS CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASSES RS-SOPHOMORE (2012) 1. Matt Barkley, USC, 2009-12 116 DATE OPPONENT GP/GS CMP-ATT-INT YDS TD LG TC NYG TD LG PLAYS OFFENSE 7. , STAN, 1979-82 77 8/30 at BYU DNP 8. Alex Brink, WSU, 2004-07 76 9/8 Eastern Washington - 5-11-1 76 0 36 0 0 0 0 11 76 9. Keith Price, WASH, 2010-13 75 9/14 at UNLV * 26-45-2 378 4 81 3 -10 0 0 48 368 10. Steve Stenstrom, STAN, 1991-94 74 9/22 Colorado * 32-60-2 401 4 49 4 -35 0 1 64 366 11. , USC, 1998-2002 72 9/29 Oregon (Sea.) * 33-60-1 348 1 33 8 -46 0 3 68 302 12. Sean Mannion, OSU, 2011-present 72 10/6 at Oregon State * 9-20-3 81 0 49 0 0 0 0 20 81 13. Jason Gesser, WSU, 1999-2002 70 10/13 California * 4-10-2 64 0 40 2 -7 0 1 12 57 14. , ORE, 2012-present 69 10/27 at Stanford DNP 15. Cade McNown, UCLA, 1995-99 68 11/3 at Utah - 3-8-0 23 0 15 0 0 0 0 8 23 16. Drew Olson, UCLA, 2002-05 67 11/10 UCLA - 26-43-1 330 5 49 4 -32 0 0 47 298 Willie Tuitama, ARIZ, 2005-08 67 11/17 at Arizona State - 13-33-1 173 1 54 6 -26 0 0 39 147 Nick Foles, ARIZ, 2009-11 67 11/23 Washington DNP 19. Darron Thomas, ORE, 66 20. , ASU, 1993-96 65 RS-JUNIOR (2013) 21. , CAL, 1999-2002 64 DATE OPPONENT GP/GS CMP-ATT-INT YDS TD LG TC NYG TD LG PLAYS TOFF Connor Halliday, 2011-present 64 8/31 at Auburn * 35-65-3 344 1 53 5 14 0 11 70 358 CAREER PASSING YARDS 9/7 at USC * 26-38-2 215 0 50 4 -30 0 0 42 185 1. Matt Barkley, USC, 2009-12 12,274 9/14 Southern Utah * 32-41-1 383 5 55 2 -2 0 3 43 381 17. Willie Tuitama, ARIZ, 2005-08 9,211 9/21 Idaho * 31-43-2 346 4 43 1 -8 0 0 44 338 18. Keith Price, WASH, 2010-13 8,919 9/28 Stanford (Sea.) * 24-36-1 184 0 43 2 -7 0 5 38 177 19. Jason Gesser, WSU, 1999-2002 8,830 10/5 at California * 41-67-1 521 3 72 1 -5 0 0 68 516 20. Jake Plummer, ASU, 1993-96 8,827 10/12 Oregon State * 26-49-3 248 1 40 1 -1 0 0 50 247 21. Drew Olson, UCLA, 2002-05 8,532 10/19 at Oregon * 58-89-4 557 4 39 5 -19 0 3 94 538 22. Rob Johnson, USC, 1991-94 8,472 10/31 Arizona State * 29-54-1 300 2 35 4 -25 0 5 58 275 28. Connor Halliday, 2011-present 8,352 11/16 at Arizona * 39-53-1 319 2 27 7 -14 0 4 60 305 11/23 Utah * 39-62-0 488 4 71 1 1 0 1 63 489 300-YARD GAMES 11/30 at Washington * 32-59-2 282 2 29 10 -32 0 11 69 250 12/21 vs. Colorado State * 37-58-1 410 6 28 7 -49 0 3 65 361 CAREER 300-YARD GAMES 1. at Oregon (2013) 557 (4 TD) RS-SENIOR (2014) 2. Rutgers (2014) 532 (5 TD) DATE OPPONENT GP/GS CMP-ATT-INT YDS TD LG TC NYG TD LG PLAYS TOFF 3. at Cal (2013) 521 (3 TD) 8/28 Rutgers (Sea.) * 40-56-1 532 5 64 5 -16 0 4 61 516 4. Arizona State (2011) 494 (4 TD) 9/5 at Nevada * 38-57-2 389 1 32 6 -22 0 4 63 367 5. Utah (2013) 488 (4 TD) 6. vs. Colorado State (2013) 410 (6 TD) 9/13 Portland State 7. Colorado (2012) 401 (4 TD) 9/20 Oregon 8. at Nevada (2014) 389 (1 TD) 9/27 at Utah 9. Southern Utah (2013) 383 (5 TD) 10/4 California 10. at UNLV (2012) 378 (4 TD) 10/10 at Stanford 11. vs. Oregon (2012) 348 (1 TD) 10/25 Arizona 12. Idaho (2013) 346 (4 TD) 11/1 USC 13. at Auburn (2013) 344 (1 TD) 11/8 at Oregon State 14. UCLA (2012) 330 (5 TD) 11/22 at Arizona State 15. at Arizona (2013) 319 (2 TD) 11/29 Washington 16. Arizona State (2013) 300 (2 TD)

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ASSISTANT COACHES PORTLAND STATE-WSU SERIES HISTORY

LAST MEETING Sept. 20, 2008 WASHINGTON STATE def. Portland State, 48-9 PULLMAN, Wash. – Third-string quarterback Marshall Lobbestael came off the bench to throw two touch- down passes and Washington State crushed Portland State 48-9 for its first win of the season and first under new coach Paul Wulff.

Defensive Coordinator Running Backs The game was costly for Washington State, which saw starting quarterback Kevin Lopina and backup Gary Mike Breske (Booth) Jim Mastro (Booth) Rogers both knocked out with injuries. Rogers was taken off the field by an ambulance after complaining of neck pains. Portland State (1-2), a Championship Subdivision member of the Big Sky Conference, came in averaging nearly 400 passing yards, but could generate little of- fense against the Cougars of the Pacific-10. Lobbestael, a redshirt freshmen, came in after Rogers was carried off the field with 11:09 left in the third. He threw touchdown passes on the next two possessions and finished 9-for-12 for 149 yards. Offensive Line Special Teams Coordinator Clay McGuire (Field) Eric Russell (Field) Portland State, which throws the ball about 75 percent of the time under coach Jerry Glanville, got just 238 yards through the air as a steady rain made the ball slippery. Washington State had 638 yards of offense. On the first play from scrimmage, Portland State quar- terback Drew Hubel threw the ball to WSU linebacker Hallston Higgins. Chris Ivory later scored on a 5-yard run and the Cougars led 7-0. Portland State had a bizarre drive that was kept alive by three WSU penalties - personal foul, pass interfer- ence and holding - but netted only a 23-yard field goal by Danny Urrego. Defensive Line Outside Wide Receivers Joe Salave’a (Field) Dennis Simmons (Field) Dwight Tardy scored on a 1-yard run on WSU’s next possession for a 14-3 lead after one quarter. The only scoring in the second quarter was Nico Gra- su’s 26-yard field goal that gave WSU a 17-3 lead. Lopina suffered a bruised right shoulder during a sack by Eloka Anyaorah with 3:03 left in the first half, and was replaced by Rogers. On the first possession of the second half, Brandon Gibson caught a short pass from Rogers and got through the PSU defense for a 43-yard touchdown and Outside Linebackers Linebackers a 24-3 lead. Paul Volero (Booth) Ken Wilson (Field) Rogers went down after a shot to the helmet that drew a roughing-the-passer penalty with 11:09 left in the third. He was taken off the field by an ambulance. Lobbestael replaced him and on the second play threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Jeshua Anderson for a 31-3 WSU lead. He hit Devin Frischknecht for another touchdown on the next possession, and Grasu added a field goal as the Cougars built a 41-3 lead. Rogers was struck in the helmet by Portland State de- fender Aaron Dickson after he threw a pass. Rogers was on the ground for about 15 minutes. Inside Wide Receivers Strength/Conditioning David Yost (Booth) Jason Loscalzo (Field) All the players from both teams went to the ambulance and stood as medical personnel worked on Rogers and prepared to place him on a stretcher. He complained of neck pains and was taken to a local hospital. His condition was not immediately available. Rogers began the season as the starter before being replaced by Lopina prior to the third game.

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LONG PLAYS FROM SCRIMMAGE (20+YARDS) GAMES STARTED PASSING PLAYS (11) BY PLAYER OFFENSE YDS CONNECTION OPPONENT NO. PLAYER TYPE 2011 2012 2013 2014 Streak Career 64 Halliday to D. Williams Rutgers 11 Halliday (1 TD) Passing (11) Bartolone (WR) 9 2 - - 11 52 Halliday to Galvin Rutgers 2 Cracraft Receiving (2) Caldwell (RB) 4 5 - - 9 43 Halliday to Myers Rutgers 2 Mayle (1 TD) Receiving (2) Cracraft (WR) 10 1 - 11 32 Halliday to D. Williams at Nevada 2 Myers Receiving (2) Dahl (OL) 13 2 15 15 29 Halliday to K. Williams Rutgers 2 D. Williams Receiving (2) Eklund (OL) 7 13 2 15 22 26 Halliday to Mayle (TD) Rutgers 1 Galvin Receiving (1) Galvin (WR) 6 3 5 1 - 15 24 Halliday to Mayle Rutgers 1 Lewis Receiving (1) Green (WR) 1 1 1 24 Halliday to Myers at Nevada 1 K. Williams Receiving (1) Halliday (QB) 1 5 13 2 15 21 23 Halliday to Cracraft Rutgers Lewis (WR) 1 1 1 21 Halliday to Lewis at Nevada BY GAME Madison (OL) 2 2 2 20 Halliday to Cracraft Rutgers NO. GAME Marks (WR) 8 9 - - 17 8 Rutgers (1 TD) Passing (8) Mason (RB) 0 1 11 - - 12 RUSHING PLAYS (0) 3 at Nevada Passing (3) Mayle (WR) 0 2 2 2 YDS RUSHER OPPONENT Middleton (OL) - 2 2 2 Morrow (RB) 2 2 2 Myers (WR) 0 5 9 - - 14 Sorenson (OL) - 2 2 2 West (RB) 1 - - 1 D. Williams (WR) 5 8 - - 13 K. Williams (WR) 2 0 1 2 2 5 DEFENSE 2011 2012 2013 2014 Streak Career Brown (CB) 4 2 2 6 Caldwell (S) - - - 1 - 1 Clark (CB) - - - 1 - 1 Coen (LB) 1 11 10 1 1 23 Cooper (DT) 9 13 2 24 24 Lemora (S) 1 1 1 Monroe (LB) - 12 13 2 27 27 Palacio (LB) 0 7 2 7 9 Peterson (LB) - - 1 - 1 Polé (DL) 3 2 10 2 2 17 Pritchard (LB) - 3 2 5 5 Su’a (LB) 4 2 - - - 6 Taliulu (S) 2 10 2 2 14 Vaeao (DL) 2 10 2 9 14 White (CB) 1 1 1

WSU WEEKLY CAPTAINS RUT Halliday Dahl Polé Monroe K. Williams @NEV Halliday Myers Polé Monroe K. Williams PSU ORE @UTAH CAL @STAN ARIZ USC @OSU @ASU WASH 2014 STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE LT LG C RG RT WR (X) WR (Y) WR (Z) WR (H) RB QB RUT Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison Mayle Cracraft K. Williams Galvin Morrow Halliday @NEV Dahl Eklund Sorenson Middleton Madison Mayle Lewis K. Williams Green Morrow Halliday PSU ORE @UTAH CAL @STAN ARIZ USC @OSU @ASU WASH

OFFENSE T NT E BUCK SAM MIKE WILL CB SS FS CB RUTGERS Cooper Polé Vaeao Palacio Peterson Monroe Pritchard Brown Caldwell Taliulu Clark @NEV Cooper Polé Vaeao Palacio Coen Monroe Pritchard Brown Lemora Taliulu White PSU ORE @UTAH CAL @STAN ARIZ USC @OSU @ASU WASH

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