2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WASHINGTON STATE (1-2, 1-2 Pac-12) at UTAH (2-2, 2-2 Pac-12) (1-2, 1-2 PAC-12) 10:30 a.m. (PT), Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 • Fox Sports 1 Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,807) • Salt Lake City DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Nov. 7 at Oregon State * W, 38-28 (FS1) BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY Nov. 14 No. 11 Oregon * L, 29-43 (FOX) Nov. 21 at Stanford * Canceled TV: Fox Sports 1 ALL-TIME: WSU leads series 9-8 Nov. 27 Washington * Canceled PLAY-BY-PLAY: Eric Collins OVERALL STREAK: UTAH +1 Dec. 6 at No. 20 USC * L, 13-38 (FS1) ANALYST: Ben Leber LAST MEETING: UTAH, 38-13 (9/28/19 - Salt Lake City) LAST WSU WIN: 28-24 (9/29/18 - Pullman) Dec. 12 California * Canceled RADIO: Washington State Sports Network from Learfield IMG College IN PULLMAN: Utah leads 4-3 Dec. 19 at Utah * 10:30 a.m. (FS1) PLAY-BY-PLAY: Matt Chazanow STREAK: WSU +2 ANALYST: Alex Brink LAST MEETING: WSU, 28-24 (9/29/18) * Pac-12 Conference Game SIDELINE: Jessamyn McIntyre LAST UTAH WIN: 30-27, OT (11/19/11) Home games in BOLD / All times Pacific IN SALT LAKE CITY: WSU leads 5-4 LIVESTATS: wsucougars.com STREAK: UTAH +1 WASHINGTON STATE TWITTER: @WSUCougarfb, @WSUCougarNotes LAST MEETING: UTAH, 38-13 (9/28/19) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS INSTAGRAM: @WSUCOUGARFB LAST WSU WIN: 33-25 (11/11/17) NEUTRAL: WSU leads 1-0 OFFICE ADDRESS: 1992 COPPER BOWL: WSU, 31-28 (Tucson, Ariz.) Bohler Addition 195 Pullman, WA 99164-1602 COUGARS CLOSE OUT REGULAR SEASON WITH TRIP TO UTAH OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUG Washington State will close out its regular-season schedule with a trip to Salt Lake City for a matchup against OFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267 Utah. Kickoff is set for 10:30 a.m. (PT) on Fox Sports 1. Saturday’s game will be the latest regular season game MARTIN STADIUM PRESS BOX: 509-335-COUG played by the Cougars since 1929. ASSOC. A.D. / ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Bill Stevens (FB) SERIES HISTORY OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 Washington State saw its four-game winning streak against Utah snapped last season in Salt Lake City but still CELL: 916-761-7005 lead the all-time series 9-8. The Cougars own a 5-4 record when playing in Salt Lake City after dropping last EMAIL: [email protected] season’s contest 38-13. SPORTS: Football, Women’s Tennis ASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth (FB) LET’S ROLL OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 Nick Rolovich was named the 33rd head football coach in Washington State history, Director of Athletics Pat CELL: 951-452-6129 Chun announced Jan. 14. Rolovich, 40, spent a total of eight seasons at the University of Hawai’i, the last four as EMAIL: [email protected] head coach. He also served as Nevada’s offensive coordinator for four seasons and spent two years coaching SPORTS: Football, Baseball, Swimming quarterbacks at City College of San Francisco. Rolovich completed his fourth season at Hawai’i with a 28-27 ASST. DIRECTOR: Chris Caskey record and three bowl games in his time. Last season he guided UH to its first 10-win season since 2010 as the OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0255 Rainbow Warriors went 10-5, capped by a 38-34 win over BYU in the Hawaii Bowl. EMAIL: [email protected] SPORTS: Women’s Basketball, Rowing • 1st WSU head coach to win his debut since Bill Doba in 2003 (25-0 against Idaho in Seattle) ASST. DIRECTOR: Ben Laskey • 1st WSU head coach to win his debut on the road since Warren Powers in 1977 (19-10 at No. 15 Nebraska) OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0265 • 2019 Mountain West Coach of the Year, Reached Mountain West Championship game CELL: 209-608-2173 • Opened 2019 with back-to-back wins over Pac-12 foes Arizona and Oregon State EMAIL: [email protected] • Led Hawaii to first back-to-back winning seasons (2018-19) since 2006-07 SPORTS: Women’s Soccer, Men’s Basketball • Produced 31 All-Mountain West Conference honors and 59 All-Academic honors ASST. DIRECTOR: Devon Lucal • In 2019, UH offense ranked fifth nationally with 338.0 ypg and No. 13 nationally in total offense at 471.0 ypg OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 • In 2018, UH had 5,800 yards of offense, 43 TD passes, 30.8 ppg and No. 9 nationally with 310.3 passing/g EMAIL: [email protected] • In 2016, took over the program as the fifth-youngest head coach in NCAA Division I FBS at the age of 37 SPORTS: Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field • Produced a 1,000-yard RB and 1,000-yard WR in 2016, hasn’t been done at WSU since 2005 (Jerome Harrison and Jason Hill) COUGAR QUICK GAME TEAM • WSU recorded its 7th-straight win over OSU, the longest winning streak against OSU since winning 10 straight (1983-93) • WSU blocked a punt at Oregon State week 1, it was WSU’s first punt block since its last trip to Corvallis in 2018 • WSU made its school-record 5th straight bowl appearance last season, played Air Force in the Cheez-It Bowl • WSU’s 2020 roster features players from 18 states, British Columbia and American Samoa • Since 2015, WSU owns 44 wins, tied for 5th-most among Pac-12 schools (UW - 50, Utah - 48, USC - 47, Stan - 47, Ore - 44) • Since 2015, WSU owns 30 Pac-12 wins, 4th-most among Pac-12 schools (USC - 37, UW - 34, Stan - 33) INDIVIDUAL (Player Notes Pages 10-18) • WR Renard Bell enters the week leading the Pac-12 in rec yds/g (98.0), Travell Harris is 2nd (91.7 ypg) • QB Jayden de Laura was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week following the season-opening win at OSU • RB Deon McIntosh enters the week 11th in the country averaging 6.9 yds/carry, 6th in Pac-12 with 11 carries of 10+ yds • LB Jahad Woods is the Pac-12’s active leading tackler with 310 career tackles, 9th-most among all FBS players • Woods enters the game at Utah needing 7 tackles to move into the WSU Top-10 for career tackles • DB Ayden Hector was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week week 2, 4 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 INT vs. Oregon • P Oscar Draguicevich III enters the week T11th in the country in punting (45.2), good for 2nd in the Pac-12 • K Blake Mazza was a 2019 Lou Groza Award Finalist (3), went 20-for-21 in FG attempts, All-Pac-12 First Team 1 2020 WASHINGTON STATE PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEDIA INFORMATION 2020 STANDINGS WSUCOUGARS.COM WASHINGTON STATE SPORTS NETWORK NORTH DIVISON WSU releases, statistics, notes and depth chart infor- FROM LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE Pac-12 Overall mation are loaded weekly on the WSU Athletics Home Washington 3-1 3-1 Page. The address is: http://www.wsucougars.com. Cougar football games are broadcast live on the ra- Oregon 3-2 3-2 dio throughout the Pacific Northwest via the Washing- Stanford 3-2 3-2 ROLOVICH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE AVAILABILITY ton State Sports Network from Learfield IMG College. Oregon State 2-4 2-4 WSU head football coach Nick Rolovich is available for The 19-station football network reaches from Alaska Washington State 1-2 1-2 individual media interviews following practices Tues- to Oregon and can be heard worldwide via the internet California 1-3 1-3 day and Wednesday along with after each Cougar and XM Satellite radio. Cougar football broadcasts be- game. Arrangements for interviews with coach Rolov- gin two hours before kickoff, carry through the game SOUTH DIVISON ich other than those times must be made through the and conclude with post-game interviews with players Pac-12 Overall WSU Athletic Communications office. WSU players and coaches. USC 5-0 5-0 are available for interviews after each game and two LearfieldIMG College produces the Washington Colorado 3-1 4-1 student-athletes will be made available only following State Sports Network, which also features radio cov- UCLA 3-3 3-3 Tuesday’s practice. Contact Bill Stevens (wsstevens@ erage of WSU men’s basketball, baseball, women’s Utah 2-2 2-2 wsu.edu) or Bobby Alworth ([email protected]) basketball and women’s volleyball, and the Cougar Arizona State 1-2 1-2 in the WSU Athletic Communications Office. Media Coaches Show in the fall and winter seasons. Arizona 0-5 0-5 are reminded that they should not contact student- athletes via their cell phones or social media accounts. Location Station Frequency All interviews need to be scheduled through the Ath- Pullman (Flagship) KHTR 104.3 FM THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE letic Communications Office. KQZB 100.5 FM FRIDAY, DEC. 18 Spokane (Flagship) KXLY 920 AM/100.7 FM Washington at USC, 5 p.m. (FOX) NO TAILIGATING THIS SEASON IN PULLMAN Seattle KIRO 710 AM Washington State Athletics is committed to providing Anchorage, Alaska KBYR 700 AM SATURDAY, DEC. 19 a safe environment for its staff, coaches and student- Bellingham KGMI 96.5 FM / 790 AM Washington State at UTAH, 10:30 a.m. (FS1) athletes, as well as the Pullman community, during Centralia KMNT 104.3 FM Stanford at UCLA, 5 p.m. (ESPN2) the 2020 football season. We are encouraging Cougar KELA 1470 AM Oregon vs. Colorado, 6 p.m. (FS1) - Los Angeles fans to stay home and root responsibly to help contain Colfax KCLX 1450 AM Arizona State at OREGON STATE, 7:30 p.m.