2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 20 WASHINGTON STATE (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12) at HOUSTON (1-1, 0-0 American) (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12) 6:15 p.m. (PT), Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 • ESPN NRG Stadium (72,220) • Houston, Texas DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT Aug. 31 New Mexico State (23) Pullman W, 58-7 (P12) BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY Sept. 7 Northern Colorado (22) Pullman W, 59-17 (P12) TV: ESPN ALL-TIME: WSU leads 2-1 Sept. 13 at Houston & (20) Houston 6:15 p.m. (ESPN) PLAY-BY-PLAY: Dave Flemming OVERALL STREAK: WSU +1 Sept. 21 UCLA * Pullman 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) ANALYST: Louis Riddick PREVIOUS MEETINGS: Sept. 28 at Utah * Salt Lake City TBA SIDELINE: Paul Carcaterra WSU, 32-18 (Houston, 11/26/59) BYE HOU, 21-7 (Houston, 9/23/66) RADIO: Washington State Sports Network from WSU, 24-22 (Honolulu, Aloha Bowl, 12/25/88) Oct. 12 at Arizona State * Tempe, Ariz. TBA Learfield IMG College Oct. 19 Colorado * Pullman TBA PLAY-BY-PLAY: Matt Chazanow Oct. 26 at Oregon * Eugene, Ore. TBA ANALYST: Alex Brink BYE SIDELINE: Jessamyn McIntyre Nov. 9 at California * Berkeley, Calif. TBA Nov. 16 Stanford * Pullman TBA LIVESTATS: wsu.statbroadcast.com Nov. 23 Oregon State * Pullman TBA TWITTER: @WSUCougarfb, @WSUCougarNotes Nov. 29 at Washington * Seattle 1 p.m. (FOX or FS1) INSTAGRAM: @WSUCOUGARFB Dec. 6 Pac-12 Championship Santa Clara, Calif. TBA NO. 20 COUGARS FACE ROAD TEST AT HOUSTON FRIDAY ON ESPN No. 20 Washington State hits the road for the first time in 2019, heading to Houston for the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff & AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (NRG Stadium) to face the University of Houston. Kickoff is set for 6:15 p.m. (PT), Friday on ESPN from the Houston Texans’ NRG ( ) Washington State Ranking Stadium. * Pac-12 Conference Game Home games in BOLD / All times Pacific SERIES HISTORY WSU and Houston will meet for the fourth time in program history and first time since the 1988 Aloha Bowl, a 24-22 WASHINGTON STATE win for Washington State. The first two meetings were both played in Houston, a 32-18 WSU win in 1959 and a ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 21-7 victory for UH in 1966. Houston is scheduled to make the trip to Martin Stadium early next season. COLLEGE GAMEDAY RECORD OFFICE ADDRESS: Dating back to the middle of the 2003 season, ESPN’s College GameDay has had the WSU flag appear throughout Bohler Addition 195 the show. The first appearance came Oct. 4, 2003 in Austin, Texas and the streak began two weeks later in Pullman, WA 99164-1602 Madison, Wisc. (10/18/03). Two flags – Ol’ Crimson and Gray – have been flown in the background of the GameDay OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUG set by dozens of friends and alumni. The Gray flag was added in 2014 after Whitey was retired in honor of Steve OFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267 Gleason’s “No White Flags.” In addition to the flags that fly, there is a traveling flag signed by the holders after MARTIN STADIUM PRESS BOX: 509-335-COUG each episode. The traveling flag is retired after each season, the first is hanging in WSU’s Alumni Center. The ASSOC. A.D. / ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Bill Stevens (FB) streak’s 217th appearance was its first in Pullman (10/20/18), a 34-20 win over Oregon. The streak reached last OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 228 Saturday after appearing in Austin for the LSU-Texas game. CELL: 916-761-7005 EMAIL: [email protected] ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE SPORTS: Football, Women’s Tennis WSU entered the week ranked No. 20 in the Associated Press Poll after season-opening home wins over New ASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth (FB) Mexico State and Northern Colorado. The Cougars came into 2019 with 40 returning lettermen including seven OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 starters on offense, five on defense and two on special teams. WSU produced a record-setting 2018 campaign, CELL: 951-452-6129 setting the WSU record with 11 wins capped by a victory over Iowa State in the Valero Alamo Bowl. The Cougars EMAIL: [email protected] produced the nation’s best passing attack (373.8 ypg) and the No. 42-ranked defense in the country (358.4 ypg) SPORTS: Football, Baseball, Swimming that led the Pac-12 Conference in sacks (36). Head coach Mike Leach is in his eighth season at Washington State. ASST. DIRECTOR: TBA OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0255 EMAIL: TBA SPORTS: TBA COUGAR QUICK GAME ASST. DIRECTOR: Ben Laskey TEAM OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0265 CELL: 209-608-2173 • WSU has started 2-0 for the third straight season, is seeking its third straight 3-0 start EMAIL: [email protected] • WSU set a program record with 11 wins in 2018, WSU’s fifth 10-win season in program history SPORTS: Women’s Soccer, Men’s Basketball • WSU owns 26 Pac-12 wins since 2015, 2nd-most among all Pac-12 schools during that span (Stan & UW - 27) ASST. DIRECTOR: Devon Lucal • WSU is the only Pac-12 team with four shutouts in the last six seasons (Stanford and Washington with 2) OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 • WSU has beaten Oregon four straight years for the first time since 1981-84 EMAIL: [email protected] • WSU has beaten Stanford three straight years for the first time since 2001-03 SPORTS: Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field • WSU has produced an All-America offensive lineman in each of the last 4 seasons • WSU has seen 19 players make their debuts and 11 make their 1st career start in the first 2 weeks • WSU’s roster features 6 players from Texas, 2 from nearby Louisiana and 6 coaches from Texas INDIVIDUAL • Mike Leach owns 51 wins at WSU, 3rd-most in program history • Leach was named the 2018 AFCA National Coach of the Year and 2018 Pac-12 Coach of the Year • Under Leach, WSU has recorded 13 4th-quarter comebacks in his 7 seasons (Utah, at Stanford in 2018) • QB Anthony Gordon enters Friday leading the country in passing TD (9), second in passing yards/g (442.0) • RB Max Borghi enters Friday tied for 10th in the country with 4 total TD, most in the Pac-12 1 2019 WASHINGTON STATE PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEDIA INFORMATION 2019 STANDINGS WSU TICKETS WASHINGTON STATE SPORTS NETWORK NORTH DIVISON WSU football tickets are available online at www.wsu- FROM LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE Pac-12 Overall cougars.com, by clicking on the “Tickets” link on the California 1-0 2-0 front page. Tickets are available online 24 hours a day, Cougar football games are broadcast live on the ra- Washington State 0-0 2-0 up until the day before the game. All orders processed Oregon 0-0 1-1 online can be mailed up to 10 days prior to the game. dio throughout the Pacific Northwest via the Washing- Oregon State 0-0 0-2 After that all online orders will be held for pickup at ton State Sports Network from Learfield IMG College. Stanford 0-1 1-1 Will Call. For any questions about WSU tickets, please The 19-station football network reaches from Alaska Washington 0-1 1-1 call 1-800-Go-Cougs, Option 1, during business hours to Oregon and can be heard worldwide via the internet (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.). SOUTH DIVISON and XM Satellite radio. Cougar football broadcasts be- Pac-12 Overall WSUCOUGARS.COM gin two hours before kickoff, carry through the game USC 1-0 2-0 WSU releases, statistics, notes and depth chart infor- and conclude with post-game interviews with players Arizona State 0-0 2-0 mation are loaded weekly on the WSU Athletics Home and coaches. Colorado 0-0 2-0 Page. The address is: http://www.wsucougars.com. LearfieldIMG College produces the Washington Utah 0-0 2-0 Arizona 0-0 1-1 LEACH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE AVAILABILITY State Sports Network, which also features radio cov- UCLA 0-0 0-2 WSU head football coach Mike Leach is available for erage of WSU men’s basketball, baseball, women’s individual media interviews following practices Tues- basketball and women’s volleyball, and the Cougar day and Wednesday, along with after each Cougar Coaches Show in the fall and winter seasons. game. Arrangements for interviews with coach Leach THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE other than those times must be made through the WSU Athletic Communications office. WSU players Location Station Frequency Friday, Sept. 13 are available for interviews after each game and three Pullman (Flagship) KHTR 104.3 FM Washington State at HOUSTON, 6:15 p.m. (ESPN) student-athletes will be made available only following KQZB 100.5 FM Tuesday’s practice. Contact Bill Stevens (wsstevens@ Spokane (Flagship) KXLY 920 AM/100.7 FM Saturday, Sept. 14 wsu.edu) or Bobby Alworth ([email protected]) Air Force at COLORADO, 10 a.m. (P12) in the WSU Athletic Communications Office. Media Seattle KIRO 710 AM Stanford at UCF, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) are reminded that they should not contact student- Anchorage, Alaska KBYR 700 AM USC at BYU, 12:30 p.m. (ABC) athletes via their cell phones or social media accounts. Bellingham KGMI 96.5 FM / 790 AM Arizona State at MICHIGAN STATE, 1 p.m. (FOX) All interviews need to be scheduled through the Ath- Centralia KMNT 104.3 FM Cal Poly at OREGON STATE, 1:15 p.m. (P12O) letic Communications Office. Idaho State at UTAH, 1:15 p.m. (P12M) KELA 1470 AM North Texas at CALIFORNIA, 1:15 p.m.