2019 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2019 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Mike Leach, the Cougars competed in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference, and played their home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

2019 Washington State Cougars football
Cheez-It Bowl, L 21–31 vs. Air Force
ConferencePac–12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record6–7 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorTracy Claeys (games 1-5) (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorDarcel McBath (games 6-13) (1st as coordinator, 3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRoc Bellantoni (games 6-13) (1st season)
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
Uniform
2019 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 5 Oregon x$  8 –1   12 –2  
California  4 –5   8 –5  
Washington  4 –5   8 –5  
Oregon State  4 –5   5 –7  
Washington State  3 –6   6 –7  
Stanford  3 –6   4 –8  
South Division
No. 16 Utah x  8 –1   11 –3  
USC  7 –2   8 –5  
Arizona State  4 –5   8 –5  
UCLA  4 –5   4 –8  
Colorado  3 –6   5 –7  
Arizona  2 –7   4 –8  
Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

WSU finished the regular season at 6–6, 3–6 in Pac-12 play, tied for fifth in the Northern Division. They were invited to the Cheez-It Bowl in Phoenix in late December, but lost 31–21 to Air Force. On January 9, Leach departed for Mississippi State,[1][2] and less than a week later, athletic director Pat Chun hired Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich.[3][4]

Preseason

Pac-12 media polls

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Washington State was voted to finish in fourth place in the North Division and fifth place in the Pac-12 Championship.[5]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.New Mexico State*No. 23
P12NW 58–727,228
September 72:00 p.m.Northern Colorado*No. 22
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
P12NW 59–1727,585
September 136:15 p.m.vs. Houston*No. 20
ESPNW 31–2440,523
September 217:30 p.m.UCLANo. 19
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ESPNL 63–6732,952
September 287:00 p.m.at No. 19 Utah
FS1L 13–3846,115
October 1212:30 p.m.at No. 18 Arizona State
P12NL 34–3848,536
October 194:00 p.m.Colorado
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ESPNUW 41–1028,514
October 267:30 p.m.at No. 11 Oregon
ESPNL 35–3759,361
November 94:00 p.m.at California
P12NL 20–3339,168
November 161:30 p.m.Stanford
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
P12NW 49–2232,952
November 236:00 p.m.Oregon State
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
P12NW 54–5322,016
November 291:00 p.m.at Washington
FOXL 13–3170,931
December 277:15 p.m.vs. Air Force*
ESPNL 21–31 34,105
Source:[6]

Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona, USC

Rankings
Further information: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP23222019RV———————————
Coaches21212019RVRVRV—————————
CFPNot released——————Not released

Personnel

Coaching staff

Staff for the 2019 season.[7]

Name Position Season
Mike LeachHead Coach, offensive coordinator8th
Darcel McBath and Roc BellantoniCo-defensive coordinators1st
Ken WilsonLinebackers5th
Kendrick ShaverSafeties1st
Steve Spurrier Jr.Outside Receivers1st
Dave NicholInside receivers2nd
Mason MillerOffensive line2nd
Jeff PhelpsDefensive line2nd
Matt BrockOutside Linebackers1st
Eric MeleRunning backs3rd
Dave EmerickChief of staff6th
Antonio HuffmanDirector of Football Operations6th
Tyson BrownStrength and conditioning1st
Price FergusonOffensive Quality Control3rd
Darcel McBathDefensive backs2nd

Roster
2019 Washington State football roster

Quarterbacks

  •  2 Cammon Cooper – freshman (6'4, 205)
  • 10 Trey Tinsley – senior (6'3, 215)
  • 11 John Bledsoe – sophomore (6'3, 220)
  • 18 Anthony Gordon – senior (6'3, 200)
  •  - Gunner Cruz – freshman (6'5, 230)
  •  - Gage Gubrud – senior (6'2, 205)

Running back

  • 21 Max Borghi – sophomore (5'10, 195)
  • 31 Dominic Tominiko – freshman (5'9, 243)

Fullbacks

  • 39 Clay Markoff – freshman (5'9, 235)

Wide receivers

  •  1 Davontavean Martin – junior (6'3, 185)
  •  5 Travell Harris – sophomore (5'9, 180)
  •  6 Jamire Calvin – junior (5'10, 160)
  •  8 Easop Winston – senior (5'11, 190)
  • 12 Dezmon Patmon – senior (6'4, 220)
  • 19 Brandon Arconado – senior (6'0, 190)
  • 80 Hayden Harvey – sophomore (6’2, 165)
  • 81 Renard Bell – junior (5'8, 162)
  • 82 Lucas Bacon – freshman (6'2, 205)
  • 83 Brandon Gray – freshman (6'5, 190)
  • 84 Kassidy Woods – freshman (6'4, 205)
  • 85 Calvin Jackson Jr. – senior (5'10, 170)
  • 87 Nicky McManamon Jr. – freshman (6'2, 175)
  • 88 Rodrick Fisher – freshman (6'2, 195)
  • 89 Mitchell Quinn – freshman (5'11 160)
  •  - Billy Pospisil III – freshman (5'10, 190)
  

Offensive linemen

  • 55 Noah Osur-Myers – senior (6'4, 310)
  • 59 Brian Greene – sophomore (6’3, 305)
  • 61 Hunter Mayginnes – freshman (6’5, 320)
  • 63 Liam Ryan – junior (6’5, 295)
  • 65 Josh Watson – junior (6'4, 300)
  • 66 Jarrett Kingston – freshman (6’5, 260)
  • 67 Seth Yost – sophomore (6'7, 300)
  • 69 Frederick Mauigoa – senior (6'3, 305)
  • 70 Christian Haangana – junior (6’4, 345)
  • 72 Abraham Lucas – sophomore (6’7, 320)
  • 75 Cade Beresford – freshman (6’7, 275)
  • 78 Syr Riley – freshman (6’4, 365)
  • 79 Blake McDonald – freshman (6'5, 330)

Defensive linemen

  •  9 Lamonte McDougle – sophomore (6'0, 305)
  • 30 Nnamdi Oguayo – senior (6’3, 252)
  • 55 Derek Moore – senior (6’1, 250)
  • 64 Michael Van Beek – freshman (6’2, 285)
  • 73 Austin Martin – freshman (6'2, 292)
  • 77 Beau Braden – freshman (6’4, 235)
  • 84 Jesus Echevarria – sophomore (6’2, 300)
  • 90 Misiona Aiolupotea-Pei – senior (6’3, 265)
  • 92 Will Rogers III – junior (6'5, 250)
  • 93 Christian Mejia – sophomore (6’3, 245)
  • 94 Brennan Jackson – freshman (6'5, 235)
  • 95 Ahmir Crowder – freshman (6'3, 255)
  • 98 Dallas Hobbs – sophomore (6’6, 280)

Punters

  • 40 Blake Mazza – sophomore (5'9, 165)
  • 94 Oscar Draguicevich III – junior (5'11, 180)
  

Linebackers

  • 10 Ron Stone Jr. – freshman (6’3, 210)
  • 13 Jahad Woods – junior (6'0, 225)
  • 20 Dominick Silvels – junior (6’3, 230)
  • 27 Willie Taylor III – sophomore (6’4, 235)
  • 37 Justus Rogers – junior (6'2, 230)
  • 41 Dillon Sherman – junior (6’2, 225)
  • 44 Tristan Brock – senior (6’0, 240)
  • 48 Isaiah Henderson-Brazie – freshman (6'1, 230)
  • 50 Carson Block – senior (6’1, 235)
  • 51 Hank Pladson – freshman (6'0, 205)
  • 53 Ricky Baker – freshman (5'11, 221)
  • 58 Fa'Avae Fa'Avae – sophomore (6'0, 225)
  • 59 Cole Dubots – sophomore (6'1, 210)
  •  - Rocky Katoanga – freshman (6’2, 245)

Defensive backs

  •  1 Tyrese Ross – freshman (6’1, 180)
  •  4 Marcus Strong – senior (5’9, 185)
  • 18 George Hicks III – junior (6’0, 190)
  • 21 William Overstreet – freshman (5'10, 180)
  • 25 Skyler Thomas – junior (5’9, 185)
  • 28 Chad Davis Jr. – sophomore (6'2, 200)
  • 32 Patrick Nunn – freshman (6'4, 205)
  • 34 Jalen Thompson – senior (6'0, 190)
  • 35 Armani Marsh – sophomore (5’8, 175)
  • 36 Kedron Williams – sophomore (6'0, 185)
  • 39 Damion Lee – sophomore (6’0, 195)
  • 42 Halid Djibril – freshman (6'0, 190)
  •  - Bryce Beekman – junior (6’2, 185)
  •  - Gatlin Grisso – freshman (6’0, 190)
  •  - Daniel Isom – junior (5’11, 175)
  •  - Derrick Langford – sophomore (6'2, 190)
  •  - Shahman Moore – junior (6’1, 165)

Placekickers

  • 27 Logan Prescott – freshman (5'11, 198)
  • 33 Jack Crane – junior (6'2, 190)
  • 96 Johan Zetterberg – sophomore (6'2, 205)

Long snappers

  • 54 Tyler Williams – freshman (6'3, 195)

Source:[8]

Game summaries

New Mexico State
See also: 2019 New Mexico State Aggies football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 0 0 0 7
No. 23 Cougars 14 21 13 10 58

Northern Colorado
See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 3 0 7 17
No. 22 Cougars 14 10 21 14 59

Vs. Houston
See also: 2019 Houston Cougars football team and Texas Kickoff
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Cougars 0 7 14 10 31
UH Cougars 0 14 0 10 24

UCLA
See also: 2019 UCLA Bruins football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 10 7 21 29 67
No. 19 Cougars 7 28 14 14 63

At Utah
See also: 2019 Utah Utes football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 6 0 0 13
Utes 7 14 10 7 38

At Arizona State
See also: 2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 10 7 14 3 34
No. 18 Sun Devils 0 17 7 14 38

Colorado
See also: 2019 Colorado Buffaloes football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 3 0 7 0 10
Cougars 21 3 7 10 41

At Oregon
See also: 2019 Oregon Ducks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 3 14 3 15 35
No. 11 Ducks 9 8 7 13 37

At California
See also: 2019 California Golden Bears football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 5 6 3 6 20
Golden Bears 6 7 7 13 33

Stanford
See also: 2019 Stanford Cardinal football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 0 14 8 0 22
Cougars 13 9 10 17 49

Oregon State
See also: 2019 Oregon State Beavers football team
Oregon State Beavers (5–5) at Washington State Cougars (5–5)
Period 1 2 34Total
Beavers 7 17 02953
Cougars 7 14 141954

at Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

  • Date: November 23, 2019
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 38 °F (3 °C)
  • Game attendance: 22,016
  • Referee: Kevin Mar
  • TV: Pac-12 Network
  • Box Score
Game information

At Washington
See also: 2019 Washington Huskies football team and Apple Cup
Washington State Cougars (6–5) at Washington Huskies (6–5)
Period 1 2 34Total
Cougars 7 3 3013
Huskies 7 14 7331

at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA

  • Date: November 29, 2019
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. PDT
  • Game attendance: 70,931
  • TV: FOX/FS1
Game information
Top passers
  • WSU – Anthony Gordon – 48-62, 308 yards, 2 INT
  • UW – Jacob Eason – 15-22, 244 yards, 1 TD
Top rushers
  • WSU – Max Borghi – 10 carries, 50 yards, 1 TD
  • UW – Salvon Ahmed – 16 carries, 85 yards
Top receiving
  • WSU – Renard Bell – 9 receptions, 87 yards
  • UW – Hunter Bryant – 6 receptions, 96 yards

Vs. Air Force (Cheez-It Bowl)
See also: 2019 Air Force Falcons football team and 2019 Cheez-It Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 0 17 7 7 31
Cougars 0 14 0 7 21

Awards
Player Award Date
Anthony Gordon Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week[9] September 3, 2019
Liam Ryan Pac-12 Offensive Line Player of the Week[9] September 3, 2019
Anthony Gordon Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week[10] September 16, 2019
Anthony Gordon Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week[11] November 18, 2019
Abraham Lucas Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week[12] November 25, 2019
Anthony Gordon 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Offense[13] December 10, 2019
Abraham Lucas 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Offense[13] December 10, 2019
Blake Mazza 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference First Team Specialists[13] December 10, 2019
Travion Brown 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Specialists[13] December 10, 2019
Max Borghi 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention[13] December 10, 2019
Josh Watson 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention[13] December 10, 2019
Easop Winston 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention[13] December 10, 2019
Jahad Woods 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention[13] December 10, 2019

NFL draft
See also: 2020 NFL draft
PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL club
Dezmon PatmonWR6212Indianapolis Colts

References
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  3. Shapiro, Michael. "Report: Washington State to Hire Hawaii's Nick Rolovich as Head coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. Thamel, Pete. "Sources: Washington State finalizing deal to hire Hawaii's Nick Rolovich as next football coach". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  5. "Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". pac-12.com. July 24, 2019.
  6. Lawson, Theo."Two bye weeks, six road games on the docket for Washington State football in 2019", December 4, 2018, retrieved February 15, 2019.
  7. "Football Coaches - Washington State University Athletics". Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  8. "2019 Football Spring Roster", WSUCougars.com, March 14, 2019.
  9. "Pac-12 Football Players of the Week - Week 1" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  10. "Pac-12 Football Players of the Week - Week 3" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  11. "Pac-12 Football Players of the Week - Week 12" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  12. "Pac-12 Football Players of the Week - Week 13" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
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