1995 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1995 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 in Pac-10, tied for eighth), and were outscored 274 to 236.[1][2]

1995 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record3–8 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim McDonell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Doba (2nd season)
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
1995 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 USC ^ + 6 –1 –19 –2 –1
Washington + 6 –1 –17 –4 –1
No. 18 Oregon 6 –2 –09 –3 –0
Stanford 5 –3 –07 –4 –1
UCLA 4 –4 –07 –5 –0
Arizona 4 –4 –06 –5 –0
Arizona State 4 –4 –06 –5 –0
California 2 –6 –03 –8 –0
Washington State 2 –6 –03 –8 –0
Oregon State 0 –8 –01 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Rose Bowl representative per tie-breaking rules based on overall record, due to Washington-USC tie
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included Chad Davis with 1,868 passing yards, Frank Madu with 870 rushing yards, and Eric Moore with 486 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 2at Pittsburgh*
L 13–1735,513
September 9Montana*
W 38–2128,312
September 23No. 16 UCLA
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 24–1533,711
September 30at No. 2 Nebraska*
L 21–3575,777
October 7Oregon Statedagger
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 40–1431,876
October 14at No. 5 USC
L 14–2651,131
October 21at No. 12 Oregon
L 7–2646,109
October 28Arizona
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 14–2432,924
November 4at California
L 11–2731,000
November 11Stanford
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 24–3626,572
November 18at No. 22 Washington
L 30–3374,144
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
1995 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 17 Chad Carpenter Jr
QB 12 Chad Davis Jr
QB 15 Shawn Deeds Sr
WR 1 Jay Dumas Sr
QB 16 Ryan Leaf Fr
RB 4 Frank Madu Sr
RB Miguel Meriweather Fr
C 68 Marc McCloskey Sr
C 76 Jason McEndoo So
WR 45 Shawn McWashington So
TE 89 Eric Moore Sr
G 72 Scott Sanderson Jr
OT 79 John Scukanec Sr
G 71 Cory Solomon So
RB 5 Derek Sparks Sr
WR 18 Bryant Thomas So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 27 Greg Burns Sr
LB 33 James Darling Jr
DE 46 Shane Doyle So
LB 38 Phillip Glover So
LB 22 Chris Hayes Sr
FS 3 Terrell Henderson Jr
CB 15 Shad Hinchen Jr
DT 95 Gary Holmes Fr
DT 97 Darryl Jones Fr
DT 93 Delmar Morais Fr
LB 4 Johnny Nansen Jr
DE 92 Dwayne Sanders Sr
SS 25 Duane Stewart So
CB 6 Brian Walker Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 26 George Martin Sr
K 47 Tony Truant Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

[4][5][6][7][8]

NFL Draft

One Cougar was selected in the 1996 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Chris Hayes S 7 210 New York Jets

[9][10]

References
  1. "1995 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. "1995 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. "Matchups: starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 21, 1995. p. 4D.
  5. "Cougar offense, defense". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). (probable starters). November 11, 1995. p. 3D.
  6. "Cougar offense, defense". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). (probable starters). November 18, 1995. p. 3C.
  7. "Stanford at WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 11, 1995. p. 4B.
  8. "WSU at Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 18, 1995. p. 4B.
  9. "UI, WSU have one selected". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). April 22, 1996. p. 1B.
  10. Miedema, Laurence (April 22, 1996). "UI's Mills, WSU's Hayes receive the call". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
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