2015 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2015 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth-year head coach Mike Leach and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated the Miami Hurricanes.

2015 Washington State Cougars football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 20–14 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record9–4 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorAlex Grinch (1st season)
Base defense3–4 multiple
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
(Capacity: 32,952)
2015 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 3 Stanford x$  8 –1   12 –2  
No. 19 Oregon  7 –2   9 –4  
Washington State  6 –3   9 –4  
California  4 –5   8 –5  
Washington  4 –5   7 –6  
Oregon State  0 –9   2 –10  
South Division
USC xy  6 –3   8 –6  
No. 17 Utah x  6 –3   10 –3  
UCLA  5 –4   8 –5  
Arizona State  4 –5   6 –7  
Arizona  3 –6   7 –6  
Colorado  1 –8   4 –9  
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511:00 amPortland State*
P12NL 17–2424,302
September 1212:30 pmat Rutgers*
ESPNUW 37–3446,536
September 195:30 pmWyoming*
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
P12NW 31–1431,105
October 31:00 pmat No. 24 California
P12NL 28–3442,042
October 103:00 pmat Oregon
P12NW 45–38 2OT57,775
October 171:00 pmOregon Statedagger
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
P12NW 52–3132,952
October 241:00 pmat Arizona
P12NW 45–4247,847
October 317:30 pmNo. 8 Stanford
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ESPNL 28–3030,012
November 712:30 pmArizona State
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
FS1W 38–2432,952
November 147:45 pmat No. 19 UCLA
ESPNW 31–2776,255
November 217:45 pmColorado
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ESPN2W 27–325,121
November 2712:30 pmat WashingtonNo. 20
FOXL 10–4570,438
December 2611:00 amvs. Miami (FL)*
CBSW 20–1441,180

Conference opponents not played this season: Utah, USC

Rankings
Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP————————RVRVRV2420RVRVRV
Coaches———————RVRVRVRV2320RVRVRV
CFPNot released———20——Not released

Game summaries

Portland State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 0 10 14 24
Cougars 3 7 0 7 17
See also: 2015 Portland State Vikings football team

@ Rutgers
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 6 7 17 37
Scarlet Knights 0 6 6 22 34
See also: 2015 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Wyoming
1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 14 0 0 0 14
Cougars 7 14 0 10 31
See also: 2015 Wyoming Cowboys football team

@ California
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 14 7 0 28
#24 Golden Bears 7 6 21 0 34
See also: 2015 California Golden Bears football team

@ Oregon
1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Cougars 7 7 7 1077 45
Ducks 10 7 7 770 38
See also: 2015 Oregon Ducks football team

Oregon State
1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 3 14 0 14 31
Cougars 14 31 0 7 52
See also: 2015 Oregon State Beavers football team

@ Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 14 17 7 7 45
Wildcats 0 21 7 14 42
See also: 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team

Stanford
1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Cardinal 3 0 17 10 30
Cougars 3 9 10 6 28
See also: 2015 Stanford Cardinal football team

Arizona State
1 2 3 4 Total
Sun Devils 14 0 7 3 24
Cougars 0 10 7 21 38
See also: 2015 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

@ UCLA
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 7 7 10 31
#18 Bruins 6 10 0 11 27
See also: 2015 UCLA Bruins football team

Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0 0 3 0 3
#24 Cougars 7 7 3 10 27
See also: 2015 Colorado Buffaloes football team

@ Washington
1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Cougars 3 0 7 0 10
Huskies 7 10 7 21 45
See also: 2015 Washington Huskies football team and Apple Cup

Vs. Miami (FL)
1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 7 0 0 7 14
Cougars 7 13 0 0 20
See also: 2015 Miami Hurricanes football team and 2015 Sun Bowl

2015 Coaching staff
  • Mike Leach – Head coach/offensive coordinator
  • Jim Mastro – Running backs
  • David Yost – Inside receivers
  • Graham Harrell – Outside receivers
  • Clay McGuire – Offensive line
  • Joe Salave'a – Assistant head coach/defensive line
  • David Lose – Defensive quality control
  • Alex Grinch – Defensive coordinator/secondary
  • Ken Wilson – Linebackers
  • Roy Manning – Outside linebackers
  • Brian Odom – Defensive quality control
  • Eric Mele – Special teams
  • Dave Emerick – Chief of staff
  • Antonio Huffman – Director of football operations
  • Jason Loscalzo – Strength and conditioning

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References
  1. "WSU Football Coaching Staff". wsucougars.com. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
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