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.
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, and less than a week later, athletic director Pat Chun hired Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich.
Preseason
Pac-12 media days
Pac-12 media poll 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.
Schedule
Lawson, Theo."Two bye weeks, six road games on the docket for Washington State football in 2019", December 4, 2018, retrieved February 15, 2019.
Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona, USC
Rankings
Personnel
Coaching staff Staff for the 2019 season. Mike Leach Head coach, offensive coordinator 8thDarcel McBath and Roc Bellantoni Co-defensive coordinators 1st Ken Wilson Linebackers 5th Kendrick Shaver Safeties 1st Steve Spurrier Jr. Outside Receivers 1st Dave Nichol Inside receivers 2nd Mason Miller Offensive line 2nd Jeff Phelps Defensive line 2nd Matt Brock Outside Linebackers 1st Eric Mele Running backs 3rd Dave Emerick Chief of staff 6th Antonio Huffman Director of Football Operations 6th Tyson Brown Strength and conditioning 1st Price Ferguson Offensive Quality Control 3rd Darcel McBath Defensive backs 2nd
Roster 2019 Washington State football rosterQuarterbacks 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) 96 Cosmas Kwete – freshman (6'3, 250) 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:"2019 Football Spring Roster", WSUCougars.com, March 14, 2019.
Game summaries
New Mexico State
Statistics NMSU WSU First downs 18 28 Total yards 317 618 Rushing yards 96 111 Passing yards 221 507 Turnovers 3 0 Time of possession 25:19 34:41 Team Category Player StatisticsNew Mexico State Passing Josh Adkins 28/42, 221 yards, 2 INT Rushing Jason Huntley 9 rushes, 57 yards Receiving O. J. Clark 7 receptions, 47 yardsWashington State Passing Anthony Gordon 29/35, 420 yards, 5 TD Rushing Max Borghi 10 rushes, 128 yards, TD Receiving Dezmon Patmon 7 receptions, 103 yards, TD
Northern Colorado
Statistics UNCO WSU First downs 21 25 Total yards 355 594 Rushing yards 216 113 Passing yards 139 481 Turnovers 4 1 Time of possession 36:01 23:59 Team Category Player StatisticsNorthern Colorado Passing Jacob Knipp 8/15, 128 yards Rushing Milo Hall 31 rushes, 113 yards, TD Receiving Noah Sol 2 receptions, 47 yardsWashington State Passing Anthony Gordon 31/39, 464 yards, 4 TD, INT Rushing Deon McIntosh 4 rushes, 52 yards, TD Receiving Brandon Arconado 8 receptions, 127 yards, TD
Vs. Houston
Statistics WSU HOU First downs 25 22 Total yards 489 367 Rushing yards 49 239 Passing yards 440 128 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 32:06 27:54 Team Category Player StatisticsWashington State Passing Anthony Gordon 36/48, 440 yards, 3 TD, INT Rushing Max Borghi 9 rushes, 40 yards, TD Receiving Brandon Arconado 3 receptions, 115 yardsHouston Passing D'Eriq King 13/24, 128 yards, TD Rushing D'Eriq King 17 rushes, 94 yards, 2 TD Receiving Keith Corbin 3 receptions, 54 yards
UCLA
Statistics UCLA WSU First downs 28 28 Total yards 657 720 Rushing yards 150 150 Passing yards 507 570 Turnovers 1 6 Time of possession 29:27 30:33 Team Category Player StatisticsUCLA Passing Dorian Thompson-Robinson 25/38, 507 yards, 5 TD, INT Rushing Joshua Kelley 20 rushes, 90 yards Receiving Demetric Felton 7 receptions, 150 yards, 2 TDWashington State Passing Anthony Gordon 41/61, 570 yards, 9 TD, 2 INT Rushing Max Borghi 15 rushes, 123 yards Receiving Easop Winston 10 receptions, 114 yards, 4 TD
After a back-and-forth first quarter, the Cougars jumped out to a 49–17 lead midway through the third quarter. However, turnovers on offense, a collapsing defense, and giving up a touchdown on special teams would prove costly for Washington State as UCLA would come back to win 67–63. Washington State quarterback Anthony Gordon broke the school record for touchdown passes, throwing for nine in the game; the previous record of seven was set by Gardner Minshew the previous season against Arizona.
At Utah
At Arizona State
Colorado
At Oregon
At California
Stanford
Oregon State
At Washington
Vs. Air Force (Cheez-It Bowl)
Awards Anthony Gordon Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week September 3, 2019 Liam Ryan Pac-12 Offensive Line Player of the Week September 3, 2019 Anthony Gordon Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week September 16, 2019 Anthony Gordon Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week November 18, 2019 Abraham Lucas Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week November 25, 2019 Anthony Gordon 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Offense December 10, 2019 Abraham Lucas 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Offense December 10, 2019 Blake Mazza 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference First Team Specialists December 10, 2019 Travion Brown 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team Specialists December 10, 2019 Max Borghi 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention December 10, 2019 Josh Watson 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention December 10, 2019 Easop Winston 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention December 10, 2019 Jahad Woods 2019 All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention December 10, 2019
NFL draft
Player Position Round Overall NFL club Dezmon Patmon WR 6 212 Indianapolis Colts
References