# 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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 11:00 am | Portland State* | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | P12N | L 17–24 | 24,302 |
| September 12 | 12:30 pm | at Rutgers* | | High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ | ESPNU | W 37–34 | 46,536 |
| September 19 | 5:30 pm | Wyoming* | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | P12N | W 31–14 | 31,105 |
| October 3 | 1:00 pm | at No. 24 California | | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | P12N | L 28–34 | 42,042 |
| October 10 | 3:00 pm | at Oregon | | Autzen StadiumEugene, OR | P12N | W 45–38 $^{2OT}$ | 57,775 |
| October 17 | 1:00 pm | Oregon State | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | P12N | W 52–31 | 32,952 |
| October 24 | 1:00 pm | at Arizona | | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | P12N | W 45–42 | 47,847 |
| October 31 | 7:30 pm | No. 8 Stanford | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | ESPN | L 28–30 | 30,012 |
| November 7 | 12:30 pm | Arizona State | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | FS1 | W 38–24 | 32,952 |
| November 14 | 7:45 pm | at No. 19 UCLA | | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | ESPN | W 31–27 | 76,255 |
| November 21 | 7:45 pm | Colorado | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | ESPN2 | W 27–3 | 25,121 |
| November 27 | 12:30 pm | at Washington | No. 20 | Husky StadiumSeattle, WA (108th Apple Cup) | FOX | L 10–45 | 70,438 |
| December 26 | 11:00 am | vs. Miami (FL)* | | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX (Sun Bowl) | CBS | W 20–14 | 41,180 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to gameAll times are in Pacific time ||||||||
Conference opponents not played this season: Utah, USC

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 20 | RV | RV | RV |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 20 | RV | RV | RV |
| CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not 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 |

### @ Rutgers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 37 |
| Scarlet Knights | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 34 |

### Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Cougars | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |

### @ California

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| #24 Golden Bears | 7 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 34 |

### @ Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Cougars | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| Ducks | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 38 |

### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Beavers | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Cougars | 14 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 52 |

### @ Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 42 |

### Stanford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #8 Cardinal | 3 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 30 |
| Cougars | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |

### Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sun Devils | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Cougars | 0 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 38 |

### @ UCLA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| #18 Bruins | 6 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 27 |

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buffaloes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| #24 Cougars | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |

### @ Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #20 Cougars | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Huskies | 7 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 45 |

### Vs. Miami (FL)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Cougars | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 |

## 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