# 1992 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1992 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars were 8–3 in the regular season (5–3 in Pac-10, tied for third), won their bowl game, and outscored their opponents 337 to 281.
The team's statistical leaders included Drew Bledsoe with 3,246 passing yards, Shaumbe Wright-Fair with 1,331 rushing yards, and C. J. Davis with 1,024 receiving yards.
Home games were played on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman.
Washington State opened with six wins, and were thirteenth in the AP poll, but then lost three of four prior to the Apple Cup. A fourteen-point home underdog to fifth-ranked Washington, the Cougars pulled off a classic blowout upset in the snow, scoring 29 unanswered points in the third quarter, and won 42–23 in the 20-year-old Bledsoe's last game at Martin Stadium. WSU won the Copper Bowl by three over unranked Utah, and climbed to fifteenth in the final rankings.
Bledsoe opted not to play his senior season (1993) and was the first overall selection of the 1993 NFL draft.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 2:00 pm | Montana* | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | | W 25–13 | 21,068 |
| September 12 | 3:30 pm | at Arizona | | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | PSN | W 23–20 | 39,112 |
| September 26 | 7:00 pm | at Fresno State* | | Bulldog StadiumFresno, CA | PSN | W 39–37 | 38,077 |
| October 3 | 2:00 pm | Temple* | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | | W 51–10 | 21,861 |
| October 10 | 1:30 pm | at Oregon State | | Parker StadiumCorvallis, OR | | W 35-10 | 30,459 |
| October 17 | 12:30 pm | UCLA | No. 22 | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | ABC | W 30–17 | 32,208 |
| October 24 | 12:30 pm | at No. 14 USC | No. 13 | Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA | ABC | L 21–31 | 54,038 |
| October 31 | 2:00 pm | Oregon | No. 19 | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | | L 17–34 | 25,450 |
| November 7 | 2:00 pm | Arizona State | No. 25 | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | | W 20–18 | 15,441 |
| November 14 | 3:30 pm | at No. 15 Stanford | No. 21 | Stanford StadiumStanford, CA | PSN | L 3–40 | 52,018 |
| November 21 | 12:30 pm | No. 5 Washington | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA (Apple Cup) | ABC | W 42–23 | 37,600 |
| December 29 | 5:00 pm | vs. Utah* | No. 18 | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ (Copper Bowl) | ESPN | W 31–28 | 40,867 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | 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 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 21 | — | 21 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 25 т | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |

## Game summaries
### Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 5 Huskies | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 23 |
| • No. 25 Cougars | 6 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 42 |
    Source:
The Snow Bowl
* Bledsoe 18/28, 260 yds
* Wright-Fair 22 rush, 193 yds

### Vs. Utah (Copper Bowl)
## NFL draft

Three Cougars were selected in the 1993 NFL draft. Drew Bledsoe was the first overall selection.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
| Drew Bledsoe | QB | 1 | 1 | New England Patriots |
| Lewis Bush | LB | 4 | 99 | San Diego Chargers |
| Clarence Williams | TE | 7 | 169 | Denver Broncos |