# 2011 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2011 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth year head coach Paul Wulff and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They are members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season at 4–8 overall, 2–7 in Pac-12, and last place in the North Division.
At the end of the season, Wulff was fired after going 9–40 (.184) in four seasons and 4–32 (.111) in conference play. Former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach succeeded him in late November and led the Cougars for the next eight seasons.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 2:00 pm | Idaho State* | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | | W 64–21 | 22,034 |
| September 10 | 2:00 pm | UNLV* | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | | W 59–7 | 27,018 |
| September 17 | 3:00 pm | at San Diego State* | Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego | The Mtn. | L 24–42 | 57,286 |
| October 1 | 12:30 pm | at Colorado | Folsom FieldBoulder, Colorado | FCS | W 31–27 | 51,928 |
| October 8 | 7:30 pm | at UCLA | Rose BowlPasadena, California | FSN | L 25–28 | 64,217 |
| October 15 | 4:30 pm | No. 7 Stanford | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | Versus | L 14–44 | 30,843 |
| October 22 | 7:30 pm | vs. Oregon State | CenturyLink FieldSeattle | FSN | L 21–44 | 49,219 |
| October 29 | 12:00 pm | at No. 7 Oregon | Autzen StadiumEugene, Oregon | FSN | L 28–43 | 59,126 |
| November 5 | 3:30 pm | at California | AT&T ParkSan Francisco | RTNW | L 7–30 | 35,506 |
| November 12 | 7:30 pm | Arizona State | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | Versus | W 37–27 | 27,213 |
| November 19 | 2:00 pm | Utah | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | FCS | L 27–30 $^{OT}$ | 16,419 |
| November 26 | 4:30 pm | at Washington | CenturyLink FieldSeattle (Apple Cup) | Versus | L 21–38 | 64,559 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time ||||||||
    Source:
Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona, USC

## Game summaries
### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Idaho State | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| • Washington State | 23 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 64 |
Washington State backup quarterback Marshall Lobbestael threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns as Washington State defeated Idaho State 64–21 on September 3. Starting quarterback Jeff Tuel only played one series in the game due to a break in his clavicle that occurred at an unknown point in the game, and he missed the opening series of the game because of a stomach virus. Despite the injury, Washington State scored on its first four possessions against the Bengals, and they built a 23–0 lead in the first quarter and a 40–0 lead by halftime. After the Cougars took a 47–0 lead in the third quarter, Idaho State scored when running back Jahmel Rover ran in from 3 yards to cap a 73-yard drive. Rover ran in a second touchdown with 4:21 left in the third to bring Idaho State within 54–14. The game was the first time the Cougars scored 60 or more points in a game since a 63–37 win over Southwest Louisiana in 1997.

### UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • Washington State | 14 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 59 |

### San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| • San Diego State | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 42 |

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Washington State | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Colorado | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |

### UCLA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| • UCLA | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
UCLA leads Washington State 38–18–1 in this series started in 1928. At the Rose Bowl, the Bruins are 8–5 on the Cougars.
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | Washington State | UCLA |
| 1 | 9:09 | 16 | 76 | 5:51 | Washington St | 21-yard field goal by Andrew Furney | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 13:32 | 12 | 53 | 5:13 | Washington St | 26-yard field goal by Andrew Furney | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | 7:03 | 13 | 84 | 6:23 | UCLA | Derrick Coleman 1-yard touchdown run, Tyler Gonzalez kick good | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | 1:56 | 14 | 54 | 5:00 | Washington St | 21-yard field goal by Andrew Furney | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | 12:22 | 6 | 61 | 2:33 | UCLA | Derrick Coleman 1-yard touchdown run, Tyler Gonzalez kick good | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | 8:42 | 8 | 41 | 3:33 | Washington St | Jared Karstetter 8-yard touchdown reception from Marshall Lobbestael, Andrew Furney kick good | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | 12:25 | 10 | 72 | 4:02 | Washington St | Rickey Gavin 21-yard touchdown reception from Marshall Lobbestael, Andrew Furney kick no good (blocked) | 22 | 14 |
| 4 | 10:52 | 4 | 63 | 1:25 | UCLA | Josh Smith 9-yard touchdown reception from Kevin Prince, 2-point pass failed | 22 | 20 |
| 4 | 5:49 | 11 | 58 | 4:57 | Washington St | 47-yard field goal by Andrew Furney | 25 | 20 |
| 4 | 3:26 | 5 | 71 | 2:19 | UCLA | Shaquelle Evans 7-yard touchdown reception from Kevin Prince, 2-point pass good (Kevin Prince to Nelson Rosario) | 25 | 27 |
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### Stanford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Stanford | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 44 |
| Washington State | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Homecoming

### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Oregon State | 7 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 44 |
| Washington State | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| • Oregon | 8 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 43 |

### California

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • California | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 30 |

### Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Arizona State | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| • Washington State | 6 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 37 |

### Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • Utah | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 30 |
| Washington State | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
Senior Day

### Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| • Washington | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 38 |