2015 Washington State Cougars football team

2015 Washington State Cougars football
Sun Bowl Champions
Sun Bowl vs Miami (FL), W 20–14
Conference	Pac-12 Conference North Division
2015 record	9–4 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (4th year)
Offensive scheme	Air Raid
Defensive coordinator	Alex Grinch (1st year)
Base defense	3–4 Multiple
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 32,952)

2015 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
#3 Stanford x$		8	–	1					12	–	2
#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
#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 As of January 12, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Washington State Cougars football team represents Washington State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team is coached by fourth-year head coach Mike Leach and play 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 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 Miami (FL).

Previous season

Main article: 2014 Washington State Cougars football team

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	11:00 AM	Portland State*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	L 17–24	24,302
September 12	12:30 PM	at Rutgers*		High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNU	W 37–34	46,536
September 19	5:30 PM	Wyoming*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 31–14	31,105
October 3	1:00 PM	at #24 California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 28–34	42,042
October 10	3:00 PM	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 45–38 2OT	57,775
October 17	1:00 PM	Oregon State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 52–31	32,952
October 24	1:00 PM	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 45–42	47,847
October 31	7:30 PM	#8 Stanford		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN	L 28–30	30,012
November 7	12:30 PM	Arizona State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FS1	W 38–24	32,952
November 14	7:45 PM	at #18 UCLA		Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	W 31–27	76,255
November 21	7:45 PM	Colorado	#24	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN2	W 27–3	25,121
November 27	12:30 PM	at Washington	#20	Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (108th Apple Cup)	FOX	L 10–45	70,438
December 26	11:00 AM	vs. Miami (FL)*		Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 20–14	41,180
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time All dates, times and TV are tentative and subject to change.

Rankings

Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	24	20	RV	RV	RV
Coaches'	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	20	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	Not released

Game notes

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	WAZZU, 59–21

@ 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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2014	RU, 41–38

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	1990	WY, 34–13

@ 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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–45–5	2014	CAL, 60–59

@ Oregon

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

See also: 2015 Oregon Ducks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–47–7	2014	ORE, 38–31

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
49–47–3	2014	WAZZU, 39–32

@ 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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–26	2014	ARIZ, 59–37

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–39–1	2014	STAN, 34–17

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–26–2	2014	ASU, 52–31

@ 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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–39–1	2012	UCLA, 44–36

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2012	COLO, 35–34

@ 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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–69–6	2014	WASH, 31–13

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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
• 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