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American college football season
The 2016 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was coached by fifth-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 8–5, 7–2 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the North Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they were defeated by Minnesota .
Previous season [ ]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 5:00 pm No. 14 (FCS ) Eastern Washington * P12N L 42–4532,952
September 10 7:15 pm at Boise State * ESPN2 L 28–3136,163
September 17 11:00 am Idaho * P12N W 56–628,477
October 1 6:30 pm Oregon Martin Stadium Pullman, WA P12N W 51–3333,528
October 8 7:30 pm at No. 15 Stanford ESPN W 42–1650,424
October 15 7:30 pm UCLA Martin Stadium Pullman, WA ESPN W 27–2129,310
October 22 7:00 pm at Arizona State P12N W 37–3250,582
October 29 7:45 pm at Oregon State ESPN2 W 35–3137,081
November 5 1:00 pm Arizona No. 25 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA P12N W 69–733,547
November 12 7:30 pm California No. 23 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA ESPN W 56–2130,135
November 19 12:30 pm at No. 12 Colorado No. 20 FOX L 24–3848,658
November 25 12:30 pm No. 6 Washington No. 23 FOX L 17–4533,773
December 27 1:00 pm vs. Minnesota * ESPN L 12–1748,704
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
25
23
20
23
RV
RV
RV
Coaches
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
25
23
20
23
RV
RV
RV
CFP
Not released
25
23
22
23
NR
NR
Not released
Game summaries [ ]
Eastern Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 (FCS) Eagles
7
17
14
7
45
Cougars
14
14
0
14
42
at Boise State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
0
7
7
14
28
Broncos
14
3
7
7
31
Idaho [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Vandals
3
0
3
0
6
Cougars
7
14
7
28
56
Oregon [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Ducks
7
7
6
13
33
Cougars
7
21
2
21
51
at Stanford [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
7
14
14
42
#15 Cardinal
0
3
7
6
16
UCLA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
0
0
7
14
21
Cougars
3
7
14
3
27
at Arizona State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
0
17
14
6
37
Sun Devils
7
7
7
11
32
at Oregon State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
0
6
22
7
35
Beavers
14
10
0
7
31
Arizona [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
7
0
0
7
#25 Cougars
24
14
14
17
69
California [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Bears
0
7
7
7
21
#23 Cougars
14
14
7
21
56
at Colorado [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 Cougars
14
3
7
0
24
#12 Buffaloes
7
7
14
10
38
Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#6 Huskies
28
7
0
10
45
#23 Cougars
3
7
7
0
17
Minnesota–Holiday Bowl [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Gophers
0
3
7
7
17
Cougars
3
3
0
6
12
Coaching staff [ ]
Name
Title
Years at WSU
Alma mater
Mike Leach
Head Coach
6
BYU , 1983
Alex Grinch
Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Coach
3
Mount Union , 2002
Jason Loscalzo
Strength and Conditioning Coach
6
Humboldt State , 1999
Roy Manning
Outside Linebackers Coach
3
Michigan , 2004
Jim Mastro
Running Backs Coach
6
Cal Poly , 1994
Clay McGuire
Offensive Line Coach
6
Texas Tech , 2004
Eric Mele
Special Teams Coach
3
William Paterson , 2002
Dave Nichol
Outside Receivers Coach
2
Texas Tech, 1999
Source:[1]
References [ ]
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