1980 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1980 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 in Pac-10, tied for sixth), and outscored their opponents 287 to 271.[1][2]

1980 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record4–7 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPat Ruel (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Padilla (1st season)
Captains
Home stadiumMartin Stadium,
Joe Albi Stadium (Spokane)
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 –1 –09 –3 –0
No. 13 UCLA 5 –2 –09 –2 –0
No. 11 USC 4 –2 –18 –2 –1
Arizona State 5 –3 –07 –4 –0
Oregon 4 –3 –16 –3 –2
Stanford 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Arizona 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Washington State 3 –4 –04 –7 –0
California 3 –5 –03 –8 –0
Oregon State 0 –8 –00 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included Samoa Samoa with 1,668 passing yards,[3] Tim Harris with 801 rushing yards,[4] and Jim Whatley with 433 receiving yards.[5]

This year's Apple Cup is the most recent played at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane; since 1982, the Cougar home games in the series (even-numbered years) have been held on campus at Martin Stadium. From 1950 thru 1980 (except 1954 in Pullman), the Cougars were 3–12 (.200) in Spokane Apple Cups, while winning five in Seattle.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13San Jose State*
L 26–3118,153
September 20at Tennessee*
L 23–3593,520[6]
September 27Army*
W 31–1824,213
October 4Pacific (CA)*
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 22–2418,123
October 11at Arizona State
L 21–2764,333
October 18at Arizona
W 38–1447,132
October 25Stanford
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 34–4830,371
November 1at Oregon
L 10–2030,083
November 8Oregon Statedagger
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 28–715,651
November 15at California
W 31–1730,000
November 22No. 16 Washington
L 23–3034,557[7][8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel
1980 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 89 Pat Beach Jr
RB 20 Al Bowens So
QB 9 Clete Casper So
G 71 John Dreyer So
C 67 Eugene Emerson Sr
WR 87 Paul Escalera Jr
RB Doug Hall
RB 43 Tim Harris So
TE Rick Hedlund
OT 75 Steve Johnson Sr
WR 88 Jeff Keller Jr
OT 72 Allan Kennedy (C) Sr
OT 77 John Little Sr
RB 23 Mike Martin Jr
G 63 Gary Patrick So
WR Jeff Poppe
OL Greg Porter
RB Tom Ramberg
QB 11 Samoa Samoa (C) Sr
TE Tom Spencer
G 56 Greg Sykes Sr
QB Ricky Turner
RB 26 Mike Washington Sr
WR 21 Jim Whatley Sr
WR Chris Williams
RB 42 Robert Williams So
WR 22 Mike Wilson Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 96 Lee Blakeney Fr
CB 30 Nate Bradley Jr
DT 95 Ken Collins Jr
DT 73 Matt Elisara Jr
LB 34 Ken Emmil So
CB 41 Jeff Files Jr
NG 61 Brian Flones (C) Sr
CB 6 Bill Gribble Jr
LB Dirk Hunter
DL Ken Jacobsen
LB 47 Scott Pelluer (C) Sr
LB 38 Melvin Sanders Sr
S 48 Peter Shaw Jr
LB 10 Brian Sickler Sr
S 28 Paul Sorensen Jr
DB Joe Taylor
S 5 Gary Teague Sr
DE 62 Mike Walker Sr
S 44 John West Jr
LB Brent White
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 16 Tim Davey Jr
K 1 Mike DeSanto Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Dave Elliott (LB)
  • Gary Gagnon (RB)
  • Lindsay Hughes (OLB)
  • Rich Glover (DL)
  • Steve Morton (TE)
  • Bob Padilla (DC, DL)
  • Pat Ruel (OC, OL)
  • Ken Woody (WR)
  • Harold Wheeler (DB)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

[9][10][11][12][13]

Season summary

San Jose State

Washington
See also: 1980 Washington Huskies football team and Apple Cup
#16 Washington Huskies (8–2) at Washington State Cougars (4–6)
Period 1 2 34Total
Washington 0 14 7930
Washington State 14 0 3623

at Joe Albi Stadium, Spokane, Washington

  • Date: November 20
  • Game attendance: 34,577
  • [14]
Game information
External video
video icon Game film (silent)

NFL Draft

Five Cougars were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Scott Pelluer LB 4 91 Dallas Cowboys
Samoa Samoa RB/QB 9 230 Cincinnati Bengals
Jim Whatley WR 9 236 Seattle Seahawks
Mike Wilson WR 9 246 Dallas Cowboys
Allan Kennedy T 10 267 Washington Redskins

[15][16]

References
  1. "1980 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. Emerson, Paul (September 25, 1980). "Learning to be No. 1 quarterback at WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  4. Gerheim, Earl (September 24, 1980). "Cougs' handyman Harris: A hustler with high hopes". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  5. "1980 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  6. "Cougars' comeback is short". The Tacoma News Tribune. September 21, 1980. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1980. p. 4B.
  8. Van Sickel, Charlie (November 24, 1980). "UW roars from behind". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
  9. "Probable starting lineups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 13, 1980. p. 19.
  10. "Probable starters". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 27, 1980. p. 2C.
  11. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 1, 1980. p. 2B.
  12. "Probable starting lineups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 7, 1980. p. 28.
  13. Van Sickel, Charlie (November 21, 1980). "UW pick, but Walden has it even". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 21.
  14. "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23." Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Nov 23. Pg. 4B. Retrieved 2020-Dec-12.
  15. Missildine, Harry (April 29, 1981). "Pelluer taken by Cowboys in 4th round". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
  16. "Bengals grab Samoa". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). April 30, 1981. p. 25.
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