2023 Washington State Cougars football team

2023 Washington State Cougars football
2023 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pac–12 Conference
Record	4–3 (1–3 Pac–12)
Head coach	Jake Dickert (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Ben Arbuckle (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air Raid
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Schmedding (1st season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium; (32,952)

The 2023 Washington State Cougars football team will represent Washington State University in the Pac–12 Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars are expected to be led by Jake Dickert in his third year as head coach. They play their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

2023 Pac-12 Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Washington	4	–	0	7	–	0
No. 24 USC	4	–	1	6	–	2
No. 8 Oregon	3	–	1	6	–	1
No. 11 Oregon State	3	–	1	6	–	1
No. 13 Utah	3	–	1	6	–	1
No. 23 UCLA	2	–	2	5	–	2
Arizona	2	–	2	4	–	3
Colorado	1	–	3	4	–	3
Washington State	1	–	3	4	–	3
California	1	–	3	3	–	4
Stanford	1	–	4	2	–	5
Arizona State*	0	–	4	1	–	6
Championship: December 1, 2023
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant * – Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed ban for 2020 recruiting violations As of October 27, 2023 Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	4:00 p.m.	at Colorado State*		Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	W 50–24	31,497
September 9	4:30 p.m.	No. 19 Wisconsin*		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ABC	W 31–22	33,024
September 16	2:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado*	No. 23	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 64–21	23,595
September 23	4:00 p.m.	No. 14 Oregon State	No. 21	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FOX	W 38–35	33,024
October 7	12:00 p.m.	at UCLA	No. 13	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	P12N	L 17–25	35,437
October 14	4:00 p.m.	Arizona	No. 19	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 6–44	26,155
October 21	12:30 p.m.	at No. 9 Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ABC	L 24–38	58,886
October 28	5:00 p.m.	at Arizona State		Mountain America Stadium Tempe, AZ	P12N
November 4	6:00 p.m.	Stanford		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N
November 11		at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Colorado		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FS1
November 25		at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source:[1]

Conference opponents not scheduled this season: USC, Utah

Game summaries

at Colorado State

Washington State Cougars (0–0) at Colorado State Rams (0–0) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	10	12	21	50
Rams	3	0	0	21	24

at Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado

Date: September 2nd
Game time: 5:00 p.m. MST/4:00 p.m. PST
Game weather: Temperature: 88 °F (31 °C) • Wind: SW at 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) • Weather: Sunny
Game attendance: 31,497
Referee: Jeff Dahle
TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan (play-by-play), and Corey Chavous (analyst)

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

Statistics	Washington State	Colorado State
First downs	30	18
Plays–yards	556	357
Rushes–yards	90	37
Passing yards	466	320
Passing: comp–att–int	--	--
Time of possession	37:40	22:20

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Washington State	Passing	Cameron Ward	27-49,451 yards, 3 TDs
	Rushing	Cameron Ward	13 rushes, 40 yards, TD
	Receiving	Lincoln Victor	11 receptions, 168 yards
Colorado State	Passing	Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi	13-20, 210 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Avery Morrow	11 rushes, 29 yards
	Receiving	Justus Ross-Simmons	5 receptions, 123 yards, TD

vs No. 19 Wisconsin

vs Northern Colorado

vs No. 14 Oregon State

No. 14 Oregon State Beavers (3–0) at No. 21 Washington State Cougars (3–0) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Beavers	7	7	0	21	35
No. 21 Cougars	14	14	7	3	38

at Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington

Date: September 23
Game time: 4:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 33,024
TV announcers (FOX): Jeff Levering (play-by-play), Mark Helfrich (analyst)
Spread: • Odds to win: •

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

Statistics	Oregon State	Washington State
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Oregon State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Washington State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at UCLA

No. 13 Washington State Cougars (4–0) vs UCLA Bruins (3–1) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Cougars	3	7	7	0	17
Bruins	0	9	3	13	25

at Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA

Date: October 7, 2023
Game time: 12:01 p.m.
Game weather: Sunny, 89 °F (32 °C)
Game attendance: 35,437
Referee: Mike McCabe
TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst)

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	WSU	UCLA
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Washington State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UCLA	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Arizona

Arizona Wildcats (3–3) at No. 19 Washington State Cougars (4–1) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	10	10	14	44
No. 19 Cougars	6	0	0	0	6

at Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA

Date: October 14, 2023
Game time: 4:07 p.m.
Game weather: Sunny, 67 °F (19 °C)
Game attendance: 26,155
Referee: Matthew Richards
TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson (play-by-play ), Yogi Roth (analyst)

Game information

First quarter

(10:01) WSU – Nakia Watson 1-yard run, two-point pass failed (Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:59; Washington State 6–0)
(8:29) ARIZ – Jonah Coleman 1-yard run, Tyler Loop kick (Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:32; Arizona 7–6)
(5:18) ARIZ – Tyler Loop 37-yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 13 yards, 1:34; Arizona 10–6)

Second quarter

(14:53) ARIZ – Rayshon Luke 40-yard run, Tyler Loop kick (Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards, 4:07; Arizona 17–6)
(8:07) ARIZ – Tyler Loop 40-yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 38 yards, 4:48; Arizona 20–6)

Third quarter

(10:49) ARIZ – Tyler Loop 21-yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 71 yards, 4:11; Arizona 23–6)
(2:57) ARIZ – Jonah Coleman 1-yard run, Tyler Loop kick (Drive: 16 plays, 60 yards, 7:11; Arizona 30–6)

Fourth quarter

(12:37) ARIZ – DJ Williams 15-yard run, Tyler Loop kick (Drive: 1 play, 15 yards, 0:05; Arizona 37–6)
(6:52) ARIZ – Jonah Coleman 23-yard run, Tyler Loop kick (Drive: 7 plays, 79 yards, 3:59; Arizona 44–6)

Statistics	ARIZ	WSU
First downs	26	12
Total yards	516	234
Rushing yards	37–174	22–35
Passing yards	342	199
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	34–43–0	23–33–2
Time of possession	38:39	21:21

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Arizona	Passing	Noah Fifita	34/43, 342 yards
	Rushing	Rayshon Luke	10 carries, 71 yards, TD
	Receiving	Jonah Coleman	4 receptions, 98 yards
Washington State	Passing	Cameron Ward	22/30, 192 yards, INT
	Rushing	Dylan Paine	3 carries, 23 yards
	Receiving	Nakia Watson	5 receptions, 88 yards

at No. 9 Oregon

Washington State Cougars (4-2) at No. 9 Oregon Ducks (5-1) - Game Summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	0	0	0	0
No. 9 Ducks	0	0	0	0	0

at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR

Date: October 21
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Referee: Cravonne Barrett
TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen, Greg McElroy, Molly McGrath

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Washington State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Oregon	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Statistics	WSU	ORE
First downs
Plays–yards	–	–
Rushes–yards	–	–
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int	––	––
Time of possession

at Arizona State

Washington State Cougars (0–0) vs Arizona State Sun Devils (0–0) – Game summary

Period	1	2	Total
Cougars			0
Sun Devils			0

at Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ

Date: October 28, 2023
TV announcers (P12N): Roxy Bernstein, Lincoln Kennedy

Statistics	WSU	ASU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Washington State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Arizona State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Stanford

Stanford Cardinal (0–0) at Washington State Cougars (0–0) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	0	0	0	0
Cougars	0	0	0	0	0

at Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA

Date: November 4, 2023
Game time: TBD
Game weather: 0 °F (−18 °C)

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	STAN	WSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Stanford	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Washington State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at California

Washington State Cougars (0-0) vs. California Golden Bears (0-0) - Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	0	0	0	0
Golden Bears	0	0	0	0	0

at California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA

Date: November 11, 2023
Game time: TBD

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

Statistics	WSU	CAL
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Washington State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
California	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs Colorado

Colorado Buffaloes (0–0) at Washington State Cougars (0–0) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	0	0	0	0
Cougars	0	0	0	0	0

at Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA

Date: November 17, 2023
Game time: 7:30 p.m. PST
TV: TBD

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

Statistics	COL	WSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Colorado	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Washington State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Washington

Awards

Player	Award	Date
Ron Stone Jr.	Pac-12 Defense & Defensive Line Player of the Week[2]	September 11, 2023
Cameron Ward	Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week[3]	September 25, 2023

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	RV	23	21	16	13	19т	RV	—
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	24	17	14	19	RV	—
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

"2023 Washington State Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
"Pac-12 Football Players of the Week – Week 2" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
"Pac-12 Football Players of the Week – Week 4" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 25, 2023.

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[1] "2023 Washington State Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 21, 2022.

[Pac-12_Conference-2] "Pac-12 Football Players of the Week – Week 2" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

[3] "Pac-12 Football Players of the Week – Week 4" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 25, 2023.

Washington State Cougars football
Venues	Rogers Field (1895–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983 as alternate; 1970–1971 as sole) Martin Stadium (1972–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho: Battle of the Palouse Washington: Apple Cup Northwest Championship
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band Coug it Ol' Crimson
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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