American college football season
The 1986 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their ninth and final season under head coach Jim Walden ,3–7–1 record (2–6–1 in Pac-10, eighth place) and were outscored 312 to 221.[ 1] [ 2]
The Cougars tied eventual Rose Bowl champion Arizona State in Tempe in late September,[ 3] then beat USC by twenty points in Pullman, but lost their final five games and dropped in the standings.
WSU's statistical leaders in 1986 included senior quarterback Ed Blount with 1,882 passing yards, Kerry Porter with 921 rushing yards, and Kitrick Taylor with 523 receiving yards.[ 4] Timm Rosenbach ,[ 5] [ 6] Mike Utley , and future head coach Paul Wulff .[ 7]
Walden departed for Iowa State in the Big Eight Conference in mid-December,[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] and was succeeded by Dennis Erickson , who returned to the Palouse (four years at Idaho ) in January 1987 after just one season at Wyoming .[ 12] [ 13]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance September 6 UNLV * W 34–1417,000 September 13 San Jose State * Martin Stadium Pullman, WA L 13–2015,000 September 20 at California L 21–3141,500 September 27 at No. 11 Arizona State T 21–2170,543 October 4 Oregon State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA W 24–1425,200 October 11 No. 9 USC Martin Stadium Pullman, WA W 34–1426,000 October 25 at No. 17 UCLA L 16–5446,189 November 1 at Stanford L 12–4235,000 November 8 No. 17 Arizona Martin Stadium Pullman, WA L 6–3117,000 November 15 at Oregon L 17–2725,137 November 22 No. 12 Washington L 23–4440,000 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1986 Washington State Cougars football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 87 Marvin Adams Jr LB 55 Tunieau Alipate So DL Rob Carpenter DE 67 Rob Cleveland Sr S 25 Ron Collins Sr DE 67 Ivan Cook So DT 97 Tim Downing Fr LB 57 Brian Forde Jr LB 43 Bob Gregory Sr DB 41 James Hasty Jr DE 93 Chris Hiller Jr DB Artie Holmes CB 18 Shawn Landrum So DT 91 Mark Ledbetter Fr DB 42 Ron Lee So LB 40 Maury Metcalf So LB 41 Bob O'Neal Fr CB 20 Ricky Reynolds Sr DT 75 Tony Savage Fr S 6 Kevin Thomasson Sr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 4 Kevin Adams Jr P 45 Rob Myers Fr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Burrow (DB) Dave Elliott (LB) Jon Fabris (TE) Gary Gagnon (RB) Lindsay Hughes Steve Morton (OL) Robin Ross (DL) Mel Sanders Ken Woody (WR) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
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1 2 3 4 Total UNLV 0 7 0 7 14 • Washington St 21 3 7 3 34
Scoring summary Q1 WSU Taylor 11 yard pass from Blount (Adams kick) WSU 7–0 Q1 WSU Blount 14 yard run (Adams kick) WSU 14–0 Q1 WSU Collins 71 yard interception return (Adams kick) WSU 21–0 Q2 UNLV Woods 5 yard run (Libonati kick) WSU 21–7 Q2 WSU Adams 32 yard field goal WSU 24–7 Q3 WSU Wood 15 yard pass from Blount (Adams kick) WSU 31–7 Q4 WSU Obrastoff 44 yard field goal WSU 34–7 Q4 UNLV Jones 10 yard run (Libonati kick) WSU 34–14
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Game information First quarter
Second quarter
WSU – Ed Tingstad 3-yard run (Kevin Adams kick). Tie 7–7. Drive: WSU – Kevin Adams 51-yard field goal. Washington St 10–7. Drive: WASH – Tony Covington 2-yard run (Jeff Jaeger kick). Washington 14–10. Drive: WASH – Matt Slater 25-yard pass from Chris Chandler (Jeff Jaeger kick). Washington 21–10. Drive: Third quarter
WASH – Matt Slater 38-yard pass from Chris Chandler (Jeff Jaeger kick). Washington 28–10. Drive: WASH – Jeff Jaeger 43-yard field goal. Washington 31–10. Drive: WASH – Jeff Jaeger 26-yard field goal. Washington 34–10. Drive: WSU – Kerry Porter 2-yard run (Kevin Adams kick). Washington 34–17. Drive: Fourth quarter
WASH – Matt Slater 25-yard pass from Chris Chandler (Jeff Jaeger kick). Washington 41–17. Drive: WSU – Kerry Porter 9-yard run (pass failed). Washington 41–23. Drive: WASH – Jeff Jaeger 27-yard field goal, 3:16. Washington 44–23. Drive: Top passers WASH – Chris Chandler – 15/20, 204 yards, 4 TD WSU – Ed Blount – 16/30, 240 yards, 2 int Top rushers WASH – Vince Weathersby – 25 rushes, 177 yards WSU – Kerry Porter – 25 rushes, 90 yards, 2 TD Top receivers WASH – Matt Slater – 4 receptions, 106 yards, 3 TD WSU – Rodd Olson – 6 receptions, 94 yards
Four Cougars were selected in the 1987 NFL draft .
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