1989 Washington State Cougars football team

1989 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	6–5 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Price (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Tiller (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Mike Zimmer (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars compiled a 6–5 record (3–5 in Pac-10, tied for seventh), and outscored their opponents 351 to 268.^[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Aaron Garcia with 2,741 passing yards, Steve Broussard with 1,237 rushing yards, and Tim Stallworth with 548 receiving yards.^[3] The Cougars won their first four games, then were 6–1 and ranked fifteenth in the AP poll,^[4] but lost their final four games.^[5]

Following the departure of head coach Dennis Erickson for Miami in early March,^[6][7][8] Price was hired a week later; a former Cougar player and assistant, he was previously the head coach for eight years in the Big Sky Conference at Weber State in Ogden, Utah.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	No. 6 Idaho*		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)		W 41–7	33,914	[13]
September 7	at No. 24 BYU*		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 46–41	64,310
September 16	Oregon State	No. 23	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 41–3	26,883
September 23	at Wyoming*	No. 19	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY		W 29–23	20,041
September 30	No. 11 USC	No. 19	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ABC	L 17–18	38,434
October 7	at No. 23 Oregon	No. 21	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	Prime	W 51–38	44,963
October 14	Stanford	No. 17	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	W 31–13	24,617
October 21	No. 22 Arizona	No. 15	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	Prime	L 21–23	36,090
October 28	at Arizona State	No. 23	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		L 39–44	62,416
November 11	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		L 26–38	33,000
November 18	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)		L 9–20	73,527	[14][15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Six Cougars were selected in the 1990 NFL draft.

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