2012 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2012 football 2012 Washington State Cougars 200px Washington State Cougars wordmark.svg 180 Pac-12 Conference North Division Pac-12 3–9 1–8 Mike Leach 1st Mike Breske 1st Air raid Multiple 3–4 Martin Stadium The 2012 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Leach, the Cougars played their home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference and finished the season 3–9 overall, 1–8 in Pac-12, and last place in the North Division. Schedule 2012 AP Pacific August 30, 2012 7:15 pm l y y BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPNCougars' Season Opener at BYU Moved Up to Thursday Bud Withers http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2018225209_regr17.html The Seattle Times May 16, 2012 May 16, 2012 6–30 57,045 September 8 12:00 pm w y Eastern Washington 9 (FCS) Martin Stadium Pullman, WA P12N 24–20 33,598 September 14, 2012 6:00 pm w y y UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ESPN 35–27 17,015 September 22 1:00 pm l y Colorado Martin Stadium Pullman, WA Fox 34–35 31,668 September 29 7:30 pm l y Oregon 2 CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA ESPN2 26–51 60,929 October 6 3:00 pm l y Oregon State 14 Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR P12N 6–19 46,579 October 13 7:30 pm l California Martin Stadium Pullman, WA P12N 17–31 27,339 October 27 3:15 pm l y Stanford 19 Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA P12N 17–24 41,496 November 3 12:00 pm l y Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N 6–49 45,069 November 10 7:30 pm l UCLA 17 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA ESPN2 36–44 28,110 November 17 12:00 pm l y Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ P12N 7–46 53,438 November 23, 2012 12:30 pm w Washington 25 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA Apple Cup Fox 31–28 OT 30,544 Game summaries BYU 2012 BYU Cougars football team Washington State at BYU Washington St 0 6 0 0 BYU 7 17 6 0 August 30 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah ESPN On a nationally televised broadcast, Mike Leach's first game as head coach of the Washington State Cougars was a 30-6 blowout loss to BYU, the former Texas Tech coach's alma mater. Despite Leach's offenses being typically known for their high scoring shootouts, the Wazzu Cougars were unable to score a single touchdown. This marked the first time that a Leach-led offense failed to score a touchdown since 2006, when Texas Tech lost to TCU 12-3. Wazzu quarterback Jeff Tuel threw for 228 yards and two interceptions, while the offense ran for -4 yards on the ground. The only points for the Washington State Cougars came from two field goals in the second quarter.Kercheval Ben Mike Leach debut at Wazzu results in a TD-less thud NBC Sports 2012-08-31 https://www.nbcsports.com/college-football/news/mike-leach-debut-at-wazzu-results-in-a-td-less-thud 2025-08-09 BYU now leads the series 3–1. Eastern Washington Of Note: Andrew Furney made a 60 yard field goal at the end of the first half, which would ultimately prove the difference. Eastern Washington at Washington State Eastern Washington 7 7 0 6 Washington St 14 10 0 0 September 8 Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Pac-12 Network 2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team UNLV Washington State at UNLV Washington St 14 14 0 7 UNLV 7 13 0 7 September 14 Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada ESPN 2012 UNLV Rebels football team Colorado Colorado at Washington State Colorado 7 0 7 21 Washington St 7 14 7 6 September 22 Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington FX 2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team Oregon #2 Oregon at Washington State Oregon 20 3 21 7 Washington State 9 10 0 7 September 29 CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington ESPN2 2012 Oregon Ducks football team Oregon State Washington State at #14 Oregon State Washington St 0 3 0 3 Oregon St 3 3 7 6 October 6 Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon Pac-12 Network 2012 Oregon State Beavers football team 1st quarter scoring: ORST - Trevor Romaine 30-yard field goal. 2nd quarter scoring: WSU - Andrew Furney 24-yard field goal; ORST - Trevor Romaine 24-yard field goal GOOD. 3rd quarter scoring: 4th quarter scoring: California California at Washington State California 7 7 10 7 Washington St 0 3 7 7 October 13 Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Pac-12 Network 2012 California Golden Bears football team Stanford Washington State at Stanford Washington St 0 10 0 7 Stanford 3 7 7 7 October 27 Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California Pac-12 Network 2012 Stanford Cardinal football team Utah Washington State at Utah Washington St 0 0 0 6 Utah 14 17 8 10 November 3 Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah Pac-12 Network 2012 Utah Utes football team UCLA #17 UCLA at Washington State UCLA 7 30 7 0 Washington St 7 0 14 15 November 10 Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington ESPN2 2012 UCLA Bruins football team The Bruins lead the series 18-39-1, which was started in 1928. Hours before the game, the Cougars' star receiver Marquess Wilson said in a press release that he has left the program because of the actions of first-year coach Mike Leach and his staff. Wilson was suspended earlier in the week for an unspecified violation of team rules. Wilson said the new staff has "preferred to belittle, intimidate and humiliate us." That included physical abuse, Wilson said. 1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Sheldon Price 68-yard blocked field goal return (Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick); Dominique Williams 6-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney kick) 2nd quarter scoring: UCLA - Johnathan Franklin 16-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 9-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Anthony Barr safety; UCLA – Devin Fuller 10-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Eric Kendricks 40-yard fumble recovery (Fairbairn kick) 3rd quarter scoring: WSU - Brett Bartolone 7-yard pass from Halliday (Furney kick); UCLA – Jordon James 2-yard run (Fairbairn kick); WSU - Marcus Mason 4-yard pass from Halliday (Furney kick) 4th quarter scoring: WSU - Dominique Williams 11-yard pass from Halliday (Furney kick); WSU - Kristoff Williams 3-yard pass from Halliday (Dominique Williams pass from Halliday 2-point conversion) Arizona State Washington State at Arizona State Washington St 0 0 0 7 Arizona St 18 14 14 0 November 17 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Pac-12 Network 2012 Arizona State Sun Devils football team Washington #25 Washington at Washington StateApple Cup Washington 0 7 21 0 0 Washington St 3 7 0 18 3 November 23 Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington 3:30 p.m. EST Fox yes 1 1:52 WSU Andrew Furney 21-yard field goal Wash St 3-0 2 12:59 WASH Austin Seferian-Jenkins 11-yard pass from Keith Price (Travis Coons kick) Washington 7-3 2 9:19 WSU Carl Winston 1-yard run (Andrew Furney kick) Wash St 10-7 3 8:20 WASH Cody Burns 15-yard pass from Keith Price (Travis Coons kick) Washington 14-10 3 5:32 WASH Bishop Sankey 2-yard run (Travis Coons kick) Washington 21-10 3 :54 WASH Bishop Sankey 1-yard run (Travis Coons kick) Washington 28-10 4 10:41 WSU Carl Winston 2-yard run (Andrew Furney kick) Washington 28-17 4 7:26 WSU Carl Winston 1-yard run (Brett Bartolone pass from Jeff Tuel) Washington 28-25 4 1:59 WSU Andrew Furney 42-yard field goal Tie 28-28 OT WSU Andrew Furney 27-yard field goal Wash St 31-28 yes 2012 Washington Huskies football team Apple Cup Washington State's first win in the rivalry since 2008. Roster and coaching staff 2012 Washington State Cougars y Brent Anderson 68 OL RSo Blair Bomber 89 WR RSO Bennet Bontemps 25 WR J Elliott Bosch 60 OL RJr Jack Brevick 70 OL RJr Leon Brooks 23 RB RJr Jesse Brown 8 QB RF Teondray Caldwell 34 RB F Moritz Christ 62 OL RFr Cody Clements 13 QB RFr Joe Dahl 72 OL RFr Rahmel Dockery 31 WR F Denzell Dotson 67 OL F Aaron Dunn 88 TE RSo Henry Eaddy 17 WR So Gunnar Eklund 63 OL RFr Rico Forbes 76 OL RJr John Fullington 77 OL Jr Rickey Galvin 5 RB RSo David Gilbertson 4 QB RJr Matt Goetz 64 OL RJr Connor Halliday 12 QB RSo Max Hersey 41 TE RFr Wade Jacobson 55 OL RSr Chandler Jenkins 22 WR RFr Zack Johnson 58 OL RSo Joe Kaleta 78 OL RSo Manuel Lamson 36 RB RFr Andrei Lintz 87 TE RSr Drew Loftus 32 WR RFr Marcus Mason 35 RB SO Brett McDonald 85 WR RFr Daniel McDonald 84 WR RSo Taylor Meighen 50 OL Sr Isaiah Myers 83 WR So Ryan Nungester 44 WR Fr Bobby Ratliff 82 WR RSo Jake Rodgers 69 OL RSo Chas Sampson 74 OL RSr Mansel Simmons 46 TE RFr Geno Simone 1 WR Sr Dan Spitz 71 OL RSr Kruger Story 29 RB RFr Jeff Tuel 10 QB Sr Lawrence Tuiott 30 RB RFr Jeff Waldner 61 OL RSo Dominique Williams 80 WR RFr Kristoff Williams 18 WR RSo Marquess Wilson 86 WR Jr Carl Winston 3 RB Sr John Taylor Altomare 46 LB Sr Matthew Brock 71 DL RJ Phillip Brandt 55 LB Sr Deone Bucannon 20 S J y Jared Byers 37 LB RJ Anthony Carpenter 4 S RJ Tracy Clark 30 CB RSO Justin Clayton 90 DE RJr Cyrus Coen 42 LB SO Adam Coerper 50 DE RSr Xavier Cooper 96 DE RFr y David Davis 97 DT RFr Anthony DeMatteo 53 LB RSo Tyrone Duckett 26 S RSo Max Gama 33 S RFr Brandon Golden 32 CB RSo Hamza Griffin 92 DE RFr Steven Hoffart 94 DT RSr Damante Horton 6 CB Jr Ian Knight 56 DE RJr Kyle Lappano 31 LB RFr Corey Laufasa 38 LB RSr Anthony Laurenzi 61 DT RSr Casey Locker 22 S RJr Travis Long 89 DE Sr Darren Markle 54 LB RJr Logan Mayes 83 DE SO Mike McAdie 17 DB SO Kyle McCartney 39 S RSr Darryl Monroe 13 LB RFr Eric Oertel 21 LB Jr Darryl Paulo 52 DE RFr Mitchell Peterson 25 S RSo Kalafitoni Pole 98 DT RSo Tana Pritchard 47 LB RFr Jordan Pu'u Robinson 85 DE RJr Dylan Rabinowitz 95 DE RFr Eddie Releford 78 DE RFr Curtis Selz 51 LB RSo Daniel Simmons 24 CB RSr Matthew Simmons 36 S RSo Travion Smith 35 CB RSr Chester Su'a 45 LB SO Tyree Toomer 15 S RSr Spencer Waseem 29 CB RFr Nolan Washington 2 CB RJr Lenard Williams 93 DE Sr Michael Bowlin 46 K Jr Alex Den Bleyker 65 LS SO Andrew Furney 49 K JR Zach Koepp 48 LS RSr Tyler McNannay 45 K RFr Ryan Saparto 47 LS RSo http://www.wsucougars.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wast-m-footbl-mtt.html Spring 2012 April 14, 2012 Mike Leach Eric Russell (Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator) Clay McGuire (offensive line) Jim Mastro (running backs) Eric Morris (inside receivers) Dennis Simmons (outside receivers) Mike Breske (defensive coordinator/defensive backs) Joe Salave'a (defensive line) Jeff Choate (linebackers) Paul Volero (outside linebackers) Antonio Huffman (football operations director) Dave Emerick (assoc. athletic director/ chief of staff for football) http://www.wsucougars.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wast-m-footbl-mtt.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080828153249/http://www.wsucougars.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wast-m-footbl-mtt.html dead August 28, 2008 Washington State Football Roster April 14, 2012 wsucougars.com References Washington State Category:Washington State Cougars football seasons Washington State Cougars football