2015 Washington State Cougars football team

2015 Washington State Cougars football
2015 Washington State Cougars football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 20–14 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	North Division
Record	9–4 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (4th season);
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Alex Grinch (1st season)
Base defense	Multiple 3–4
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth-year head coach Mike Leach and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated the Miami Hurricanes.

2015 Pac-12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 3 Stanford x$	8	–	1	12	–	2
No. 19 Oregon	7	–	2	9	–	4
Washington State	6	–	3	9	–	4
California	4	–	5	8	–	5
Washington	4	–	5	7	–	6
Oregon State	0	–	9	2	–	10
South Division
USC xy	6	–	3	8	–	6
No. 17 Utah x	6	–	3	10	–	3
UCLA	5	–	4	8	–	5
Arizona State	4	–	5	6	–	7
Arizona	3	–	6	7	–	6
Colorado	1	–	8	4	–	9
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	11:00 am	Portland State*		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 17–24	24,302
September 12	12:30 pm	at Rutgers*		High Point Solutions Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPNU	W 37–34	46,536
September 19	5:30 pm	Wyoming*		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 31–14	31,105
October 3	1:00 pm	at No. 24 California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 28–34	42,042
October 10	3:00 pm	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	W 45–38 ^2OT	57,775
October 17	1:00 pm	Oregon State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 52–31	32,952
October 24	1:00 pm	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 45–42	47,847
October 31	7:30 pm	No. 8 Stanford		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	L 28–30	30,012
November 7	12:30 pm	Arizona State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FS1	W 38–24	32,952
November 14	7:45 pm	at No. 19 UCLA		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ESPN	W 31–27	76,255
November 21	7:45 pm	Colorado		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN2	W 27–3	25,121
November 27	12:30 pm	at Washington	No. 20	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (108th Apple Cup)	FOX	L 10–45	70,438
December 26	11:00 am	vs. Miami (FL)*		Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 20–14	41,180
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

Conference opponents not played this season: Utah, USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	0	10	14	24
Cougars	3	7	0	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	6	7	17	37
Scarlet Knights	0	6	6	22	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	14	0	0	0	14
Cougars	7	14	0	10	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	14	7	0	28
#24 Golden Bears	7	6	21	0	34

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Cougars	7	7	7	10	7	7	45
Ducks	10	7	7	7	7	0	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	3	14	0	14	31
Cougars	14	31	0	7	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	14	17	7	7	45
Wildcats	0	21	7	14	42

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Cardinal	3	0	17	10	30
Cougars	3	9	10	6	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	14	0	7	3	24
Cougars	0	10	7	21	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	7	7	10	31
#18 Bruins	6	10	0	11	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	0	3	0	3
#24 Cougars	7	7	3	10	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Cougars	3	0	7	0	10
Huskies	7	10	7	21	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	7	0	0	7	14
Cougars	7	13	0	0	20