1992 Washington State Cougars football team

1992 Washington State Cougars football
Copper Bowl champion
Copper Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Utah
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 15
Record9–3 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Williams (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorMike Zimmer (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Washington + 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 9 Stanford + 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
No. 15 Washington State 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
USC 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 1
Arizona 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 5 – 1
Arizona State 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Oregon 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
UCLA 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
California 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Oregon State 0 – 7 – 1 1 – 9 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars were 8–3 in the regular season (5–3 in Pac-10, tied for third), won their bowl game, and outscored their opponents 337 to 281.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Drew Bledsoe with 3,246 passing yards, Shaumbe Wright-Fair with 1,331 rushing yards, and C. J. Davis with 1,024 receiving yards.[3]

Home games were played on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman.

Washington State opened with six wins,[4] and were thirteenth in the AP poll, but then lost three of four prior to the Apple Cup.[5] A fourteen-point home underdog to fifth-ranked Washington,[6] the Cougars pulled off a classic blowout upset in the snow, scoring 29 unanswered points in the third quarter, and won 42–23 in the 20-year-old Bledsoe's last game at Martin Stadium.[7] WSU won the Copper Bowl by three over unranked Utah,[8][9][10][11] and climbed to fifteenth in the final rankings.[12]

Bledsoe opted not to play his senior season (1993) and was the first overall selection of the 1993 NFL draft.[13][14][15]

  1. ^ "1992 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "1992 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ^ Grummert, Dale (October 18, 1992). "Bearing down". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  5. ^ "Stanford 40, Washington St. 3". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). news service reports. November 15, 1992. p. 6E.
  6. ^ "The Latest Line". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 21, 1992. p. 6B.
  7. ^ "WSU pulls snow job on Huskies". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 22, 1992. p. 1E.
  8. ^ Cart, Julie (December 30, 1992). "Cougars outlast Utes for 31-28 win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 2C.
  9. ^ Robinson, Doug (December 30, 1992). "Utes come close, 31-28, after furious rally". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
  10. ^ Blanchette, John (December 30, 1992). "Bledsoe goes out like a pro". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  11. ^ Sullivan, Tim (December 30, 1992). "WSU wins wild Copper Bowl". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  12. ^ "WSU moves up to No. 15 in final poll". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 4, 1993. p. C2.
  13. ^ "Bledsoe dealt a Pats' hand". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 26, 1993. p. C1.
  14. ^ "Bledsoe to play 'Patriot Games'". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. April 26, 1993. p. 1B.
  15. ^ Withers, Bud (April 26, 1993). "Drew knew he'd be No. 1". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). p. 1B.