PULLMAN, Wash. - No. 11 Washington State improved to 6-0 with a 33-10 win at Oregon Saturday. Check out the postgame notes and social media posts from the win.
GAME NOTES
• WSU won the toss, deferred, Oregon elected to receive
• Jamal Morrow was the game captain for the 28th consecutive game, won his 9th career coin toss, is 9-2 in calling the toss
TEAM NOTES
• WSU improved to 6-0 for the first time since starting the 2001 season 7-0
• WSU notched it's third-straight win over Oregon for the first time since 1982-84 and first time posting back-to-back wins in Eugene since 1982 and 1984
• WSU forced three turnovers, improving to 18-3 when forced multiple turnovers under defensive coordinator Alex Grinch
• WSU held Oregon to 277 yards of offense and 10 points, Oregon entered the game averaging 537.4 yards/g and 49.6 ppg
• WSU recorded a season high 11 tackles-for-loss including four sacks
• WSU scored on its first offensive play for the first time since 2011 at San Diego State (Marquess Wilson 80-yard TD catch from Marshall Lobbestael
PLAYER NOTES
• Cole Madison made his 40th career start at RT, Luke Falk made his 34th career start, Marcellus Pippins and Darrien Molton each made their 30th career starts at CB
• Luke Falk threw three touchdown passes, upping career total to 108, passing Marcus Mariota (ORE) for 2nd-most in Pac-12 history, trails Matt Barkley's (USC) record of 116
• Falk passed for 282 yards, upping his WSU-record total to 12,893, 3rd-most in Pac-12 history
• Falk threw three touchdowns for the 20th time in his career
• Falk notched career win No. 24, tying Jason Gesser's school record
• Gerard Wicks rushed for a season-high 58 yards, entered the game with 58 for the season
• Jamal Morrow made five catches to up his career total to 165, passing Isiah Myers for 9th-most in WSU history
• Renard Bell caught a 10-yard TD, his first career touchdown, finished with three catches for 45 yards
• Kyle Sweet matched a career high with seven receptions, set career high with 86 receiving yards
• Hunter Dale made a career-high 10 tackles, forced first career fumble, tallied 3 tackles-for-loss
• Frankie Luvu recorded a career-high nine tackles including a sack
• Erik Powell connected on four field goals, upping his career total to 43, tied for the 4th-most in WSU history
• Powell's 52-yarder in the second quarter was a career-long, longest since Andrew Furney in 2013 (52 vs. Utah)
GAME NOTES
• WSU won the toss, deferred, Oregon elected to receive
• Jamal Morrow was the game captain for the 28th consecutive game, won his 9th career coin toss, is 9-2 in calling the toss
TEAM NOTES
• WSU improved to 6-0 for the first time since starting the 2001 season 7-0
• WSU notched it's third-straight win over Oregon for the first time since 1982-84 and first time posting back-to-back wins in Eugene since 1982 and 1984
• WSU forced three turnovers, improving to 18-3 when forced multiple turnovers under defensive coordinator Alex Grinch
• WSU held Oregon to 277 yards of offense and 10 points, Oregon entered the game averaging 537.4 yards/g and 49.6 ppg
• WSU recorded a season high 11 tackles-for-loss including four sacks
• WSU scored on its first offensive play for the first time since 2011 at San Diego State (Marquess Wilson 80-yard TD catch from Marshall Lobbestael
PLAYER NOTES
• Cole Madison made his 40th career start at RT, Luke Falk made his 34th career start, Marcellus Pippins and Darrien Molton each made their 30th career starts at CB
• Luke Falk threw three touchdown passes, upping career total to 108, passing Marcus Mariota (ORE) for 2nd-most in Pac-12 history, trails Matt Barkley's (USC) record of 116
• Falk passed for 282 yards, upping his WSU-record total to 12,893, 3rd-most in Pac-12 history
• Falk threw three touchdowns for the 20th time in his career
• Falk notched career win No. 24, tying Jason Gesser's school record
• Gerard Wicks rushed for a season-high 58 yards, entered the game with 58 for the season
• Jamal Morrow made five catches to up his career total to 165, passing Isiah Myers for 9th-most in WSU history
• Renard Bell caught a 10-yard TD, his first career touchdown, finished with three catches for 45 yards
• Kyle Sweet matched a career high with seven receptions, set career high with 86 receiving yards
• Hunter Dale made a career-high 10 tackles, forced first career fumble, tallied 3 tackles-for-loss
• Frankie Luvu recorded a career-high nine tackles including a sack
• Erik Powell connected on four field goals, upping his career total to 43, tied for the 4th-most in WSU history
• Powell's 52-yarder in the second quarter was a career-long, longest since Andrew Furney in 2013 (52 vs. Utah)
Washington State wins! #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/GWO9lP5Vyq
— WSU Cougar Football (@wsucougfb) October 8, 2017
So PROUD of our boys tonite! Way to get it done on the road! 6-0!#DidSomething??#GoCougs!??????#SpeedD??#AirRaid??#SpecForces??#RaiseTheBar?? pic.twitter.com/8nwV51Svy5
— Roy Manning (@CoachRoyM) October 8, 2017
Couldnt b more proud of this group, great players but even better men. Congrats guys!@OlBoyJmo @Gerraard23 @keithy_rice21 @boobiewilliams2 pic.twitter.com/ajs2pYudCk
— Coach Mastro (@jim_mastro) October 8, 2017
Erik Powell hit 4 field goals including a career long 52-yarder!#GoCougs #Forces pic.twitter.com/ogvbYYuzT0
— WSU Cougar Football (@wsucougfb) October 8, 2017
Under @Coach_Leach, @wsucougfb has 16 Pac-12 wins since start of 2015, 2nd only to Stanford. In 8 years prior to Leach, Cougs had 15 wins.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) October 8, 2017