SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Washington State closed the season with a 28-26 win over Iowa State in the Valero Alamo Bowl. Check out the postgame notes along with some of the top social media posts during the game.
GAME NOTES
• WSU won the toss and elected to receive
•
Kyle Sweet and
Peyton Pelluer were game captains for the 13
th straight game
• Attendance: 60,675 (Largest between two out-of-state teams since 2005)
TEAM NOTES
• WSU recorded its first 11-win season in program history
• WSU improved to 8-7 in bowl games, 2-0 in the Alamo Bowl
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Mike Leach improved to 133-83 all-time as a HC (7-7 in bowl games); 49-40 all-time at WSU
• WSU finished the season undefeated (8-0) when scoring first
PLAYER NOTES
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Robert Valencia made his first career start, started at right guard
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Gardner Minshew II threw for 299 yards, setting Pac-12 and WSU single-season records for pass yards with 4,779
• Minshew II finished his career No. 10 on the WSU career passing yards list
• Minshew threw 2 TD passes, tying
Luke Falk for the WSU single-season record with 38 TD passes (2015, 2016)
• Minshew II's 662 pass attempts were 2
nd-most in WSU single-season history, and his 468 completions were WSU and Pac-12 single-season records
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James Williams caught 7 passes, upping season total to 83, setting Pac-12 single-season record for catches by a RB (Brad Muster, Stanford, 78, 1985)
• Williams now has 202 career receptions; tied for 1st in career catches by a running back (
Jamal Morrow - 202) and now tied for 3rd in all-time career receptions (
Jamal Morrow)
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Max Borghi scored a 10-yard rushing TD, his 12
th total TD of the season, tying Deon Burnett (1999) for the most total TD by a freshman Cougar in single-season history
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Renard Bell caught his 5
th TD pass of the season
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Dezmon Patmon caught his 5
th TD pass of the season
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Peyton Pelluer appeared in his WSU-record 54
th career game, added a sack, forced fumble, fumble recovery
• Pelluer made 11 tackles, finished his career with 352 career tackles, 5
th-most in WSU history, 6
th double-digit tackle effort of the season and 14
th of his career
• Pelluer made 1.5 tackles-for-loss, finished his career with 35 career tackles-for-loss, 8th most in WSU history
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Jalen Thompson recorded his 2
nd INT of the season, finished with five tackles
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Darrien Molton made his 48
th career start, tying the WSU record for career starts (Micah Hannam, 2007-10, OL)
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Marcus Strong recorded his 3
rd INT of the season, added a sack, finished with 7 tackles
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Misiona Aiolupotea-Pei recorded sack No. 2.5 of the season
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
