PULLMAN Wash. - Washington State opened 2020 with a 38-28 road win over Oregon State in Corvallis Saturday night. Check out the postgame notes, top social media posts and highlights.
GAME NOTES
• WSU won the toss and elected to receive
•
Jahad Woods,
Liam Ryan and
Abraham Lucas served as team captains
TEAM NOTES
•
Nick Rolovich is the 1
st Cougar head coach to win his debut since Bill Doba won the 2003 opener against Idaho (25-0 in Seattle)
• Rolovich is the 1
st Cougar head coach to win his debut on the road since Warren Powers in 1977 (19-10 at No. 15 Nebraska)
• WSU recorded its 7
th-straight win over OSU, the longest winning streak against OSU since winning 10 straight (1983-93)
• WSU's 229 rushing yards are the most since rushing for 254 against Colorado in 2016
• WSU tallied 4 sacks on defense, the most since recording 4 against Arizona in 2018
PLAYER NOTES
• WSU saw 16 players make their Cougar debuts
• 4 players made their 1st career starts on offense, X-WR
Lucas Bacon, LG
Jarrett Kingston, C
Brian Greene, QB
Jayden de Laura
• 4 players made 1st career starts on defense, Edge
Brennan Jackson, DT
Ahmir Crowder, CB
Jaylen Watson, SS
Ayden Hector
•
Jayden de Laura is the first true freshman to start at QB in a season-opener in program history
• de Laura is the first true freshman to start at QB since Jeff Tuel at Oregon in 2009
• de Laura's 1
st career TD pass came late in the 1
st quarter, a 29-yard score to
Travell Harris
• de Laura threw for 227 yards and 2 TD, also rushed for 43 yards and a TD
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Deon McIntosh rushed for a career-high 147 yards, the most by a Coug since Dwight Tardy's 214 yards against UCLA in 2007
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Travell Harris caught his 7
th and 8
th career TD passes, his 2
nd career 2-TD game (New Mexico State, 2019)
• Harris matched a career high with 7 catches and set a career high with 107 yards, his 1
st career 100-yard game
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Brennan Jackson and
Ahmir Crowder each recorded their 1
st career sack and start
•
Willie Taylor III recorded his 1
st sack of the season, 7
th of his career
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Ayden Hector started and shared a team-high with 7 tackles in his collegiate debut
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Blake Mazza's 34-yard FG pushed his career FG total to 31, passing Aaron Price for the 8
th-most FG in WSU history
• Mazza tallied 8 points to push career total to 213, passing Rian Lindell for the 8
th-most points in WSU history
HIGHLIGHTS
