Washington State University Athletics
Cougars Add San Jose State to Future Football Schedules
June 29, 2022 | Football
PULLMAN, Wash. (June 29, 2022) - Washington State University Director of Athletics Pat Chun has announced that the Cougars have agreed to a home-and-home football series with San Jose State University, beginning in 2024.
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The first game is scheduled to be played in Pullman, Sept. 21, 2024, with the return contest in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 6, 2031.
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Washington State leads the all-time series against the Spartans by an 8-4-1 margin, with the last meeting coming in 2018, a 31-0 Cougar victory in Pullman. The series began in 1955 with the only tie of the series, a 13-13 final in Pullman in a game known as the "Refrigerator Bowl" with a kickoff temperature of 5 degrees and a wind chill well below zero.
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WSU has won the last two meetings in the series, 2018 and also in 1996, a 52-16 victory also in Pullman. The last meeting in San Jose ended in a 46-0 Cougar win in 1968.
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The first game is scheduled to be played in Pullman, Sept. 21, 2024, with the return contest in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 6, 2031.
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Washington State leads the all-time series against the Spartans by an 8-4-1 margin, with the last meeting coming in 2018, a 31-0 Cougar victory in Pullman. The series began in 1955 with the only tie of the series, a 13-13 final in Pullman in a game known as the "Refrigerator Bowl" with a kickoff temperature of 5 degrees and a wind chill well below zero.
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WSU has won the last two meetings in the series, 2018 and also in 1996, a 52-16 victory also in Pullman. The last meeting in San Jose ended in a 46-0 Cougar win in 1968.
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