PULLMAN, Wash. - No. 21 Washington State beat No. 14 Oregon State 38-35 at Gesa Field Saturday evening. Check out the postgame notes from the win.
TEAM NOTES
• WSU recorded its second Gesa Field sellout (33,111) of the season (Wisconsin), fourth in the last two seasons (2022, Washington, Oregon)
• WSU improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2017
• WSU beat a Top-15 ranked team for the first time since 2018 (W, 34-20, No. 12 Oregon in Pullman)
• WSU has won its last five meetings against Oregon State at Gesa Field
• WSU had two players with 150+ receiving yards, Kyle Williams (174) and Josh Kelly (159), for the first time since 2014 (California, Vince Mayle – 263, River Cracraft – 172)
• WSU's 528 yards of total offense was the most in a Pac-12 Conference game since 2019 (Oregon State, 641)
PLAYER NOTES
• Cameron Ward scored his third rushing touchdown of the season, eighth as a Coug, 11th of his career
• Ward threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns, his second game this season with 400+yards and 3+TD (at Colorado State)
• Ward also rushed for a touchdown, his eighth career game as a Coug with one rushing TD and one passing TD
• Ward completed 28-of-34 passes for an 82.3 completion pct, the seventh-best completion % in WSU single-game history
• Kyle Williams caught a TD pass for the fourth-straight game, caught seven passes for career-high 174 yards, his first 100-yard game as Coug and sixth of his career
• Josh Kelly matched a career-high with eight catches for a career-high 159 yards and three touchdowns, his first 100-yard game as a Coug, fourth of his career
• Kelly is the first Cougar with three touchdown catches since Easop Winston Jr. caught four touchdowns in 2019 (UCLA)
• Jaylen Jenkins started at running back, his second career start (Utah, 2022)
• Sam Lockett III picked off his first pass of the season, fourth of his career, finished with five tackles
• Nusi Malani recorded his first sack of the year, third of his career, made career-high five tackles and batted down a pass
• Cam Lampkin made a career-high seven tackles, broke up two passes and recorded a tackle-for-loss
• David Gusta matched a career-high with four tackles
• Chau Smith-Wade matched a career-high with seven tackles including one for loss
• Dean Janikowski's 44-yard field goal was his 28th career make, tenth-most in WSU history
TEAM NOTES
• WSU recorded its second Gesa Field sellout (33,111) of the season (Wisconsin), fourth in the last two seasons (2022, Washington, Oregon)
• WSU improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2017
• WSU beat a Top-15 ranked team for the first time since 2018 (W, 34-20, No. 12 Oregon in Pullman)
• WSU has won its last five meetings against Oregon State at Gesa Field
• WSU had two players with 150+ receiving yards, Kyle Williams (174) and Josh Kelly (159), for the first time since 2014 (California, Vince Mayle – 263, River Cracraft – 172)
• WSU's 528 yards of total offense was the most in a Pac-12 Conference game since 2019 (Oregon State, 641)
PLAYER NOTES
• Cameron Ward scored his third rushing touchdown of the season, eighth as a Coug, 11th of his career
• Ward threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns, his second game this season with 400+yards and 3+TD (at Colorado State)
• Ward also rushed for a touchdown, his eighth career game as a Coug with one rushing TD and one passing TD
• Ward completed 28-of-34 passes for an 82.3 completion pct, the seventh-best completion % in WSU single-game history
• Kyle Williams caught a TD pass for the fourth-straight game, caught seven passes for career-high 174 yards, his first 100-yard game as Coug and sixth of his career
• Josh Kelly matched a career-high with eight catches for a career-high 159 yards and three touchdowns, his first 100-yard game as a Coug, fourth of his career
• Kelly is the first Cougar with three touchdown catches since Easop Winston Jr. caught four touchdowns in 2019 (UCLA)
• Jaylen Jenkins started at running back, his second career start (Utah, 2022)
• Sam Lockett III picked off his first pass of the season, fourth of his career, finished with five tackles
• Nusi Malani recorded his first sack of the year, third of his career, made career-high five tackles and batted down a pass
• Cam Lampkin made a career-high seven tackles, broke up two passes and recorded a tackle-for-loss
• David Gusta matched a career-high with four tackles
• Chau Smith-Wade matched a career-high with seven tackles including one for loss
• Dean Janikowski's 44-yard field goal was his 28th career make, tenth-most in WSU history