PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Athletics announced its football opponents for the 2024 season, highlighted by an early-season home matchup against Texas Tech, a neutral site game against Washington at Lumen Field in Seattle, and WSU's lone conference game at Oregon State.
Next season's slate has the Cougars playing six home contests, five road games and one neutral site game. In addition to the previously announced games, the Cougars will face six Mountain West opponents, three home and three road, as part of a football scheduling agreement with the conference. Matchups against MW programs San Diego State and San Jose State, which were previously contracted, are not included in the six-game scheduling agreement. In all, WSU will play 11 nonconference games and one Pac-12 contest.
WSU opens the 2024 campaign hosting Portland State, Saturday, Aug. 31, at Gesa Field. The following week, Sept. 7, WSU welcomes Texas Tech to Gesa Field, marking the first time the Red Raiders have traveled to Pullman and the first meeting between the two teams since the 1964 season.
The first contest away from Pullman occurs Sept. 14 when the Cougars continue the Apple Cup rivalry with a neutral site game against Washington at Lumen Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks. WSU returns to Gesa Field the following week, Sept. 21, to host San Jose State.
The San Diego State contest, previously scheduled for Sept. 7, was moved to accommodate other matchups and the new date will be announced in conjunction with the remaining MW dates.
Saturday, Nov. 23 will see WSU travel to Corvallis to face Oregon State in a pre-Thanksgiving matchup. The Cougars defeated the Beavers 38-35 this year at Gesa Field.
While dates for the remaining contests will be announced by the Mountain West in the coming months, the opponents for those games have been released. Washington State will host three MW schools in Utah State, Wyoming and Hawai'i as part of the scheduling agreement. The three road contests include Boise State, New Mexico and Fresno State.
Dates for WSU's 2024 Homecoming and Family Weekend games will be announced at a later date.
Information on 2024 season tickets will be released in the coming weeks. For more information, visit wsucougars.com by clicking
HERE or call 1-800-GO-COUGS.
WSU's 2024 football opponents:
| Date |
Opponent |
Location |
| Aug. 31 |
Portland State |
Gesa Field |
| Sept. 7 |
Texas Tech |
Gesa Field |
| Sept. 14 |
vs. Washington (Apple Cup) |
Seattle, Wash.
(Lumen Field) |
| Sept. 21 |
San Jose State |
Gesa Field |
| Nov. 23 |
at Oregon State |
Corvallis, Ore. |
| TBD |
Utah State |
Gesa Field |
| TBD |
Wyoming |
Gesa Field |
| TBD |
Hawai'i |
Gesa Field |
| TBD |
at San Diego State |
San Diego, Calif. |
| TBD |
at Boise State |
Boise, Idaho |
| TBD |
at New Mexico |
Albuquerque, N.M. |
| TBD |
at Fresno State |
Fresno, Calif. |
