PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State posted a 25-17 win at Fresno State Saturday night. Checkout the postgame notes from the win.
TEAM NOTES
•     WSU beat Fresno State 25-17, improved to 5-1 for the first time since 2018
•     WSU recorded its second fourth-quarter comeback win this season (trailed San Jose State entering 4
th)
•     WSU recorded its first fourth-quarter comeback win on the ROAD since 2018 at Stanford (trailed by 7 entering 4
th)
•     WSU rushed for over 100 yards for the fifth time this season, had four 100-yards last season, six in 2022
•     WSU recorded a pair of sacks, matching a season-high set in the Apple Cup win
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PLAYER NOTES
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Christian Hilborn started at LG, his 32
nd consecutive start, had started first 5 games at right tackle, 19
th career start at left guard
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Fa'alili Fa'amoe made his 1
st start of the season, missed first 3 games with injury, appeared at right tackle last two games, 20
th career start at right tackle
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John Mateer carried 18 times for 46 yards and a TD, his sixth rushing TD of the season, tied for the sixth-most rushing TD by a Cougar quarterback in single-season history
•     Mateer pushed his season rushing yard total to 499, the most by a Cougar quarterback in WSU single-season history (482, Ty Paine, 1971)
•     Mateer pushes his career rushing yard total to 650, fourth-most in WSU history by a Cougar quarterback
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Wayshawn Parker rushed 12 times for 63 yards with a long of 22, has a 20-yard carry in every game this season
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Kyle Williams caught three passes, his 43rd consecutive game with a catch, owns a catch in all 43 career games played (1st 25 at UNLV (2020-22)
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Kris Hutson caught a team-high six passes for 45 yards
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Trey Leckner had a 16-yard reception, his second catch of his career (33-yard TD catch vs Portland State)
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Carlos Hernandez made his season debut, caught one pass for nine yards
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Ethan O'Connor recorded his third interception of the season, first career return for a touchdown, second by a Coug this season (
Stephen Hall, 100 yards, Portland State)
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Tyson Durant picked off a pass for the second straight game, second this season, seventh of his career
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Khalil Laufau recorded his second sack of the season
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Keith Brown recorded his first sack of the season, second of his career, had one for Oregon in 2022, made career-high 1.5 tackles-for-loss
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Jamorri Colson made his season debut, made two tackles
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Dean Janikowski tallied seven points to push his career point total to 275, passing Andrew Furner for fourth-most in WSU history
•     Janikowski made two field goals (34, 23) to push his career total 42, sixth-most in WSU history
•     Janikowski made one extra point to push his career PAT total to 148, 2nd-most in WSU history
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