Cougar Football Postgame Notes - at San Diego State - Washington State University Athletics

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Cougar Football Postgame Notes - at San Diego State

October 27, 2024 | Football

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

SAN DIEGO - Washington State improved to 7-1 with a 29-26 fourth-quarter comeback victory at San Diego State Saturday evening. Check out the postgame notes from the win.

TEAM NOTES
•      WSU improves to 7-1 for the first time since 2018
•      WSU recorded its third fourth-quarter comeback win of the season (San Jose State, at Fresno State)
•      WSU beat San Diego State for the second time in series history, leads all-time series 2-1
•      WSU rushed for 114 yards, their seventh 100-yard rushing game of the season, had four last season, six in 2022, seven in 2021
•      WSU recorded eight tackles-for-loss and four sacks, both are season highs
•      WSU picked off a pass to record its 15^th takeaway of the season, matching last season's total

PLAYER NOTES
•      Christian Hilborn started at left guard for the third straight game, made his 34^th consecutive start, 21^st career start at LG
•      John Mateer completed 19-of-27 passes for 257 yards and two touchdowns, pushing his season pass TD total to 18
•      Mateer matched a career-high with 21 carries (Texas Tech) for 42 yards and two touchdowns
•      Mateer's 10 rushing touchdowns this season are tied for second-most in WSU single-season history by a quarterback (Timm Rosenbach, 1988) and trail Samoa Samoa's top mark of 11 set in 1980
•      Mateer's 13 career rushing touchdowns are tied for fourth-most in WSU history by a quarterback (Ryan Leaf, Cameron Ward)
•      Mateer's 575 rush yards this season are the most by a quarterback in WSU single-season history
•      Mateer pushed his career rushing yard total to 725, passing Timm Rosenbach for third-most by a quarterback in WSU history
•      Mateer has a rush TD and a pass TD in six of the eight games this season, his fourth career game with two rush TD
•      Kyle Williams caught five passes for 74 yards, his 45th consecutive game with a catch, owns a catch in all 45 career games played (1st 25 at UNLV (2020-22)
•      Carlos Hernandez caught a touchdown pass for the second straight game, his second career TD
•      Cooper Mathers caught his fifth touchdown of the season, setting a WSU single-season record for TD receptions by a tight end (4, Chris Leighton, 1987)
•      Tyson Durant matched a career-high with eight tackles
•      Buddah Al-Uqdah picked off his third career pass, second straight game with an interception
•      Kyle Thornton made his 21^st career start, matched career-high with two tackles-for-loss
•      Ansel Din-Mbuh made a career-high three sacks, had 1.5 last week against Hawai'i, first three-sack game since 2022 (Daiyan Henley, 3, Colorado State)
•      Keith Brown made a season-high six tackles, one away from his career high
•      Nusi Malani recorded his first sack of the season
•      Dean Janikowski tallied three points to push his career point total to 284, fourth-most in WSU history
•      Janikowski made three extra points to push his career PAT total to 158, 2nd-most in WSU history