PULLMAN, Wash. (Sept. 20, 2024) - Washington State improved to 4-0 with a 54-52 win in double overtime over San Jose State at Gesa Field Friday evening. Check out the postgame notes.

TEAM NOTES
•      WSU improved to 4-0 for the second straight season, the first time starting 4-0 in consecutive seasons since 1906-07
•      WSU played its first overtime game since 2017 (W, OT3, Boise State, 47-44), have won four straight overtime games
•      WSU recorded its second game this season with 600+yards of total offense, 627 (637, Portland State)
•      WSU's 95 plays are tied for 10th-most in WSU single-game history
•      WSU won its 3^rd-straight meeting with San Jose State, improved to 9-4-1 overall in the series
 
PLAYER NOTES
•      John Mateer set career-highs with 26 completions and 390 pass yards
•      Mateer rushed for his fifth touchdown of the season, tied for seventh-most rush TD by a quarterback in WSU single-season history, recorded second 100-yard rushing game of the season (197, Texas Tech)
•      Mateer has a rush TD and pass TD in all four games this season
•      Mateer is the first Cougar quarterback in program history with 300 pass yards and 100 rushing yards in a game
 •     Wayshawn Parker made his first career start, rushed 22 times for 76 yards
•      Dylan Paine rushed for his first touchdowns of the season, 2^nd and 3^rd of his career
•      Kyle Williams caught 8 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown, his 41st consecutive game with a catch, owns a catch in all 41 career games played (1st 25 at UNLV (2020-22), caught his 19^th career TD, 10^th as a Coug
•      Williams recorded his 2nd 100-yard game of the season, 9th of his career and 4th as a Coug
•      Cooper Mathers caught his 2nd and 3rd career touchdowns, first this season (at Cal, 2023). First WSU tight end with 2 rec TD since Jed Collins did so in 2006 against Oregon (1 rushing, 1 receiving)
•      Kyle Thornton recorded a season-high 10 tackles, 2nd double-digit tackle effort of his career (11, at UCLA, 2023)
•      Buddah Al-Uqdah made a career-high 9 tackles
•      Kapena Gushiken made a career-high 8 tackles
•      Dean Janikowski tallied 10 points to push his career point total to 262, 5th-most in WSU history
•      Janikowski made two field goals to push his career total 39, 6th-most in WSU history
•      Janikowski made 4 extra points to push his career PAT total to 145, 2nd-most in WSU history
•      Janikowski's 52-yard field goal to end regulation was the 2^nd-longest of his career (55, at Colorado State, 2023) and 4^th of his career, tying Andrew Furney for the 3^rd-most 50-yard FG in WSU history