FORT COLLINS, Colo. (September 27, 2025) - Washington State improved to 3-2 with a 20-3 road win over Colorado State Saturday evening.
TEAM NOTES
• WSU captains; Brock Dieu, Tucker Large, Joshua Meredith, Raam Stevenson
• WSU allowed just three points, the fewest points allowed since beating San Jose State 31-0 in 2018 (Pullman)
• WSU posted its first second-half shutout since 2021 at California (W, 21-6)
• WSU blocked a field goal for the first time since 2023 (Jaden Hicks at UCLA)
• WSU matched a season-high with three fourth down stops (San Diego State)
• WSU's nine tackles-for-loss were a season-high
• WSU's four sacks were a season-high
• Jeremiah Noga's 35-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter was WSU's longest scoring play of the season
• Head Coach Jimmy Rogers notched career win No. 30, owns a career 30-5 head coaching record
PLAYER NOTES
• Brock Dieu (C) made his 26th career start
• Christian Hilborn (RT) made his 42nd career start
• Zevi Eckhaus threw for 189 yards and two touchdown passes, also rushed for 30 yards, earned his first win as a Cougar quarterback
• Leo Pulalasi's 45-yard run in the second quarter was a career long and season long for WSU
• Jeremiah Noga caught his first touchdown as a Coug, had one touchdown catch in 2023 for Oregon State
• Ademola Faleye's second quarter touchdown was his third career touchdown and first as a Coug (1 in 2021, 1 in 2022 at Norfolk State)
• Parker McKenna recorded 10 tackles including 1.5 for loss, his seventh career double-digit tackle game, first as a Coug
• Anthony Palano recorded a career-high 13 tackles, previous career high was nine against Idaho
• Palano and Bryson Lamb shared a sack, the first career sack for both
• Colby Humphrey matched a career-high with nine tackles
• Raam Stevenson recorded his first sack of the season, third of his career
• Isaac Terrell recorded his team-leading 5.5 tackle-for-loss of the season, finished with three tackles
• Soni Finau recorded his first career two-sack game, entered game with 1.5 career sacks
• Bryson Lamb recorded WSU's first blocked field goal since 2023 (Jaden Hicks, at UCLA)
• Tony Freeman had a career-long 42-yard punt return in the first quarter, previous long was 33 yards in 2024 Apple Cup
• Jack Stevens connected on both field goal attempts (37, 21), is the first Cougar kicker to start the season 8-of-8 since Blake Mazza started the 2019 season 18-of-18
TEAM NOTES
• WSU captains; Brock Dieu, Tucker Large, Joshua Meredith, Raam Stevenson
• WSU allowed just three points, the fewest points allowed since beating San Jose State 31-0 in 2018 (Pullman)
• WSU posted its first second-half shutout since 2021 at California (W, 21-6)
• WSU blocked a field goal for the first time since 2023 (Jaden Hicks at UCLA)
• WSU matched a season-high with three fourth down stops (San Diego State)
• WSU's nine tackles-for-loss were a season-high
• WSU's four sacks were a season-high
• Jeremiah Noga's 35-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter was WSU's longest scoring play of the season
• Head Coach Jimmy Rogers notched career win No. 30, owns a career 30-5 head coaching record
PLAYER NOTES
• Brock Dieu (C) made his 26th career start
• Christian Hilborn (RT) made his 42nd career start
• Zevi Eckhaus threw for 189 yards and two touchdown passes, also rushed for 30 yards, earned his first win as a Cougar quarterback
• Leo Pulalasi's 45-yard run in the second quarter was a career long and season long for WSU
• Jeremiah Noga caught his first touchdown as a Coug, had one touchdown catch in 2023 for Oregon State
• Ademola Faleye's second quarter touchdown was his third career touchdown and first as a Coug (1 in 2021, 1 in 2022 at Norfolk State)
• Parker McKenna recorded 10 tackles including 1.5 for loss, his seventh career double-digit tackle game, first as a Coug
• Anthony Palano recorded a career-high 13 tackles, previous career high was nine against Idaho
• Palano and Bryson Lamb shared a sack, the first career sack for both
• Colby Humphrey matched a career-high with nine tackles
• Raam Stevenson recorded his first sack of the season, third of his career
• Isaac Terrell recorded his team-leading 5.5 tackle-for-loss of the season, finished with three tackles
• Soni Finau recorded his first career two-sack game, entered game with 1.5 career sacks
• Bryson Lamb recorded WSU's first blocked field goal since 2023 (Jaden Hicks, at UCLA)
• Tony Freeman had a career-long 42-yard punt return in the first quarter, previous long was 33 yards in 2024 Apple Cup
• Jack Stevens connected on both field goal attempts (37, 21), is the first Cougar kicker to start the season 8-of-8 since Blake Mazza started the 2019 season 18-of-18