Washington State University Athletics
Postgame Notes - at Colorado State
September 28, 2025 | Football
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
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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
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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
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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
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