PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State dropped a 48-30 decision at Oregon State Saturday evening. Check out the postgame notes from the game.
TEAM NOTES
• The WSU defense did not a touchdown on the opening drive the 16th consecutive game without allowing an opening drive touchdown
• WSU’s 291 pass yards and 80 offensive plays were a season high
PLAYER NOTES
• WSU Game Captains: Jack Pedersen, Kaden Beatty, Keith Brown, Linus Zunk
• Maximus McCree started at left tackle, his 1st start as a Coug
• LT Ashton Tripp had started the last 19 games at left tackle, missed game with an injury
• Owen Eshelman made his 1st career start, went 32-of-49 for 289 yards and two touchdowns, also rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown
• Eshelman’s 136 rushing yards were second-most by a Cougar quarterback in program history (John Mateer, 197, Texas Tech, 2024), and is just the seventh 100-yard rushing game by a Cougar quarterback in program history
• Eshelman’s first career touchdown pass was a 40-yard score to Branden Ganashamoorthy in the second quarter
• Julian Dugger scored his first rushing touchdown of the season, his third as a Cougar and fourth of his career
• Branden Ganashamoorthy set career-highs of 11 catches and 147 receiving yards including his fourth career touchdown, his team-leading third of the season
• Ganashamoorthy recorded his first career 100-yard game, WSU’s first 100-yard receiving game of the season
• Daniel Blood set career-highs of six catches and 59 receiving yards including his first career touchdown catch (6)
• Keith Brown made a career-high 15 tackles, his first career double-digit tackle game and first sack of the season, the 15 tackles were the most by a Coug since 2021 (16, Jahad Woods, BYU)
• Khamari Terrell made seven tackles including one for loss and broke up one pass
• Max Dean punted six times including a long of 58 and put two punts inside the 20
• Jack Stevens’ 19-yard field goal in the second quarter was his seventh straight made field goal