PULLMAN, Wash. (October 24, 2026) — Washington State football fell to Boise State 31-10 Saturday night at Gesa Field.
Owen Eshelman completed 21 of 40 passes for 191 yards and added 33 rushing yards on 23 carries.
Branden Ganashamoorthy caught four passes for a team-high 58 yards.
Kirby Vorhees scored the Cougars’ touchdown on the ground and added an eight-yard reception.
Keith Brown led WSU with nine tackles.
The Cougs (1-7, 0-4 Pac-12) were held scoreless in the first quarter, and Boise State turned its second possession into a 74-yard scoring drive that ended with a 9-yard touchdown run and a 7-0 lead. Eshelman helped Wazzu convert three of five third downs, but two sacks for 22 yards stalled both drives. Max Dean’s 44-yard punt on the final play left Boise State at its 7-yard line to end the quarter.
WSU’s second quarter centered on a 16-play, 73-yard drive that consumed 6:44 and ended with Vorhees’ 1-yard touchdown run, followed by Jack Stevens’ PAT to tie the score at 7-7. Eshelman kept the series alive with fourth-down conversions to Trey Leckner from the WSU 47 and on a 2-yard keeper at the BSU 40 before later finding Daniel Blood for 13 yards to the one. Boise State moved back into field-goal range in the final minute and made a 28-yard field goal as time expired, leaving Wazzu down 10-7 at the end of the quarter.
The Cougars got their points in the third quarter when Stevens made a 47-yard field goal with 5:53 left, bringing the score to 10-10. The drive started at the WSU 41 after Jaylen Thomas’ 18-yard punt return and included Eshelman’s third-down completion to Blood and an 18-yard pass to Ganashamoorthy. Boise State held the ball for the final 5:47 and reached the WSU 15 before the quarter ended.
Boise State added three touchdowns in the fourth to close out a 31-10 result. The Cougars’ longest push came on a 13-play, 72-yard drive, with Eshelman converting a fourth-and-2 run and hitting Jack Pedersen for 26 yards on fourth-and-5 before the possession ended on downs at the Boise State 3.
Up next, Wazzu travels to San Diego, Calif., to face San Diego State Saturday, Oct. 31, at 4 p.m.