PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State improved to 3-0 for the second straight season after a 64-21 win over Northern Colorado at Gesa Field Saturday afternoon. Check out the postgame notes from the win.
TEAM NOTES
• WSU has started 3-0 in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2018-19
• Jake Dickert is just the third Cougar head coach to start 3-0 in each of his first two seasons
(John R. Bender – 1906-08), Gus Welch – 1919-20)
• WSU's 43 points in the first half were the most since scoring 55 points in the first half against Arizona (2018)
• WSU recorded 50+ points in two of the first three games for the first time since 2019
(58 - New Mexico State; 59 - Northern Colorado)
• WSU's 64 points are the most since scoring 69 against Arizona in 2018)
• WSU's 718 yards of total offense are the third-most in WSU single-game history (812 – California, 2014); 720 – UCLA, 2019)
• WSU's 229 rushing yards are the most since rushing for 306 in the win at Stanford last season
• WSU's 34 first downs are tied for the eighth-most in WSU single-game history, the most since 2019 (35, Oregon State)
PLAYER NOTES
• 20 made their collegiate debuts: Khalil Laufau (DT), Isaac Terrell (Edge), Rashad McKenzie (DT), Warren Smith Jr.