2016 Washington State Cougars football team


The 2016 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Mike Leach and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 7–2 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the North Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they were defeated by Minnesota.

Previous season

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

Eastern Washington

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–02012WAZZU, 24–20

at Boise State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–02001WAZZU, 41–20

Idaho

Overall recordLast meetingResult
71–18–32013WAZZU, 42–0

Oregon

Overall recordLast meetingResult
39–47–72015WAZZU, 45–38 2OT

at Stanford

Overall recordLast meetingResult
25–40–12015STAN, 30–28

UCLA

Overall recordLast meetingResult
20–39–12015WAZZU, 31–27

at Arizona State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–26–22015WAZZU, 38–24

at Oregon State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
50–47–32015WAZZU, 52–31

Arizona

Overall recordLast meetingResult
15–262015WAZZU, 45–42

California

Overall recordLast meetingResult
26–46–52015CAL, 38–24

at Colorado

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–52015WAZZU, 27–3

Washington

Overall recordLast meetingResult
32–70–62015WASH, 45–10

Minnesota–Holiday Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–21988WAZZU, 41–9

Coaching staff

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