1982 Washington State Cougars football team

1982 Washington State Cougars football
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Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1982 record	3–7–1 (2–4–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Walden
Home stadium	Martin Stadium Joe Albi Stadium

1982 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 UCLA $	5	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
#7 Washington	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#6 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#15 USC	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
California	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Oregon	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). The team was led by head coach Jim Walden, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane and at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They finished the season with a record of three wins, seven losses and one tie (3–7–1, 2–4–1 Pac-10).

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Idaho*		Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 34–14	25,321
September 18	Colorado*		Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA	L 0–12	30,923
September 25	at Minnesota*		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN	L 11–41	50,653
October 2	at Tennessee*		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	L 3–10	91,744
October 9	Oregon State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	T 14–14	22,937
October 16	at #12 UCLA		Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	L 17–42	41,732
October 23	Stanford		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	L 26–31	26,806
October 30	Arizona		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	L 17–34	27,412
November 6	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 10–3	20,178
November 13	at California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 14–34	34,060
November 20	#5 Washington		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	W 24–20	40,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Staff

Head Coach: Jim Walden

Assistants: Jim Burrow, Dave Elliott, Jon Fabris, Gary Gagnon, Lindsay Hughes, Steve Morton, Melvin Sanders, Harold Wheeler, Del Wight, Ken Woody

Game notes

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 7 10 3 0 20 • Washington State 0 7 14 3 24 Date: November 20 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA

Scoring summary 1 WASH Allen 24 yard pass from Cowan (Nelson kick) WASH 7-0 2 WASH Nelson 21 yard field goal WASH 10-0 2 WSU Matthews 3 yard run (Traut kick) WASH 10-7 2 WASH Allen 16 yard pass from Cowan (Nelson kick) WASH 17-7 3 WSU Peterson 6 yard pass from Casper (Traut kick) WASH 17-14 3 WSU Harris 7 yard run (Traut kick) WSU 21-17 3 WASH Nelson 37 yard field goal WSU 21-20 4 WSU Traut 37 yard field goal WSU 24-20