The Washington State Cougars college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Washington State University in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Since the establishment of the team in 1888, Washington State has appeared in 13 bowl games.[1] Included in these games are four appearances in the Rose Bowl Game and one Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game appearances, in the 2003 Rose Bowl.[1][2] The latest bowl occurred on December 27, 2016, when Washington State lost to Minnesota 17-12 in the 2016 Holiday Bowl.
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Bowl games
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1]
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Bowl |
Score[A 2] |
Date |
Season[A 3] |
Opponent[A 4] |
Stadium |
Location |
Attendance[3] |
Head coach |
1 |
Rose Bowl |
W 14–0 |
January 1, 1916 |
1915 |
Brown Bruins |
Tournament Park |
Pasadena |
7,000 |
William Henry Dietz |
2 |
Rose Bowl |
L 24–0 |
January 1, 1931 |
1930 |
Alabama Crimson Tide |
Rose Bowl |
Pasadena |
60,000 |
Babe Hollingbery |
3 |
Holiday Bowl |
L 38–36 |
December 30, 1981 |
1980 |
BYU Cougars |
Jack Murphy Stadium[A 5] |
San Diego |
52,419 |
Jim Walden |
4 |
Aloha Bowl |
W 24–22 |
December 25, 1988 |
1988 |
Houston Cougars |
Aloha Stadium |
Honolulu |
35,132 |
Dennis Erickson |
5 |
Copper Bowl |
W 31–28 |
December 29, 1992 |
1992 |
Utah Utes |
Arizona Stadium |
Tucson |
40,876![double-dagger](/w/images/f/f9/Double-dagger-14-plain.png) |
Mike Price |
6 |
Alamo Bowl |
W 10–3 |
December 31, 1994 |
1994 |
Baylor Bears |
Alamodome |
San Antonio |
44,106 |
Mike Price |
7 |
Rose Bowl |
L 21–16 |
January 1, 1998 |
1997 |
Michigan Wolverines |
Rose Bowl |
Pasadena |
100,635 |
Mike Price |
8 |
Sun Bowl |
W 33–27 |
December 31, 2001 |
2001 |
Purdue Boilermakers |
Sun Bowl |
El Paso |
47,812 |
Mike Price |
9 |
Rose Bowl |
L 34–14 |
January 1, 2003 |
2002 |
Oklahoma Sooners |
Rose Bowl |
Pasadena |
86,848 |
Mike Price |
10 |
Holiday Bowl |
W 28–20 |
December 30, 2003 |
2003 |
Texas Longhorns |
Qualcomm Stadium[A 5] |
San Diego |
61,102 |
Bill Doba |
11 |
New Mexico Bowl |
L 48–45 |
December 21, 2013 |
2013 |
Colorado State Rams |
University Stadium |
Albuquerque |
27,104 |
Mike Leach |
12 |
Sun Bowl |
W 20–14 |
December 26, 2015 |
2015 |
Miami Hurricanes |
Sun Bowl Stadium |
El Paso |
41,180 |
Mike Leach |
13 |
Holiday Bowl |
L 17-12 |
December 27, 2016 |
2016 |
Minnesota Golden Gophers |
Qualcomm Stadium |
San Diego |
48,704[5] |
Mike Leach |
Notes
- ↑ Statistics correct as of 2015–16 NCAA football bowl games.
- ↑ Results are sortable first by whether the result was an Washington State win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
- ↑ Links to the season article for the Washington State team that competed in the bowl for that year.
- ↑ Links to the season article for the opponent that Washington State competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Originally called Jack Murphy Stadium from 1980 to 1997, in 1998 it was renamed Qualcomm Stadium.[4]
References
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