2017 Washington State Cougars football team


The 2017 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by sixth-year head coach Mike Leach and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They competed as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they lost to Michigan State.

Previous season

In 2016, the Cougars went 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.

Rankings

Schedule

Washington State announced their 2017 football schedule on January 18, 2017. The Cougars started the season with five straight home games. In Pac-12 conference play, they did not play cross-divisional foes Arizona State and UCLA.
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Coaching staff

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Game summaries

vs. Montana State

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
9–0September 11, 2010Washington State, 23–22

vs. Boise State

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
5–1September 10, 2016Boise State, 31–28

vs. Oregon State

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
52–47–3October 29, 2016Washington State, 35–31

vs. Nevada

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
3–1September 5, 2014Nevada, 24–13

vs. USC

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
10–59–4November 1, 2014USC, 44–17

at Oregon Ducks

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
41–47–7October 1, 2016Washington State, 51–33

at California

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
27–46–5November 12, 2016Washington State, 56–21

vs. Colorado

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
4–6November 19, 2016Colorado, 38–24

at Arizona

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
16–26November 5, 2016Washington State, 69–7

vs. Stanford

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
26–40–1October 8, 2016Washington State, 42–16

at Utah

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
7–7September 27, 2014Washington State, 28–27

at Washington

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
32–71–6November 25, 2016Washington, 45–17

vs Michigan State

Overall RecordPrevious MeetingPrevious Winner
2–5September 17, 1977Washington State, 23–21

Awards

2017 Football Roster

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