FOOTBALL: WSU, 1-0, prepares for Boise State, 0-1, at Boise

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1 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 1 WEB SITE: Cougar Offense Rolls With 544 Yards Against Idaho FOOTBALL: WSU, 1-0, prepares for Boise State, 0-1, at Boise WHO: WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: TV: WSU Cougars (1-0 overall, 0-0 in Pac-10) vs. Boise State Broncos (0-1, 0-0 in Western Athletic) Non-Conference Cougar Football Saturday, September 8; Kickoff 6:00 p.m. MDT (5:00 p.m. PT) Bronco Stadium (30,000, Blue Astro Turf), Boise, Idaho No Live TV; Fox Sports Northwest will air a one-hour highlight special Sunday at 4:30 p.m WSU RESULTS Record: 1-0; 0-0 8/30 Idaho [OPP REC] [0-1] Boise State [0-1] 9/15 9/22 Colorado California [1-1] [0-1] Arizona [1-0] 10/6 Oregon State Stanford [0-1] [0-0] 10/20 Bye 10/27 Oregon 11/3 UCLA [1-0] [1-0] Arizona State [0-0] [0-0] WSU THIS WEEK: BSU Record: 0-1, 0-0 South Carolina (13-32) 9/8 Washington State 9/15 Central Michigan 9/22 Texas-El Paso Idaho Rice 10/13 Tulsa Fresno State 10/27 Nevada Hawaii 11/17 San Jose State Louisiana Tech NEXT WEEK: COLORADO Record: 1-1, 0-0 8/25 Fresno State (22-24) 9/1 Colorado State (41-14) 9/8 San Jose State Washington State 9/22 Kansas Kansas State 10/13 Texas A&M Texas Oklahoma State 11/3 Missouir Iowa State 11/23 Nebraska THE COACHES: WSU - Mike Price (Puget Sound 69) has a (.467) record at WSU in 13 years and a career mark of (.485) in 22 seasons at Weber State ( ; ) and WSU (1989-present). BOISE STATE The Boise State Broncos are coached by Dan Hawkins (Cal Davis 84), who is in his first season at Boise State he has a career record in six seasons. WSU VS. BOISE STATE: The Cougars have won all three games against Boise State, including a shootout last season in Pullman the series started with a 58-0 WSU win in Pullman in 1997 the next year at Boise State WSU pulled out a the series records include: Most WSU Points: (58-0) Most Boise State Points: 35, 2000 (35-42) Widest WSU Victory: 58, 1997 (58-0) Widest Boise State Victory: None Longest WSU Win Streak: 3, Longest Boise State Win Streak: None Last WSU Win: 2000 (42-35) Last Boise State Win: None Last WSU Win Pullman: 2000 (42-35) Last Boise State Win Pullman: None Last WSU Win Boise: 1998 (33-21) Last Boise State Win Boise: None WSU at Home: 2-0 Boise State at Home: 0-1 WSU at Boise: 1-0 Boise State at Pullman: 0-2 Mike Price vs. Boise State: 3-0 Dan Hawkins vs. WSU: 0-0 WSU Streak: +3 BSU Streak: -3 COUG DEFENSE HOLDS IDAHO TO 146 YARDS: In its best defensive performance since 1997, WSU held the Idaho Vandals to just 146 yards, including 74 rushing yards and 72 passing yards WSU s rushing defense against the Vandals was its best since allowing 58 yards by California in 1999 and the 72 yards passing was the best since the 1997 Boise State game when the Broncos threw for just 69 yards four years ago WSU held Boise State to total 115 yards (46 rushing) WSU s defensive performances against Idaho this year and Boise State in 1997 are the two best outings for a Cougar defense since the 1994 season. WSU OFFENSE ROLLS IN OPENER: The WSU Cougars ran and passed for 544 yards in last week s 36-7 win over Idaho it was WSU s best offensive performance since 1998 when the Cougs had 551 yards against Stanford against Idaho WSU threw for 303 yards (the best since 378 yards last year at Arizona) and rushed for 241 yards (the best since 249 yards in 1997 against Louisiana-Lafayette) WSU RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS: P 2: 28 WSU players have made 269 starts P 2: Mike Bush on loan from basketball team P 3: Billy Newman has 250 tackles and counting P 4: Jason Gesser career highlights P 6: Lamont Thompson back in action 2001 CAPTAINS: WSU - QB Jason Gesser (17), RB Jeremy Thielbahr (33), RB Dave Minnich (34), SS Billy Newman (10). BOISE STATE: OT Matt Hill (77), ROV Quintin Mikell (9) and SLB Greg Sasser (43).

2 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 2 COUGS BOAST STARTING EXPERIENCE: WSU returns 17 starters from last year and now boasts 34 players have made 269 starts during their careers, including games this year the list includes: DEF. STARTERS POS CAREER Ing Aleaga DT 5 5 Erik Coleman CB 1 1 Jason David CB 1 1 Al Genatone LB 1 1 Tomasi Kongaika DT Rien Long DT Serign Marong LB 3 3 Billy Newman S Alex Nguae LB 1 1 James Price LB INJ 10 Fred Shavies DE Raonall Smith LB Lamont Thompson FS 23 1 INJ Marcus Trufant CB Tai Tupai DT Tupo Tuupo DE Jeremey Williams DT 1 1 TOTALS: OFF. STARTERS POS CAREER Mike Bush WR 1 1 Jason Gesser QB Collin Henderson WR Joey Hollenbeck OL Tyler Hunt C Matt Kegel QB 2 2 Billy Knotts OL Phil Locker OL Nakoa McElrath WR 1 1 Dave Minnich RB Josh Parris h OL Derrick Roche OL Jeremy Thielbahr RB/TE 1 1 Jason White WR 1 1 TOTALS: KICKERS POS CAREER Alan Cox P Drew Dunning PK Nick Lambert PK 3 3 TOTALS: GRAND TOTALS: COUGS PLAY CLOSE GAMES: One of the goals this year for the Washington State football team is to turn the close losses of last season into wins in 2001 in WSU s first outing this year the Cougars did just that, avenging a loss in 2000 with a 36-7 victory in the 2001 opener last year the outcome of seven of WSU s 11 games were determined by seven points or less, with the Cougars going 3-4 in those seven games, including three overtime losses the other close setbacks were triple -OT loss to Arizona, a single-ot loss to Arizona State and a single-ot loss to Oregon WSU pulled out wins over California 21-17, Boise State and USC WSU HONOR CANDIDATES: Dave Minnich and Lamont Thompson are listed as candidates for the Doak Walker and Jim Thorpe Awards, respectively Thompson is one of 28 candidates for the Thorpe Award, given annually to the top defensive back Minnich is one of 43 running backs listed for the Walker Award. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SAYS WSU #3: Sports Illustrated s college football preview issue ranks WSU s schedule as the third toughest in the nation USC, according to SI, plays the toughest schedule, followed by Penn State, then WSU next are Alabama, UCLA and Notre Dame. THREE FROSH PLAY IN OPENER: Three WSU freshmen played in WSU s opener against Idaho and two others may still see action this year linebacker Will Derting (Okanogan, Wash.), receiver Trandon Harvey (San Diego, Calif.) and running back Jimmy Wilson (Phoenix, Ariz.) played against the Vandals, while running back Allen Thompson (National City, Calif.), and defensive back Jeremy Bohannon (Richland, Wash.) are on Mike Price s list to play this season. NEWCOMERS BOOST RECEIVING CORPS: Several new WSU receivers who arrived on campus this fall played in the opener against Idaho, a pair of junior college transfers and one freshman rookie Trandon Harvey (San Diego, Calif.) caught three passes against Idaho, while transfers Jerome Riley (Los Angeles Valley College) and Tyjaun Mayfield (San Bernadino Valley College) also saw action, but did not have a reception in the opener. MIKE BUSH SHOWS FOOTBALL SKILLS: Junior Mike Bush, WSU s top basketball player who averaged 15.9 points and 5.2 rebounds last winter, is fast making a name for himself on the football field Bush joined the Cougar receiver corps last spring and has already started his first game against Idaho Bush made four receptions for 97 yards the last significant football-basketball player for the Cougars was Kitrick Taylor, who started with the football team ( ) and then joined the basketball team ( ) Paul Mencke also played both sports in , although he never started a basketball game. McELRATH SHINES: Senior Nakoa McElrath is being counted on to pick up where a pair of his teammates left off last year overshadowed by the play of seniors Milton Wynn (52 receptions) Marcus Williams (33 catches) last year, McElrath quickly became WSU s go-to guy in the Idaho opener, hauling in 10 passes for 141 yards and two scores the senior from Palomar College and Scripps Ranch High is the eleventh Cougar to catch 10 or more passes in a game, leaving him just two short of the WSU record of 12 set by Doug Flansburg in 1966 last year his best game, after transferring to WSU, was five receptions for 106 yards and three TDs at Arizona in a triple overtime loss. COUGS FORCE 12 PUNTS: WSU s defense dominated the Vandals to the point of forcing 12 punts (34.8 average), the most by a Cougar opponent since Boise State had 13 punts in 1997 at the end of three quarters last week WSU led Idaho in total offense yards.

3 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 3 RED ZONE: WSU scored seven times in eight trips inside the Idaho 20 last week, scoring 36 points with four touchdowns and three field goals...here s a look at WSU s red zone success the last five years: WSU INSIDE 20 SCORED TD-FG % SUCCESS % % % % % OPP INSIDE 20 SCORED TD-FG % SUCCESS % % % % % NEWMAN COLLECTS 250 TACKLES: Billy Newman, WSU s senior safety has 252 career tackles to rank 15th on WSU s single season list Newman is only 30 tackles away from Don Hover, tenth on the list with his 280 tackles, Newman made 45 tackles as a freshman, led WSU in 1999 with 105, then tacked on 100 more last year to again lead the Cougars he also has five career interceptions if he records 100 tackles this season he will finish with 350 career tackles and rank fourth the school record holder is Lee Blakeney with 524 Newman could have more tackles than any non-linebacker in WSU history. TACKLER YEARS TOTAL PT AT 10. Don Hover Dean Pedigo James Darling Tuineau Alipate Brian Flones Billy Newman Ken Emmil Maury Metcalf BREAKING DOWN TOP 22-44: Against Idaho the Cougars starting lineup of 22 players includes 0 freshmen, 5 sophomores, 7 juniors and 10 seniors, while the top 44 (twodeep) consisted of 5 freshmen, 13 sophomores, 14 juniors and 12 seniors...in the two-deep, WSU lists 18 freshmen and sophomores and 26 juniors and seniors the breakdown: STARTERS (O-D) TOP 44 (O-D) Freshmen 0-0=0 1-1=2 RS-Freshmen 0-0=0 2-1=3 Sophomores 0-2=2 0-5=5 RS-Sophomores 2-1=3 3-5=8 Juniors 1-1=2 1-2=3 RS-Juniors 4-1= Seniors 2-1=3 3-2=5 RS-Seniors 2-5=7 2-5=7 WSU S EXPERIENCED SECONDARY: WSU s starting secondary for the BSU has a collective 67 starts and 24 interceptions - seniors Lamont Thompson (23 starts, 14 interceptions) and Billy Newman (24, 5), junior Marcus Trufant (19, 5) and sophomore Jason David (1, 0). MINNICH TOPS 100 YARDS FOR A FOURTH TIME: Senior Dave Minnich topped the 100-yard rushing total four times last season, then tacked on his fifth game with 127 yards against Idaho last week last year he had a seasonhigh 118 yards at Utah, 101 yards at Arizona, 108 yards against Oregon and 113 against Washington Minnich transferred from Mt. San Jacinto College last August to shore up WSU s thin running back stable and now is the starter with five starts under his belt. SCORING STREAKS: WSU currently has three significant scoring streaks on the line: The Cougars have scored in 197 consecutive Pacific-10 games, the longest active streak for any league team...the last time WSU was shut out in Pac-10 play was at Oregon State in 1975; WSU has scored in 190 consecutive games since a 44-0 shutout at Ohio State in 1984; The Cougars have scored in 163 consecutive home games since a 21-0 loss to Oregon State in Pullman in TURNOVERS: Despite a convincing win over Idaho in the 2001 opener last week, the Cougars were -1 in turnovers, losing one of two fumbles Idaho did not have a turnover here is WSU s turnover summary since 1994: W S U OPPONENTS -- YEAR +/- F FL PI TOT F FL PI TOT Idaho BSU ROAD WINS: In Mike Price s 12-year WSU career, the Cougar road record of 3-2 in 2000 marked the first time the Cougs had a winning record on the road and did not go to a bowl game WSU was 4-2 on the road in 1992 and played in the Copper Bowl in 1994 WSU was 5-2 on the road and played in the Alamo Bowl and in 1997, the year of the Cougs Pac-10 title, the team was 4-2 on the road. WSU AFTER OPENING WITH IDAHO: The Washington State Cougars are 4-6 in the season s second game after opening with Idaho, including a win over BYU the last time the Vandal s were WSU s opener WSU opened with the Vandals six times between 1894 and 1912, then did not meet Idaho in an opener again until 1945 since 1945 WSU has met Idaho four times to open the season the Cougars went on to win the second game twice (OSU in 1945, BYU in 1989) and lost twice, at UCLA in 1968 and against Colorado in Spokane in 1`982.

4 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 4 PRICE FIRST IN WINS AND YEARS IN PAC-10: WSU coach Mike Price is now first among current Pacific-10 coaches with 109 wins... Arizona s Dick Tomey had been the Pac-10 leader with 158, followed by ASU s Bruce Snyder with 126, then Price, but both Tomey and Snyder have since left their respective schools...price, having completed 12 seasons at WSU, is also the Pac-10 leader in consecutive years at the same school. MIKE PRICE AMONG WSU'S BEST: Only two Washington State football coaches with tenure of five years or longer at WSU put together a better record than Mike Price...Price, in his 12 seasons at WSU, is (.463), while his career mark is now Babe Hollingbery was (.625) during his (17 years) tenure and Jim Sutherland was (.488) during his eight years, Price s 63 wins at WSU ranks second to Hollingbery s 93...Jim Walden is third with 44 victories. WSU SECOND IN PAC-10 DEFENSE: Since 1992 WSU has been in the top half of the conference in defense all but twice (1992, 2000)...the Cougs won the defensive title in 1994, allowing 229 yards a game, the best average in the league since 1982 and the second best since in 1993 and 1997 WSU s defense was ranked second in the Pac here s how the Pac-10 defenses rank, : 1. Ariz (31,419/101) 6. Ore (36,215/101) 2. WSU (33,930/100) 7. Cal (36,446/99) 3. Wash (34,587/100) 8. ASU (36,895/100) 4. USC (36,669/104) 9. UCLA (37,943/99) 5. OSU (35,471/100) 10. Stan (39,498/101) NOTHING LIKE HOME: The Washington State Cougars perform much better at home than on the road during Mike Price's 12 year tenure...at home the Cougars are (53.8%) and on the road the team is (40.3%)...WSU s 6-0 home record in 1997 is the best ever for the Cougars: YEAR HOME AWAY OVERALL TOTALS: WSU S OVERTIME EXPERIENCE: The Cougars are 1-4 in overtime games WSU played three overtime games last year and lost all three, including back-to-back OT losses at Arizona (3 OT) and at home against ASU (1 OT), plus a 1- OT loss to Oregon in 1996, Washington beat WSU in overtime in Pullman WSU s other OT game was a win over Arizona in 1997 in Pullman. GESSER LOOKS FOR FIRST FULL SEASON: Junior quarterback Jason Gesser is hoping 2001 will be his breakout season when it comes to injuries In 1999 Gesser was poised to take over the starting duties when a thumb injury against Arizona shelved him for the season last year he suffered the broken leg against Oregon in the ninth game of the season and had to sit out the final two games. GESSER S 348 A CAREER HIGH: Jason Gesser threw for a career high 348 passing yards last year against Arizona and then came back the next week with 321 yards against ASU, giving him 669 yards against the schools from Arizona. GESSER STREAK HALTED AT 130 PASSES: Jason Gesser threw 130 straight passes without an interception over five games early in 2000 before Michael Jolivette of Arizona picked off one in the fourth quarter at Tucson. GESSER PUSHES CAREER TOTALS: With 246 yards passing and 38 yards rushing, Jason Gesser has pushed his career totals to 2,658 yards passing, 219 yards rushing and 2,877 yards of total offense the junior quarterback is now 514 yards short of Bob Newman ( ), who is tenth on the Cougar career passing list at 3,172 yards he is also 642 yards short of Rueben Mayes ( ), who is tenth on the career total offense list with 3,519 yards Gesser s career game -by-game stats: GESSER PA PC PI YDS TD LG RATING Utah Stanford Idaho Arizona Washington Hawaii Stanford Utah Idaho Calif Boise St Arizona ASU OSU Oregon USC INJ Washington INJ Idaho BSU CAREER GESSER THROWS FOR TD RECORD: Jason Gesser threw six touchdown passes at Arizona last season, the mo st ever by a Cougar quarterback his record setter was a 19-yard pass to Nakoa McElrath the previous record of five was shared by Jack Thompson (vs. Washington, 1976), Timm Rosenbach (Tennessee, 1988), Drew Bledsoe (Oregon State, 1991), and Ryan Leaf (California, 1977).

5 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 5 SCHEDULING: Coaches often talk about whom an upcoming opponent faces the week before or the week after the two teams collide...here s a look at WSU opponents and their schedule before and after meeting the Cougars: DATE BEFORE WSU WSU OPP AFTER WSU 8/ IDAHO Arizona S.Carolina BOISE STATE C. Michigan 9/15 San Jose St. COLORADO Kansas Rutgers CALIFORNIA Washington 9/29 UNLV ARIZONA Oregon 10/6 UCLA OREGON STATE Arizona USC Oregon 10/27 Stanford OREGON Arizona State Stanford UCLA Oregon Oregon ARIZONA STATE Arizona Oregon State WASHINGTON COUGS AGAINST RANKED TEAMS SINCE 1995: Last year WSU was 0-4 against ranked teams, losing to #22 Arizona (47-53, triple OT), #18 OSU (9-38), #7 Oregon (24-27, OT) and #6 Washington (3-51) WSU did not meet a ranked team in in 1998 WSU lost to No. 4 UCLA, No. 15 Oregon and No. 10 Arizona...in 1997 WSU defeated No. 22 USC and lost to 21st ranked ASU...unranked at the start of the season when WSU won, UCLA finished the year ranked seventh...in the final game of the year, WSU lost to co-national champion Michigan...in 1996 WSU lost at No. 5 Colorado, defeated No. 25 Oregon and No. 19 California and lost to No. 12 Washington...WSU, in 1995, suffered losses to three nationally ranked teams: at No. 2 Nebraska, at No. 5 USC and at No. 12 Oregon. COUGS GO MARINES: While looking for a few good men, the WSU coaching staff discovered the Marines a pair of WSU players are former Marines, Wendell Smith and Dave Minnich Smith, from Spokane s Gonzaga Prep, joined the Cougars in the fall of 1999 as a freshman after four years in the service last season WSU brought in running back Dave Minnich from Mt. San Jacinto College originally from Stonington, Conn., Minnich spent four years in the Marines before going the jaycee route. COUG O-LINE AVERAGES 283: WSU s offensive line weighs in at a collective 1,415 pounds, or an average of 283 pounds the heavyweight of the group is Josh Parrish at 296 pounds, followed by Sam Lightbody at 290 next is Derrick Roche at 281, followed by Joey Hollenbeck at 277 center Tyler Hunt weighs in at 271, the lightest of the group last year s O-Line averaged 288 for much of the season. WSU OPENER PROVIDES PLENTY OF POINTS: Only once since 1990 have the Cougars scored more points in the first game of the season than they scored against Idaho last week, 36 in 1997 WSU opened with a win over UCLA and went on to share the Pac-10 title in addition, WSU s 34-point win over Idaho is the widest margin of victory for Washington State in a season-opening game since 1989 when the Cougars defeated the same Vandals 41-7 that was Mike Price s first game as WSU s head coach. COUGS SCORE OFTEN: Since 1980 WSU has averaged more than three touchdowns a game, currently boasting an average of 25.3 points per outing...the following is a breakdown of WSU scoring by season since 1980: YR RECORD > PT/PPG / / / / / / / / / / / * / / / / / / / / / / / /25.3 * = TD RECORD: WSU scored at least one touchdown in 82 consecutive games between 1984 and the streak ended with a 44-3 loss to UCLA in WSU ON THE ROAD AT HOME: In years to come it may be a trivia question When did the Cougars play on the road at home?...sept. 18, 1999 Idaho was officially the home team and the Cougars were the visiting team, complete with white uniforms...and ditto Aug. 30, Idaho currently uses WSU s Martin Stadium as their home field in an effort to qualify for NCAA D-I status...the Vandal s Kibbie Dome is not large enough to allow Idaho to meet the average needed for D-I status. LAMONT THOMPSON RETURNS: Senior Lamont Thompson, who shares the WSU record with 14 career interceptions, returned to action last week after missing the 2000 season while recovering from a neck injury Thompson broke into WSU s starting lineup as a freshman in 1997, starting the final four games of the year for the Cougar Rose Bowl team he started all 11 games in 1998, then made seven starts in 1999, despite batting injuries all season. CAREER INTERCEPTIONS PI YDS AVG TD 1. Lamont Thompson, Richard Reed, Bill Lippincott, Lionel Thomas,

6 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 6 RUSHING TOTALS UNDER 100: In the last nine years WSU has held 35 of 92 opponents to less than 100 yards rushing...the lows include Montana State s -35 and Pacific s -6 in 1993 and Montana s -6 in in those 92 games, WSU has held opponents to 50 or less yards 12 times: Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 3/11 Michigan 179, USC 104, Washington Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 3/12 Tennessee 149, Oregon State 178, Washington Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 5/11 UCLA 137, Nebraska 428, California 134, Stanford 131, Washington Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 10/11 Colorado 192, Temple 125, Oregon 118, SJSU 100, Arizona 145, OSU 141, California 44, Illinois 148, UCLA 164, Stanford 102, Washington Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 8/12 UCLA 209, USC 31, Illinois 173, Boise State 46, Oregon 154, Cal 109, Arizona 73, ASU 150, USL 75, Stanford 160, Washington 101, Michigan Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing 9/11 Illinois 123, Boise State 120, Idaho 100, California 79, UCLA 256, Oregon 247, USC 214, ASU 242, Arizona 361, Stanford 94, Washington Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing 10/12 Utah 175, Stanford 103, Idaho 158, Arizona 249, California 58, Louisiana 130, ASU 217, OSU 163, Oregon 228, USC 201, Washington 250, Hawaii Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing 9/11 Stanford 118, Utah 136, Idaho 216, Cal 149, BSU 193, Arizona 254, ASU 117, OSU 267, Oregon 94, USC 91, Washington Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 0/1 Idaho 74. WSU DEFENSE HALTS LONG RUSHES: In the last eight years WSU has allowed just 87 runs of 20 yards or longer in 91 games: 1993 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 1 Blair Lewis, Idaho, Plays Allowed Yards Plays Allowed Yards Plays Allowed Yards Plays Allowed Yards Plays Allowed Yards Plays Allowed Yards Plays Allowed Yards Plays Allowed Yards - 1 WASHINGTON STATE SINCE '89: The Washington State Cougars have won 63 games since the start of the 1989 season, the year Mike Price took over the coaching reins at WSU...here's a look at the records for Pac-10 teams, Present: 1989-PRESENT W L T W L T Washington Oregon Arizona USC UCLA Arizona State Stanford Washington State California Oregon State YARD RUSHERS FEW: Only 33 running backs have been able to crack the 100-yard mark in the last nine years and 92 games against WSU s defense...ucla s Skip Hicks and Reuben Droughns from Oregon are the only backs to have done so in back-to-back seasons : Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 2 Tyrone Wheatley, Michigan, 117 Napoleon Kaufman, Washington, Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 1 J.J. Young, Oregon State, Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 5 Karim Abdul-Jabar, UCLA, 125 Ahman Green, Nebraska, 176 Reynard Rutherford, California, 124 Anthony Bookman, Stanford, 123, Rashaan Shehee, Washington, Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 2 Skip Hicks, UCLA, 116 Corey Dillon, Washington, Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 4 Skip Hicks, UCLA, 190; Robert Holcombe, Illinois 163; Michael Martin, ASU, 111; Anthony Bookman, Stanford, Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 5 Steve Havard, Illinois, 103, Reuben Droughns, UO, 217. Gerald Green, ASU, 119, Trung Canidate, Arizona, 174, Willie Hurst, Washington, Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU 8 Mike Anderson, Utah, 108; Anthony Tenner, Idaho, 118 Trung Canidate, Arizona 158; Darren Brister, ULL, 113; J.R. Redmond, ASU, 165; Reuben Droughns, UO, 123. Chad Morton, USC, 117; Paul Arnold, UW, Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU 6 Willie Alderson, Idaho, 113; Leo Mills, Arizona, 129, Tom Pace, ASU, 103, Ken Simonton, OSU, 169, Rich Alexis, UW, 122; Braxton Cleman, UW, Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU 0 WSU S OPENER DRAWS 31,097: WSU and Idaho drew 31,097 fans for last week s season opener, WSU s best crowd for a home opener since hosting Illinois in 1998 (31,568) and the best for a Labor Day Weekend since 1989 when the same teams drew 33,914 Saturday, Sept. 2.

7 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION RANKINGS FOR THE COUGARS PLAYER CATEGORY AVG PAC-10 Nakoa McElrath All-Purpose Running Receptions Receiving Yards Scoring t Dave Minnich All-Purpose Running Rushing Total Offense Mike Bush Receiving Yards All-Purpose Running Receptions t Drew Dunning Field Goals Scoring t Erik Coleman KO Returns Jason Gesser Passing Pass Efficiency Points Resp. For t Total Offense Alan Cox Punting Marcus Trufant Punt Returns t Collin Henderson Punt Returns t t = Tie WSU S NCAA LEADERS Jason Gesser, WSU Pass Efficiency Total Offense Nakoa McElrath Receptions Receiving Yards Scoring t All-Purpose Running Dave Minnich Rushing Mike Bush Receiving Yards Erik Coleman KO Returns Drew Dunning Field Goals Scoring t t = Tie 2001 TEAM STATISTICAL RANKINGS [Released 09/02/01] WSU WSU WSU TEAM CATEGORY AVG PAC-10 NCAA Rushing Offense Passing Offense Passing Efficiency na Total Offense Scoring Offense Rushing Defense Pass Defense Pass Efficiency Defense Total Defense Scoring Defense Net Punting Punt Returns KO Returns Turnover Margin t = Tie 2001 TEAM STATISTICAL RANKINGS [Released 09/02/01] BSU BSU BSU TEAM CATEGORY AVG WAC NCAA Rushing Offense Passing Offense Passing Efficiency na na Total Offense Scoring Offense Rushing Defense Pass Defense Pass Efficiency Defense Total Defense Scoring Defense Net Punting Punt Returns KO Returns Turnover Margin t = Tie BSU S NCAA LEADERS Ryan Dinwiddle, BSU Total Offense Keith Schuttler Punting David Mikell KO Returns All-Purpose Running Brock Forsey KO Returns t = Tie

8 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION WSU FOOTBALL STARTERS POS IDA BSU COLO CAL ARIZ OSU STAN ORE UCLA ASU WASH SE LT LG C RG RT Bush Parrish Hollenbck Hunt Roche Knotts TE/WR Thielbahr SB QB RB FL PK McElrath Gesser Minnich Henderson Dunning NOTE: WSU s starting offensive lineup usually includes three wide receivers (as noted above) and one running back, but can include four wide receivers, usually without the tight end, or five wide receivers without a tight end and running back. DE Tuupo DT Long DT Tupai DE Shavies WLB Price MLB Nguae SLB Smith RCB David SS Newman FS Tompson LCB Trufant P Cox

9 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 9 MIKE PRICE TV SHOWS: The Mike Price TV Show airs Saturdays at 12:00 p.m. PT on KXLY-TV Rick Lukens hosts the shows...fox Sports Net Northwest s nightly (7:00 p.m.) Northwest Tonight program also gives extensive coverage to Price and Cougar football. WEEKLY WSU PRESS CONFERENCES: WSU hosts a weekly press conference each Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. in the Media Information Conference Room, Bohler Addition 195. All in-season head coaches and selected players (when available) will be available for the phone conference and inperson interviews. Contact the WSU Media Information Office for more information. Members of the media may attend in person or participate by use of the telephone. LISTEN TO COUGAR GAMES ANYWHERE: Cougar football fans can listen to the Voice of the Cougars Bob Robertson's broadcasts, even if a network station is not in your locale. TRZ Sports Service Inc.'s "Teamline" provides the hookup directly into the Cougar Sports Network. Call and punch in the Cougar access code The cost is charged to your VI SA or Mastercard. LIVE TELEVISION: Pac-10 television action Saturday, Sept. 8, will include UCLA at Kansas at 9:30 a.m. PT on FOX, Michigan at Washington at 12:30 p.m. PT on ABC (national), Kansas State at USC at 3:30 p.m. on FOX Net, and Boston College at Stanford at 7:00 p.m. PT on FOX Net. FSNW-TV: FOX Sports Net (Northwest) will air highlights and features of this week s game at Boise State in a one-hour special Sunday, Sept. 9, at 4:30 p.m., then again Sept. 11 at 8:00 p.m. and Sept. 12 at 3:00 p.m. WSU RADIO: Bob Robertson, Jim Walden, Jeff Aaron, and Bud Nameck combine talents on the 24-station Cougar Sports Network. Robertson is in his 35th year of broadcasting Cougar sports, while Walden, a former Cougar head coach ( ), is in his first season as a Cougar broadcaster. Broadcast time is 60 minutes prior to kickoff. Additionally, the one-hour "Mike Price Show," produced and distributed by Learfield Communications, airs weekly on most network stations live at 7:00 p.m.. Robertson is the show s regular host all broadcasts are available via the internet. To listen, and for complete broadcast schedules, connect to wsucougars.com. SATELLITE: The Pacific-10 office transmits a weekly 30- minute highlight package each Wednesday at 11:30-12:00 PT on Telstar 6, Transponder 9, C-Band (if trouble, call or the Pac-10 office). PRICE AND PLAYERS AVAILABLE: WSU head football coach Mike Price is available for individual media interviews 11:00-Noon Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (expect prior to road games). Arrangements for Price interviews must be made through his office, WSU players are available for interviews before and after practice each Tuesday and Wednesday and before practice each Thursday. Contact Jason Hickman at the WSU Media Information Office. PRICE PHONE CONFERENCES: Mike Price is available for media interviews three times weekly via a conference phone hookup, Sunday at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. and Thursday at 2:30 p.m. For access information contact the WSU Media Information Office. TICKETS: Tickets for all Cougar home and away games are available through the WSU Ticket Office, North 225 Grand, Pullman, Wash , or by calling 800-GO-COUGS (available toll free from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands). AUDIO ON INTERNET: WSU's football broadcasts are now available on the Internet through FansOnly, WSU s Web provider...the address is: INTERNET: WSU releases, statistics, notes and depth chart information are loaded weekly on the WSU Athletics Home Page. The address is:

10 FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 10 November 13, 2000 REVIEWING WSU S 2001 SEASON WSU 36, IDAHO 7 August 30, 2001, Pullman, Wash. - WSU avenged two consecutive losses to Idaho by handing the Vandals a 36-7 thumping during a rare Thursday night game WSU limited the Vandals to 76 yards 74 yards rushing, 72 yards passing and one fourth-quarter score after building a 36-0 lead. WASHINGTON STATE IDAHO TEAM QT TIME SCORING PLAY WSU 1 2:01 Dunning 26 field goal WSU 2 13:35 Minnich 30 run (Dunning kick) WSU 2 7:22 Dunning 27 field goal WSU 2 3:09 Harvey 18 pass from Gesser (Dunning kick) WSU 3 11:42 McElrath 5 pass from Gesser (Dunning kick) WSU 3 8:38 McElrath 35 pass from Gesser (kick failed) WSU 3 4:51 Dunning 32 field goal Idaho 3 3:11 Lacy 4 pass from Welsh (Stamps kick) TOTAL OFFENSE - WSU: 81/544/6.7. Idaho: 54/146/2.7. RUSHING - WSU 49/241: Minnich 23/127, Anderson 6/40, Gesser 7/38, Wilson 7/15, Nettles 1/14, Kegel 3/5, Thielbahr 1/3, Hawkins 1/-1. Idaho 24/74: Lewis 7/50, Tenner 7/31, O Connell 1/2, Gerstner 1/-2, Welsh 8/-7. PASSING - WSU 19/32/0/303/3/41: Gesser 15/26/0/246/3/41, Kegel 3/3/0/48/0/29, Ena 1/3/0/9/0/9. Idaho 14/30/0/72/1/12: Welsh 12/26/0/66/1/12, Lindgren 2/4/0/6/0/5. RECEIVING - WSU: McElrath 10/141, Bush 4/97, Harvey 3/47, Henderson 1/9, Lunde 1/9. Idaho: Martin 3/14, Lacy 2/16, Winston 2/11, Jelmberg 2/11, Jones 2/10, O Connell 2/4, Tenner 1/6. INTERCEPTIONS - None PUNTING - WSU: Cox 5/167/33.4/41. Idaho: Downes 12/418/34.8/44. PUNT RETURNS - WSU: Henderson 3/23, Trufant 3/23. Idaho: Winston 1/5. KICKOFF RETURNS - WSU: Coleman 2/57. Idaho: Lacy 1/13, Lewis 5/151. SCORING - WSU: Dunning 12, McElrath 12, Harvey 6, Minnich 6. Idaho: Lacy 6, Stamps 1. FIRST DOWNS - WSU: 28/11/12/5. Idaho: 8/4/3/1. FUMBLES/LOST - WSU: 2/1. Idaho 0/0. PENALTIES/YARDS - WSU: 15/128. Idaho: 11/115. POSSESSION TIME - WSU: 38:52. Idaho: THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS - WSU: 6/15. Idaho: 1/13. ATTENDANCE - 31,097. WSU TACKLERS (T-P-A) -- R.Smith 7/5/2, Pamah 4/3/1, Thompson 4/2/2, Trufant 3/2/1, Price 3/2/1, Brown 3/2/1, Coleman 2/2/0, Mallory 2/2/0, Davis 2/2/0, Newman 2/2/0, Nguae 2/1/1, Moen 1/1/0, Williams 1/1/0, Tuupo 1/1/0, Long 1/1/0, David 1/1/0, Nettles 1/1/0, Acholonu 1/1/0, Dillon 1/1/0, Cook 1/1/0, Tupai 1/0/1, Williams 1/0/1, Holiday 1/0/1. WSU SACKS -- Acholonu 1/10, Brown 1/6, Mallory 1/4, Cook 1/4. WSU TFL - Acholonu 1/10, Brown 1/6, Mallory 1/4, Cook 1/4, Long 1/-2.

11 2001 WASHINGTON STATE FOOTBALL - DEPTH CHART COUGAR OFFENSE SE 5 [1] MIKE BUSH (6-6, 203, #Jr.) 18 ** [0] Curtis Nettles (5-7, 158, #Jr.) 82 [0] Tyjaun Mayfield (6-0, 178, Jr.) LT 50 * [1] JOSH PARRISH (6-6, 296, #So.) 67 [0] Calvin Armstrong (6-8, 298, #Fr.) WSU Pre-Boise State SE COUGAR DEFENSE 8 ***[1] TUPO TUUPO (6-3, 276, #Sr.) 17 * [0] D. D. Acholonu (6-3, 238, So.) LT 88 * [1] RIEN LONG (6-6, 287, #So.) 95 * [0] Jeremey Williams (6-5, 285, #So.) 99 [0] Steve Cook (6-3, 273, #Fr.) LG 66 ***[1] JOEY HOLLENBECK (6-4, 277, Sr.) 63 [0] Mike Shelford (6-2, 257, #So.) C 52 * [1] TYLER HUNT (6-3, 271, #Jr.) 65 [0] Brian Hollenberg (6-3, 277, #Jr.) RG 77 ** [1] DERRICK ROCHE (6-5, 281, #Jr.) 64 [0] Steve Nelson (6-3, 267, #So.) RT 69 ** [0] PHIL LOCKER (6-5, 305, #Jr.) 78 [0] Gerald Cook II (6-6, 270, #Jr.) TE 33 ***[1] JEREMY THIELBAHR (6-2, 237, #Sr.) 89 * [0] Mark Baldwin (6-5, 248, Sr.) SB 81 * [1] NAKOA McELRATH (6-3, 200, Sr.) 88 [0] Trandon Harvey (5-11, 172, Fr.) 22 * [0] Scott Lunde (6-2, 201, #So.) 13 * [0] Jason White (5-11, 173, #Sr.) QB 17 ** [1] JASON GESSER (6-1, 192, #Jr.) 4 * [0] Matt Kegel (6-5, 230, #So.) 15 [0] Tali Ena (6-4, 225, #Fr.) RT 97 * [1] TAI TUPAI (6-5, 332, So.) 55 [0] Nate Mallory (6-3, 297, Jr.) 90 ** [0] Ing Aleaga (6-2, 312, #Jr.) WE 6 ** [1] FRED SHAVIES (6-2, 253, #Jr.) 9 * [0] Isaac Brown (6-3, 220, #So.) WLB 5 ***[1] JAMES PRICE (6-0, 219, #Sr.) 43 * [0] Mike Isaacson (6-0, 214, #So.) 31 [0] Wendell Smith (5-11, 207, #So.) MLB 42 * [1] ALEX NGUAE (6-0, 245, Sr.) 48 * [0] Al Genatone (6-0, 218, #So.) SLB 30 ***[1] RAONALL SMITH (6-2, 248, #Sr.) 12 * [0] Ira Davis (6-0, 200, #So.) LCB 45 ** [1] MARCUS TRUFANT (6-0, 189, Jr.) 15 [0] Karl Paymah (6-0, 190, #Fr.) 23 * [0] Cole Sheridan (5-11, 183, #So.) SS 10 ***[1] BILLY NEWMAN (5-10, 201, #Sr.) 3 * [0] Derrick Dillon (6-2, 205, Jr.) RB 34 * [1] DAVE MINNICH (6-0, 221, Sr.) 21 [0] Lavell Anderson (5-7, 160, #Fr.) 46 [0] Jimmy Wilson (6-1, 199, Fr.) FS 19 ***[1] LAMONT THOMPSON (6-2, 220, #Sr.) 27 * [0] Erik Coleman (5-10, 193, So.) 24 * [0] Virgil Williams (6-1, 195, #Jr.) FL 83 ** [1] COLLIN HENDERSON (6-1, 185, Jr.) 84 [0] Jerome Riley (6-2, 185, #Jr.) 86 * [0] DeAndre Douglas (6-1, 193, #Jr.) PK 38 [1] DREW DUNNING (5-11, 165, #So.) 90 * [0] Nick Lambert (5-11, 195, #Sr.) CAPTAINS: Jason Gesser, qb (offense) Dave Minnich, rb (offense) Billy Newman, ss (defense) Jeremy Thielbahr, rb (special teams) [ ] = Number of 2001 starts; not always at same position. * = Varsity letters earned # = Has redshirted. Revised: 9/04/01 RCB 29 * [1] JASON DAVID (5-9, 165, So.) 27 * [0] Erik Coleman (5-10, 193, So.) 2 * [0] Mike Freeman (5-9, 175, Sr.) P 87 * [1] ALAN COX (6-2, 207, Sr.) KO: WSU SPECIAL TEAM PLAYERS 26 Adam Holiday (6-3, 230, Jr.) LONG SNAPS: 51 Alex Johnson (6-0, 221, #Sr.) HOLDER: P-RETURNS: 83 Collin Henderson (6-1, 185, Jr.) 45 Marcus Trufant (6-0, 189, Jr.) 83 Collin Henderson (6-1, 185, Jr.) KO-RETURN: 27 Erik Coleman (5-10, 193, So.) 10 Billy Newman (5-10, 201, #Sr.)

12 2001 WASHINGTON STATE COUGAR FOOTBALL - P-1 Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend Aug 30, 2001 #at Idaho W :20 31,097 Sept. 8, 2001 at Boise State (6:00 p.m. MDT) # - Ga me played at WSU s Martin Stadium, with Idaho the official home team. RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G MINNICH, Dave ANDERSON,Lavell GESSER, Jason WILSON, Jimmy NETTLES, Curtis KEGEL, Matt THIELBAHR, Jer HAWKINS, Blair Total Opponents PASSING G Effic Att Cmp Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G GESSER, Jason KEGEL, Matt ENA, Tali Total Opponents RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G McELRATH, Nakoa BUSH, Mike HARVEY, Trandon LUNDE, Scott HENDERSON, Col Total Opponents PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long TRUFANT, Marcus HENDERSON, Col Total Opponents INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total Opponents KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long COLEMAN, Erik Total Opponents FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total Opponents PATs SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points McELRATH, Nakoa DUNNING, Drew MINNICH, Dave HARVEY, Trandon Total Opponents TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G GESSER, Jason MINNICH, Dave KEGEL, Matt ANDERSON,Lavell WILSON, Jimmy NETTLES, Curtis ENA, Tali THIELBAHR, Jer HAWKINS, Blair Total Opponents

13 2001 WASHINGTON STATE COUGAR FOOTBALL - P-2 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct Lg Blk DUNNING, Drew FG SEQUENCE WASHINGTON STATE OPPONENTS DUNNING: IDAHO (26),(27),(32) Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd COX, Alan Total Opponents ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G McELRATH, Nakoa MINNICH, Dave BUSH, Mike COLEMAN, Erik HARVEY, Trandon ANDERSON,Lavell GESSER, Jason HENDERSON, Col TRUFANT, Marcus WILSON, Jimmy NETTLES, Curtis LUNDE, Scott KEGEL, Matt THIELBAHR, Jer HAWKINS, Blair Total Opponents Tackles Sacks Pass Def Fumbles-- Blkd DEFENSE GP PT AT TT TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 30 SMITH, Raonall THOMPSION, La PAYMAH, Karl TRUFANT, Marcus BROWN, Isaac PRICE, James NGUAE, Alex DAVIS, Ira NEWMAN, Billy COLEMAN, Erik MALLORY, Nate TUPAI, Tai LONG, Rien NETTLES, Curtis G ACHOLONU, D.D TUUPO, Tupo D HOLIDAY, Adam COOK, Steve DAVID, Jason WILLIAMS,Virgil WILLIAMS, Jer MARTIN, Marty DILLON, Derrick Total Opponents