FOOTBALL: WSU Set For Idaho In The Battle Of The Palouse

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 1 Cougars Coming Off Road Win At Utah 38-21 FOOTBALL: WSU Set For Idaho In The Battle Of The Palouse WHO: WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: TV: WSU Cougars (1-1 overall, 0-1 in Pac-10) vs. Idaho Vandals (0-3 overall, 0-0 in Big West) Non-Conference Football, WSU from the Pacific-10, Idaho from the Big West Saturday, September 23; Kickoff 2:00 p.m. PDT Martin Stadium (37,600, FieldTurf), Pullman, Wash. FOX Sports Net replay Sunday, Sept. 24, 10:30 a.m. PDT 2000 WSU RESULTS Record: 1-1; 0-1 [OPP REC] 9/2 Stanford (10-24) [2-1] 9/9 9/16 Bye @ Utah (38-21) [0-3] 9/23 Idaho [0-3] 9/30 10/7 @ California Boise State [1-1] [2-1] 10/14 @ Arizona [2-1] 10/21 Arizona State 10/28 @ Oregon State [2-0] [2-0] 11/4 Oregon [2-1] 11/11 @ USC 11/18 Washington [2-0] [3-0] WSU THIS WEEK: Idaho Record: 0-3 0-0 9/2 9/9 @ Washington (20-44) Montana (38-45) 9/16 @ Oregon (13-42) 9/23 9/30 @ Washington State Montana State 10/7 @ West Virginia 10/14 Arkansas State 10/21 @ Utah State 10/28 Bye 11/4 @ North Texas State 11/11 New Mexico State 11/18 @ Boise State WSU NEXT WEEK: CAL Record: 1-1; 0-0 9/9 Utah (24-21) 9/16 @ Illinois (15-17) 9/23 @ Fresno State 9/30 Washington State 10/7 @ Arizona State 10/14 UCLA 10/21 @ Washington 10/28 @ USC 11/4 Oregon State 11/11 @ Oregon 11/18 Stanford THE COACHES: WSU - Mike Price (Puget Sound 69) has a 60-67-0 (.472) record at WSU in 11 years and a career mark of 106-111-0 (.486) in 20 seasons at Weber State (1981-88; 46-44-0) and WSU (1989-present). IDAHO Tom Cable, a 1986 Idaho graduate, is in his first season as Idaho s head coach Cable is 0-3 in his young coaching career. WSU VS. IDAHO: The WSU-Idaho series is the Cougar s longest standing series, dating back to 1894 and a 10-0 WSU victory in all, the two teams have played 82 times, with WSU winning 63, Idaho 16, plus three ties last year the Vandal s pulled out a 28-17 win, overcoming WSU s 14-0 lead WSU had won 14 straight until last season s game between 1979 and 1997, the teams played just twice, but now are playing on a regular basis series facts include: Most WSU Points: 84, 1975 (84-27) Most Idaho Points: 32, 1903 (0-32) Widest WSU Victory: 57, 1975 (84-27) Widest Idaho Victory: 32, 1903 (0-32) Longest WSU Win Streak: 20, 1926-49 Longest Idaho Win Streak: 3, twice Last WSU Win: 1998 (24-16) Last Idaho Win: 1999 (7-28) Last WSU Win Pullman: 1998 (24-16) Last Idaho Win Pullman: 1999* (28-17) Last WSU Win Moscow: 1966 (14-7) Last Idaho Win Moscow: 1964 (28-13) WSU at Home: 32-7-3* (-1) Idaho at Home: 9-28-0 (-1) WSU at Moscow: 28-9-0 (+1) Idaho at Pullman: 7-32-3* (+1) WSU at Spokane: 3-0-0 (+3) Idaho at Spokane: 0-3-0 (-3) Mike Price vs. Idaho: 2-1 Tom Cable vs. WSU: 0-0 WSU Streak: -1 * - 1999 game played at Pullman with Idaho the home team NEW FIELD TURF FOR MARTIN: WSU opened the season with a new look when it hosted Stanford Sept. 2 the Cougars sported new uniforms and helmets, played on a new artificial turf, FieldTurf and were finally back at home in Bohler Gym with new offices and a new lockerroom Nebraska was the first NCAA Div. I football school to use FieldTurf, followed by WSU FieldTurf is a surface that looks and feels very much like grass the Cougars practice facility, Rogers Field, also sports the new turf. WSU RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS: P 2: WSU s 22 starters include 12 freshmen/sophomores P 2: Cougs have seven sets of brothers on roster P 2: Dave Minnich rambles for 118 yards at Utah P 3: WSU s Injury update P 3: Gesser Pac-10 Player of the Week P 4: WSU scoring streak at 190 straight, including 158 at home P 4: WSU has not allowed a point in the first quarter P 5: WSU Defense has not allowed a 100-yard runner this year 2000 CAPTAINS: WSU - QB Jason Gesser (17), RB Adam Hawkins (37), DE Austin Matson (61), WR Farwan Zubedi (41). IDAHO OL Rick DeMulling (69), LB Rick Giampetri (26), LB Chris Nofoaiga (38), QB John Welsh (13)

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 2 BREAKING DOWN TOP 22-44: Against Utah WSU's starting lineup of 22 players includes 2 freshmen, 10 sophomores, 4 juniors and 6 seniors, while the Top 44 (twodeep) consists of 11 freshmen, 13 sophomores, 10 juniors and 10 seniors...in the two-deep, WSU lists 24 freshmen and sophomores and 20 juniors and seniors the breakdown: STARTERS (O-D) TOP 44 (O-D) Freshmen 0-1=1 0-3=3 RS-Freshmen 1-0=1 3-5=8 Sophomores 1-2=3 3-2=5 RS-Sophomores 5-2=7 6-2=8 Juniors 0-0=0 3-1=4 RS-Juniors 1-3=4 1-5=6 Seniors 1-1=2 2-2=4 RS-Seniors 2-2=4 4-2=6 MOST STARTS: Senior Lamont Thompson, who has yet to practice this season, has the most career starts, 23...next on the list are Reed Raymond and Austin Matson, who each have made 22 starts here are the players with the most starts going into the Idaho game: Lamont Thompson 22 of last 28 games Reed Raymond 22 of last 24 games Austin Matson 22 straight Billy Newman 13 straight Chris Martin 13 straight (missed 1999) James Price 12 of last 13 (missed 1999) Farwan Zubedi 11 of last 14 [23 total] [22 total] [22 total] [14 total] [13 total] [13 total] [11 total] COUG FOOTBALL HAS TWO SETS OF TWINS: WSU s football roster in 2000 includes two sets of identical twins...they are offensive linemen Reed and Ryan Raymond (Moses Lake, Wash., born 10/23/77) and linebackers Brandon and Ryan Pickering (Monroe, Wash., born 3/31/77). MORE BROTHERS: In addition to two sets of twins on the Cougar roster, there are five other pairs of brothers...they are Fred and Josh Shavies, Adam and Blair Hawkins, Pat and Collin Henderson, Raonall and Kealan Smith, and Deon and Anthony Burnett. WSU-WASHINGTON CONNECTION: Two members of WSU s 2000 football roster boast brothers who have played at Washington...Cougar Ing Aleaga s brother Ink was a standout 1994-95-96, while Russell Mizin s brother was a senior in 1999. 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...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 this year Idaho plays three home games in WSU s stadium. CONTRASTING GAME PLAN: Washington State is known as a passing team, but last weekend the Cougars reversed the order and rushed 51 times at Utah in a 38-21 win, while throwing just 18 passes how much of a contrast is that for Mike Price coached teams at WSU? the 18 passes is the fewest ever thrown by a Price coached Cougar team and the coach himself thinks it is the fewest any of his teams have ever thrown, including eight years at Weber State at WSU, the previous lows were 20 passes against UCLA in 1994 and 21 against Oregon State in 1990 as for the number of rushing plays, only five times since Price came to WSU in 1989 have the Cougs run the ball 50 or more times: 58/Oregon State, 1991; 57/California, 1993; 52/Washington, 1994 and 50/Oregon, 1989. BURNETT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Deon Burnett, a true freshman in 1999, notched the best season ever for a Cougar freshman running back...among his accomplishments: Burnett was the first true freshman at WSU to start at RB since Derek Sparks, 1991 (Sparks had one start); Burnett broke the Cougar record for rushing yards in a game by a freshman three times, the last with 136 yards at ASU...the only other Cougar freshman to go over 100 yards was Will Haskell with 100 at Oregon State, 1993; Burnett's 974 rushing yards was a WSU freshman record, topping the previous mark of 425, Rueben Mayes, 1982; Burnett's 12 rushing touchdowns and 12 total touchdowns were the most ever by a Cougar freshman; he was one TD short of the WSU record of 13 by Steve Broussard, 1989, and Shaumbe Wright-Fair, 1992; Burnett scored four rushing touchdowns against ULL, one short of the school record, and a freshman record. Burnett made a run at the Pac-10 freshman record of 1,069 yards held by Stanford's Darrin Nelson, 1977...the WSU back finished 95 yards short of Nelson's record. BURNETT SCORES 12 TDs AS ROOKIE: Only three other WSU players have scored as many touchdowns in one year as freshman Deon Burnett scored in 1999 and only two scored more rushing touchdowns the WSU record is 17 by Steve Broussard in 1989, 13 by rushing Bernard Jackson scored 14 in 1971, 11 but only 11 rushing Shaumbe Wright-Fair scored 13 in 1992, all rushing, while Ken Grandberry in 1972, Rueben Mayes in 1984 and Broussard in 1988 all scored 12 touchdowns, 11 by running. MINNICH TOPS 100 YARDS: Dave Minnich, the ex-marine running back who joined WSU this fall as a junior out of Mt. San Jacinto JC, ran for 118 yards against Utah to lead WSU s rushing game that produced 213 yards on the ground during his two-year JC career, Minnich averaged 134 yards per game, so he certainly is no stranger to 100 yard games he finished his career with 2,679 rushing yards. CONTROLING THE FOOTBALL: WSU controlled the football in last week s win over Utah, boasting a 34:38-25:22 possession advantage at Hawaii in last year s final game WSU held the ball for 34:53, while in 1997 while downing Washington, the Cougars held the ball for 35:01.

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 3 INJURIES: WSU s injury report for Monday, Sept. 18 from the training staff: Mark Baldwin (shoulder, questionable), Ira Davis (knee bruise, doubtful). Out indefinitely are: Serign Marong (back) Jason White (ankle), Ing Aleaga (broken foot), Lamont Thompson (neck), Wendell Smith (shoulder), Sam Lightbody (ruptured thumb ligament), Farwan Zubedi (knee). 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 whom they play before and after meeting the Cougars: DATE BEFORE WSU WSU OPP AFTER WSU 9/2 - - - STANFORD San Jose State 9/16 California UTAH Air Force 9/23 @ Oregon IDAHO Montana State 9/30 @ Fresno State CAL @ Arizona State 10/7 @ Central Michigan BSU E. Washington 10/14 @ USC ARIZONA @ Oregon 10/21 Washington ASU Oregon 10/28 @ UCLA OREGON STATE @ California 11/4 @ Arizona State OREGON California 11/11 @ Arizona State USC @ UCLA 11/18 UCLA WASHINGTON - - - COUGS GO MARINES: While looking for a few good men the past two years, 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 last fall as a freshman after four years in the service this 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 Smith is currently sidelined following shoulder surgery in the spring. LAMONT THOMPSON SIDELINES: Senior Lamont Thompson, who shares the WSU record with 14 career interceptions and is a candidate for the Thorpe Award, has not seen a day of action this fall and that comes on the heels of missing all but a couple of spring practices Thompson s problem is a sore neck, a condition that dates back to last season after lining up at free safety his first two years, Thompson was asked to play corner last fall during the course of the season he suffered a couple of injuries that hampered his play, including a sore neck after the ASU game Thompson, who has not redshirted, has visited several specialists and no structural damage has been detected, but to date he has been unable to practice the senior, now back at free safety, is currently undergoing physical therapy and neck strengthening exercises, but no date has been set for his return. GESSER PAC-10 HONOREE: Jason Gesser was named the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week for his play at Utah when he completed 11 of 18 passes for 211 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 37 yards he is the first Cougar to be so honored since Nian Taylor was selected after the third game of the 1998 season. ZUBEDI AND HIS UNIQUE PET: Wide receiver Farwan Zubedi, one of WSU s four co-captains, has a unique pet that draws some folks to him while others will take the long way around him Zubedi has a pet snake not just your common garden snake hidden in the folds of his cloths or in a pocket it s a 4-foot boa named Unique hard to hide and not everyone s favorite pet unfortunately neither Zubedi or Unique have seen action for the Cougs in the first two games Zubedi missed the first week of fall camp after spilling his motorcycle the week before camp opened he suffered a bruised and lacerated knee he returned to practice the second week and was working his way to the top of the depth chart when an infection set in and he missed the opener he is not expected to play at Idaho. PRICE THIRD IN WINS: WSU coach Mike Price is third among the current Pacific-10 coaches with 106 wins... Arizona s Dick Tomey leads Pac-10 coaches with 155, followed by ASU s Bruce Snyder with 122 and Price...Price, in his 12th season at WSU, is second in consecutive years at the same school...tomey is in his 13th year at Arizona. MIKE PRICE AMONG WSU'S BEST: Only one Washington State football coach with tenure of five years or longer at WSU put together a better record than Mike Price...Price, in his 11 seasons at WSU, is 60-67-0 (.472), while his career mark is now 106-111-0...Babe Hollingbery was 93-53-14 (.625) during his 1926-42 (17 years) tenure...price s record is the best at WSU in the last 50 years for coaches with a tenure of three or more years...price s 59 wins at WSU ranks second to Hollingbery s 93...Jim Walden is third on the victory list at 44. COUG LINE AVERAGES 292: WSU s offensive line, which includes just one senior, 312-pound Reed Raymond, averages 292 pounds the lightweights include 275 pound Billy Knotts and both Tyler Hunt and Derrick Roche, a pair of sophomores each listed at 280 the line includes one redshirt freshman, Billy Knotts, three redshirt sophomores, Phil Locker, Hunt and Roche, plus Raymond this year s five starters weigh in at a collective 1,458 pounds, just off the WSU record of 1,508 in 1998 and slightly down from last year s 1,489 pounds. WSU SECOND IN PAC-10 DEFENSE: Since 1992 WSU has been in the top half of the conference in defense all but once (1992)...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 1971...in 1993 and 1997 WSU s defense was ranked second in the Pac-10...here s how the Pac-10 defenses rank, 1992-99: 1. Ariz 310.3 (27,927/90) 6. Ore 361.9 (32,573/90) 2. WSU 330.2 (29,391/89) 7. ASU 364.9 (32,480/89) 3. Wash 345.4 (30,743/89) 8. Cal 368.5 (32,427/88) 4. USC 353.8 (32,553/92) 9. UCLA 379.7 (33,414/88) 5. OSU 359.7 (32,013/89) 10. Stan 394.2 (35,474/90)

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 4 COUGS SCORE OFTEN: Since 1980 WSU has averaged more than three touchdowns a game, currently boasting an average of 25.1 points per outing...the following is a breakdown of WSU scoring by season since 1980: YR RECORD 0 1-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50> PT/PPG 1980 4-7-0 1 6 4 287/26.1 1981 8-3-1 5 2 5 297/24.8 1982 3-7-1 1 1 6 2 1 170/15.5 1983 7-4-0 1 5 3 1 1 237/21.5 1984 6-5-0 1 1 5 2 1 1 317/28.8 1985 4-7-0 1 2 2 5 1 313/28.5 1986 3-7-1 1 4 4 2 221/20.1 1987 3-7-1 3 5 3 238/21.6 1988 9-3-0 5 3 3 1 415/34.6 1989 6-5-0 1 1 3 2 3 1 351/31.9 1990 3-8-0 4 3 2 1 1 266/26.0 1991* 4-7-0 1 4 2 1 2 1 280/25.4 1992 9-3-0 1 1 4 4 1 1 337/28.1 1993 5-6-0 3 2 2 1 1 2 271/24.6 1994 8-4-0 3 3 6 192/16.0 1995 3-8-0 1 4 3 2 1 236/21.5 1996 5-6-0 2 6 1 2 314/28.5 1997 10-2-0 1 2 5 1 3 483/40.3 1998 3-8-0 2 3 5 1 223/20.3 1999 3-9-0 1 5 4 1 1 0 248/20.7 2000 1-1-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 48/24.0 107-117-4 2 20 60 69 43 19 14 5745/25.2 * = TD RECORD: WSU scored at least one touchdown in 82 consecutive games between 1984 and 1991...the streak ended with a 44-3 loss to UCLA in 1991. SCORING STREAKS: WSU currently has three significant scoring streaks on the line: The Cougars have scored in 190 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 180 consecutive games since a 44-0 shutout at Ohio State in 1984; The Cougars have scored in 158 consecutive home games since a 21-0 loss to Oregon State in Pullman in 1956. COUGS STINGY IN FIRST QUARTER: WSU's defense has allowed 358 first quarter points in the last 81 games (4.37/quarter) over the past eight years...wsu allowed 41 first-quarter points in 1993, 29 in 1994, 45 in 1995, 43 in 1996, 48 in 1997, 87 in 1998, 71 in 1999 and 0 in 2000. THOMPSON TIES WSU CAREER PICK RECORD: Junior Lamont Thompson with four interceptions last year, now shares the school record with 14 career interceptions his last interception of 1999 at Hawaii in the finale tied him with Richard Reed, who had 14 in three seasons, 1966-68: CAREER PI YDS AVG TD 1. Lamont Thompson, 1997-99 14 126 9.0 0 1. Richard Reed, 1966-68 14 231 16.5 0 3. Bill Lippincott, 1945-48 13 197 15.2 1 3. Lionel Thomas, 1969-70 13 190 14.6 1 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 34-26 (56.6%) and on the road the team is 26-41 (38.8%)...WSU s 6-0 home record in 1997 is the best ever for the Cougars: YEAR HOME AWAY OVERALL 1989 3-2 3-3 6-5 1990 1-4 2-4 3-8 1991 2-3 2-4 4-7 1992 5-1 4-2 9-3 1993 4-1 1-5 5-6 1994 3-2 5-2 8-4 1995 3-2 0-6 3-8 1996 3-2 2-4 5-6 1997 6-0 4-2 10-2 1998 2-4 1-4 3-8 1999 2-4 1-5 3-9 2000 0-1 1-0 1-1 TOTALS: 34-26 26-41 59-67 COUGARS VS. RANKED TEAMS: The Cougars have yet to meet a ranked team in 2000 WSU did not meet a ranked team in 1999...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 conational 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: No. 2 Nebraska, at No. 5 USC and at No. 12 Oregon. TURNOVERS: WSU is even in turnovers this year after a -1 in the opener against Stanford, the Cougs came back and were +1 at Utah...WSU s turnover margin was -4 in 1999, -17 in 1998, -1 in 1997, -9 in 1996, 0 in 1995, +9 in 1994. 2000 ------ W S U ----- -- OPPONENTS -- OPP +/- F FL PI TOT F FL PI TOT STAN -1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 UTAH +1 4 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 TOTAL 0 5 1 2 3 4 2 1 3 RED ZONE: WSU has scored 2 times in 2 trips inside the 20 yard line in 2000, both field goals...here s a look at WSU s red zone success the last four years: WSU INSIDE 20 SCORED TD-FG % SUCCESS 2000 2 2 0-2 100.0% 1999 32 31 23-8 96.9% 1998 28 17 10-7 60.7% 1997 55 49 39-10 89.1% OPP INSIDE 20 SCORED TD-FG % SUCCES S 2000 5 3 2-1 60.0% 1999 41 30 23-7 73.2% 1998 1997 42 32 34 23 30-4 20-3 81.0% 71.9%

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 5 RUSHING TOTALS UNDER 100: In the last eight years WSU has held 32 of 82 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 1995...in those 81 games, WSU has held opponents to 50 or less yards 12 times: 1993 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 3/11 Michigan 179, USC 104, Washington 302. 1994 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 3/12 Tennessee 149, Oregon State 178, Washington 102. 1995 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 5/11 UCLA 137, Nebraska 428, California 134, Stanford 131, Washington 222. 1996 - 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 213. 1997 - 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 128. 1998 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 178. 1999 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 83. 2000 Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing 1/1 Stanford 118, Utah 136. WSU DEFENSE HALTS LONG RUSHES: In the last eight years WSU has allowed just 68 runs of 20 yards or longer in 81 games: 1993 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 8 1994 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 7 1995 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 12 1996 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 6 1997 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer 7 1998 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 17 1999 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer 10 2000 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer 1 Fasani (Stan) 38, Arceneaux (Utah) 20. 1994 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards - 15 1995 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards - 24 1996 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards - 33 1997 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards 29 1998 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards 41 1999 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards 46 2000 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards - 4 WSU GROUND ATTACK: The Cougar rushing game generated 213 yards against Utah, including 118 from Dave Minnich, 37 from Jason Gesser, 32 from Deon Burnett and 27 from Adam Hawkins it was the second highest total since the 1997 season only three times during the 1998, 1999 and 2000 seasons have the Cougs rushed for 200 or more yards: 200/ASU in 1998, 222/Hawaii in 1999 and now 213/Utah in 2000 WSU was over 200 yards three times in 1997, including 256 in a win over California. WASHINGTON STATE SINCE '92: The Washington State Cougars have won 47 games since the start of the 1992 season...here's a look at the records for Pac-10 teams, 1992-2000: 1992-2000 W L T W L T Washington 63 33 1 43 20 1 Arizona 62 35 1 37 26 1 Oregon 61 37 0 36 28 0 USC 59 37 3 38 25 1 UCLA 58 37 0 37 27 0 Arizona State 54 39 0 37 27 0 Stanford 49 45 2 33 32 0 Washington State 47 47 0 26 39 0 California 39 53 0 21 43 0 Oregon State 29 61 1 11 52 1 100-YARD RUSHERS FEW: Only 27 running backs have been able to crack the 100-yard mark in the last eight years and 82 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 : 1993 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 2 Tyrone Wheatley, Michigan, 117 Napoleon Kaufman, Washington, 181 1994 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 1 J.J. Young, Oregon State, 100 1995 - 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, 212 1996 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 2 Skip Hicks, UCLA, 116 Corey Dillon, Washington, 155 1997 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 4 Skip Hicks, UCLA, 190; Robert Holcombe, Illinois 163; Michael Martin, ASU, 111; Anthony Bookman, Stanford, 115 1998 - 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, 155. 1999 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, 126. 2000 Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU 0 LINEUP ADJUSTMENTS: The Cougar lineup was rarely the same two straight weeks during the 1999 season...on defense, WSU started the same lineup for the first three games, but only once in the final eight games...in all the Coug defense had nine different lineups...there were five linebacker lineups, five secondary lineups and five different lineups for the line...on offense WSU used 11 different lineups...seven different offensive line combinations started and four different sets of wide receivers were used.

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 6 2000 RANKINGS FOR THE COUGARS PLAYER CATEGORY AVG PAC-10 Curtis Nettles All Purpose Running 65.50 19 KO Returns 15.30 8 Receptions 2.00 t21 Receiving Yards 32.00 21 Deon Burnett All-Purpose Running 51.50 27 Rushing 41.00 12 Total Offense 41.00 22 Marcus Williams Receptions 2.50 t17 Receiving Yards 23.50 27 Milton Wynn All-Purpose Running 84.50 10 Receptions 5.00 t6 Receiving Yards 84.50 2 Scoring 6.00 t4 Collin Henderson Punt Returns 7.50 5 Receptions 10.00 t37 Nick Lambert Field Goals 1.00 3 Scoring (kick) 5.70 2 Field Goal Percentage 66.70 t1 Jason Gesser Pass Efficiency 132.30 2 Total Offense 219.50 4 All-Purpose Running 33.50 45 Rushing 33.50 16 Dave Minnich Rushing 61.50 t7 All-Purpose Running 62.50 20 Total Offense 61.50 t18 Adam Hawkins Rushing 15.00 26 Total Offense 15.00 40 Alan Cox Punting 36.46 8 Josh Shavies Receiving Yards 14.50 38 Fred Shavies Tackles 5.00 t34 Marcus Trufant Interceptions 0.50 t2 Tackles 6.50 t13 Champ Simmons Tackles 8.00 t6 James Price Tackles 7.50 9 Billy Newman Tackles 6.50 t13 t = Tie 2000 TEAM STATISTICAL RANKINGS [Released 09/17/00] WSU WSU WSU TEAM CATEGORY AVG PAC-10 NCAA Rushing Offense 152.0 5 t51 Passing Offense 161.0 7 67 Total Offense 338.0 6 69 Scoring Offense 24.0 6 58 Rushing Defense 127.0 6 47 Pass Defense 256.0 7 101 Pass Efficiency Defense 131.53 10 Total Defense 396.0 10 88 Scoring Defense 22.5 9 65 Net Punting 32.8 8 81 Punt Returns 11.0 4 t41 KO Returns 18.8 8 78 Turnover Margin 0.0 t9 t64 IDAHO IDAHO IDAHO TEAM CATEGORY AVG BWC NCAA Rushing Offense 131.7 3 65 Passing Offense 248.3 2 32 Total Offense 380.0 2 54 Scoring Offense 23.7 2 t59 Rushing Defense 168.0 3 77 Pass Defense 324.3 6 113 Pass Efficiency Defense 159.9 6 Total Defense 492.3 6 112 Scoring Defense 43.7 6 111 Net Punting 34.1 5 100 Punt Returns 1.7 5 110 KO Returns 16.6 6 95 Turnover Margin -2.3 6 t100 t = Tie NATIONAL LEADERS Jason Gesser, WSU Passing 15.5 48 Total Offense 219.5 t39 Pass Efficiency 132.3 40 Nick Lambert, WSU Field Goals 0.67 t40 Milton Wynn, WSU Receiving Yards 84.5 30 Marcus Trufant, WSU Interceptions 0.5 t38 Chris Lacy, Idaho KO Returns 23.4 39 John Welsh, Idaho Passing 23.0 t7 Pts. Responsible for 14.0 t22 Willie Alderson, Idaho All-Purpose Running 172.67 11 t = Tie

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 7 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS: Washington State's weekly FOX Sports Net award winners from the Utah game are: Pac-10 Offense: Jason Gesser (Honolulu, Hawaii) Pac-10 Defense: Marcus Trufant (Tacoma, Wash.) Pac-10 Special Teams: None Offensive Lineman: Reed Raymond (Moses Lake, Wash.) Offensive Back: Milton Wynn (Lancaster, Calif.) Offensive Scout Team: Billy Graffis (Oakesdale, Wash.) Defensive Back: Billy Newman (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) Defensive Lineman: Fred Shavies (Oakland, Calif.) Defensive Scout Team: Ryan Calhoun (Graham, Wash.) Defensive Pursuit Player: Raonall Smith (Gig Harbor, Wash.) Cougar Claw: Derrick Roche (Kent, Wash.), Reed Raymond (Moses Lake, Wash.), Fred Shavies (Oakland, Calif.) Big Hit: Bill Newman (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) Cougar Tackler: Raonall Smith (Gig Harbor, Wash.) Specialist of the Week: Alan Cox (Manti, Utah) Most Disciplined Offense: Billy Chase (Compton, Calif.) Most Disciplined Defense: Marcus Trufant (Tacoma, Wash.) Most Disciplined Special Teams: Curtis Nettles (Venice, Calif.) Special Teams Big Play: Nick Lambert (Bothel, Wash.) Assassin: Curtis Nettles (Venice, Calif.) Iron Man: Curtis Nettles (Venice, Calif.) Gamebreaker: Curtis Nettles (Venice, Calif.) 2000 WSU FOOTBALL STARTERS POS STAN UTAH IDAHO CAL BSU ARIZ ASU OSU OREG USC WASH SE Williams Williams LT Locker Locker LG Knotts Raymond C Hunt Hunt RG Roche Roche RT Raymond Raymond TE/WR Henderson Mizin SB Mencke Mencke QB Gesser Gesser RB Burnett Burnett FL Wynn Wynn PK Lambert Lambert 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. DE Matson Matson DT Tupai J. Williams DT Kongaika Kongaika DE Shavies Shavies WLB Price Price MLB Simmons Simmons SLB Smith Smith RCB Trufant Trufant SS Newman Newman FS Banks Banks LCB Martin Martin P Cox Cox

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 8 MIKE PRICE TV SHOWS: The Mike Price TV Show airs Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. PT on KHQ, KNDO (Yakima) and KNDU (Tri-Cities) television stations...khq s John Fritz 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. JIM STERK RADIO SHOW: Cougar Conversation with (WSU AD) Jim Sterk is aired each Sunday for 30 minutes at 10:30 a.m. on Spokane s KXLY Radio (920)...former Cougar player Paul Sorensen hosts the weekly show with the WSU athletic director. 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 1-800-846-4700 and punch in the Cougar access code 5938. The cost is charged to your VISA or Mastercard. LIVE TELEVISION: Pac-10 television action Saturday, Sept. 23, will include FOX Sports Net s coverage of UCLA at Oregon at 12:30 p.m. PT, and California at Fresno State at 7:15 p.m. PT ABC will not show a Pacific-10 Conference game this weekend. FSNW-TV: FOX Sports Net (Northwest) will replay Washington State s game vs. Idaho Sept. 24 at 10:30 a.m. TICKETS: Tickets for all Cougar home and away games are available through the WSU Ticket Office, North 225 Grand, Pullman, Wash. 99164-1910, or by calling 800-GO-COUGS (available toll free from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands). WSU RADIO: Bob Robertson, Scott Pelluer, Jeff Aaron, and Bud Nameck will combine talents on the 24-station Cougar Sports Network. Robertson is in his 34th year of broadcasting Cougar sports, while Pelluer, a former Cougar player, is in his second 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 shows regular host all broadcasts are available via the internet. To listen, and for complete broadcast schedules, connect to wsucougars.com. SATELLITE: WSU uplinks a 15-minute football video package each Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. (C-Band, Telstar 6, Transponder 19 V, 93 degree west, ) with coach and player interviews recorded at practice that afternoon...the service is provided by Northwest Public Television on the WSU campus (if trouble, call 509-335-5177). The Pacific-10 office transmits a weekly 30-minute highlight package each Wednesday at 12:00 noon PDT on Telstar 5, Transponder 16, C-Band (if trouble, call 310-543-1835 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, 509-335- 0250. WSU players are available for interviews before and after practice each Tuesday and Wednesday and before practice each Thursday. Contact Rebecka McKinney 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. COUGAR INFOCONNECTION: Members of the media may access WSU press releases, game statistics and other sports specific information through InfoConnection. For information on how to access information from all 10 Pac-10 schools and the Pac-10 office, contact the league office or any of the Pac-10 sports information offices. AUDIO ON INTERNET: WSU's football broadcasts are now available on the Internet through FansOnly, WSU s Web provider...the address is: http://www.wsucougars.com. INTERNET: WSU releases, statistics, notes and depth chart information are loaded weekly on the WSU Athletics Home Page. The address is: http://www.wsucougars.com.