Scoring Summary
Washington St. 14 7 0 7 - 28
Stanford 7 7 0 24 - 38
TEAM STATISTICS
WSU SU
First downs 24 22
Rushes-yards 42-179 39-94
Passing 372 304
Return Yards 42 24
Comp-Att-Int 17-40-5 20-47-0
Punts 6-39.7 10-42.9
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yards 5-51 5-25
Time of Poss. 29:53 30:07
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Washington State
Rushing
Att Yds Avg TD Lng
Brown 27 202 5.5 1 55
Gilmore 1 3 3.0 0 3
Mencke 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Thompson 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5
Birnbaum 2 -20 -10.0 0 0
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Birnbaum 10-22 176 2 0 38
Mencke 7-18 196 5 3 75
Receiving
No Yds Avg TD Lng
Taylor 5 132 26.4 1 62
White 4 116 29.0 2 75
Roquemore 4 51 12.8 0 16
Jefferson 2 61 30.5 0 38
Zubedi 2 12 6.0 0 13
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
Thompson 7 3 10
Gleason 3 4 7
Riley 5 1 6
Moronkola 4 2 6
Meier 1 5 6
Martin 4 1 5
Price 3 2 5
Matson 3 2 5
Philley 2 1 3
Thielbahr 2 1 3
Newman 1 2 3
Tuupo 1 2 3
Smith 2 0 2
Ratcliff 1 1 2
Hawkins 1 1 2
Gibbons 0 2 2
Stanford
Rushing
Att Yds Avg TD Lng
Allen 19 61 3.2 0 19
Eide 6 26 4.3 1 11
Borchard 7 9 1.3 0 21
Brock 3 5 1.7 0 3
Fasani 2 3 1.5 2 2
Husak 2 -10 -5.0 0 0
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Husak 12-28 142 0 1 20
Borchard 8-19 162 0 1 80
Receiving
No Yds Avg TD Lng
Walters 7 143 20.4 1 80
Pitts 4 54 13.5 1 20
Allen 3 41 13.7 0 20
Brock 2 20 10.0 0 16
Coughlin 2 17 8.5 0 13
Stewart 1 23 23.0 0 23
Allen 1 6 6.0 0 6
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
Spragan 9 4 13
Stockbauer 7 5 12
Smith 7 2 9
Hodari 3 5 8
Steen 3 2 5
Howard 0 4 4
Carter 2 1 3
CJohnson 2 1 3
Currie 1 2 3
Hoover 2 0 2
RJohnson 1 1 2
Toner 1 1 2
Focht 0 2 2
Williams 0 2 2
Benner 0 2 2
Friedrichs 0 2 2
Lee 1 0 1
Gabriel 1 0 1
Brock 1 0 1
Allen 0 1 1
A-30,418.
How they scored
First quarter
WSU 7, Stanford 0
Nian Taylor 62-yard pass from Paul Mencke.
Rian Lindell kick. Six plays, 95 yards, 2:01. Kevin Brown ripped off 25 yards on two runs, taking the Cougars out of the shadow of their goal line. Following a holding penalty, Mencke entered for his first play of the game and found Taylor wide-open for the score. WSU 14, Stanford 0 Jason White 75-yard pass from Mencke. Three plays, 73 yards, 1:25. After consecutive plays of negative yardage, Mencke found White across the middle.
WSU 14, Stanford 7
Randy Fasani 1-yard run. Kevin Miller kick. Nine plays, 65 yards, 3:53. After Todd Husak and Brian Allen led the Cardinal down the field, Fasani came in at quarterback and dove in on a fourth-and-goal from the 1.
Second quarter
WSU 14, Stanford 14
DeRonnie Pitts 11-yard pass from Husak. Miller kick. Seven plays, 65 yards, 2:34. The Cougars forced the Cardinal to punt after its drive stalled at the WSU 30. But an illegal participation penalty on WSU gave Stanford a first and 10 at the Cougars 15. Three plays later they scored.
WSU 21, Stanford 14
Brown 55-yard run. Lindell kick. The Cougars were stuck with third and 19 when Birnbaum hit Nian Taylor for 34 yards to take the ball to the WSU 45. The next play Brown went over left tackle and broke free.
Fourth quarter
WSU 28, Stanford 14
White 21-yard pass from Mencke. Lindell kick. Two plays, 31 yards, :38. After the Cougar defense forced the Cardinal to punt from its own 4. Lamont Thompson returned the punt to the 31-yard line and from there the Cougars had no problem going in.
WSU 28, Stanford 21
Jon Eide 11-yard run. Miller kick. Six plays, 64 yards, 1:51. Backup quarterback Joe Borchard led the Cardinal right back following the Cougars score. Borchard kept the drive alive on a 21-yard scramble, then hit Jeff Allen and Troy Walters on consecutive pass plays for 20 yards.
WSU 28, Stanford 28
Walters 80-yard pass from Borchard. Miller kick. One play, 80 yards, Walters got by Dee Moronkola and Borchard delivered the ball on target.
Stanford 35, WSU 29
Fasani 2-yard run. Miller kick. Six plays, 34 yards, 2:41 The Cougars’ Steve Birnbaum was intercepted by Tim Smith on the WSU 34-yard line. Borchard hit Troy Walters for 13 yards to take the ball to the 3. After two failed runs, Fasani took the ball over the top.
Stanford 38, WSU 28
Miller 32-yard field goal. Four plays, three yards, :29. The Cougars gave the ball up on downs allowing Stanford to put the game out of reach with a field goal.