Scoring Summary
Washington State 7 3 7 0 - 17
Stanford 17 21 14 2 - 54
TEAM STATISTICS
WSU SU
First downs 23 13
Rushes-yards 38-65 36-103
Passing 301 215
Return Yards 49 83
Comp-Att-Int 26-44-2 17-27-1
Punts 6-28.3 7-36.0
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 9-118 7-65
Time of Poss. 30:45 29:15
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Washington State
Rushing
Att Yds Avg TD Lng
Burnett 11 52 4.7 0 17
Thielbahr 4 15 3.8 0 6
Birnbaum 4 8 2.0 0 11
Gesser 13 1 0.1 0 12
Hawkins 5 -1 -0.2 0 1
Anderson 1 -10 -10.0 0 -10
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Gesser 11-23 120 1 0 21
Birnbaum 14-20 144 1 2 31
Mencke 1-1 37 0 0 37
Receiving
No Yds Avg TD Lng
Hackett 10 103 10.3 1 25
N. Taylor 5 79 15.8 0 37
Zubedi 4 79 19.8 0 31
Henderson 2 13 6.5 0 7
Scott 2 7 3.5 1 5
Hawkins 1 17 17.0 0 17
M. Williams 1 7 7.0 0 7
Burnett 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
Holden 0 15 15
Gleason 1 11 12
Emmerson 1 6 7
Hedeen 1 4 5
Meier 0 5 5
Gibbons 3 1 4
Newman 2 2 4
V. Williams 2 2 4
Thompson 1 3 4
R. Smith 2 1 3
Hollimon 0 3 3
Matson 0 3 3
Riley 0 3 3
Thielbahr 1 1 2
Aleaga 0 2 2
Stanford
Rushing
Att Yds Avg TD Lng
K. Carter 10 37 3.7 1 9
Gayles 5 20 4.0 0 8
Wire 6 12 2.0 0 9
Borchard 1 12 12.0 0 12
Allen 5 7 1.4 0 6
Husak 3 7 2.3 1 5
Lacey 3 7 2.3 0 4
Moore 2 3 1.5 0 3
Fasani 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Husak 17-24 215 1 3 44
Fasani 0-2 0 0 0 0
Borchard 0-1 0 0 0 0
Receiving
No Yds Avg TD Lng
Walters 10 118 11.8 1 44
Pitts 4 63 15.8 1 31
Stewart 2 22 11.0 0 14
Davis 1 12 12.0 1 12
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
R. Carter 6 3 9
T. Smith 4 5 9
Steen 2 7 9
Stockbauer 0 8 8
R. Johnson 5 2 7
B. Taylor 2 3 5
T. Williams 1 4 5
Currie 1 4 5
Leonard 0 5 5
Hoover 2 2 4
C. Johnson 2 2 4
Friedrichs 2 2 4
Howard 1 3 4
Primus 2 1 3
Hodari 1 2 3
Glaspie 1 1 2
Kass 0 2 2
Sande 0 2 2
A-36,592.
How they scored
First quarter
Stanford 7, WSU 0
Todd Husak 5-yard run, Mike Biselli kick: 32 yards, eight plays, 3:04. After WSU fumbled on its second play from scrimmage at its 32, Husak completed four straight passes.
Stanford 10, WSU 0
Biselli 52-yard field goal: 30 yards, six plays, 1:43. Following a 52-yard missed field goal by Cougars kicker Rian Lindell, Husak hit Troy Walters on a 24-yard pass play, setting up Biselli’s kick.
Stanford 10, WSU 7
Leaford Hackett 11-yard pass from Steve Birnbaum, Lindell kick: 11 plays, 78 yards, 4:18. Birnbaum completed six straight passes in the drive, including a 31-yarder to Farwan Zubedi on second-and-22.
Stanford 17, WSU 7
Ruben Carter 67-yard interception return, Biselli kick: one play, 67 yards, :05. Birnbaum was trying to hit Marcus Williams on a crossing pattern in Stanford territory.
Second quarter
Stanford 24, WSU 7
Walters 44-yard pass from Husak, Biselli kick: one play, 44 yards, :07. LeJuan Gibbons failed to keep up with the speedy Walters as he broke deep across the middle.
Stanford 24, WSU 10
Lindell 27-yard field goal: 10 plays, 24 yards, 4:08. Linebacker Curtis Holden picked off Husak to set up the score.
Stanford 31, WSU 10
Dave Davis 12-yard pass from Husak, Biselli kick: nine plays, 65 yards, 4:15. Gibbons once again could not stay with a faster Stanford receiver as Davis got by him and caught the ball cleanly in the end zone.
Stanford 38, WSU 10
Emory Block recovered blocked punt, Biselli kick. With Kareem Anderson forced to punt from his own end zone, the Cougars failed block the middle and Block had a clear path to block the punt and recover the ball for a TD.
Third quarter
Stanford 38, WSU 17
Corey Scott 5-yard pass from Birnbaum, Lindell kick: seven plays, 60 yards, 2:11. Faced with a fourth-and-1 at the 5-yard line, the Cougars elect to go for it.
Stanford 45, WSU 17 Kerry Carter 9-yard run, Biselli kick: four plays, 24 yards, 1:27. A Birnbaum fumble set up the score.
Stanford 52, WSU 17
DeRonnie Pitts 18-yard pass from Husak, Biselli kick: one play, 18 yards, :05. The Cougars fumbled a punt, recovered, then turned the ball over on downs at their own 18. Husak wasted little time in finding Pitts.
Fourth quarter
Stanford 54, WSU 17
Riall Johnson safety. The Stanford defense got to Gesser in the end zone and pulled him down for the final score of the game.