Scoring Summary
Arizona 7 0 10 13 - 30 Washington State 0 10 0 14 - 24
TEAM STATISTICS
UA WSU First downs 25 13 Rushes-yards 60-249 30-153 Passing 251 165 Return Yards 86 4 Comp-Att-Int 18-33-0 15-24-0 Punts 5-37.2 6-41.7 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 8-52 8-45 Time of Poss. 38:26 21:34
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Arizona Rushing Att Yds Avg TD Lng Canidate 34 158 4.6 3 45 Smith 13 54 4.2 0 16 Briggs 6 21 3.5 0 14 Northcutt 1 15 15.0 0 15 Callen 3 7 2.3 0 4 Jenkins 3 -6 -2.0 0 0
Passing C-A Yds Int TD Lng Smith 12-25 190 0 1 42 Jenkins 6-8 61 0 0 27
Receiving No Yds Avg TD Lng Northcutt 5 107 21.4 0 27 Wade 5 100 20.0 1 42 Canidate 4 16 4.0 0 8 Leonard 2 18 9.0 0 9 Manumaleuna 1 8 8.0 0 8 Callen 1 2 2.0 0 2
Tackles Tac Ast Tot Hunter 5 2 7 Pierce 4 2 6 Polk 2 4 6 Fraser 3 2 5 Bell 1 4 5 Haroon 3 1 4 Uku 1 3 4 Gayles 3 0 3 Payne 3 0 3 Worcester 2 1 3 Canidate 1 0 1 Campbell 1 0 1 Banks 1 0 1 Laudermilk 1 0 1 Tafoya 0 1 1
Washington State Rushing Att Yds Avg TD Lng Burnett 13 96 7.4 2 55 Gesser 6 45 7.5 0 19 Hawkins 7 16 2.3 0 4 Birnbaum 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 Thielbahr 3 -3 -1.0 0 1
Passing C-A Yds Int TD Lng Birnbaum 12-19 112 0 1 30 Gesser 3-5 53 0 0 33
Receiving No Yds Avg TD Lng Hackett 7 97 13.9 0 33 Zubedi 3 35 11.7 1 20 Thielbahr 2 10 5.0 0 11 Burnett 1 10 10.0 0 10 Williams 1 7 7.0 0 7 Taylor 1 6 6.0 0 6
Tackles Tac Ast Tot Gleason 8 8 16 Newman 8 7 15 Smith 5 10 15 Holden 3 6 9 Riley 3 5 8 Thompson 4 1 5 Hollion 4 1 5 Gibbons 2 3 5 Matson 3 1 4 Meier 2 2 4 Hedeen 1 2 3 Adedipe 2 0 2 Kongaika 1 1 2 Team 1 0 1 Simmons 1 0 1 Ratcliff 1 0 1 Emmerson 1 0 1 Aleaga 0 1 1 A-26,787.
How they scored First quarter Arizona 7, WSU 0
Trung Canidate 1-yard run, Mark McDonald kick. Nine plays, 56 yards, 3:34. The Wildcats were backed up with a third-and-goal at the 10, but Malosi Leonard broke a tackle at the 7, setting up a fourth-and-goal at the 1. Second quarter Arizona 7, WSU 7 Farwan Zubedi 11-yard pass from Steve Birnbaum, Rian Lindell kick. Nine plays, 54 yards, 3:51. Facing a fourth-and-2 at the Wildcats 23, the Cougars elected to go for it. Freshman Deon Burnett shook off a tackle in the backfield and went for 6 yards.
WSU 10, Arizona 7
Lindell 52-yard field goal. Three plays, 6 yards, :55. The defense forced the Wildcats to punt from their own 16. The Cougars got the ball on the Arizona 42 and only had to go 6 yards to set up the score.
Third quarter WSU 10, Arizona 9 , Safety. On the opening drive of the second half, Burnett fumbles on his own 15. The ball rolled into the end zone where Steve Birnbaum fell on it to save a touchdown. Arizona 17, WSU 10 Canidate 2-yard run, Brandon Manumaleuna pass. Three plays, 13 yards, 1:13. Dennis Northcutt returned a punt 68 yards to the Cougars 13-yard line to set up the go-ahead score. Arizona 17, WSU 17 Burnett 2-yard run, Lindell kick. Seven plays, 80 yards, 2:17. In his second series after replacing Birnbaum, Jason Gesser took immediate control, hooking up with Leaford Hackett on a 33-yard pass. He then scrambled for 19 to get inside the Wildcat 20.
Arizona 24, WSU 17 , Canidate 4-yard run, McDonald kick. Fourteen plays, 80 yards, 5:36. Keith Smith was able to scramble for 16 yards on third-and-11 to keep the drive going at midfield. Smith looked as if he would be stopped but hurdled Lamont Thompson on the run.
Arizona 24, WSU 24
Burnett 55-yard run, Lindell kick. Two plays, 55 yards, :25. After the Wildcats went 80 yards, the Cougars bounced back quickly when Burnett burst through the left side, picked up a key block from Zubedi and raced to the end zone. Arizona 30, WSU 24 Bobby Wade 42-yard pass from Smith. No conversion try. Eight plays, 80 yards, 1:56. Wade catch/no catch came with no time remaining on the clock. Three Arizona players went up for it and Wade, the officials ruled, caught the ball lying on his back in the end zone.
WSU PLAYER OF THE GAME Steve Gleason The senior linebacker from Spokane finished with 16 tackles to lead the WSU defense.