1980 Washington State Cougars football team

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1980 Washington State Cougars football
1980 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	4–7 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Walden (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Pat Ruel (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Padilla (1st season)
Captains	Samoa Samoa; Allan Kennedy; Brian Flones; Scott Pelluer;
Home stadium	Martin Stadium,; Joe Albi Stadium (Spokane)
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 in Pac-10, tied for sixth), and outscored their opponents 287 to 271.^[1]^[2]

1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 16 Washington $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 USC	4	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Arizona State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Oregon	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	2
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arizona	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
California	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included Samoa Samoa with 1,668 passing yards,^[3] Tim Harris with 801 rushing yards,^[4] and Jim Whatley with 433 receiving yards.^[5]

This year's Apple Cup is the most recent played at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane; since 1982, the Cougar home games in the series (even-numbered years) have been held on campus at Martin Stadium. From 1950 thru 1980 (except 1954 in Pullman), the Cougars were 3–12 (.200) in Spokane Apple Cups, while winning five in Seattle.

Schedule edit

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	San Jose State*	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 26–31	18,153
September 20	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	L 23–35	93,520	^[6]
September 27	Army*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 31–18	24,213
October 4	Pacific (CA)*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 22–24	18,123
October 11	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 21–27	64,333
October 18	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 38–14	47,132
October 25	Stanford	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 34–48	30,371
November 1	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 10–20	30,083
November 8	Oregon State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 28–7	15,651
November 15	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 31–17	30,000
November 22	No. 16 Washington	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA (Apple Cup)	L 23–30	34,557	^[7]^[8]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel edit

1980 Washington State Cougars football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`89`	Pat Beach	Jr
RB	`20`	Al Bowens	So
QB	`9`	Clete Casper	So
G	`71`	John Dreyer	So
C	`67`	Eugene Emerson	Sr
WR	`87`	Paul Escalera	Jr
RB		Doug Hall
RB	`43`	Tim Harris	So
TE		Rick Hedlund
OT	`75`	Steve Johnson	Sr
WR	`88`	Jeff Keller	Jr
OT	`72`	Allan Kennedy (C)	Sr
OT	`77`	John Little	Sr
RB	`23`	Mike Martin	Jr
G	`63`	Gary Patrick	So
WR		Jeff Poppe
OL		Greg Porter
RB		Tom Ramberg
QB	`11`	Samoa Samoa (C)	Sr
TE		Tom Spencer
G	`56`	Greg Sykes	Sr
QB		Ricky Turner
RB	`26`	Mike Washington	Sr
WR	`21`	Jim Whatley	Sr
WR		Chris Williams
RB	`42`	Robert Williams	So
WR	`22`	Mike Wilson	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`96`	Lee Blakeney	Fr
CB	`30`	Nate Bradley	Jr
DT	`95`	Ken Collins	Jr
DT	`73`	Matt Elisara	Jr
LB	`34`	Ken Emmil	So
CB	`41`	Jeff Files	Jr
NG	`61`	Brian Flones (C)	Sr
CB	`6`	Bill Gribble	Jr
LB		Dirk Hunter
DL		Ken Jacobsen
LB	`47`	Scott Pelluer (C)	Sr
LB	`38`	Melvin Sanders	Sr
S	`48`	Peter Shaw	Jr
LB	`10`	Brian Sickler	Sr
S	`28`	Paul Sorensen	Jr
DB		Joe Taylor
S	`5`	Gary Teague	Sr
DE	`62`	Mike Walker	Sr
S	`44`	John West	Jr
LB		Brent White

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`16`	Tim Davey	Jr
K	`1`	Mike DeSanto	Sr

Head coach

Jim Walden (3rd year)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Dave Elliott (LB)
Gary Gagnon (RB)
Lindsay Hughes (OLB)
Rich Glover (DL)
Steve Morton (TE)
Bob Padilla (DC, DL)
Pat Ruel (OC, OL)
Ken Woody (WR)
Harold Wheeler (DB)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Season summary edit

San Jose State edit

At Tennessee edit

Army edit

Pacific edit

At Arizona State edit

At Arizona edit

Stanford edit

At Oregon edit

Oregon State edit

At California edit

Washington edit

#16 Washington Huskies (8–2) at Washington State Cougars (4–6)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	0	14	7	9	30
Washington State	14	0	3	6	23

at Joe Albi Stadium, Spokane, Washington

Date: November 20
Game attendance: 34,577
^[14]

Game information

First quarter

WSU – Samoa Samoa 23-yard run (Mike DeSanto kick). Washington State 7–0. Drive:
WSU – Samoa Samoa 5-yard run (Mike DeSanto kick). Washington State 14–0. Drive:

Second quarter

WASH – Willie Rosborough 3-yard run, 2:40. (Chuck Nelson kick). Washington State 14–7. Drive: 28 yards.
WASH – Paul Skansi 22-yard pass from Tom Flick, 1:01. (Chuck Nelson kick). Tie 14–14. Drive: 32 yards.

Third quarter

WASH – Aaron Williams 41-yard pass from Tom Flick (Chuck Nelson kick). Washington 21–14. Drive: 12 plays, 93 yards.
WSU – DeSanto 26-yard field goal. Washington 21–17. Drive:

Fourth quarter

WASH – Anthony Allen 47-yard pass from Tom Flick (kick blocked). Washington 27–17. Drive:
WSU – Pat Beach 33-yard pass from Samoa Samoa (kick blocked), 5:48. Washington 27–23. Drive:
WASH – Chuck Nelson 29-yard field goal, 1:37. Washington 30–23. Drive: 68 yards.

Top passers

WASH – Tom Flick – 20/32, 311 yards, 3 TD, 2 int
WSU – Samoa Samoa – 7/16, 92 yards, TD, int

Top rushers

WASH – Willie Rosborough – 15 rushes, 62 yards, TD
WSU – Tim Harris – 20 rushes, 104 yards

Top receivers

WASH – Paul Skansi – 6 receptions, 98 yards, TD
WSU – Pat Beach – 3 receptions, 56 yards, TD

NFL Draft edit

Five Cougars were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Scott Pelluer	LB	4	91	Dallas Cowboys
Samoa Samoa	RB/QB	9	230	Cincinnati Bengals
Jim Whatley	WR	9	236	Seattle Seahawks
Mike Wilson	WR	9	246	Dallas Cowboys
Allan Kennedy	T	10	267	Washington Redskins

^[15]^[16]

References edit

^ "1980 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^ Emerson, Paul (September 25, 1980). "Learning to be No. 1 quarterback at WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
^ Gerheim, Earl (September 24, 1980). "Cougs' handyman Harris: A hustler with high hopes". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
^ "1980 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^ "Cougars' comeback is short". The Tacoma News Tribune. September 21, 1980. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1980. p. 4B.
^ Van Sickel, Charlie (November 24, 1980). "UW roars from behind". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
^ "Probable starting lineups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 13, 1980. p. 19.
^ "Probable starters". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 27, 1980. p. 2C.
^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 1, 1980. p. 2B.
^ "Probable starting lineups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 7, 1980. p. 28.
^ Van Sickel, Charlie (November 21, 1980). "UW pick, but Walden has it even". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 21.
^ "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23." Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Nov 23. Pg. 4B. Retrieved 2020-Dec-12.
^ Missildine, Harry (April 29, 1981). "Pelluer taken by Cowboys in 4th round". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
^ "Bengals grab Samoa". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). April 30, 1981. p. 25.

External links edit

Old Wazzu – 1981 film short – footage of 1980 Army game (3:40 – 5:30)
Game program: San Jose State vs. WSU at Spokane – September 13, 1980
Game program: Army at WSU – September 27, 1980
Game program: Pacific at WSU – October 4, 1980
Game program: Stanford at WSU – October 25, 1980
Game program: Oregon State at WSU – November 8, 1980
Game program: Washington vs. WSU at Spokane – November 22, 1980

[1] "1980 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

[2] "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

[ltbno-3] Emerson, Paul (September 25, 1980). "Learning to be No. 1 quarterback at WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.

[handy-4] Gerheim, Earl (September 24, 1980). "Cougs' handyman Harris: A hustler with high hopes". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.

[5] "1980 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

[6] "Cougars' comeback is short". The Tacoma News Tribune. September 21, 1980. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[ergapcu-7] "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1980. p. 4B.

[urfbnd-8] Van Sickel, Charlie (November 24, 1980). "UW roars from behind". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.

[sjspsl-9] "Probable starting lineups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 13, 1980. p. 19.

[prstrlm-10] "Probable starters". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 27, 1980. p. 2C.

[slups-11] "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 1, 1980. p. 2B.

[psosu-12] "Probable starting lineups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 7, 1980. p. 28.

[whitvn-13] Van Sickel, Charlie (November 21, 1980). "UW pick, but Walden has it even". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 21.

[14] "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23." Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Nov 23. Pg. 4B. Retrieved 2020-Dec-12.

[ptbcifr-15] Missildine, Harry (April 29, 1981). "Pelluer taken by Cowboys in 4th round". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.

[bgsam-16] "Bengals grab Samoa". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). April 30, 1981. p. 25.

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