2012 Washington State Cougars football team

2012 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
2012 record	3–9 (1–8 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Mike Breske (1st year)
Base defense	3–4 multiple
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 33,522)
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
#7 Stanford xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
#2 Oregon x%		8	–	1					12	–	1
#20 Oregon State		6	–	3					9	–	4
Washington		5	–	4					7	–	6
California		2	–	7					3	–	9
Washington State		1	–	8					3	–	9
South Division
UCLA x		6	–	3					9	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	4					8	–	5
USC		5	–	4					7	–	6
Arizona		4	–	5					8	–	5
Utah		3	–	6					5	–	7
Colorado		1	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 8, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

Washington State at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 0 6 0 0 6 • BYU 7 17 6 0 30 Date: August 30 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah Television network: ESPN

Eastern Washington at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total Eastern Washington 7 7 0 6 20 • Washington St 14 10 0 0 24 Date: September 8 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Television network: Pac-12 Network

Washington State at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • Washington St 14 14 0 7 35 UNLV 7 13 0 7 27 Date: September 14 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada Television network: ESPN

Colorado at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • Colorado 7 0 7 21 35 Washington St 7 14 7 6 34 Date: September 22 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Television network: FX

#2 Oregon at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • Oregon 20 3 21 7 51 Washington State 9 10 0 7 26 Date: September 29 Location: CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington Television network: ESPN2

Washington State at #14 Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 0 3 0 3 6 • Oregon St 3 3 7 6 19 Date: October 6 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon Television network: Pac-12 Network

California at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • California 7 7 10 7 31 Washington St 0 3 7 7 17 Date: October 13 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington Television network: Pac-12 Network

Washington State at Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 0 10 0 7 17 • Stanford 3 7 7 7 24 Date: October 27 Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California Television network: Pac-12 Network

The 2012 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Mike Leach and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the North Division.

On a nationally televised broadcast, Mike Leach's first game as head coach of the Washington State Cougars was a 30-6 blowout loss to BYU, the former Texas Tech coach's alma mater. Despite Leach's offenses being typically known for their high scoring shootouts, the Wazzu Cougars were unable to score a single touchdown. This marked the first time that a Leach-led offense failed to score a touchdown since 2006, when Texas Tech lost to TCU 12-3. Wazzu quarterback Jeff Tuel threw for 228 yards and two interceptions, while the offense ran for -4 yards on the ground. The only points for the Washington State Cougars came from two field goals in the second quarter. BYU now leads the series 3–1.

1st quarter scoring: ORST - Trevor Romaine 30-yard field goal.

2nd quarter scoring: WSU - Andrew Furney 24-yard field goal; ORST - Trevor Romaine 24-yard field goal GOOD.

3rd quarter scoring:

4th quarter scoring:

The Bruins lead the series 18-39-1, which was started in 1928.

Hours before the game, the Cougars' star receiver Marquess Wilson said in a press release that he has left the program because of the actions of first-year coach Mike Leach and his staff. Wilson was suspended earlier in the week for an unspecified violation of team rules. Wilson said the new staff has "preferred to belittle, intimidate and humiliate us." That included physical abuse, Wilson said.

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Sheldon Price 68-yard blocked field goal return (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick); Dominique Williams 6-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney kick)

2nd quarter scoring: UCLA - Johnathan Franklin 16-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 9-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Anthony Barr safety; UCLA – Devin Fuller 10-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Eric Kendricks 40-yard fumble recovery (Fairbairn kick)

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