The 2019 Washington State Cougars football team represented

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during the

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. The team played their home games in

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in Pullman,

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. They were led by 8th-year head coach Mike Leach and competed as members of the North Division of the

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Previous season

The 2018 season was one of the greatest in Washington State history. Despite being predicted to finish fifth place in the Pac-12 North division by the Pac-12 media poll, the Cougars won a school record-tying ten games,"Minshew leads Washington State past Iowa State, 28-26."
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'', December 29, 2018, retrieved February 15, 2019. the first time they had won that many in the regular season since the Rose Bowl year of

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. They also surged as high as seventh in major polling and went into the

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with a chance to clinch the Pac-12 North title and a shot at the Rose Bowl, but lost 28–15 to rival

in the snow in Pullman, a sixth consecutive loss to the Huskies. The Cougars were invited to the

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to play the Iowa State Cyclones. They won 28–26 for a school record 11th win.

Preseason

Pac-12 media days

Pac-12 media polls

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Washington State was voted to finish in fourth place in the North Division and fifth place in the Pac-12 Championship.

Schedule

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Rankings

Personnel

Coaching staff

Staff for the 2019 season.

Roster

Source:"2019 Football Spring Roster"
WSUCougars.com, March 14, 2019.

Game summaries

New Mexico State

Northern Colorado

vs. Houston

UCLA

at Utah

at Arizona State

Colorado

at Oregon

at California

Stanford

Oregon State

at Washington

vs. Air Force (Cheez-It Bowl)

Awards

NFL Draft

References

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Washington State Cougars football seasons

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