List of Washington State Cougars bowl games

The Washington State Cougars college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Washington State University in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Since the establishment of the team in 1888, Washington State has appeared in 12 bowl games.^[1] Included in these games are four appearances in the Rose Bowl Game and one Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game appearances, in the 2003 Rose Bowl.^[1][2] The latest bowl occurred on December 26, 2015, when Washington State defeated Miami, Florida 20-14 in the 2015 Sun Bowl.

Key

General Bowl game record attendance Former bowl game record attendance

Results W Win L Loss

Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach^{[A 1]}

#	Bowl	Score[A 2]	Date	Season[A 3]	Opponent[A 4]	Stadium	Location	Attendance[3]	Head coach
1	Rose Bowl	W 14 !W 14–0	000000001916-01-01-0000January 1, 1916	1915	Brown Bruins	Tournament Park	Pasadena	007,000 !7,000	Dietz, William HenryWilliam Henry Dietz
2	Rose Bowl	L 24 !L 24–0	000000001931-01-01-0000January 1, 1931	1930	Alabama Crimson Tide	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	060,000 !60,000	Hollingbery, BabeBabe Hollingbery
3	Holiday Bowl	L 02 !L 38–36	000000001981-12-30-0000December 30, 1981	1981	BYU Cougars	Qualcomm Stadium !Jack Murphy Stadium[A 5]	San Diego	052,419 !52,419	Walden, JimJim Walden
4	Aloha Bowl	W 02 !W 24–22	000000001988-12-25-0000December 25, 1988	1988	Houston Cougars	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu	035,132 !35,132	Erickson, DennisDennis Erickson
5	Copper Bowl	W 03 !W 31–28	000000001992-12-29-0000December 29, 1992	1992	Utah Utes	Arizona Stadium	Tucson	040,876 !40,876	Price, MikeMike Price
6	Alamo Bowl	W 07 !W 10–3	000000001994-12-31-0000December 31, 1994	1994	Baylor Bears	Alamodome	San Antonio	044,106 !44,106	Price, MikeMike Price
7	Rose Bowl	L 05 !L 21–16	000000001998-01-01-0000January 1, 1998	1997	Michigan Wolverines	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	100,635 !100,635	Price, MikeMike Price
8	Sun Bowl	W 06 !W 33–27	000000002001-12-31-0000December 31, 2001	2001	Purdue Boilermakers	Sun Bowl	El Paso	047,812 !47,812	Price, MikeMike Price
9	Rose Bowl	L 20 !L 34–14	000000002003-01-01-0000January 1, 2003	2002	Oklahoma Sooners	Rose Bowl	Pasadena	086,848 !86,848	Price, MikeMike Price
10	Holiday Bowl	W 08 !W 28–20	000000002003-12-30-0000December 30, 2003	2003	Texas Longhorns	Qualcomm Stadium[A 5]	San Diego	061,102 !61,102	Doba, BillBill Doba
11	New Mexico Bowl	L 3 !L 48–45	000000002013-12-21-0000December 21, 2013	2013	Colorado State Rams	University Stadium	Albuquerque	027,104 !27,104	Leach, MikeMike Leach
12	Sun Bowl	W 06 !W 20–14	000000002015-12-26-0000December 26, 2015	2015	Miami Hurricanes	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso	41,180 !41,180	Leach, MikeMike Leach
13	Holiday Bowl		000000002016-12-27-0000December 27, 2016	2016	Minnesota Golden Gophers	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego		Leach, MikeMike Leach

Notes

1. ↑ Statistics correct as of 2015–16 NCAA football bowl games.
2. ↑ Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Washington State win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
3. ↑ Links to the season article for the Washington State team that competed in the bowl for that year.
4. ↑ Links to the season article for the opponent that Washington State competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
5. 1 2 Originally called Jack Murphy Stadium from 1980 to 1997, in 1998 it was renamed Qualcomm Stadium.^[4]

References

General

• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 

Specific