#9 Eastern Washington
at Washington State
Saturday, Sept. 8, at 12:05 p.m.
Pullman, Wash.
Martin Stadium
(32,248, FieldTurf)
TV: Pac-12 Network
Series History: Washington State leads 2-0.
Last Meeting: Washington State beat Eastern Washington 73-0 in 1908.
The Coaches: Washington State’s head coach Mike Leach is 0-1 in his first season with the Cougars. He has 10 years of head coaching experience all at Texas Tech (2000-09) where he was 84-43….Eastern Washington’s Beau Baldwin is 34-16 entering in his fifth season with the Eagles. He is 44-19 in his sixth season at a head coach.
Notes: When Eastern Washington and Washington State signed the contact to play each other, WSU’s head coach was Paul Wulff, who was head coach at EWU from 2000-07 before leaving for the Cougars. Currently, Wulff is an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers…Wazzu opened with a 30-6 loss at BYU. EWU opened with a 20-3 win over Idaho...EWU WR Brandon Kaufman recorded his ninth career 100-yard receiving game last week...EWU QB Kyle Padron completed 13-of-33 passes for 260 yards in his first start...WSU had -5 rushing yards against BYU...EWU had 152 rushing yards vs. Idaho...EWU has won seven of eight dating back to last season.