PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State posted a 34-31 win over Stanford at Gesa Field Saturday afternoon. Check out the postgame notes and top social media posts from the win.
TEAM NOTES
• WSU recorded its 1st three-game winning streak since the start of the 2019 season
• WSU recorded its 1st three-game conference winning streak since winning 7 straight in 2018
• WSU beat Stanford for the 5th straight meeting for the 1st time since winning 8 straight (1957-64)
• WSU recorded 2 more takeaways (2 fumbles) to push season total to 15
• WSU overcame its 1st double-digit 1st quarter deficit since trailing 14-0 in at Oregon State in 2016 win
PLAYER NOTES
• Travion Brown, Justus Rogers and Francisco Mauigoa each started, 1st career start for Mauigoa, 6th career start for Brown
• Notable consecutive start streaks: LT Liam Ryan (37), RT Abraham Lucas (37), MIKE Justus Rogers (24)
• Jayden de Laura threw 3 TD passes, his 4th game this season with 3+ passing TD
• Max Borghi scored his 24th and 25th career rushing TDs, passing Rueben Mayes and tying Jerome Harrison for 2nd-most in WSU history
• Borghi scored his 33rd and 34th career total TD, passing Jason Hill for 3rd-most in WSU history
• Travell Harris caught his 5th TD of the season, 13th of his career
• Harris tallied 107 all-purpose yards, pushing career all-purpose yards to 3,662, 5th-most in WSU history
• Calvin Jackson Jr. caught his 4th TD pass of the season, 7th of his career
• De'Zhaun Stribling caught his 3rd TD pass of the season
• Jahad Woods did not start (WSU started in a dime package), snapping his 46-game starting streak
• Justus Rogers matched a season-high with 8 tackles, set a season-high with 3 tackles-for-loss
• Kyle Thornton made a career-high 6 tackles
• Ron Stone Jr. recorded a pair of tackles-for-loss including a sack, leads team with 8.5 tackles-for-loss and 4 sacks
• Brennan Jackson made a season-high 6 tackles including a sack and a fumble recovery
• Ahmir Crowder forced his 2nd career fumble
• Antonio Pule recorded his 1st career sack
• Quinn Roff recorded his 1st sack of the season and 2nd of his career
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
THE PALOUSE IS WILD TONIGHT
3⃣ game winning streak
5⃣ wins straight against Stanford#GoCougs | #BackHome pic.twitter.com/Ku87WCdIcy— Washington State Football (@WSUCougarFB) October 17, 2021
SACKED and a TAKEAWAY!
Coug D strikes again!#GoCougs | @quinn_roff | @BrennanJ88 pic.twitter.com/H8QeITAVrr
— Washington State Football (@WSUCougarFB) October 17, 2021
.@max_borghi gives the Cougs the lead!#GoCougs https://t.co/ltpvYFLKMN pic.twitter.com/sNHCOqq8aq
— Washington State Football (@WSUCougarFB) October 17, 2021
GREAT TEAM WIN. LOVE THIS TEAM. Oh… & never lost to a Cardinal 😏
— BIG 13 (@JW13__) October 17, 2021