PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State improved to 3-0 for the second straight season after a 64-21 win over Northern Colorado at Gesa Field Saturday afternoon. Check out the postgame notes from the win.

TEAM NOTES
WSU has started 3-0 in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2018-19
Jake Dickert is just the third Cougar head coach to start 3-0 in each of his first two seasons
(John R. Bender 1906-08), Gus Welch 1919-20)
WSU's 43 points in the first half were the most since scoring 55 points in the first half against Arizona (2018)
WSU recorded 50+ points in two of the first three games for the first time since 2019
(58 - New Mexico State; 59 - Northern Colorado)
WSU's 64 points are the most since scoring 69 against Arizona in 2018)
WSU's 718 yards of total offense are the third-most in WSU single-game history (812 California, 2014); 720 UCLA, 2019)
WSU's 229 rushing yards are the most since rushing for 306 in the win at Stanford last season
WSU's 34 first downs are tied for the eighth-most in WSU single-game history, the most since 2019 (35, Oregon State)

PLAYER NOTES
20 made their collegiate debuts: Khalil Laufau (DT), Isaac Terrell (Edge), Rashad McKenzie (DT), Warren Smith Jr. (CB), Adrian Wilson (S), Peter Eyabi (Edge), Landon Roaten (OL), Bryson Lamb (DT), Emmett Brown (QB), Ashton Tripp (OL), Leon Neal Jr. (WR), Cole Pruett (WR), Leo Pulalasi (RB), Cole Norah (S), Jack Procter (Edge), Luke Roaten (OL), David Johnson (WR), Kasen Kinchen (CB), Joseph Roback (LB), Ethan O'Connor (CB)
Davon Hicks (LB) made his WSU debut
Dylan Paine set career-highs with seven carries for 71 yards with a long of 52 and his first career touchdown (1 yard)
Cameron Ward threw for 327 yards and four touchdowns, his 23rd career 300-yard game and sixth at WSU
Ward also rushed for a touchdown, his 10th career rushing touchdown, 7th career game with 1 rush TD and 1 pass TD
Lincoln Victor caught six passes for 119 yard and two touchdowns (28, 31), his 2nd career 100-yard game and his first career two-touchdown game
Kyle Williams has caught a touchdown in three straight games, had two catches for 49 yards with a 37-yard TD catch
Cameron Johnson recorded his first career catch (15-yard catch in 1st quarter), finished with two catches for 27 yards
Josh Meredith and Tsion Nunnally each caught their first career touchdown passes
Buddah Al-Uqdah recorded a career-high four tackles
Reece Sylvester made a career-high six tackles
Ron Stone Jr. recorded his third sack of the season, finished with four tackles including two for loss
Brennan Jackson recorded his first sack of the season, finished two stops and one quarterback hurry
Dean Janikowski made all eight of his PAT, pushing his career point total to 180, eighth-most points by a kicker in WSU history