PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State dropped it's regular season finale to Wyoming 15-14 at Gesa Field Saturday evening.
TEAM NOTES
• WSU finished the regular season with an 8-4 record, the most wins since 2018 (11-2)
• WSU is headed to its eighth bowl in the last nine full seasons
• WSU finished the regular season with a 5-1 record at Gesa Field
• WSU recorded three takeaways (INT, 2 FUM) to push season total to 22, the most since 2021 (29)
• WSU set season highs in sacks (6) and tackles-for-loss (11), the most in both categories since 2022 (Colorado State - 7, 12)
PLAYER NOTES
• John Mateer completed 16-of-22 passes for 182 yards and one touchdown, his 10th game with 1 pass TD and 1 rush TD
• Mateer rushed for 56 yards and one touchdown, pushing his single-season record for rushing TD by a quarterback to 15, the second-most rushing touchdowns by any player (16, Jerome Harrison, 2005)
• Mateer's 29 passing touchdowns are ninth-most in WSU single-season history
• Mateer is now responsible for 44 touchdowns this season, passing Gardner Minshew II (2018) for second-most in WSU single-season history (48, Anthony Gordon, 2019)
• Mateer rushed for one touchdown, pushing his career rushing TD total to 18, breaking Ty Paine's WSU record for career rushing TD by a QB, one away from breaking into the WSU all-time Top-10 for rushing TD
• Kyle Williams caught four passes, his 49th consecutive game with a catch, owns a catch in all 49 career games played (1st 25 at UNLV (2020-22)
• Williams caught his 13th TD pass of the season, tied for second-most in WSU single-season history
• Williams has caught 19 career TD passes at WSU, tied for seventh-most in WSU history
• Williams pushed his season receiving yards to 1,026, his 1st career 1,000-yard season and 1st by a Coug since 2019 (Brandon Arconado)
• Kris Hutson caught five passes to push his season catch total to a career high 54 (44, at Oregon, 2022)
• Trey Leckner started at tight end, his first career start
• Buddah Al-Uqdah made a team-high eight tackles, 1.