How Many Times Has Wsu Beat Uw in Back to Back Years

By Jason Krump

When Washington and Washington State meet on the Martin Stadium field Saturday night, the two institutions will renew one of the great college football rivalries in the nation. Relive some of the memorable games of the rivalry between the Cougars and Huskies.

The 2012 Apple Cup was played at Martin Stadium, Friday, Nov. 23.

Nov. 1, 1901
Washington Agricultural College 10, Washington 0
Pullman

The second all-time meeting between the Cougars and Huskies proved to be the first with a decisive outcome. The first meeting in 1900 ended in a 5-5 tie. In high wind and rainy conditions, the Cougars left little doubt as to the outcome of this one. WAC scored two touchdowns, one each half (in that time a touchdown was worth five points) en route to a 10-0 shutout over Washington.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer account of the game included the following passage, "The agricultural boys were stronger, faster and displayed superior team work."

Nov. 29, 1917
Washington State 14, Washington 0
Seattle

In the days leading up to the game it was reported that WSC (the school was named Washington State College until 1959) Head Coach William "Lone Star" Dietz wants to win this game as he never wanted to win before.

This from a coach that led WSC to a 14-0 win over Brown in the 1916 Rose Bowl.

WSC were favorites but Washington Coach Claude Hunt said, "We've got a fighting chance. I think the squad has the real spirit to give the visitors all the opposition that they can wish for."

On Thanksgiving Day, it was WSC's defense that crushed Washington's spirit handing the Huskies their first home loss in a decade. The Cougars held the Huskies to no first downs and no passing yards in the game. Meanwhile, the Cougars scored a touchdown in the second and fourth quarters to capture their seventh win of the season against no losses and one tie.

The game proved to be Dietz's last game as head coach of the Cougars. To this day, he remains the only head coach to lead Washington State to a Rose Bowl victory.

Oct. 23, 1926
Washington State 9, Washington 6
Seattle

Ticket prices for the 20th meeting between the two schools were two dollars for a reserved seat, a dollar for an unreserved seat, and 25 cents for those in high school.

The Huskies entered the game with a perfect 5-0 mark while WSC was 2-1. Washington had outscored its five opponents by a 130-9 margin and had not scored fewer than 20 points in any of those games.

Despite Washington's impressive credentials WSC coach Babe Hollingbery, who was in his first year as the head of the Cougars, said a day prior to the game, "We'll trot out everything to win, and we plan to win."

In front of an audience of 25,000, WSC shocked UW 9-6, holding to Huskies to two field goals.

WSC was down 6-2 late in the fourth quarter with the ball on its own 38, but drove down to Washington's 10-yard line when quarterback Herbert "Butch" Meeker faked a handoff to two backs that caused the Husky defense to converge at the middle of the line. Still with the ball, Meeker ran untouched into the end zone to put the Cougars ahead with two minutes left.

Washington responded by driving to the Cougars' 17, but WSC ended any chance of a Husky comeback with an interception.

While the Huskies held the advantage in total yards entering the fourth quarter, WSC outgained Washington 103-57 in the final period.

The Cougars would go on to a 6-1 record, shutting out each of their final three opponents while Washington ended the season with an 8-2 mark.

The six points by Washington turned out to be a season low for the Huskies.

Nov. 15, 1930
Washington State 3, Washington 0
Seattle

Washington State College was rolling in 1930. Cougar Head Coach Babe Hollingbery had led the team to a 7-0 record and on the cusp on the school's second Rose Bowl appearance heading into the Washington game.

"We are in the most ticklish spot of the season this week," Hollingbery said days before the game. "A loss to the Huskies would be a terrific blow, and we know we have to win."

WSC was heavily favored to win; some even made the Cougars a two to three touchdown favorite.

The Cougars did win, but most likely, it wasn't in the manner that the majority of the 42,000 in attendance expected. The game's only score was set up when Washington's Merle Hufford fumbled the opening kickoff and Elmer Schwartz recovered for WSC.

WSC took advantage of the turnover as Lyle Maskell's 41-yard field goal gave the Cougars a 3-0 lead 58 seconds in to the game.

The Cougars made that lead stand the rest of the way, winning their eighth straight game. WSC traveled east to defeat Villanova two weeks later to finish the regular season with a perfect 9-0 mark.

WSC did earn a trip to the Rose Bowl, falling to Alabama 24-0.

1945
October 13 at Seattle
Washington 6, Washington State 0

November 24 at Pullman
Washington State 7 Washington 0

The intrastate rivalry took a hiatus in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II. The series resumed in 1945 as the two teams played two times that season. It is the only season when the two schools played twice.

The first meeting in Seattle was a scoreless tie heading into the late stages of the final quarter. Washington stunned the Cougars with a 42-yard touchdown run by Gordon Hungar in the final two minutes to give the Huskies a 6-0 victory.

Hungar's score capped a day of frustration for the Cougars as the team saw a first quarter 78-yard punt return by freshman Bill Lippincott nullified because of a holding penalty.

Six weeks later, the two team renewed acquaintances in Pullman with the winner claiming sole possession of second place in the Pacific Coast Conference. WSC entered the game with a 5-2-1 record while the Huskies were 6-2.

A steady rain began to fall just prior to kickoff and never relented, turning Roger Field into a muddy playing surface.

As in the first meeting, the two teams' defenses controlled the game as only one touchdown was scored in the contest. This time, however, it would be the Cougars that would find themselves on the winning end of the scoreboard.

The only score was an 11-yard touchdown run by WSC quarterback Jack Perrault in the first minute of the second quarter. The Cougars' touchdown was set up by one of the team's six interceptions against UW. Bob Ross picked off a Johnny Norton pass at the Cougars' 45 and returned it all the way down to Washington's 11-yard line.

Nov. 24, 1951
Washington State 27, Washington 25
Seattle

The motivation for the Cougars entering the 1951 game stemmed from the waning stages of the 1950 game in Spokane.

Cruising to what would eventually be a 52-21 win; Washington quarterback Don Heinrich found himself three completions shy of breaking the all-time national season record for completions.

Trouble was, it was the fourth quarter and the Cougars had possession of the ball. In order to give Heinrich a shot at the record, UW needed to gain possession of the ball; therefore, the Huskies let WSC do something that is normally unheard of in a game, and that is score.

Washington gave WSC a touchdown (a 22-yard touchdown pass from Bob Gambold to Ed Barker, for the record) got the ball back, and Heinrich eventually got his record. To add insult to injury, Washington star running back Hugh McElhenny capped the scoring with an 83-yard touchdown jaunt to complete the blowout.

"A lousy trick," WSC Head Coach Forest Evashevski said.

So much did Washington's gift touchdown resonate with Evashevski that he made this preseason statement:

"I don't care if we lose every other game we play, we WILL beat UW."

In addition, Evashevski posted a sign in the locker room that read:

Remember 1950 - UW 52, WSC 21
They gave us one, we're going to give it back!
If the Cougars would give it back to Washington, they would have to do it in Seattle.

Things did not start out well for WSC as the Cougars fell behind 18-6 at the half. However, the Cougars extracted their revenge by storming back with 21 second half points, including two third quarter touchdowns to capture a 27-25 win.

WSC outgained UW 383 to 276; had 23 first downs to Washington's 10, and ran 89 total plays to Washington's 54.

It was the most points scored by WSC since the series began in 1900.

Nov. 20, 1954
Washington State 26 Washington 7
Pullman

The Cougars followed up a 25-20 win at Washington in 1953 with a 26-7 victory at Rogers Field in 1954.

Up 7-0 at the half, a 19-point third-quarter put the game away for Washington State keyed by three long touchdown drives in the quarter (7 plays, 67 yards; 8 plays 74 yards; 9 plays 48 yards).

To that point, it was the Cougars largest margin of victory in the series and the third win in four years. Additionally, it was the first time the Cougars won back-to-back games against Washington since 1929 and 1930.

The 1954 Game Program

Nov. 23, 1957
Washington State 27, Washington 7
Seattle

The week leading up to the 1957 game, Washington Head Coach Jim Owens made a special emphasis of defending against Washington State's passing attack.

It didn't work.

WSC quarterback Bob Newman completed 14 passes, including eight to Don Ellingsen, for 195 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Cougars to a 27-7 win over UW in Seattle.

The 20-point margin of victory was the largest by a WSC team in the history of the series up to that time.

To sum up the day for Owens and his Husky team, Washington was two and a half minutes late getting on the field to start the third quarter and was penalized 15 yards for delay of game.

Nov. 22, 1958
Washington State 18, Washington 14
Spokane

With a win, Washington State was hopeful of earning a trip to the Rose Bowl. WSC entered the game with a 5-2 conference record, but needed a win and a California loss to Stanford in order to earn its first trip to Pasadena since 1930.

In the days leading up to the game both teams contended with inclement weather to practice in. While Husky Head Coach Jim Owens had his team practice outside, WSC Head Coach Jim Sutherland moved the Cougars into the Fieldhouse for their practices.

The weather did not improve the day before the game. Conditions were so poor that both teams passed over scheduled workouts Friday.

In muddy conditions, the Cougars bolted out to a 12-0 first quarter lead, but UW, despite losing four fumbles in the first half, rallied to take a 14-12 advantage at the half. In the first half, UW outgained WSC 188 to 80 in total yardage.

With a possible trip to the Rose Bowl hanging in the balance, WSC opened the second half with a sterling 22-play 79-yard drive capped by a seven-yard touchdown pass from David Wilson to Donald Ellersick to go up 18-14. During the epic drive, WSC converted two fourth downs to keep it alive.

Despite the win, WSC's Rose Bowl dreams were dashed as California squeaked by Stanford 16-15.

The series between Washington and Washington State became known as The Apple Cup beginning in 1962.

1967 Apple Cup
Nov. 18
Washington State 9, Washington 7
Seattle

On the surface, the 1967 Apple Cup looked to have all the makings of a Husky win. The Cougars entered the game with a 1-8 record and had lost to the Huskies eight consecutive times in the series.

However, despite their record, the Cougars had nearly defeated Oregon and beat Idaho 52-14 in their last two games. In addition, the Huskies were 5-4 and had lost their last two games, including a 48-0 blowout at the hands of UCLA two weeks earlier.

The game was to be televised live, which also was a bad omen for Washington as the Huskies had lost four consecutive games in which they appeared on live television.

The Cougars were down 7-3 at the half but rallied to take the lead in the third quarter. A 10-yard touchdown pass from Mike Cadigan to Larry Thatcher capped an 11-play, 77-yard drive.

The issue was in doubt until Washington kicker Don Martin, who kicked four field goals in the Huskies 19-7 win in the 1966 Apple Cup, missed a 31-yard field goal with 30 seconds remaining that would have given UW the win.

"Easiest one I had all year," Martin said of the kick.

"I don't believe it," WSU co-captain Dick Baird said. "We only won two games this year, and this has to be the greatest."

1968 Apple Cup
Nov. 23
Washington State 24, Washington 0
Seattle

Not since 1958 had Washington had a losing season. That streak was in jeopardy of ending in 1968 as the Huskies entered the Apple Cup with a 3-4-2 mark.

The streak would end as the Cougars, who were 2-6-1 entering the game, pitched their only shutout in the history of the series.

Senior Hank Grenda was the surprise starter at quarterback for the Cougars. Grenda, who started only his second game since early last year, proceeded to score one rushing touchdown, passed for two others, kick three PATs, a field goal, and also did all of the punting.

WSU Head Coach Jim Sweeney had not decided until the morning of game day to start Grenda. Sweeney did not tell Grenda that he was starting until just before leaving the locker room.

"We had been using him a lot in practice," Sweeney said. "He looked good all week."

WSU enjoyed a 10-0 halftime lead, and Washington amassed only four first downs and 71 total yards in the first half. Things did not get much better for the Huskies as they had a touchdown called back due to a penalty at the beginning of the second half.

Sweeney became the first WSU coach to win in his first season against the Huskies since Babe Hollingbery in 1926.

As for the Huskies, their troubles may have been best summed up by Seattle P-I writer Phil Taylor as he called the loss, "one of the darkest days in the history of Washington football."

1972 Apple Cup
Nov. 18
Washington State 27, Washington 10
Spokane

The 1972 edition of the Apple Cup featured numerous storylines. The game at Joe Albi Stadium would feature a pair of ranked teams. Washington entered the game with an 8-2 mark and ranked 17th in the nation. Washington State was 6-4 and coming off a 27-13 win over then 20th ranked and two-time Rose Bowl champion Stanford, which propelled the Cougars into the national rankings at No. 20.

The headline from the Seattle Times sums up what the Cougar defense did to Sonny Sixkiller and the Washington offense in the 1972 Apple Cup.

Another major storyline was the game would feature two quarterbacks with over 5,000 career passing yards: Ty Paine of Washington State and Washington's Sonny Sixkiller.

Paine was nursing an ankle injury throughout the week, and it was questionable whether he would play at all, made all the more noteworthy due to the fact that Paine had never missed a down because of injury in his career.

The storyline concerning Sixkiller, who would play his final game in his legendary career, was how he would matchup with the Cougar defense, which had been making life miserable for opposing quarterbacks throughout the season. In the win over Stanford, the defense sacked Stanford quarterback Mike Boryla 10 times. Earlier in the season, the defense sacked Oregon quarterback Dan Fouts eight times in a 31-14 win over the Ducks.

Paine did play while Sixkiller struggled with WSU's defense all day. The Cougars sacked Sixkiller six times, forced him into three fumbles, while Eric Johnson intercepted Sixkiller three times. The Huskies also lost five of six fumbles, had a punt blocked and finished with minus 11 yards rushing.

The Cougars trailed 10-3 at the half, but Paine's 7-yard touchdown run tied the game at 10 heading into the final quarter.

WSU dominated the fourth quarter outscoring Washington 17-0 to record its first Apple Cup win since 1968.

1973 Apple Cup
Nov. 24
Washington State 52, Washington 26
Seattle

There were several signs posted in the Washington locker room during Apple Cup week that read: "Washington has never gone through a season without winning at least one conference game."

With the departure of renowned quarterback Sonny Sixkiller, Washington had struggled in 1973. The Huskies entered the Apple Cup game with a 2-8 overall mark and a 0-6 record in Pacific-8 Conference play. WSU, on the other hand, was 4-6, but had won its last three games.

The Cougars left little doubt as to the outcome of this one, bolting out to a 28-0 lead en route to a halftime advantage of 42-6.

The Huskies rallied to cut their deficit to 42-26 in the third quarter but the Cougars scored the final 10 points to post the most points ever scored by the team against Washington.

Andrew Jones rushed for 139 yards leading a Cougar rushing attack that ran up 284 yards while UW totaled minus 14 yards rushing. In all, WSU tallied 541 yards in total offense.

1981 Apple Cup
Nov. 21
Washington 23, Washington State 10
Seattle

Like 1972, the 1981 Apple Cup featured two ranked teams: No. 14 Washington State and No. 17 Washington.

But this game featured something much more significant and unique to any game in the series up to this point -- a Rose Bowl berth was at stake.

A WSU win would guarantee the Cougars their first trip to Pasadena since the 1931 Rose Bowl. A Washington win, along with a little help from USC, would earn UW the right to go to the Rose Bowl.

Done in by six turnovers (three fumbles, three interceptions) the Cougars saw their Rose Bowl dreams denied while Washington punched its ticket to Pasadena.

In addition to the turnovers, the Cougars lost a main cog in their offense when quarterback Clete Casper went out in the second quarter with an injured hamstring and did not return.

WSU was up 7-3 but a diving touchdown catch by Paul Skansi with eight seconds left in the first half propelled Washington to a 10-7 halftime advantage.

WSU tied the game at 10 on its first second half possession, but Washington responded by scoring 10 quick points with an 80-yard touchdown drive and a field goal set up by a WSU fumble deep in its own territory. It proved to be a deficit WSU was unable to overcome.

Despite the disappointment of seeing their Rose Bowl dreams dashed, the Cougars did accept a bid to play in the Holiday Bowl. It would be the Cougars first bowl game since the '31 Rose Bowl.

As WSU Head Coach Jim Walden said, "If I said before the season that we were going to a bowl this year, everyone would have laughed and written stories saying I was wacko."

Besides, WSU would have its revenge over the next two years.

1982 Apple Cup
Nov. 20
Washington State 24, Washington 20
Pullman

Mark Pleis' interception with 56 seconds left clinched the Cougars' shocking upset over fifth-ranked Washington; thereby setting off a memorable celebration culminating with the goalposts taken down and carried out of Martin Stadium.

In the first Apple Cup to be played at Pullman in 28 years, the Cougars were 2-7-1 entering the game while Washington came into Martin Stadium ranked fifth in the nation and playing for a berth to the Rose Bowl.

Exacting revenge for the loss that prevented the Cougars a Rose Bowl trip a year earlier, WSU earned their first win over UW in nine years. In addition, it was the highest ranked team WSU had ever beaten up to that point.

1983 Apple Cup
Nov. 19
Washington State 17, Washington 6
Seattle

It had been a frustrating start to the 1983 season for WSU Head Coach Jim Walden.

After a 27-7 win over Montana State, the Cougars gave No. 6 Michigan all it could handle at Ann Arbor before falling 20-17.

But after taking Michigan to the brink, the Cougars fell off a cliff themselves, following up the Michigan game with a 45-6 blowout loss to No. 7 Arizona.

Through six games, the Cougars were 2-4, with their fourth defeat coming at the hands of UCLA, 24-14, at Pullman.

Prior to the UCLA game, Walden said, "We haven't played but one good half in the last three weeks, and that's what is driving me crazy. There is no pattern to it. We can't put one full football game together."

And after UCLA, Walden stated, "This could go down as one of the most talented, bad football teams in Washington State history."

Perhaps taking motivation from their coach, the Cougars rallied to win four straight games heading into the Apple Cup.

Washington, meanwhile, was in what seemed to become its customary position of playing for a berth to the Rose Bowl with a win over WSU. The Huskies brought an 8-2 record into the Apple Cup game and only needed a win over the Cougars to go to Pasadena, a trip that was denied the team the year previous by WSU's monumental 24-20 upset in Pullman.

Not surprisingly, the 15th-ranked Huskies were heavily favored in the game. The Husky offense was averaging 413.7 yards per game, 14th best in the nation. Washington needed just 70 yards to break the school offensive mark set in 1980.

A dominating performance took place on that soggy day at UW Stadium, just not from the team that most people expected.

For the second straight year, WSU denied Washington a trip to the Rose Bowl by holding the vaunted Husky offense to only two field goals in its 17-6 win.

Kerry Porter rushed for 169 yards, ending the season with exactly 1,000 yards and Richard Calvin scored on two short touchdown runs to propel the Cougars to their second straight victory in the series.

In handing Washington its first home loss in 17 games, the Cougars rushed for 224 yards and held the Huskies to 67 yards on the ground.

"It makes it even better that we did it here this year," Porter said. "Whether we go to a bowl game or not, beating the Dogs makes this season worthwhile."

Despite their 7-4 record, the Cougars were denied a bowl bid while Washington settled for a trip to the Aloha Bowl.

In spite of not being able to go to a bowl game, there seemed to be little doubt to the Cougars as to who was the best team in the Pac-10.

"I have been here four years and my dream has been to play on the best team in the Pac-10," Dan Lynch said. "I feel like I have done that."

1985 Apple Cup
Nov. 23
Washington State 21, Washington 20
Seattle

How cold was it during Apple Cup Week 1985?

It was so cold that the Washington maintenance crew spent the entire Wednesday night into Thursday morning at Husky Stadium flushing each toilet every 15 minutes to prevent the pipes from freezing.

It was so cold that the temperature dipped to a record low of 19 degrees at Sea-Tac Airport, Friday. In addition, seven and a half inches of snow had fallen at the airport.

Playing in his last game as a Cougar, Mark Rypien led WSU to a 21-20 win over Washington in the 1985 Apple Cup at frigid Husky Stadium.

Efforts to keep the Husky Stadium surface playable included two Zamboni machines and over 6,000 pounds of fertilizer.

Skies were clear with temperature in the 20s the day of Apple Cup. A crowd of 49,302 (there were 10,895 no shows) witnessed the Cougars take their third Apple Cup in four years.

Tied at 14 at the end of three quarters, Rypien capped a 9-play, 84-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Kitrick Taylor that gave WSU a 21-14 lead.

With 2:25 left to play and facing a fourth down, Washington quarterback Chris Chandler connected with Lonzell Hill for a 50-yard touchdown pass to pull the Huskies to within one at 21-20. The two-point try failed, however, and the Cougars escaped Seattle with the win.

Mark Rypien threw three touchdown passes and Rueben Mayes rushed for 167 yards for WSU, who finished the season with a 4-7 record.

1988 Apple Cup
Nov. 19
Washington State 32, Washington 31
Pullman

Down by 12 at the half, Washington State mounted a stirring second-half comeback, highlighted by a fourth quarter blocked punt by Shawn Landrum, to defeat Washington and propel the Cougars to an Aloha Bowl berth, the program's first bowl game since the 1981 Holiday Bowl.

With the Huskies facing a fourth and five at their own 32, Landrum made the play of the game by blocking a Husky punt; the Cougars' Jay Languein recovered the ball at the Washington 13-yard line with 10:42 remaining. The WSU offense moved the ball to the five-yard line and with 9:06 left in the game, quarterback Timm Rosenbach ran the remaining yards into the endzone to put the Cougars up for good.

"Jay Languein told coach Dave Arnold he felt if he stepped outside, the corner (Shawn Landrum) could go inside and have a chance to block it on the return," WSU Head Coach Dennis Erickson said. "He (Landrum) just came through free and made a great play to block it."

1992 Apple Cup
Nov. 21
Washington State 32, Washington 31
Pullman

One of the most remembered plays of not only Apple Cup history, but in WSU Athletics history, occurred when Drew Bledsoe hit Phillip Bobo with a 44-yard touchdown pass that concluded with Bobo sliding in to a snow bank at the end of the endzone.

The play began a 29-point scoring onslaught by the Cougars in the third quarter as WSU bolted to a 35-7 lead en route to a 42-23 win.

"It still is and always will be my favorite memory in my whole career," said Bledsoe. "Playing in that game with the snow flying, against the Huskies, and then beating the Huskies, was just awesome."

1994 Apple Cup
Nov. 19
Washington State 23, Washington 6
Pullman

The 6-4 Cougars entered the '94 Apple Cup on a two-game losing skid while Washington was 7-3 and ranked 18th in the nation.

The '94 Cougar team was one of extremes. The offense had averaged only 15.9 points and 275 yards a game. On the other hand, the defense, which had garnered the name "The Palouse Posse," was stout, holding opponents to an average of 12.7 points a game.

Two years after the famed "Snow Bowl," it looked to be a repeat setting for the '94 edition, as snow began to fall at Martin Stadium two and a half hours before kickoff. Plows were able to remove the snow from the field prior to the game, and while snow fell intermittingly during the game, it proved to be nothing of a repeat of 1992.

What was a repeat of 1992 was the Cougars' domination over their in-state rivals. WSU scored three first half touchdowns to cruise to the win. The maligned offense produced 327 total yards. Quarterback Chad Davis threw for 193 yards. Kevin Hicks rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown while Derek Sparks ran for 62 yards and two touchdowns.

The "Palouse Posse" kept up their dominance, holding Washington to 197 total yards and one touchdown that was scored on Washington's first possession of the game.

The win gave the Cougars a 7-4 mark and a berth into the Alamo Bowl, where they defeated Baylor 10-3.

Cougars celebrate inside Husky Stadium following the 1997 Apple Cup victory.

1997 Apple Cup
Nov. 22
Washington State 41 Washington 35
Seattle

Read about the 1997 Apple Cup with Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 of the Relive The Roses series.

The Cougars' quest for an Apple Cup win, a Pac-10 Championship and Rose Bowl berth, and to make history, would take place on an overcast, wet afternoon, before a crowd of 74,268, the largest ever to attend an Apple Cup game.

The Cougars 41-35 win against Washington provided a storybook ending to the regular season and the program's first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1931.

2004 Apple Cup
Nov. 20
Washington State 28 Washington 25
Pullman

Sophomore wide receiver Jason Hill broke the Washington State record for touchdown receptions in a season by hauling in his 12th in the third quarter.

With WSU up 21-10, quarterback Alex Brink connected with Hill from 22 yards out to extend the Cougars' lead to 28-10. WSU held on to win 28-25, ending a seven-year drought in the Apple Cup.

2005 Apple Cup
Nov. 19
Washington State 26 Washington 22
Seattle

Trandon Harvey caught a short pass from Alex Brink and ran 39 yards for the winning score with 1:20 remaining to give Washington State a 26-22 win.

Harvey's score capped a back-and forth game that featured four lead changes during the final 31 minutes.

Jerome Harrison ran for 207 yards on 36 carries, including 192 yards over the final three quarters.

The Cougars won the Apple Cup in Seattle for the first time since 1997.

2007 Apple Cup
Nov. 24
Washington State 42 Washington 35
Seattle

Washington State came from behind to win the 100th Apple Cup 42-35 against Washington at Husky Stadium.

The Cougars once again defeated Washington in Seattle behind Alex Brink's 399 passing yards and five touchdowns, the last a 35-yarder to Brandon Gibson with 31 seconds left.

Brink completed 27 of 40 throws in his 40th and final start as a Cougar. He became the first Cougar quarterback to beat the Huskies three times while setting a record for passing yards in an Apple Cup game.

Alex Brink celebrates with the Apple Cup trophy after the 2007 win.

2008 Apple Cup
Nov. 22
Washington State 13 Washington 10 (2 OT)
Pullman

Washington State forced overtime with Nico Grasu's 28-yard field goal on the final play of regulation, then Grasu hit from 37 yards in the second overtime to stun rival Washington 16-13 in double overtime to win its fourth Apple Cup in five years.

Down 10-0 in the fourth quarter, 10-0 lead WSU got on the scoreboard late in the third quarter when Logwone Mitz sprinted 57 yards for a touchdown.

The Cougars took possession at their own 20 with 56 seconds left down 10-7. Quarterback Kevin Lopina was 4-for-6 on the final drive, including a 48-yard completion to freshman Jared Karstetter to the Washington 18 with 24 seconds left. Karstetter then caught a 7-yard pass but didn't get out of bounds, forcing Lopina to rush to the line and spike the ball with 2 seconds left. Grasu then kicked a 28-yard field goal on the final play of regulation to send the game to overtime tied at 10.

2012 Apple Cup
Nov. 23
Washington State 31 Washington 28
Pullman

History was made when Andrew Furney kicked a 27-yard field goal on Washington State's first possession of overtime to cap the largest comeback in Apple Cup history.

The Cougars overcame an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat Washington 31-28.

Washington led 28-10 after Bishop Sankey's second touchdown run late in the third quarter.

Carl Winston ran for three touchdowns for the Cougars and his third TD with 7:26 left, combined with Jeff Tuel's 2-point conversion pass pulled the Cougars within 28-25. Furney connected on a 45-yard field goal to pull the Cougars even at 28-28 with 1:59 left.

On the first play of overtime, Toni Pole's interception is surely be what people remember about the game.

"I was on autopilot," Pole said. "My body just took over. I just started running."

Pole ran. and ran. and ran, until he was caught and tackled by Washington receiver Cody Bruns at the five-yard line.

Top: Toni Pole's interception on the first play of overtime. Bottom: Andrew Furney game-winning kick.

"Maybe I shouldn't have ate so much for Thanksgiving dinner," Pole joked.

On the WSU sidelines, Furney couldn't resist and watch.

"I peeked over and said 'I got to see this first down,'" he recalled. "I saw the ball go up in the air. I didn't see Toni (Pole) catch it but I heard the cheers."

Watching his teammate run, Furney began to run with him.

"I was high stepping down the sideline," he said. "I almost started crying. My initial reaction was this is the game right here."

But when Pole was tackled, Furney's emotions changed from elation to seriousness in the blink of an eye.

"It went from yelling, screaming, almost crying, to the second I saw him get tackled I honestly said, `I actually might have to win this game right now.' I walked straight to the cage and got some kicks in."

The Cougars drove to the nine-yard line when Furney's right foot was called on to win the Apple Cup.

Furney knew it was good the second he made contact.

"It's really indescribable," he said. "There was an instant grin. It was a great feeling just knowing you can put it through the uprights for the guys on the team."

Go Cougs!

How Many Times Has Wsu Beat Uw in Back to Back Years

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