PULLMAN -- The Washington State Cougar football team will play a 12-game schedule in 2010, including nine games against teams that played in bowl games this season.
WSU opens its slate at Oklahoma State (September 4th), followed by a home game against Montana State (September 11th). The Cougars close out the nonconference portion of their 2010 schedule on September 18th at Southern Methodist University.
The 2010 schedule also features five home conference games, the first being September 25th when USC comes to Pullman. Back-to-back games against defending Pacific-10 Conference champion Oregon (October 9th) and Arizona (October 16th) gives WSU three of its first four Pac-10 games at home.
The Cougars do not play another home game until November 20th when they host California. Following a bye week, WSU closes out its regular season December 4th against Washington in the Apple Cup.
WSU’s first conference road game is at UCLA (October 2nd), and then two weeks later the Cougars begin a stretch of three-consecutive conference road games. WSU will be at Stanford (October 23rd) and at Arizona State (October 30th) in back-to-back weeks, and following the first of two bye weeks, WSU will play its final road game at Oregon State (November 13th).
Sterk also noted that discussions are ongoing regarding a possible game in Seattle for 2010. WSU has played a home game at Qwest Field each of the past eight seasons.
The complete 2010 football schedule for Washington State follows:
Sept. 4 – at Oklahoma State
Sept. 11 – Montana State
Sept. 18 – at SMU
Sept. 25 - USC
Oct. 2 – at UCLA
Oct. 9 – Oregon
Oct. 16 – Arizona
Oct. 23 – at Stanford
Oct. 30 – at Arizona State
Nov. 6 – Bye
Nov. 13 – at Oregon State
Nov. 20 – California
Nov. 27 – Bye
Dec. 4 – Washington
