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1996 Final Season Statistics
OVERALL:            5-6-0
PACIFIC-10 RECORD:  3-5-0
HOME:               3-2-0
AWAY:               2-4-0
A. 31     19-37   Colorado at Boulder            51,481
S.  7     38-34   Temple at Philadelphia         10,169
S. 21     55-44   Oregon at Pullman              30,124
S. 28     52-16   San Jose State at Pullman      24,195
O.  5     26-34   Arizona at Tucson              47,405
O. 12      24-3   Oregon State at Corvallis      26,722
O. 19     21-18   California at Pullman          27,182
O. 26     24-29   USC at Pullman                 33,111
N.  9     14-38   UCLA at Los Angeles            40,421
N. 16     17-33   Stanford at Palo Alto          30,280
N. 23  ot 24-31   Washington at Pullman          37,600
TOTAL OFFENSE       PLAYS  NET  YDS YDS/PLAY YDS/GAME TDR
Ryan Leaf, qb        442     2811     6.05    243.18   27
Michael Black, rb    182      948     5.21     94.80    8
WSU:                 736     4086     5.55    371.45   36
OPPONENTS:           855     4004     4.68    364.00   36
PASSING           G/GS  PA  PC PI  YDS   PCT TD LG
Ryan Leaf        11/11 373 194 12 2811  .520 21 68
Steve Birnbaum     0/4  20   7  1   93  .350  0 19
S. McWashington   11/-   2   1  0   15  .500  1 15
Jeff Banks        11/-   1   1  0   12 1.000  0 12
WSU:                11 396 203 13 2931  .513 22 68
OPPONENT:           11 386 207 11 2512  .536 18 72
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS  TT  PT  AT
James Darling, lb    136  96  40
Brandon Moore, lb     86  54  32
Duane Stewart, db     71  41  30
Shad Hinchen, db      54  43  11
Leon Bender, dt       50  35  15
Derek Henderson, db   46  35  11
Shane Doyle, de       42  29  13
Gary Holmes, dt       42  30  12
Johnny Nansen, lb     39  31   8
Dorian Boose, de      36  32   4
Dee Moronkola, db     34  29   5
Todd Nelson, lb       28  18  10
Terrell Henderson, db 25  17   8
Kenny Moore, lb       23  15   8
Steve Gleason, lb     14  12   2
Jonathan Nance, de    11   8   3
Ray Jackson, db       11   6   5
Delmar Morais, dt      9   6   3
Torry Hollimon, db     4   2   2
LeJuan Gibbons, db     3   3   0
Takari Blash, dt       3   3   0
Rob Meier, de          2   2   0
Brad Lawson, dt        2   2   0
Grady Emmerson, lb     1   1   0
Da'vid Evans, dt       1   1   0
Chris Dixon, lb        1   1   0
Jamel Payton, db       1   1   0
Unknown                1   1   0
Offensive Players     33  32   1
WSU:                 809 586 223
OPPONENTS:           627 462 162
INTERCEPTIONS          G NO YDS  AVG TD LG
Duane Stewart, db     11  3   8  2.7  0  8
Shad Hinchen, cb      11  2  68 34.0  1 34
Dee Moronkola, cb     11  2  42 21.5  0 38
Brandon Moore, lb     11  2  26 13.0  0 26
Gary Holmes, dt       11  1  55 55.0  0 55
Terrell Henderson, db 11  1   5  5.0  0  5
WSU:                  11 11 205 18.6  1 55
OPPONENTS:            11 13 184 14.2  1 37
PUNTS BLOCKED:  Jackson 1.  [WSU 1, Opponents 3]
KICKS BLOCKED:  Bender  1.  [WSU 1, Opponents 1]
TACKLES-FOR-LOSSES   NO  YDS
Leon Bender, dt    13.5  -81
Dorian Boose, dt   11.5  -87
James Darling, lb   9.0  -18
Brandon Moore, lb   7.5  -10
Jonathan Nance, de  7.0  -57
Shane Doyle, de     7.0  -32
Gary Holmes, dt     6.0  -21
Johnny Nansen, lb   6.0   -8
Todd Nelson, lb     2.0   -4
Kenny Moore, lb     1.0   -6
Takari Blash, dt    1.0   -6
Steve Gleason, lb   1.0   -6
Duane Stewart, ss   1.0   -6
Shad Hinchen, cb    1.0   -5
Brad Lawson, dt     1.0   -4
Delmar Morais, dt   1.0   -3
Ray Jackson, db     1.0   -2
D. Henderson, db    0.5   -1
Unknown             1.0   -1
WSU:               79.0 -358
OPPONENTS:         76.0 -397
QUARTERBACK SACKS    NO  YDS
Jonathan Nance, de  7.0  -57
Dorian Boose, dt    6.5  -75
Leon Bender, dt     6.5  -59
Shane Doyle, de     5.0  -20
Gary Holmes, dt     4.0  -19
Takari Blash, dt    1.0   -6
Delmar Morais, dt   1.0   -3
James Darling, lb   1.0   -3
WSU:               32.0 -242
OPPONENTS:         31.0 -259
PASS DEFLECTIONS: Shad Hinchen 8, Derek Henderson 6, Terrell 
Henderson 6, Duane Stewart 6, Dee Moronkola 5, James Darling 3, 
Torry Hollimon 2, LeJuan Gibbons 2, Gary Holmes 2, Shane Doyle 2, 
Steve Gleason 1, Takari Blash 1, Ray Jackson 1, Leon Bender 1, 
Brandon Moore 1, Dorian Boose 1. [WSU 47, Opponents 49]
FUMBLES CAUSED:  James Darling 3, Dorian Boose 2, Brandon Moore 1, 
Johnny Nansen 1, Duane Stewart 1, Shane Doyle 1, Holmes 1.  [WSU 
10, Opponents 17]
FUMBLES RECOVERED: Dorian Boose 3, Johnny Nansen 2, Duane Stewart 
2, Gary Holmes 2, Shane Doyle 1. [WSU 10, Opponents 16]
LEGEND: TT = Total Tackles; PT = Primary Tackler; AT = Assisted 
Tackles; Tackles-for-Losses include Sacks.
RUSHING           G TCB   YG  YL  NYG  AVG TD LG
Michael Black    10 182 1004  56  948  5.2  8 58
M. Meriwether     5  41  203  26  177  4.3  0 24
DeJuan Gilmore    6  25   87  20   67  2.7  0 13
R.Montgomery      9   9   40   4   36  4.0  0  6
Nian Taylor      11   2   36   5   31 15.5  0 36
Kevin Dickhaut    3   4   29   1   28  7.0  0 12
Chris Jackson    11   1    8   0    8  8.0  0  8
Joe Gecas         1   2    6   0    6  3.0  0  6
Kevin McKenzie   11   1    5   0    5  5.0  0  5
Vince DeMakas     1   1    3   0    3  3.0  0  3
Josh Lucca        1   1    0   0    0  0.0  0  0
Steve Birnbaum    4   2    0  18  -18 -9.0  0 -8
Ryan Leaf        11  69  154 290 -136 -2.0  6 42
WSU:             11 340 1575 420 1155  3.4 14 58
OPPONENTS:       11 469 1885 393 1492  3.2 18 50
RECEIVING         G  NO  YDS  AVG TD LG
Chad Carpenter   11  47  623 13.3  8 41
Kevin McKenzie   11  31  626 20.2  2 68
Nian Taylor      11  22  398 18.1  1 57
Shawn Tims       11  21  258 17.0  3 47
David Knuff      11  20  238 11.9  3 26
S. McWashington  11  18  235 13.1  0 35
Michael Black    10  18  169  9.4  1 27
Chris Jackson    11  10  140 14.0  2 37
Bryant Thomas    11   7  112 16.0  2 30
M. Meriwether     6   5   29  5.8  0 15
DeJuan Gilmore    6   2    2  1.0  0 -6
L. Jefferson     11   1    1  1.0  0  1
WSU:             11 203 2931 14.4 22 68
OPPONENTS:       11 207 2512 12.1 18 72
PUNT RETURNS      G NO YDS  AVG TD LG
Shawn Tims       11 17 194 11.4  0 51
Kevin McKenzie   11  9  41  4.6  0 16
Nian Taylor      11  3  19  6.3  0 14
Ray Jackson      11  1  25 25.0  0 25
LeJuan Gibbons   11  1   0  0.0  0  0
Dee Moronkola    11  0   0  0.0  1  0
WSU:             11 31 279  9.0  1 51
OPPONENTS:       11 33 345 10.5  1 75
KO RETURNS        G NO YDS  AVG TD LG
Nian Taylor      11 14 296 21.1  0 53
Dee Moronkola    11 10 247 24.7  0 35
Kevin McKenzie   11  8 166 20.8  0 27
Shawn Tims       11  3  38 12.7  0 33
Bryant Thomas    11  1  50 50.0  1 50
WSU:             11 36 797 22.1  1 50
OPPONENTS:       11 33 621 18.8  1 78
PUNTING           G NO YDS   AVG I-20 LG BLK
Jeff Banks       11 60 2565 42.8  9   55   3
Team              3  0       0.0   
WSU:             11 63 2565 40.7  9   55   3
OPPONENTS:       11 71 2988 42.1 11   64   1
SCORE BY QUARTER
WSU         80 88 72 74 0 - 314
OPPONENTS   43 83 88 96 7 - 317
WSU FIELD GOALS
Tony Truant:  [Colorado: None], [Temple: 37], [Oregon: 31, 37], 
[SJSU: (23), 46], [ARIZ: 53-37], [OSU: 46], [CAL: (34) (47)], 
[USC: 39], [UCLA: (30)], [STAN: (48), 40], [UW: 23]
(  ) = Missed Field Goal
SCORING          TD   PASS RUSH  PAT  FGM-FGA PTS
Tony Truant                     38-40  10-15   62
Michael Black     9                            54
Chad Carpenter    8                            48
Ryan Leaf         6                            36
Bryant Thomas     3                            18
David Knuff       3                            18
Shawn Tims        3                            18
Dorian Boose      2                            12
Chris Jackson     2                            12
Kevin McKenzie    2                            12
Shawn Tims        3                            18
Shad Hinchen      1                             6
Dee Moronkola     1                             6
Nian Taylor       1                             6
WSU              41    0    0  38-40  10-15   314
OPPONENTS        40    1    0  32-35  13-22   317*
* = Includes two safeties
MISCELLANEOUS            TEAM STATS    OPP            WSU
First Downs               224  215
 Rushing                   81   63
 Passing                  119  123
 Penalties                 24   29
Fumbles/Lost                         19/12          25/19
Penalties/Yards                     84/715        110/952
Time of Possession                  365:06         294:54
Third Down Conversions              78/183 [.426]  43/154 [.279]
Fourth Down Conversions              12/16 [.750]    8/14 [.571]
1996 PACIFIC-10 STANDINGS
   PACIFIC-10  OVERALL
TEAM              W L   PCT   W L PCT
1. Arizona State  8 0 1.000  11 0 1.000
2. Washington     7 1  .875   9 2  .818
3. Stanford       5 3  .625   6 5  .545
4. UCLA           4 4  .500   5 6  .455
5. California     3 5  .375   6 5  .545
   Oregon         3 5  .375   6 5  .545
   WSU            3 5  .375   5 6  .455
   USC            3 5  .375   5 6  .455
   Arizona        3 5  .375   5 6  .455
10.Oregon State   1 7  .125   2 9  .182

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