Washington State Dominates San Diego State 36-13 in Week 2
Washington State overwhelmed San Diego State 36-13 on Saturday in a one-sided conference matchup. The Cougars controlled the game from start to finish, scoring touchdowns in three consecutive quarters while holding the Aztecs to just 13 points.
San Diego State struck first with a touchdown pass from Jayden Denegal to Jacob Bostick in the opening quarter, but Washington State responded decisively. The Cougars scored 12 points in the second quarter and added 10 more in the third to build a commanding lead. Washington State's defense was particularly stifling, recording multiple high-impact defensive plays that shifted momentum throughout the contest.
Jaxon Potter led Washington State's offense with 257 passing yards, while Jeremiah Noga paced the receiving corps with 9 catches. Lucky Sutton carried the load for San Diego State's ground game with 88 rushing yards. Potter threw a touchdown pass to Leon Neal Jr. in the third quarter that exemplified the Cougars' dominance.
The victory covered the 2-point spread, and the 49-point combined total exceeded the over-under of 46.5.
AI-generated recap · Aug 18, 2026
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Diego State | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
 Washington State | 7 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 36 |
Scoring Timeline
Drive Chart
Box Score
| Statistic | San Diego State | Washington State |
|---|---|---|
| Passing | 15-30 | 28-42 |
| Pass Yards | 133 | 257 |
| Rush Yards | 82 | 145 |
| Total Yards | 215 | 402 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| 3rd Down | 2-13 | 5-18 |
| Penalties | 6-38 | 8-55 |
| Possession | 24:54 | 35:06 |
Player Leaders
Player Leaders
Play-by-Play
Lucky Sutton run for 5 yds to the SDSU 30
Lucky Sutton run for 7 yds to the SDSU 37 for a 1ST down
Lucky Sutton run for 5 yds to the SDSU 42
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jordan Napier
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jacob Bostick
Hunter Green punt for 40 yds , Tony Freeman returns for 1 yd to the WSU 19
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Trey Leckner for 1 yd to the WSU 20
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Kirby Vorhees
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Joshua Meredith
Ryan Harris punt for 36 yds
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Seth Adams for 16 yds to the WSU 40 for a 1ST down
Lucky Sutton run for 4 yds to the WSU 36
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jordan Napier for 3 yds to the WSU 33
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Donovan Brown for 2 yds to the WSU 35
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jacob Bostick for 35 yds for a TD (Gabriel Plascencia KICK)
PENALTY WSU Delay Of Game 5 yards from WSU25 to WSU20. NO PLAY.
Angel Johnson run for 12 yds to the WSU 32
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Branden Ganashamoorthy
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Kirby Vorhees
Ryan Harris punt for 49 yds, fair catch by Jordan Napier at the SDSU 19
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jacob Bostick for 2 yds to the SDSU 21
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Donovan Brown
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jacob Bostick
Hunter Green punt for 42 yds, fair catch by Tony Freeman at the SDSU 48
Julian Dugger run for 6 yds to the SDSU 42
Kirby Vorhees run for 3 yds to the SDSU 39
Jaxon Potter run for no gain to the SDSU 39
Kirby Vorhees run for 2 yds to the SDSU 37 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Carter Pabst for 34 yds to the SDSU 3 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Trey Leckner for 3 yds for a TD (Jack Stevens KICK)
Lucky Sutton run for 6 yds to the SDSU 31
Jayden Denegal run for no gain to the SDSU 31
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Donovan Brown
Hunter Green punt for 50 yds , Tony Freeman returns for 11 yds to the WSU 30
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Angel Johnson for 4 yds to the WSU 34
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Leyton Smithson
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Jeremiah Noga for 9 yds to the WSU 43 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 8 yds to the SDSU 49
Leo Pulalasi run for 4 yds to the SDSU 45 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Trey Leckner for 1 yd to the SDSU 44
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Tony Freeman for 6 yds to the SDSU 38
Kirby Vorhees run for 2 yds to the SDSU 36
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 3 yds to the SDSU 33 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Carter Pabst
Kirby Vorhees run for 2 yds to the SDSU 31
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Landon Wright
Jack Stevens 49 yd FG GOOD
Bert Emanuel Jr. run for 2 yds to the SDSU 27
Bert Emanuel Jr. run for 1 yd to the SDSU 28
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jacob Bostick for 39 yds to the WSU 33 for a 1ST down
PENALTY SDSU False Start (Bostick,Jacob) 5 yards from SDSU28 to SDSU23. NO PLAY.
Hunter Green punt for 67 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the WSU 19 , Tony Freeman returns for 9 yds to the WSU 19
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 11 yds to the WSU 30 for a 1ST down
Angel Johnson run for 5 yds to the WSU 35
(11:48) Shotgun Johnson,Angel rush left for 24 yards gain to the SDSU41 (Phillips,Bryce) PENALTY WSU Holding (Faleye,Ademola) 10 yards from WSU35 to WSU25. NO PLAY.
Maxwell Woods run for 4 yds to the WSU 29
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Maxwell Woods
PENALTY WSU False Start (Jones,Gage) 5 yards from WSU29 to WSU24. NO PLAY.
Ryan Harris punt for 60 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the SDSU 20 , Jordan Napier returns for 4 yds to the SDSU 20
Christian Washington run for 7 yds to the SDSU 27
Christian Washington run for a loss of 1 yard to the SDSU 26
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Donovan Brown for no gain to the SDSU 26
Hunter Green punt for 26 yds
Kirby Vorhees run for 12 yds to the SDSU 40 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Tony Freeman for 6 yds to the SDSU 34
Kirby Vorhees run for a loss of 2 yards to the SDSU 36
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 4 yds Joshua Meredith fumbled, recovered by SDSU Brady Nassar
Kirby Vorhees run for no gain to the SDSU 32
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jordan Napier
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jordan Napier for 14 yds to the SDSU 46 for a 1ST down
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jordan Napier for no gain to the SDSU 46
Jordan Napier run for 4 yds to the 50 yard line
Lucky Sutton run for 2 yds to the WSU 48
Hunter Green punt for 35 yds, fair catch by Tony Freeman at the WSU 13
Angel Johnson run for 5 yds to the WSU 18
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Leyton Smithson for 7 yds to the WSU 25 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Tony Freeman for 6 yds to the WSU 31
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Tony Freeman for 3 yds to the WSU 34
Kirby Vorhees run for 31 yds to the SDSU 35 for a 1ST down
(02:00) Shotgun Johnson,Angel rush left for 4 yards gain to the SDSU31 (Phillips,Bryce), out of bounds PENALTY WSU Holding (Faleye,Ademola) 10 yards from SDSU35 to SDSU45. NO PLAY.
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Branden Ganashamoorthy
Leo Pulalasi run for 2 yds to the SDSU 43
Jaxon Potter run for 5 yds to the SDSU 38
(01:29) Harris,Ryan punt 28 yards to the SDSU10 fair catch by Napier,Jordan at SDSU10 PENALTY WSU Illegal Formation 5 yards from SDSU38 to SDSU43. NO PLAY.
Ryan Harris punt for 35 yds, fair catch by Jordan Napier at the SDSU 8
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jacob Bostick
Isaac Terrell Safety
Hunter Green kickoff for 70 yds , Leyton Smithson return for 28 yds to the WSU 38
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 34 yds to the SDSU 28 for a 1ST down
Leo Pulalasi run for 20 yds to the SDSU 8 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 5 yds to the SDSU 3
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Trey Leckner for 3 yds for a TD (Jack Stevens KICK)
Lucky Sutton run for 6 yds to the SDSU 31
End of 2nd Quarter
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Tony Freeman for 11 yds to the WSU 36 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Leo Pulalasi for 5 yds to the WSU 41
Angel Johnson run for 5 yds to the WSU 46 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Trey Leckner for 4 yds to the 50 yard line
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Angel Johnson for 31 yds to the SDSU 19 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Leon Neal Jr. for 1 yd to the SDSU 18
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Leon Neal Jr. for 18 yds for a TD (Jack Stevens KICK)
Lucky Sutton run for 8 yds to the SDSU 33
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jordan Napier
Lucky Sutton run for 11 yds to the SDSU 44 for a 1ST down
Lucky Sutton run for 3 yds to the SDSU 47
Christian Washington run for 5 yds to the WSU 48
Jayden Denegal run for a loss of 1 yard to the WSU 49
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jackson Ford
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jackson Ford
Angel Johnson run for 4 yds to the SDSU 47
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 21 yds to the SDSU 26 for a 1ST down
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Joshua Meredith
Julian Dugger run for 1 yd to the SDSU 25
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Jeremiah Noga
Jack Stevens 42 yd FG GOOD
(05:20) Shotgun Denegal,Jayden pass incomplete short right to Bostick,Jacob thrown to SDSU27 PENALTY SDSU Ineligible Downfield on Pass (Kannike,Bayo) 5 yards from SDSU25 to SDSU20. NO PLAY.
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jordan Napier for 9 yds to the SDSU 29
Jayden Denegal run for 5 yds to the SDSU 34
Lucky Sutton run for 4 yds to the SDSU 38 for a 1ST down
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jordan Napier for 23 yds to the WSU 39 for a 1ST down
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jordan Napier
Lucky Sutton run for 13 yds to the WSU 26 for a 1ST down
Donovan Brown run for 4 yds to the WSU 22
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jordan Napier for 16 yds to the WSU 6 for a 1ST down
Lucky Sutton run for 5 yds to the WSU 1
Jayden Denegal run for 1 yd for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Hunter Green kickoff for 64 yds , Leyton Smithson return for 16 yds to the WSU 17
Kirby Vorhees run for 5 yds to the WSU 22
(00:32) Shotgun Vorhees,Kirby rush left for 6 yards gain to the WSU28 (Williams,Mister) PENALTY WSU Holding (Vaipulu,AJ) 10 yards from WSU22 to WSU12. NO PLAY.
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Joshua Meredith for 2 yds to the WSU 14
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Carter Pabst
(14:15) PENALTY WSU False Start (Schlimgen,Sullivan) 5 yards from WSU14 to WSU09. NO PLAY.
Ryan Harris punt for 31 yds
Jayden Denegal run for 2 yds to the WSU 38
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Donovan Brown for 3 yds to the WSU 41
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jordan Napier for 4 yds to the WSU 37
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Donovan Brown
(12:22) Shotgun Potter,Jaxon pass complete short left to Noga,Jeremiah caught at WSU41, for 4 yards to the WSU41 (Phillips,Bryce) PENALTY WSU Ineligible Downfield on Pass (Leckner,Trey) 5 yards from WSU37 to WSU32. NO PLAY.
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Tony Freeman
Angel Johnson run for a loss of 1 yard to the WSU 31
Jaxon Potter pass incomplete to Kirby Vorhees
Ryan Harris punt for 30 yds
Lucky Sutton run for 3 yds to the SDSU 42
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jacob Bostick for 11 yds to the WSU 47 for a 1ST down
Lucky Sutton run for 6 yds to the WSU 41
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jordan Napier
(09:17) PENALTY SDSU False Start (Napier,Jordan) 5 yards from WSU41 to WSU46. NO PLAY.
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Jackson Ford
Jayden Denegal sacked for a loss of 12 yards to the SDSU 42
Leo Pulalasi run for 2 yds to the SDSU 40
Leo Pulalasi run for 2 yds to the SDSU 38
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Tony Freeman for 11 yds to the SDSU 27 for a 1ST down
Kirby Vorhees run for 3 yds to the SDSU 24
Jaxon Potter pass complete to Trey Leckner for 5 yds Trey Leckner fumbled, recovered by WSU
Kirby Vorhees run for 5 yds to the SDSU 14 for a 1ST down
Kirby Vorhees run for 2 yds to the SDSU 12
Angel Johnson run for no gain to the SDSU 12
Jaxon Potter run for 1 yd to the SDSU 11
(04:06) Stevens,Jack field goal attempt from 28 yards NO GOOD blocked by Johnson,Chris (H: Harris,Ryan, LS: Peoples,Colton), clock 03:57 recovered by SDSU Phillips,Bryce at SDSU33 TOUCHDOWN nullified by penalty, clock 03:57 PENALTY SDSU Offside (Johnson,Chris) 5 yards from SDSU11 to SDSU06. NO PLAY.
(03:57) Stevens,Jack field goal attempt from 23 yards nullified by penaltyGOOD (H: Harris,Ryan, LS: Peoples,Colton), clock 03:53 PENALTY SDSU Offside (Johnson,Chris) 3 yards from SDSU06 to SDSU03, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
Angel Johnson run for a loss of 2 yards to the SDSU 5
Kirby Vorhees run for 2 yds to the SDSU 3
Julian Dugger run for 3 yds for a TD (Jack Stevens KICK)
Jayden Denegal pass incomplete to Donovan Brown
Jayden Denegal sacked by Max Baloun for a loss of 15 yards to the SDSU 10
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Christian Washington for 5 yds to the SDSU 15
Hunter Green punt for 47 yds, fair catch by Tony Freeman at the WSU 38
J. Potter takes a knee
J. Potter takes a knee
J. Potter takes a knee