Originally published November 7, 2009 at 6:40 PM | Page modified November 7, 2009 at 9:01 PM

2Minute Drill

Players of the game: Take your pick of several Arizona players in this one.

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Nick Foles

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WSU quarterback Jeff Tuel (10) gets away from Arizona's Ricky Elmore in the first half, but left the game in the second quarter on a hard hit.

Players of the game

Take your pick of several Arizona players in this one. Quarterback Nick Foles was 12 for 19 for 136 yards and a TD in limited playing time. Travis Cobb returned the opening kickoff 95 yards, and William "Bug" Wright returned a punt 86 yards early in the second half. Backup quarterback Matt Scott ran for 91 yards on 10 carries, leading four Arizona backs with 50 or more rushing yards.

Play of the game

Arizona didn't take long to take care of this one. Cobb returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to set the tone the Wildcats, who scored the first seven times they touched the ball. A close second was an 85-yard punt return by Wright that gave Arizona 41-0 lead the first time it touched the ball in the second half.

WSU player of the game

Quarterback Marshall Lobbestael came off the bench and finished 7 of 11 for 103 yards and a touchdown.

WSU highlight

Jared Karstetter made a one-handed grab of Lobbestael's pass on a 64-yard touchdown play with 6:23 left in the game that allowed WSU to avoid a shutout.

Next

Washington State vs. UCLA, Saturday at Martin Stadium, 2 p.m.

Tuel goes down

The Cougars lost their starting quarterback, freshman Jeff Tuel, to a sprained knee in the second quarter. Tuel was hit hard by Xavier Kelley, and fumbled. Arizona's Ricky Elmore recovered.

By the numbers

471 Yards of total offense for Arizona, 294 rushing.

185 Yards of total offense for WSU, 64 on one play, with 59 rushing.

5 Sacks of WSU quarterbacks by Arizona.


2009 WSU schedule
Date	Opp.	Time
Sept. 5	Stanford 39, WSU 13
Sept. 12	Hawaii 38, WSU 20
Sept. 19	WSU 30, SMU 27, OT
Sept. 26	USC 27, WSU 6
Oct. 3	Oregon 52, WSU 6
Oct. 10	Arizona St. 27, WSU 14
Oct. 24	California 49, WSU 17
Oct. 31	Notre Dame 40, WSU 14
Nov. 7	Arizona 48, WSU 7
Nov. 14	vs. UCLA	2 p.m.
Nov. 21	vs. Oregon St.	TBA
Nov. 28	at Washington	TBA
Game times subject to change.