Fans were treated to a historic performance Saturday in Martin Stadium as No. 25 WSU routed the University of Arizona 69-7.

After escaping Oregon State (2-7, 1-5) 35-31 last weekend, the Cougars (7-2, 6-0) left no doubt from start to finish in their win over the Wildcats (2-7, 0-6).

The Cougars scored their largest amount of points in a conference game in program history and most in a game since 1997 behind redshirt junior quarterback Luke Falk’s 91.4 pass completion percentage (32 of 35), also a school record.

“That’s up there,” WSU Head Coach Mike Leach said of Falk’s record-setting day. “That’s pretty good.”

After Saturday’s win, Falk’s 74.1 pass completion percentage puts him 3 percentage points ahead of the nation’s second-most accurate quarterback and six points above last season’s mark.

Falk and redshirt freshman quarterback Tyler Hilinski combined for 474 yards and six touchdowns on just five incompletions in the game. The offensive line put together a similar performance, allowing no sacks against the Wildcats.

Every phase of the game seemed to be clicking for the Cougars. The offense racked up 614 yards, the defense forced three turnovers and WSU averaged more than 25 yards on punt returns.

“It’s big for us to put a whole game together, all four quarters and prove to ourselves that when we all do our job, it works,” redshirt junior linebacker Isaac Dotson said.

The Cougars successfully put together a four-quarter effort after a nonexistent first half performance against OSU and a 37-32 scare against Arizona State two weeks prior.

The game started with what looked to be a touchdown pass for Arizona on the first play from scrimmage, but the play was called back on an ineligible receiver penalty. Barring the early breakdown in coverage and a few explosive plays given up, the WSU defense put together its best tackling performance of the season.

The motor behind most of the Wildcats’ explosive plays and one of the lone bright spots for Arizona was senior receiver Samajie Grant. Grant averaged nearly 10 yards per carry on the ground, including a 50-yard dash on the team’s first offensive play in the third quarter.

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Aside from Grant, Arizona’s offense struggled all game and mustered just 286 yards of offense. Rotating between two different quarterbacks, the Wildcats mustered merely 128 yards passing, with 122 of those yards coming from redshirt junior quarterback Anu Solomon.

A major chunk of Solomon’s yards came on Arizona’s lone scoring play of the game, a 47-yard pass to junior receiver Cam Denson midway through the third quarter.

WSU’s offense was the polar opposite of the Wildcats’ all game and seemed to be a case of ‘unstoppable object meets moveable wall.’

The Cougars only punted once all game on a fourth-down play to end the first half designed to run out the play clock. Every other drive in the game ended with a score, with the team scoring nine touchdowns and two field goals. The Cougars’ offense ran like a well-oiled machine and took advantage of an injured Arizona defensive unit.

Despite the lopsided victory, Leach said the game was not a good representation of the two teams’ abilities.

“We’re definitely not that good and they’re definitely not that bad,” Leach said. “I’ve been on both sides of these things and they just blow up to where it’s really a little distorted.”

The Wildcats took fifth-ranked Washington to overtime earlier this season and the game may have been a case of a team dealing with a string of injuries amidst a losing streak in a tough conference.

The win keeps the Cougars in the race for the Pac-12 North Division title and Rose Bowl. With only three weeks left in the regular season, each game puts the team closer to realizing its postseason destination.

The Cougars jumped two spots in both the Associated Press and Coaches Poll on Sunday, rising to No. 23 in the rankings ahead of Saturday’s home game against California.

The game against the Golden Bears kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in Martin Stadium and will air on ESPN.