PULLMAN, Wash. – Stanford linebacker Bobby Okereke called it a team loss, the defense and offense collectively not doing enough in light snow and raw temperatures to conjure what would have been a big Pac-12 North win at No. 25 Washington State.

But coach David Shaw wasn’t having it. The Cardinal’s 24-21 setback to the Cougars, he said, was 100 percent on him.

“I’m taking this loss hard,” said Shaw, whose team lost for the first time in 46 games after leading entering the fourth quarter. “I feel like I let my team down. Those out there that want to take your shots at me, this is the week to do it. Go ahead and take them. I deserve them. That’s fine.” For more Pac-12 coverage

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For the first time this year, No. 18 Stanford (6-3, 5-2) got little production from electric running back Bryce Love outside a 52-yard touchdown run, and the passing game couldn’t compensate in front of 32,952 chilled fans at Martin Stadium.

One reason the Cardinal’s aerial attack suffered: Quarterback K.J. Costello wasn’t given many chances to throw the ball.

Making his second start of the season, Costello was 9-of-20 passing for 105 yards. He tossed an interception in the final minute as the Cardinal attempted a desperation drive.

WSU (8-2, 5-2) ran 30 more plays from scrimmage and outgained Stanford 430 to 198.

“Offensively, we didn’t get enough production from the passing game,” Shaw said. “That’s my fault. That’s on me. Didn’t give the guys enough opportunities, honestly.”

Related Articles Photos: Stanford faces Washington State at Martin Stadium Playing in snowy conditions for the first time since a 1936 game at Columbia, Stanford fell out of first place in the Pac-12 North. Friday night, the Cardinal host Washington, which is atop the division at 7-1, 4-1 heading into Saturday night’s game versus Oregon.

Love, a Heisman Trophy candidate who missed last week’s win at Oregon State, managed 69 rushing yards on 16 carries. Other than his second-quarter TD run in the first half, he had 17 yards on 15 touches against the Cougars’ swarming defense.

Seven of the junior’s carries went for negative yardage.

“I thought we ran the ball as well as you can run it against these guys,” Shaw said. “These guys are tough. We broke the big one. We didn’t break any more.”

Stanford led 21-17 early in the fourth quarter when punter Jake Bailey pinned WSU back to its own 6-yard line. But it gave up a killer first down on third-and-13 – a 17-yard pass from Luke Falk to Tay Martin – that helped kickstart the Cougars’ go-ahead touchdown drive.

Shaw said Falk’s long third-down conversion “won them the game.”

Falk became the Pac-12’s career passing yards leader in the second quarter and threw for 337 yards and three TDs.

“Luke Falk’s an amazing competitor,” Stanford defensive tackle Harrison Phillips said.

Falk had brought WSU back with 17 straight points after Love’s touchdown, his 10th scoring run of 50 yards or more this season.

Down 17-7 midway through the third quarter, a flip switched for the Cardinal. On third-and-1 near midfield, Stanford lined up in a jumbo package with six offensive linemen. Instead of running the ball, Costello threw a play-action pass to fullback Daniel Marx, who snagged the low pass and rumbled 27 yards.

Five plays later, Costello dropped back to pass and fumbled as he went to tuck it. But the ball bounced right back into his hands and he scrambled 14 yards uncontested for a TD to make it 17-14 WSU.

The Cardinal defense then stepped up, with an assist from Falk.

On fourth-and-1, Falk telegraphed a pass to Jamire Calvin, and Okereke jumped the route for first career interception that took back 52 yards for a TD.

Stanford suddenly led 21-17. But it couldn’t hold the lead in the fourth quarter, the first time that’s happened since a 2012 overtime loss to Notre Dame.