2005 Washington State Cougars football team

2005 Washington State Cougars football
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Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2005 record	4–7 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bill Doba
Offensive coordinator	Mike Levenseller
Defensive coordinator	Robb Akey
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 35,117)

2005 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#2 USC * $		8	–	0					12	–	1
#13 Oregon		7	–	1					10	–	2
#16 UCLA		6	–	2					10	–	2
#25 California		4	–	4					8	–	4
Arizona State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Stanford		4	–	4					5	–	6
Oregon State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington State		1	–	7					4	–	7
Washington		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion * – USC later vacated 12 wins (8 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Bill Doba, and played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

Season

Washington State was picked fifth in the pre-season Pac-10 conference poll. They were even classified by some as a sleeper pick for the national championship, with Alex Brink at the helm. They started out the season 3–0, with blow-out wins over their opponents. Against Oregon State, Brink passed for over 500 yards, but his team still lost. The team lost their next three games, to Stanford, UCLA, and Cal, by a combined 10 points. Basically, the Cougars had an inability to close out football games, and that cost them.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	Idaho*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FSNNW	W 38–26	28,339
September 9	7:00 pm	at Nevada*		Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPN	W 55–27	17,552
September 17	4:00 pm	Grambling State*		Qwest Field • Seattle, WA (2005 Cougar Gridiron Classic)		W 48–7	51,486
October 1	1:00 pm	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR		L 33–44	42,908
October 8	2:00 pm	Stanford		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		L 21–24	33,442
October 15	3:30 pm	#11 UCLA		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FSN	L 41–44 OT	35,117
October 22	7:15 pm	at #25 California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FSN	L 38–42	52,569
October 29	12:30 pm	at #1 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 13–55	92,021
November 5	2:00 pm	Arizona State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		L 24–27	31,054
November 12	7:15 pm	#11 Oregon		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FSNNW	L 31–34	27,595
November 19	12:15 pm	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (98th Apple Cup)	FSN	W 26–22	70,713
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game summaries

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total • Washington State 10 3 6 7 26 Washington 7 0 7 8 22 Date: November 19 Location: Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA Game start: 12:15 p.m. PST

Scoring summary 1 8:15 WSU Greg Prator 30 yard pass from Alex Brink (Loren Langley kick) Wash St 7-0 1 6:37 WASH Sonny Shackelford 65 yard pass from Kenny James (Evan Knudson kick) Tie 7-7 1 1:59 WSU Loren Langley 22 yard field goal Wash St 10-7 2 1:50 WSU Loren Langley 48 yard field goal Wash St 13-7 3 7:41 WSH Craig Chambers 16 yard pass from Isaiah Stanback (Evan Knudson kick) Wash 14-13 3 2:53 WSU Jerome Harrison 19 yard run (pass failed) Wash St 19-14 4 14:50 WASH James Sims Jr. 3 yard run (Anthony Russo pass from Isaiah Stanback) Wash 22-19 4 1:20 WSU Trandon Harvey 39 yard pass from Alex Brink (Graham Siderius kick) Wash St 26-22