2005 Washington State Cougars football team

2005 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	4–7 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bill Doba (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Levenseller (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Robb Akey (3rd season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 35,117)

2005 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 USC † $		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 13 Oregon		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 16 UCLA		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 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) and 1 loss 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 on campus Martin Stadium in Pullman, with one at Qwest Field in Seattle.

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. The Cougars had an inability to close out football games, and that cost them.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	Idaho*	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington (Battle of the Palouse)	FSNNW	W 38–26	28,339
September 9	7:00 pm	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium Reno, Nevada	ESPN	W 55–27	17,552
September 17	4:00 pm	Grambling State*	Qwest Field Seattle (Cougar Gridiron Classic)		W 48–7	51,486
October 1	1:00 pm	at Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 33–44	42,908
October 8	2:00 pm	Stanford	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		L 21–24	33,442
October 15	3:30 pm	No. 11 UCLA	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSN	L 41–44 OT	35,117
October 22	7:15 pm	at No. 25 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	FSN	L 38–42	52,569
October 29	12:30 pm	at No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 13–55	92,021
November 5	2:00 pm	Arizona State	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		L 24–27	31,054
November 12	7:15 pm	No. 11 Oregon	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSNNW	L 31–34	27,595
November 19	12:15 pm	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle (Apple Cup)	FSN	W 26–22	70,713
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game 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 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

External links

• College Football Data Warehouse – Washington State Cougars (2005–09)