2008 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2008 Washington State Cougars 300px Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 2–11 1–8 Paul Wulff 1st Todd Sturdy 1st Chris Ball 1st Jody Sears 1st Spread Multiple Martin Stadium(Capacity: 35,117) The 2008 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's new head coach was Paul Wulff and home games were played on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. The season was a disaster from the start for WSU, who gave up the most points in a single season in Pac-10 Conference history, allowing more than 60 points on four occasions. Perhaps the only consolation for the Cougars was winning the Apple Cup. The media joked before the game that it was the "Crapple Cup" and "full of worms", because the Huskies (0–10 at the time) also had a very poor season.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/austin_murphy/11/20/apple.cup/index.html https://archive.today/20090224012130/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/austin_murphy/11/20/apple.cup/index.html dead February 24, 2009 Washington-Washington State playing for pride in Apple Cup Sports Illustrated November 20, 2008 August 31, 2013 Murphy, Austin Schedule 2008 AP Pacific August 30 12:30 p.m. l y Oklahoma State Qwest Field Seattle, WA 2008 Cougar Gridiron Classic FSN 13–39 50,830 September 6 3:30 p.m. l California Martin Stadium Pullman, WA FSNNW 3–66 27,906 September 12, 2008 5:30 p.m. l y y Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX FSN 17–45 25,595 September 20 4:00 p.m. w y Portland State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA FSNNW 48–9 23,920 https://www.newspapers.com/article/tri-city-herald-cougars-pound-vikes/178599985/ Tri-City Herald Cougars pound Vikes September 21, 2008 August 10, 2025 Newspapers.com September 27 3:15 p.m. l y Oregon Martin Stadium Pullman, WA FSNNW 14–63 30,927 October 4 7:15 p.m. l y UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FSNNW 3–28 65,469 October 11 3:30 p.m. l y Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSNNW 13–66 45,289 October 18 12:30 p.m. l USC 6 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA FSN 0–69 25,118 November 1 2:00 p.m. l y Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA 0–58 26,662 November 8 2:00 p.m. l Arizona Martin Stadium Pullman, WA 28–59 24,118 November 15 2:30 p.m. l y Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ 0–31 61,490 November 22 12:00 p.m. w Washington Martin Stadium Pullman, WA Apple Cup FSN 16–13 2OT 32,211 November 29 8:00 p.m. l y y Hawaii Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI 10–24 43,312 Game summaries Oklahoma State Cowboys 3 12 10 14 Cougars 0 0 6 7 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team Oklahoma State Cowboys spoiled new Cougars coach Paul Wulff's debut. Cowboys' Kendall Hunter had a career-best two touchdowns, quarterback Zac Robinson passed for 182 yards and ran for another score. The Cougars' new offense didn't look good against the Cowboys. The Cowboys had 367 total yards (193 yards passing, 174 rushing) while Washington State had 196 total yards (82 passing and 114 yards rushing) California Golden Bears 21 21 10 14 Cougars 3 0 0 0 2008 California Golden Bears football team The Cougars were shut out after the first period while the Golden Bears scored at least 10 points each quarter to win the Pac-10 conference opener at Martin Stadium, Washington State's home field. Cal had over 500 yards (112 yards passing and 392 yards on the ground) and allowed only 162 yards (106 yards passing, 56 yards rushing) to the Cougars. Baylor 2008 Baylor Bears football team Cougars 7 7 0 3 Bears 14 14 7 10 Portland State Vikings 3 0 6 0 Cougars 14 3 24 7 Oregon Ducks 21 14 21 7 Cougars 0 7 0 7 2008 Oregon Ducks football team UCLA Cougars 0 0 3 0 Bruins 0 14 7 7 2008 UCLA Bruins football team Oregon State 2008 Oregon State Beavers football team Cougars 0 13 0 0 Beavers 21 3 21 21 USC 2008 USC Trojans football team Trojans 21 20 7 21 Cougars 0 0 0 0 Mark Sanchez became the first USC quarterback to throw five touchdown passes in a half as the Trojans dominated. USC's defense, ranked first in the nation coming in by allowing just 9.4 points per game, held the Cougars scoreless for the first time since 1984, ending a stretch of 280 straight games in which the Cougars had not been shut out. That was the nation's second-longest active streak behind Michigan's 306. For Washington State, it is also the largest shutout loss and largest margin of defeat in school history. "Our guys had a ball playing football today, from the locker room on out", USC coach Pete Carroll said. "Right from the start, we wanted to find that focus that we really hadn't had yet."November 2012 It was the largest shutout victory for USC (5–1, 3–1 Pac-10) since a 69–0 win over Montana in 1931. "Our intention wasn't to come out and beat these guys by 80 points. Our intention was to come out and play a great football game", star linebacker Rey Maualuga said. The Cougars have now allowed at least 60 points in four games this year, becoming the first BCS team to allow 60-plus points four times in a season. Beset by injuries, Washington State has allowed 66, 63, 66 and now 69 in four of their conference losses. The Cougars, whose only win is against Portland State of the Championship Subdivision, have been outscored 385–111 this season. That's on track to break the Pac-10 record for most points allowed in a season, 469 by Oregon State in 1981. "It's unfortunate for those guys. They are trying to build a program", Carroll said. "It's tough. I don't know what else we could have done. "It was a little bit uncomfortable to see what was going to happen." The Trojans outgained Washington State 408–17 in the first half and 625–116 for the game. They led 21–0 less than 11 minutes in. Patrick Turner and Ronald Johnson each caught two of Sanchez's scoring throws, freshman Broderick Green rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns and C. J. Gable ran for 109 yards and three more scores. Stafon Johnson must have had an off game.November 2012 He ran for 112 yards but didn't score. It was the first time USC had three 100-yard rushers in a game since 1977.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282920265 USC records largest shutout victory since 1931 October 18, 2008 ESPN.com October 30, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081030014059/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282920265 October 30, 2008 dead Stanford 2008 Stanford Cardinal football team Cougars 0 0 0 0 Cardinal 10 21 20 7 Arizona 2008 Arizona Wildcats football team Wildcats 14 21 10 14 Cougars 7 7 7 7 Arizona State 2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team Cougars 0 0 0 0 Sun Devils 0 10 14 7 Washington 2008 Washington Huskies football team Apple Cup #fff #eee background-color:#000; color:#fff collapsed November 22 3:00 p.m. EDT/12:10 p.m. PDT Washington 0 10 0 0 3 0 Washington State 0 0 7 3 3 3 Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington 32,211 42 F Michael Batlan Recap Passing Kevin Lopina 17/29, 167 yards, int Rushing Dwight Tardy 19–75, Logwone Mitz 7–70, Reid Forrest 1–28, Brandon Gibson 1–0, Kevin Lopina 9-(−2) Receiving Jared Karstetter 2–55, Devin Frischknecht 3–33, Kevin Norrell 3–31, Brandon Gibson 5–27, Jeshua Anderson 2–14, Dwight Tardy 2–7 Defense Greg Trent 12 tackles, Romeo Pellum INT, Tyree Toomer 1.0 sack Washington Washington State collapsed 2 12:17 Washington 60 4:08 RushTD Willie Griffin 3 good Ryan Perkins 7 0 2 5:07 Washington 18 2:35 FG 35 Ryan Perkins 10 0 3 2:56 Washington State 86 3:45 RushTD Logwone Mitz 57 good Nico Grasu 10 7 4 :00 Washington State 69 :56 FG 28 Nico Grasu 10 10 OT Washington State 23 FG 19 Nico Grasu 10 13 OT Washington 20 FG 22 Ryan Perkins 13 13 2OT Washington State 5 FG 37 Nico Grasu 13 16 13 16 Hawaii 2008 Hawaii Warriors football team Cougars 0 3 7 0 Warriors 14 3 7 0 References Washington State Category:Washington State Cougars football seasons Washington State Cougars football