2005 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2005 Washington State Cougars 300px 60x60 Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 4–7 1–7 Bill Doba 3rd Mike Levenseller 5th Robb Akey 3rd Spread 4–3 Martin Stadium The 2005 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Bill Doba, WSU 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 someApril 2012 as a sleeper pick for the national championship, with Alex Brink at the helm. They opened with three non-conference wins in September, but the results were different in league play. In the Pac-10 opener at Oregon State, Brink passed for over 500 yards, but WSU lost by eleven.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f2hXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bPADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6343%2C530224 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Rodman Bob OSU defense finally makes its case October 2, 2005 D1 The Cougars lost their next three games (Stanford, UCLA, Cal), by a combined ten points; their inability to close out games cost them. After a blowout loss in Los Angeles to top-ranked USC,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mmhXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bPADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5066%2C7705620 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Nadel John Trojans determine BCS stands for Beating Cougars Soundly October 30, 2005 D4 three-point setbacks at home to Arizona State and #11 Oregon followed, as the conference losing streak extended to seven games.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yWtXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3442%2C3208619 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Clark Bob Ducks cool, collected November 13, 2005 D1 In the Apple Cup at Seattle, they defeated struggling rival Washington by four points to finish at 4–7 overall.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=stgyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HPAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5101%2C2788884 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Fox Tom Not a bad Apple November 21, 2005 1B Schedule 2005 AP Pacific September 1, 2005 7:00 pm w y Idaho Battle of the Palouse Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington FSNNW 38–26 28,339 September 9, 2005 7:00 pm w y y Nevada Mackay Stadium Reno, Nevada ESPN 55–27 17,552 September 17 4:00 pm w y Grambling State Cougar Gridiron Classic Qwest Field Seattle 48–7 51,486 October 1 1:00 pm l y Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon 33–44 42,908 October 8 2:00 pm l Stanford Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington 21–24 33,442 October 15 3:30 pm l y UCLA 11 Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington FSN 41–44 OT 35,117 October 22 7:15 pm l y California 25 California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California FSN 38–42 52,569 October 29 12:30 pm l y USC 1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles ABC 13–55 92,021 November 5 2:00 pm l Arizona State Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington 24–27 31,054 November 12 7:15 pm l Oregon 11 Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington FSNNW 31–34 27,595 November 19 12:15 pm w y Washington Apple Cup Husky Stadium Seattle FSN 26–22 70,713 Game summaries Washington Washington State 10 3 6 7 Washington 7 0 7 8 November 19 Husky Stadium • Seattle 12:15 p.m. PST yes 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 yes ESPN References Washington State Category:Washington State Cougars football seasons Washington State Cougars football