2005 Washington State Cougars football team

2005 Washington State Cougars football

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^#	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

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References

↑ ESPN

Washington State Cougars football

Venues	Rogers Field (1892–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983; 1970–1971 as primary) Martin Stadium (1972–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho (Battle of the Palouse) Washington (Apple Cup)

Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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