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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 (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator Mike Levenseller (5th year)
Defensive coordinator Robb Akey (3rd year)
Home stadium Martin Stadium
(Capacity: 35,117)
Seasons
« 2004 2006 »
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
1 2 3 4 Total
Washington State 10 3 6 7 26
Washington 7 0 7 8 22

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.

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.


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