2006 Washington State Cougars football team

2006 Washington State Cougars football
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
2006 record 6–6 (4–5 Pac-10)
Head coach Bill Doba (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Mike Levenseller (6th season)
Defensive coordinator Robb Akey (4th season)
Home stadium Martin Stadium
(Capacity: 35,117)
2006 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 USC +  7 2     11 2  
No. 14 California +  7 2     10 3  
No. 21 Oregon State  6 3     10 4  
UCLA  5 4     7 6  
Oregon  4 5     7 6  
Arizona State  4 5     7 6  
Arizona  4 5     6 6  
Washington State  4 5     6 6  
Washington  3 6     5 7  
Stanford  1 8     1 11  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Bill Doba and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, with one at Qwest Field in Seattle.

WSU's popular mascot, "Butch T. Cougar" was named the 2006 CapitalOne Mascot of the Year.[1]

Pre-season

Washington State did not appear in any national pre-season rankings and was predicted to finish in eighth place in the Pacific-10 Conference media poll.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 4:45 PM at No. 4 Auburn* Jordan–Hare StadiumAuburn, Alabama ESPN2 L 14–40   87,451
September 9 12:45 PM Idaho* Martin StadiumPullman, Washington (Battle of the Palouse) FSNNW W 56–10   29,431
September 16 2:00 PM Baylor* Qwest FieldSeattle (Cougar Gridiron Classic) W 17–15   41,358
September 23 2:00 PM at Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, California W 36–10   37,498
September 30 4:00 PM No. 2 USC Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington TBS L 22–28   35,117
October 7 4:00 PM at Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, Oregon FSNNW W 13–6   42,951
October 14 2:00 PM No. 11 Californiadagger Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington L 3–21   31,441
October 21 2:00 PM No. 15 Oregon Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington W 34–23   35,117
October 28 4:00 PM at UCLA Rose BowlPasadena, California ABC W 37–15   53,058
November 4 2:00 PM Arizona No. 25 Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington L 17–27   35,117
November 11 6:00 PM at Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona L 14–47   53,289
November 18 3:45 PM Washington Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington (Apple Cup) FSN L 32–35   35,117
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 6, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
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