The 2005 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University

Washington State University

Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...

 in the college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 season of 2005-2006

2005 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series title game in many years.To an extent it was a return to classic football...

. The team was led by third-year head coach Bill Doba

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, and played its home games at Martin Stadium

Martin Stadium

Martin Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pullman, Washington, United States, on the campus of Washington State University. It is the home field of the Washington State Cougars of the Pacific-12 Conference, and is the smallest football stadium in the conference...

 in Pullman

Pullman, Washington

Pullman is the largest city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 24,675 at the 2000 census and 29,799 according to the 2010 census...

, Washington.

Season

Washington State was picked fifth in the pre-season Pac-Ten conference poll. They were even classified by some as a sleeper pick for the national championship, with Alex Brink

Alex Brink

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 at the helm. They started out the season 3-0, with blow-out wins over their opponents. Against {Oregon State

2005 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2005 Oregon State Beavers football team represented the Oregon State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley...

, Alex Brink passed for over 500 yards, but his team still lost. The team lost their next 3 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	Rank#	Site	Attendance	TV	Result
September 1*	12:45 p.m.	Idaho 2005 Idaho Vandals football team The 2005 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in NCAA Division I-A college football during the 2005 season. Idaho competed as a first-year member of the Western Athletic Conference , and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus...	NR	Martin Stadium Martin Stadium Martin Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pullman, Washington, United States, on the campus of Washington State University. It is the home field of the Washington State Cougars of the Pacific-12 Conference, and is the smallest football stadium in the conference...  · Pullman, WA Pullman, Washington Pullman is the largest city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 24,675 at the 2000 census and 29,799 according to the 2010 census...	28,933		W 38-26
September 9*	2:00 p.m.	@	NR	Mackay Stadium Mackay Stadium Mackay Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Reno, Nevada, on the campus of the University of Nevada. It is the home field of the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Western Athletic Conference, the university's venue for football and track & field....  · Reno NV Reno, Nevada Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...	17,552		W 55-21
September 17*	2:00 p.m.		NR	Qwest Field Qwest Field CenturyLink Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. It serves as the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer...  · Seattle, WA Seattle, Washington Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...	51,486		W 48-7
October 1	4:00 p.m.	@ Oregon State 2005 Oregon State Beavers football team The 2005 Oregon State Beavers football team represented the Oregon State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley...	NR	Reser Stadium Reser Stadium Reser Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. on the campus of Oregon State University. It is the home of the Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific-12 Conference. Originally opened in 1953 as Parker Stadium, the stadium was renamed in 1999, and its current...  · Corvallis, OR Corvallis, Oregon Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462....	42,908	TBS	L 33-44
October 8	4:00 p.m.		NR	Martin Stadium · Pullman, WA	33,422	FSN	L 21-24
October 15†	2:00 p.m.	#11	NR	Martin Stadium · Pullman, WA	35,117		L 41-44
October 22	2:00 p.m.	@ Cal 2005 California Golden Bears football team The 2005 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the college football 2005-2006 season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California and were coached by Jeff Tedford....	NR	California Memorial Stadium California Memorial Stadium California Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley. Commonly known as Memorial Stadium, it is the home field for the University of California Golden Bears of the Pacific-12 Conference...  · Berkeley CA Berkeley, California Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...	52,569		L 38-42
October 29	4:00 p.m.	@ #1 USC 2005 USC Trojans football team The 2005 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the college football season of 2005–2006, winning the Pacific-10 Conference , and playing for the NCAA Division I-A national championship...	NR	Coliseum Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...  · Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...	92,021	ABC ESPN on ABC ESPN on ABC is the brand used for sports programming on the ABC television network. Officially the broadcast network retains its own sports division; however, for all practical purposes, ABC's sports division has been merged with ESPN, a sports cable network majority-owned by ABC's parent, The...	L 13-55
November 5	2:00 p.m.	Arizona State 2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 2005 Arizona State Sun Devils football team]] represented Arizona State University in the college football season of 2005-2006. It played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona....	NR	Martin Stadium · Pullman, WA	31,054		L 24-27
November 12	6:00 p.m.	Oregon 2005 Oregon Ducks football team In 2005, Oregon had success behind senior quarterback Kellen Clemens and a new spread offense. During a game at Arizona, Clemens suffered a broken ankle. At that point Oregon was 8-1 , and still in the hunt for a BCS game...	NR	Martin Stadium · Pullman, WA	27,595		L 31-34
November 19	3:45 p.m.	Washington	NR	Husky Stadium Husky Stadium Husky Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the home of the Washington Huskies...  Seattle, WA	70,713	FSN	W 26-22
*Non-Conference Game †Homecoming #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times Pacific Standard Time Pacific Time Zone The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTC-7.In the United States...  (UTC-8) and subject to change.