2004 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season

2004 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Bill Doba (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Levenseller (4th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorRobb Akey (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
Seasons
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2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 USC † $   8 – 0     13 – 0  
No. 9 California   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 19 Arizona State   5 – 3     9 – 3  
Oregon State   5 – 3     7 – 5  
UCLA   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Oregon   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Washington State   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Stanford   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Arizona   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Washington   0 – 8     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 Championships, due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Bill Doba, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing seventh in the Pac-10. Washington State played home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 35:00 pmat New Mexico*
ESPNW 21–1734,860
September 1112:30 pmColorado*
ABCL 12–2056,188
September 187:30 pmIdaho*FSNNWW 49–834,858[1]
September 2512:30 pmat ArizonaABCW 20–1943,579
October 92:00 pmOregon
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 38–4135,117
October 167:15 pmStanforddagger
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
FSNL 17–2334,963
October 231:05 pmat Oregon StateL 19–3836,265
October 304:00 pmNo. 1 USC
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ABCL 12–4235,117
November 612:30 pmat UCLA
W 31–2962,259
November 134:00 pmat No. 20 Arizona StateTBSL 14–3860,319
November 204:00 pmWashington
ABCW 28–2534,334[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Conference opponent not played this season: California

Season summary

Washington

1 234Total
Washington 10 078 25
• Washington State 14 770 28
  • Source: ESPN
Scoring summary
113:24WASHEvan Knudson 19 yard field goalWashington 3-0
17:40WSUTroy Bienemann 6 yard pass from Alex Brink (Loren Langley kick)Wash St 7-3
14:56WASHJoe Toledo 4 yard pass from Casey Paus (Evan Knudson kick)Washington 10-7
12:07WSUAlex Brink 1 yard run (Loren Langley kick)Wash St 14-10
24:07WSUWill Derting recovered fumble in end zone (Loren Langley kick)Wash St 21-10
39:56WSUJason Hill 22 yard pass from Alex Brink (Loren Langley kick)Wash St 28-10
34:26WASHIsaiah Stanback 1 yard run (Evan Knudson kick)Wash St 28-17
44:04WASHCraig Chambers 29 yard pass from Isaiah Stanback (Craig Chambers pass from Isaiah Stanback)Wash St 28-25

References

  1. ^ Grummert, Dale (September 19, 2004). "Palouse pummelling". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
  2. ^ Daschel, Nick (November 21, 2004). "Cougs kick UW while it's down". Sunday Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. (The Columbian). p. D8.
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