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
Offensive coordinator Mike Levenseller
Defensive coordinator Robb Akey
Home stadium Martin Stadium
(Capacity: 35,117)
2006 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#4 USC §   7 2         11 2  
#14 California §   7 2         10 3  
#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 college football season of 2006-2007. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Bill Doba, and played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

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 8th place in the Pacific-10 Conference media poll.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 4:45 PM at #4 Auburn* Jordan–Hare StadiumAuburn, AL ESPN2 L 14–40   87,451
September 9 12:45 PM Idaho* Martin StadiumPullman, WA FSNNW W 56–10   29,431
September 16 2:00 PM Baylor* Qwest FieldSeattle, WA W 17–15   41,358
September 23 2:00 PM at Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA W 36–10   37,498
September 30 4:00 PM #2 USC Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA TBS L 22–28   35,117
October 7 4:00 PM at Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR FSNNW W 13–6   42,951
October 14 2:00 PM #11 Californiadagger Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA L 3–21   31,441
October 21 2:00 PM #15 Oregon Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA W 34–23   35,117
October 28 4:00 PM at UCLA Rose BowlPasadena, CA ABC W 37–15   53,058
November 4 2:00 PM Arizona #25 Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA L 17–27   35,117
November 11 6:00 PM at Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ L 14–47   53,289
November 18 3:45 PM Washington Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (99th 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.

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