2007 Washington State Cougars football team

2007 Washington State Cougars football

Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	5–7 (3–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bill Doba (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Levenseller (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Husain Abdullah Alex Brink Michael Bumpus Greg Trent
Home stadium	Martin Stadium

2007 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 USC +	7	–	2	11	–	2
No. 16 Arizona State +	7	–	2	10	–	3
No. 25 Oregon State	6	–	3	9	–	4
No. 23 Oregon	5	–	4	9	–	4
UCLA	5	–	4	6	–	7
Arizona	4	–	5	5	–	7
California	3	–	6	7	–	6
Washington State	3	–	6	5	–	7
Stanford	3	–	6	4	–	8
Washington	2	–	7	4	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Bill Doba and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, with one at Qwest Field in Seattle.

The 2007 Apple Cup was played a week later than normal to allow for both Washington and Washington State to have a bye, as neither had one in 2006. This marked the first time the Apple Cup has been played after Thanksgiving since 1978.^[1]

Three days after leading the Cougars to a 42–35 victory in the Apple Cup, head coach Bill Doba was fired on November 26.^[2] Doba posted a 30–29 record during his 5 seasons as head coach; and led the Cougars to only 1 bowl game, a 28–20 victory over Texas in the Holiday Bowl in his first season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	ABC	L 21–42	81,547
September 8	4:00 p.m.	San Diego State*	Qwest Field Seattle (Cougar Gridiron Classic)		W 45–17	46,290
September 15	7:00 p.m.	Idaho*	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington (Battle of the Palouse)	FSNNW	W 45–28	32,064
September 22	5:00 p.m.	at No. 1 USC	Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 14–47	86,876
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	FSNNW	L 20–48	50,945
October 6	1:00 p.m.	No. 18 Arizona State	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSN	L 20–23	35,117
October 13	12:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon		L 7–53	58,749
October 27	3:30 p.m.	UCLA	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSN	W 27–7	31,027
November 3	7:00 p.m.	at California	Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	FSN	L 17–20	55,711
November 10	3:30 p.m.	Stanford	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSNNW	W 33–17	31,110
November 17	3:30 p.m.	Oregon State	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSNNW	L 17–52	22,660
November 24	4:00 p.m.	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, Washington (Apple Cup)	FSN	W 42–35	72,888
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Wisconsin

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	14	0	7	0	21
• Wisconsin	14	14	0	14	42

Date: September 1
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin

San Diego State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
San Diego St	10	0	0	7	17
• Washington State	10	14	14	7	45

Date: September 8
Location: Qwest Field, Seattle

Idaho

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Idaho	14	7	7	0	28
• Washington State	7	24	7	7	45

Date: September 15
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

USC

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	7	0	7	0	14
• USC	14	13	13	7	47

Date: September 22
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Arizona

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	7	6	7	0	20
• Arizona	10	10	14	14	48

Date: September 29
Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Arizona State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona State	0	7	13	3	23
Washington State	0	10	7	3	20

Date: October 6
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

Oregon

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	0	0	7	0	7
• Oregon	17	23	10	3	53

Date: October 13
Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

UCLA

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	0	0	0	7
• Washington State	10	0	3	14	27

Date: October 27
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

California

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	0	0	6	11	17
• California	7	3	3	7	20

Date: November 3
Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

Stanford

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	0	0	17	0	17
• Washington State	3	7	10	13	33

Date: November 10
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

Oregon State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oregon State	21	10	7	14	52
Washington State	0	3	7	7	17

Date: November 17
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

Washington

Washington State Cougars (4–7) at Washington Huskies (4–7)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington St	7	14	7	14	42
Washington	10	10	8	7	35

at Husky Stadium • Seattle, Washington

Date: November 24
Game time: 4:00 p.m. PDT
Game weather: Cloudy • 45 °F (7 °C) • Wind —
Game attendance: 72,888
Referee: Jack Wood
Box Score

Game information

Washington St

Alex Brink
27/40, 399 yds, 5 TD
Chris Ivory
14 rush, 114 yds, TD
Brandon Gibson
6 rec, 137 yds, 2 TD

Washington

Jake Locker
12/35, 224 yds, TD, 2 int
14 rush, 103 yds, 2 TD
Anthony Russo
5 rec, 101 yds

100th Apple Cup

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	WSU	WASH
1	14:45				Washington	Kickoff returned 89 yards for touchdown by Rankin, Perkins kick good	0	7
1	8:37	10	45	3:54	Washington	35-yard field goal by Perkins	0	10
1	1:04	3	80	0:59	Washington St	Frischknecht 41-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollmohammadi kick good	7	10
2	12:35	8	55	3:22	Washington	Locker 23-yard touchdown run, Perkins kick good	7	17
2	5:58	5	86	1:13	Washington St	Ivory 25-yard touchdown run, Abdollmohammadi kick good	14	17
2	3:22	8	43	2:03	Washington	43-yard field goal by Perkins	14	20
2	0:34	10	79	2:39	Washington St	Frischknecht 19-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollmohammadi kick good	21	20
3	9:11	5	57	1:50	Washington St	Anderson 28-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollmohammadi kick good	28	20
3	5:14	4	90	1:26	Washington	Reece 53-yard touchdown reception from Locker, 2-point pass good	28	28
4	12:18	16	73	7:20	Washington	Locker 1-yard touchdown run, Perkins kick good	28	35
4	7:29	3	81	0:51	Washington St	Gibson 40-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollmohammadi kick good	35	35
4	0:31	7	84	1:47	Washington St	Gibson 35-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollhmohammadi kick good	42	35
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							42	35