2004 Washington State Cougars football team

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	$ – 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

2004 Washington State Cougars football
2004 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2004 record	5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bill Doba (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Levenseller (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Robb Akey (2nd season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium; (Capacity: 35,117)
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Bill Doba, and played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, with one in Seattle at Qwest Field. The Cougars were 5–6 overall and 3–5 in the Pacific-10 Conference, in seventh place.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	5:00 pm	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico	ESPN	W 21–17	34,860
September 11	12:30 pm	Colorado*	Qwest Field Seattle (Cougar Gridiron Classic)	ABC	L 12–20	56,188
September 18	7:30 pm	Idaho*	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington^[1] (Battle of the Palouse)	FSNNW	W 49–8	34,858
September 25	12:30 pm	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	ABC	W 20–19	43,579
October 9	2:00 pm	Oregon	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		L 38–41	35,117
October 16	7:15 pm	Stanford	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSN	L 17–23	34,963
October 23	1:05 pm	at Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 19–38	36,265
October 30	4:00 pm	No. 1 USC	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	ABC	L 12–42	35,117
November 6	12:30 pm	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California		W 31–29	62,259
November 13	4:00 pm	at No. 20 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	TBS	L 14–38	60,319
November 20	4:00 pm	Washington	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington ^[2] (Apple Cup)	ABC	W 28–25	34,334
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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

v t Washington State Cougars football
Venues	Rogers Field (1895–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983 as alternate; 1970–1971 as sole) Martin Stadium (1972–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho (Battle of the Palouse) Washington (Apple Cup)
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t	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