2006 Washington State Cougars football team

2006 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 USC +	7	–	2	11	–	2
No. 14 California +	7	–	2	10	–	3
No. 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

Pacific-10 Conference, tied for fifth. Ranked 25th in the AP Poll

Pre-season

Washington State did not appear in any national pre-season rankings and was predicted to finish in eighth place in the

Pacific-10 Conference

media poll.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	4:45 pm	at No. 4 Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	ESPN2	L 14–40	87,451
September 9	12:45 pm	FSNNW	W 56–10	29,431
September 16	2:00 pm	Qwest Field Seattle (Cougar Gridiron Classic)		W 17–15	41,358
September 23	2:00 pm	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, California		W 36–10	37,498
September 30	4:00 pm	No. 2 TBS	L 22–28	35,117
October 7	4:00 pm	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSNNW	W 13–6	42,951
October 14	2:00 pm	No. 11 California		Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		L 3–21	31,441
October 21	2:00 pm	No. 15 Oregon		Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		W 34–23	35,117
October 28	4:00 pm	at UCLA		Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	ABC	W 37–15	53,058
November 4	2:00 pm	Arizona	No. 25	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		L 17–27	35,117
November 11	6:00 pm	at Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		L 14–47	53,289
November 18	3:45 pm	Washington		Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington (Apple Cup)	FSN	L 32–35	35,117
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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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 Northwest Championship
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band Coug it Ol' Crimson
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 2023 2024