The Washington State Cougars football team is the interscholastic football team of the Washington State University. The team is a member of the Pacific Ten Conference.
The Cougars play at Martin Stadium, which has the lowest capacity of any Pac-10 stadium at 35,117. The head coach is Paul Wulff, who was hired on December 11, 2007.
[edit] Chronology of Washington State Head Coaches
| Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
| 1893 | Edson R. Weeks | 1 | 0-2-0 | .000 |
| 1894 | William Goodyear | 1 | 1-1-0 | .500 |
| 1895 | W.W. Waite | 1 | 2-0-0 | 1.000 |
| 1896 | David Brodie | 1 | 2-0-1 | 1.000 |
| 1897 | Robert Galley | 1 | 2-0-0 | 1.000 |
| 1898-99 | Frank Shively | 2 | 1-1-1 | .500 |
| 1900, 1902 | William Allen | 2 | 6-3-1 | .650 |
| 1901 | William Namack | 1 | 4-1-0 | .800 |
| 1903 | James Ashmore | 1 | 3-3-2 | .500 |
| 1904-05 | Everett Sweeney | 2 | 6-6-0 | .500 |
| 1906-07, 1912-14 | John R. Bender | 5 | 21-12-0 | .636 |
| 1908 | Walter Rheinschild | 1 | 4-0-2 | .833 |
| 1909 | Willis Keinholz | 1 | 4-1-0 | .800 |
| 1910-11 | Oscar Osthoff | 2 | 5-6-0 | .454 |
| 1915-17 | William Dietz | 3 | 17-2-1 | .875 |
| 1918 | Emory Alvord | 1 | 1-1-0 | .500 |
| 1919-22 | Gus Welch | 4 | 16-10-1 | .611 |
| 1923-25 | Albert Exendine | 3 | 6-13-4 | .348 |
| 1926-42 | O.E. Hollingbery | 17 | 93-53-14 | .625 |
| 1945-49 | Phil Sarboe | 5 | 17-26-3 | .402 |
| 1950-51 | Forest Evashevski | 2 | 11-6-2 | .632 |
| 1952-55 | Al Kircher | 4 | 13-25-2 | .350 |
| 1956-63 | Jim Sutherland | 8 | 37-39-4 | .488 |
| 1964-67 | Bert Clark | 4 | 15-24-1 | .388 |
| 1968-75 | Jim Sweeney | 8 | 26-59-1 | .308 |
| 1976 | Jackie Sherrill | 1 | 3-8-0 | .273 |
| 1977 | Warren Powers | 1 | 6-5-0 | .545 |
| 1978-86 | Jim Walden | 9 | 44-52-4 | .460 |
| 1987-88 | Dennis Erickson | 2 | 12-10-1 | .543 |
| 1989-2002 | Mike Price | 14 | 83-78-0 | .516 |
| 2003-07 | Bill Doba | 5 | 30-29-0 | .508 |
| 2008- | Paul Wulff | 1 | 2-11-0 | .154 |
| Totals | 31 coaches | 115 seasons | 493-483-45 | .483 |
Martin Stadium, home of Cougars football
[edit] Bowl games
Washington State has made 10 bowl appearances, and has a bowl record of 6–4. The Cougars have played in the Rose Bowl (1 win, 3 losses), the Holiday Bowl (1 win, 1 loss), the Aloha Bowl (1 win), the Copper Bowl (1 win), the Alamo Bowl (1 win), and the Sun Bowl (1 win).[1]
| Date | Bowl | W/L | Opponent | PF | PA |
| January 1, 1916 | Rose Bowl | W | Brown | 14 | 0 |
| January 1, 1931 | Rose Bowl | L | Alabama | 0 | 24 |
| December 18, 1981 | Holiday Bowl | L | Brigham Young | 36 | 38 |
| December 25, 1988 | Aloha Bowl | W | Houston | 24 | 22 |
| December 29, 1992 | Copper Bowl | W | Utah | 31 | 28 |
| December 31, 1994 | Alamo Bowl | W | Baylor | 10 | 3 |
| January 1, 1998 | Rose Bowl | L | Michigan | 16 | 21 |
| December 31, 2001 | Sun Bowl | W | Purdue | 33 | 27 |
| January 1, 2003 | Rose Bowl | L | Oklahoma | 14 | 34 |
| December 30, 2003 | Holiday Bowl | W | Texas | 28 | 20 |
| Total | 10 bowl games | 6-4 | | 206 | 217 |
[edit] Notable players
- ^ Washington State University Bowl Game History
[edit] References
- ESPN College Football Encyclopedia (pages 998–995)
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