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Washington State Cougars School History

Seasons: 105 (1917 to 2024)

Record (W-L-T): 503-550-38

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 505-548-38

Conferences: Pac-12, Pac-10, Pac-8, AAWU, Ind, PCC

Conf. Championships: 4

Bowl Record: 17 Bowls, 7-10, .412 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 4 Times (Preseason), 12 Times (Final), 166 Weeks (Total)

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 2 Times (Final), 17 Weeks (Total)

Stadium: Martin Stadium (cap. 35,117)

Location: Pullman, Washington

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105 Years

105 Years Table
			Overall				Conference				SRS		Polls
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
1	2024	Ind	4	1	0	.800					11.16	3.56						Jake Dickert (4-1)
2	2023	Pac-12	5	7	0	.417	2	7	0	.222	4.23	3.40		13				Jake Dickert (5-7)
3	2022	Pac-12	7	6	0	.538	4	5	0	.444	3.55	2.24						Jake Dickert (7-6)	LA Bowl (L)
4	2021	Pac-12	7	6	0	.538	6	3	0	.667	3.05	-0.02						Nick Rolovich (4-3), Jake Dickert (3-3)	Sun Bowl (L)
5	2020	Pac-12	1	3	0	.250	1	3	0	.250	-11.34	-0.09						Nick Rolovich (1-3)
6	2019	Pac-12	6	7	0	.462	3	6	0	.333	3.86	2.01	23	19				Mike Leach (6-7)	Cheez-It Bowl (L)
7	2018	Pac-12	11	2	0	.846	7	2	0	.778	12.19	-0.04		7	10	8	13	Mike Leach (11-2)	Alamo Bowl (W)
8	2017	Pac-12	9	4	0	.692	6	3	0	.667	6.62	2.39	24	8		13	18	Mike Leach (9-4)	Holiday Bowl (L)
9	2016	Pac-12	8	5	0	.615	7	2	0	.778	9.03	3.18		20		22		Mike Leach (8-5)	Holiday Bowl (L)
10	2015	Pac-12	9	4	0	.692	6	3	0	.667	6.55	1.48		20		20		Mike Leach (9-4)	Sun Bowl (W)
11	2014	Pac-12	3	9	0	.250	2	7	0	.222	-1.54	6.47						Mike Leach (3-9)
12	2013	Pac-12	6	7	0	.462	4	5	0	.444	5.09	6.94						Mike Leach (6-7)	New Mexico Bowl (L)
13	2012	Pac-12	3	9	0	.250	1	8	0	.111	-6.89	3.36						Mike Leach (3-9)
14	2011	Pac-12	4	8	0	.333	2	7	0	.222	-5.61	0.14						Paul Wulff (4-8)
15	2010	Pac-10	2	10	0	.167	1	8	0	.111	-4.20	7.22						Paul Wulff (2-10)
16	2009	Pac-10	1	11	0	.083	0	9	0	.000	-14.87	4.88						Paul Wulff (1-11)
17	2008	Pac-10	2	11	0	.154	1	8	0	.111	-13.82	3.33						Paul Wulff (2-11)
18	2007	Pac-10	5	7	0	.417	3	6	0	.333	1.66	5.58						Bill Doba (5-7)
19	2006	Pac-10	6	6	0	.500	4	5	0	.444	5.81	5.40		25				Bill Doba (6-6)
20	2005	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	1	7	0	.125	1.60	1.88						Bill Doba (4-7)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
21	2004	Pac-10	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	2.67	5.39						Bill Doba (5-6)
22	2003	Pac-10	10	3	0	.769	6	2	0	.750	12.31	3.00		6	9			Bill Doba (10-3)	Holiday Bowl (W)
23	2002	Pac-10	10	3	0	.769	7	1	0	.875	13.47	4.01	11	3	10			Mike Price (10-3)	Rose Bowl (L)
24	2001	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833	6	2	0	.750	12.09	0.59		9	10			Mike Price (10-2)	Sun Bowl (W)
25	2000	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	2	6	0	.250	1.93	6.66						Mike Price (4-7)
26	1999	Pac-10	3	9	0	.250	1	7	0	.125	-4.93	1.15						Mike Price (3-9)
27	1998	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	0	8	0	.000	-5.75	3.71						Mike Price (3-8)
28	1997	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833	7	1	0	.875	14.21	4.71		8	9			Mike Price (10-2)	Rose Bowl (L)
29	1996	Pac-10	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	1.41	2.32						Mike Price (5-6)
30	1995	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	2	6	0	.250	-2.01	2.27						Mike Price (3-8)
31	1994	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667	5	3	0	.625	10.75	6.08		16	21			Mike Price (8-4)	Alamo Bowl (W)
32	1993	Pac-10	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	4.84	5.84		25				Mike Price (5-6)
33	1992	Pac-10	9	3	0	.750	5	3	0	.625	10.23	4.48		13	15			Mike Price (9-3)	Copper Bowl (W)
34	1991	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	3	5	0	.375	0.01	4.47						Mike Price (4-7)
35	1990	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	2	6	0	.250	-2.00	5.27						Mike Price (3-8)
36	1989	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545	3	5	0	.375	8.99	4.53		15				Mike Price (6-5)
37	1988	Pac-10	9	3	0	.750	5	3	0	.625	13.85	6.01		16	16			Dennis Erickson (9-3)	Aloha Bowl (W)
38	1987	Pac-10	3	7	1	.318	1	5	1	.214	-1.56	6.17						Dennis Erickson (3-7-1)
39	1986	Pac-10	3	7	1	.318	2	6	1	.278	3.09	9.46						Jim Walden (3-7-1)
40	1985	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	3	5	0	.375	3.50	4.13						Jim Walden (4-7)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
41	1984	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545	4	3	0	.571	4.61	3.06						Jim Walden (6-5)
42	1983	Pac-10	7	4	0	.636	5	3	0	.625	5.56	2.19						Jim Walden (7-4)
43	1982	Pac-10	3	7	1	.318	2	4	1	.357	-2.20	4.80						Jim Walden (3-7-1)
44	1981	Pac-10	8	3	1	.708	5	2	1	.688	9.87	2.62		14				Jim Walden (8-3-1)	Holiday Bowl (L)
45	1980	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	3	4	0	.429	3.64	2.92						Jim Walden (4-7)
46	1979	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	2	6	0	.250	-1.38	7.81						Jim Walden (3-8)		record adjusted to 4-7-0 by NCAA
47	1978	Pac-10	3	7	1	.318	1	7	0	.125	3.04	5.58						Jim Walden (3-7-1)
48	1977	Pac-8	6	5	0	.545	3	4	0	.429	8.71	7.26		15				Warren Powers (6-5)		record adjusted to 7-4-0 by NCAA
49	1976	Pac-8	3	8	0	.273	2	5	0	.286	-0.53	5.84						Jackie Sherrill (3-8)
50	1975	Pac-8	3	8	0	.273	0	7	0	.000	-0.44	4.47						Jim Sweeney (3-8)
51	1974	Pac-8	2	9	0	.182	1	6	0	.143	-3.12	5.07						Jim Sweeney (2-9)
52	1973	Pac-8	5	6	0	.455	4	3	0	.571	5.20	8.20						Jim Sweeney (5-6)
53	1972	Pac-8	7	4	0	.636	4	3	0	.571	9.61	5.07		19	19			Jim Sweeney (7-4)
54	1971	Pac-8	4	7	0	.364	2	5	0	.286	3.25	5.98						Jim Sweeney (4-7)
55	1970	Pac-8	1	10	0	.091	0	7	0	.000	-2.36	11.73						Jim Sweeney (1-10)
56	1969	Pac-8	1	9	0	.100	0	7	0	.000	-6.95	8.05						Jim Sweeney (1-9)
57	1968	Pac-8	3	6	1	.350	1	3	1	.300	-1.48	0.72						Jim Sweeney (3-6-1)
58	1967	AAWU	2	8	0	.200	1	5	0	.167	-5.25	5.55						Bert Clark (2-8)
59	1966	AAWU	3	7	0	.300	1	3	0	.250	-5.31	1.49						Bert Clark (3-7)
60	1965	AAWU	7	3	0	.700	2	1	0	.667	3.66	-0.74						Bert Clark (7-3)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
61	1964	AAWU	3	6	1	.350	1	2	1	.375	-2.99	3.32						Bert Clark (3-6-1)
62	1963	AAWU	3	6	1	.350	1	1	0	.500	-1.32	4.88						Jim Sutherland (3-6-1)
63	1962	AAWU	5	4	1	.550	1	1	0	.500	4.53	2.33						Jim Sutherland (5-4-1)
64	1961	Ind	3	7	0	.300					-3.41	2.29						Jim Sutherland (3-7)
65	1960	Ind	4	5	1	.450					-1.32	-3.82						Jim Sutherland (4-5-1)
66	1959	Ind	6	4	0	.600					5.78	0.78						Jim Sutherland (6-4)
67	1958	PCC	7	3	0	.700	6	2	0	.750	8.62	2.62		10				Jim Sutherland (7-3)
68	1957	PCC	6	4	0	.600	5	3	0	.625	8.72	5.12		19				Jim Sutherland (6-4)
69	1956	PCC	3	6	1	.350	2	5	1	.313	-2.48	4.92						Jim Sutherland (3-6-1)
70	1955	PCC	1	7	2	.200	1	5	1	.214	-7.19	5.61						Alton Kircher (1-7-2)
71	1954	PCC	4	6	0	.400	3	4	0	.429	-2.17	1.43						Alton Kircher (4-6)
72	1953	PCC	4	6	0	.400	3	4	0	.429	-2.91	4.19						Alton Kircher (4-6)
73	1952	PCC	4	6	0	.400	3	4	0	.429	3.57	7.97	15	15				Alton Kircher (4-6)
74	1951	PCC	7	3	0	.700	4	3	0	.571	10.88	3.08		16	18			Forest Evashevski (7-3)
75	1950	PCC	4	3	2	.556	2	3	2	.429	0.25	0.80						Forest Evashevski (4-3-2)
76	1949	PCC	3	6	0	.333	2	6	0	.250	0.96	7.08						Phil Sarboe (3-6)
77	1948	PCC	4	5	1	.450	4	3	1	.563	-0.30	5.00						Phil Sarboe (4-5-1)
78	1947	PCC	3	7	0	.300	2	5	0	.286	-1.97	4.73						Phil Sarboe (3-7)
79	1946	PCC	1	6	1	.188	1	5	1	.214	-6.85	-1.60						Phil Sarboe (1-6-1)
80	1945	PCC	6	2	1	.722	6	2	1	.722	-2.29	-10.07						Phil Sarboe (6-2-1)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
81	1942	PCC	6	2	2	.700	5	1	1	.786	1.19	-2.31		10	17			O.E. Hollingbery (6-2-2)
82	1941	PCC	6	4	0	.600	5	3	0	.625	13.81	8.71		19	19			O.E. Hollingbery (6-4)
83	1940	PCC	4	4	2	.500	3	4	2	.444	3.28	4.68		19				O.E. Hollingbery (4-4-2)
84	1939	PCC	4	5	0	.444	3	5	0	.375	-4.23	1.33						O.E. Hollingbery (4-5)
85	1938	PCC	2	8	0	.200	1	7	0	.125	-2.48	8.52						O.E. Hollingbery (2-8)
86	1937	PCC	3	3	3	.500	3	3	2	.500	1.26	4.26						O.E. Hollingbery (3-3-3)
87	1936	PCC	6	3	1	.650	6	2	1	.722	8.47	4.77		14				O.E. Hollingbery (6-3-1)
88	1935	PCC	5	3	1	.611	3	2	0	.600	4.16	0.05						O.E. Hollingbery (5-3-1)
89	1934	PCC	4	3	1	.563	4	0	1	.900	9.71	1.59						O.E. Hollingbery (4-3-1)
90	1933	PCC	5	3	1	.611	3	3	1	.500	7.60	4.49						O.E. Hollingbery (5-3-1)
91	1932	PCC	7	1	1	.833	5	1	1	.786	12.85	3.41						O.E. Hollingbery (7-1-1)
92	1931	PCC	6	4	0	.600	4	3	0	.571	8.89	7.49						O.E. Hollingbery (6-4)
93	1930	PCC	9	1	0	.900	6	0	0	1.000	14.18	1.98						O.E. Hollingbery (9-1)	Rose Bowl (L)
94	1929	PCC	10	2	0	.833	4	2	0	.667	8.67	-3.67						O.E. Hollingbery (10-2)
95	1928	PCC	7	3	0	.700	4	3	0	.571	9.20	-0.70						O.E. Hollingbery (7-3)
96	1927	PCC	3	3	2	.500	1	3	1	.300	0.02	-1.98						O.E. Hollingbery (3-3-2)
97	1926	PCC	6	1	0	.857	4	1	0	.800	8.28	0.99						O.E. Hollingbery (6-1)
98	1925	PCC	3	4	1	.438	2	3	0	.400	-4.16	-0.41						Albert Exendine (3-4-1)
99	1924	PCC	1	5	2	.250	0	4	1	.100	1.64	5.77						Albert Exendine (1-5-2)
100	1923	PCC	2	4	1	.357	1	3	1	.300	-1.95	1.91						Albert Exendine (2-4-1)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
101	1922	PCC	2	5	0	.286	1	5	0	.167	-5.03	4.69						Gus Welch (2-5)
102	1921	PCC	4	2	1	.643	2	1	1	.625	1.93	-1.93						Gus Welch (4-2-1)
103	1920	PCC	5	1	0	.833	1	1	0	.500	7.66	-2.67						Gus Welch (5-1)
104	1919	PCC	5	2	0	.714	2	2	0	.500	8.71	-2.58						Gus Welch (5-2)
105	1917	PCC	6	0	1	.929	3	0	0	1.000	7.68	-7.46						William Dietz (6-0-1)

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