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2004 Washington State Cougars football
2004 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bill Doba (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Levenseller (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Robb Akey (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Bill Doba, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing seventh in the Pac-10. Washington State played home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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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

Schedule edit

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

Conference opponent not played this season: California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	10	0	7	8	25
• Washington State	14	7	7	0	28

^ 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.