2010 Washington State Cougars football team

2010 Washington State Cougars football
2010 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	2–10 (1–8 Pac-10)
Head coach	Paul Wulff (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Todd Sturdy (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Co-defensive coordinators	Chris Ball (3rd season); Jody Sears (3rd season);
Base defense	Multiple
Home stadium	Martin Stadium; (Capacity: 35,117)
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Head coach Paul Wulff was in his third season and they were members of the Pacific-10 Conference. The team played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. The Cougars finished the season 2–10 (1–8 in Pac-10, last).

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	4:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma State*	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	L 17–65	48,692	^[1]
September 11	4:00 p.m.	No. 24 (FCS) Montana State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSNNW	W 23–22	26,356	^[2]
September 18	12:30 p.m.	at SMU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas	CBSCS	L 21–35	18,184	^[3]
September 25	12:00 p.m.	No. 20 Southern California	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSNNW	L 16–50	24,310	^[4]
October 2	12:30 p.m.	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	FSNNW	L 28–42	62,072	^[5]
October 9	2:00 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	CSNNW	L 23–43	24,768	^[6]
October 16	4:30 p.m.	No. 17 Arizona	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	Versus	L 7–24	23,955	^[7]
October 23	2:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, California	FCS	L 28–38	36,679	^[8]
October 30	4:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		L 0–42	44,903	^[9]
November 6	1:00 p.m.	California	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSNNW	L 13–20	17,648	^[10]
November 13	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSNNW	W 31–14	45,389	^[11]
December 4	4:00 p.m.	Washington	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington (103rd Apple Cup)	Versus	L 28–35	30,157	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	10	0	7	17
Cowboys	17	21	13	14	65

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	6	7	9	0	22
Cougars	0	7	0	16	23

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	7	0	7	21
Mustangs	7	7	14	7	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Trojans	21	7	15	7	50
Cougars	7	6	0	3	16

Schedule

2010 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Oregon $	9	–	0	12	–	1
No. 4 Stanford %	8	–	1	12	–	1
USC †	5	–	4	8	–	5
Washington	5	–	4	7	–	6
Arizona	4	–	5	7	–	6
Arizona State	4	–	5	6	–	6
Oregon State	4	–	5	5	–	7
California	3	–	6	5	–	7
UCLA	2	–	7	4	–	8
Washington State	1	–	8	2	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative † – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Ducks	15	14	7	7	43
Cougars	14	3	6	0	23

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Wildcats	7	7	7	3	24
Cougars	0	0	7	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	7	0	21	28
#12 Cardinal	10	14	7	7	38