# 2007 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2007 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Bill Doba and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, with one at Qwest Field in Seattle.
The 2007 Apple Cup was played a week later than normal to allow for both Washington and Washington State to have a bye, as neither had one in 2006. This marked the first time the Apple Cup has been played after Thanksgiving since 1978.
Three days after leading the Cougars to a 42–35 victory in the Apple Cup, head coach Bill Doba was fired on November 26. Doba posted a 30–29 record during his 5 seasons as head coach; and led the Cougars to only 1 bowl game, a 28–20 victory over Texas in the Holiday Bowl in his first season.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 7 Wisconsin* | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, Wisconsin | ABC | L 21–42 | 81,547 |
| September 8 | 4:00 p.m. | San Diego State* | Qwest FieldSeattle (Cougar Gridiron Classic) | | W 45–17 | 46,290 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Idaho* | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington (Battle of the Palouse) | FSNNW | W 45–28 | 32,064 |
| September 22 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 1 USC | Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles | ABC | L 14–47 | 86,876 |
| September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at Arizona | Arizona StadiumTucson, Arizona | FSNNW | L 20–48 | 50,945 |
| October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 18 Arizona State | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | FSN | L 20–23 | 35,117 |
| October 13 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 8 Oregon | Autzen StadiumEugene, Oregon | | L 7–53 | 58,749 |
| October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | UCLA | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | FSN | W 27–7 | 31,027 |
| November 3 | 7:00 p.m. | at California | Memorial StadiumBerkeley, California | FSN | L 17–20 | 55,711 |
| November 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Stanford | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | FSNNW | W 33–17 | 31,110 |
| November 17 | 3:30 p.m. | Oregon State | Martin StadiumPullman, Washington | FSNNW | L 17–52 | 22,660 |
| November 24 | 4:00 p.m. | at Washington | Husky StadiumSeattle, Washington (Apple Cup) | FSN | W 42–35 | 72,888 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Wisconsin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| • Wisconsin | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 42 |

### San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| San Diego St | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| • Washington State | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 45 |

### Idaho

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Idaho | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| • Washington State | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 45 |

### USC

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| • USC | 14 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 47 |

### Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| • Arizona | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 48 |

### Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Arizona State | 0 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| Washington State | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |

### Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| • Oregon | 17 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 53 |

### UCLA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UCLA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| • Washington State | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 27 |

### California

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington State | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| • California | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |

### Stanford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Stanford | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| • Washington State | 3 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 33 |

### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Oregon State | 21 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 52 |
| Washington State | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |

### Washington

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington St | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Washington | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 35 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, Washington
* Date: November 24
* Game time: 4:00 p.m. PDT
* Game weather: Cloudy • 45 °F (7 °C) • Wind —
* Game attendance: 72,888
* Referee: Jack Wood
* Box Score
Game information :
Washington St
Alex Brink 27/40, 399 yds, 5 TD
Chris Ivory 14 rush, 114 yds, TD
Brandon Gibson 6 rec, 137 yds, 2 TD
Washington
Jake Locker 12/35, 224 yds, TD, 2 int 14 rush, 103 yds, 2 TD
Anthony Russo 5 rec, 101 yds :
100th Apple Cup
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | WSU | WASH |
| 1 | 14:45 | | | | Washington | Kickoff returned 89 yards for touchdown by Rankin, Perkins kick good | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 8:37 | 10 | 45 | 3:54 | Washington | 35-yard field goal by Perkins | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 1:04 | 3 | 80 | 0:59 | Washington St | Frischknecht 41-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollmohammadi kick good | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | 12:35 | 8 | 55 | 3:22 | Washington | Locker 23-yard touchdown run, Perkins kick good | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | 5:58 | 5 | 86 | 1:13 | Washington St | Ivory 25-yard touchdown run, Abdollmohammadi kick good | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | 3:22 | 8 | 43 | 2:03 | Washington | 43-yard field goal by Perkins | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | 0:34 | 10 | 79 | 2:39 | Washington St | Frischknecht 19-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollmohammadi kick good | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | 9:11 | 5 | 57 | 1:50 | Washington St | Anderson 28-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollmohammadi kick good | 28 | 20 |
| 3 | 5:14 | 4 | 90 | 1:26 | Washington | Reece 53-yard touchdown reception from Locker, 2-point pass good | 28 | 28 |
| 4 | 12:18 | 16 | 73 | 7:20 | Washington | Locker 1-yard touchdown run, Perkins kick good | 28 | 35 |
| 4 | 7:29 | 3 | 81 | 0:51 | Washington St | Gibson 40-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollmohammadi kick good | 35 | 35 |
| 4 | 0:31 | 7 | 84 | 1:47 | Washington St | Gibson 35-yard touchdown reception from Brink, Abdollhmohammadi kick good | 42 | 35 |
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