page_title: Washington State Cougars football
section_title: Conference affiliations
hierarchical_section_title: Washington State Cougars football / Conference affiliations
caption_attribution_description: Night game at Martin Stadium Washington State University
context_page_description: The Washington State Cougars football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Washington State University, located in Pullman, Washington. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. Known as the Cougars, the first football team was fielded in 1894.
  The Cougars play home games on campus at Martin Stadium, which opened in 1972; the site dates back to 1892 as Soldier Field and was renamed Rogers Field ten years later. Its present seating capacity is 33,522. Their main rivals are the Washington Huskies; the teams historically end the regular season with the Apple Cup rivalry game in late November.
context_section_description: Washington State has been a member of the following conferences.
  Independent (1894–1916)
  Pacific Coast Conference (1917, 1919–1958)
  Independent (1918)
  Independent (1959–1961)
  Pac-12 Conference (1962–present)
  Athletic Association of Western Universities (1962–1967)
  Pacific-8 Conference (1968–1977)
  Pacific-10 Conference (1978–2010)
  Pac-12 Conference (2011–present)
caption: Martin Stadium, from northeast corner in 2014
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