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.

2007 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–7 (3–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Levenseller (7th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Base defense4–3
Captains
  • Husain Abdullah
  • Alex Brink
  • Michael Bumpus
  • Greg Trent
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
2007 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 USC +  7 2   11 2  
No. 16 Arizona State +  7 2   10 3  
No. 25 Oregon State  6 3   9 4  
No. 23 Oregon  5 4   9 4  
UCLA  5 4   6 7  
Arizona  4 5   5 7  
California  3 6   7 6  
Washington State  3 6   5 7  
Stanford  3 6   4 8  
Washington  2 7   4 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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