2008 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2008 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's new head coach was Paul Wulff and home games were played on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. The season was a disaster from the start for WSU, who gave up the most points in a single season in Pac-10 Conference history, allowing more than 60 points on four occasions.

2008 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record2–11 (1–8 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Paul Wulff (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorTodd Sturdy (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Co-defensive coordinatorChris Ball (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJody Sears (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
(Capacity: 35,117)
2008 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 USC $  8 1   12 1  
No. 10 Oregon  7 2   10 3  
No. 18 Oregon State  7 2   9 4  
California  6 3   9 4  
Arizona  5 4   8 5  
Arizona State  4 5   5 7  
Stanford  4 5   5 7  
UCLA  3 6   4 8  
Washington State  1 8   2 11  
Washington  0 9   0 12  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Perhaps the only consolation for the Cougars was winning the Apple Cup. The media joked before the game that it was the "Crapple Cup" and "full of worms", because the Huskies (0–10 at the time) also had a very poor season.

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