2011 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2011 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth year head coach Paul Wulff and played their home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. They are members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season at 4–8 overall, 2–7 in Pac-12, and last place in the North Division.

2011 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record4–8 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach
  • Paul Wulff (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorTodd Sturdy (4th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorChris Ball (4th season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
2011 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 4 Oregon xy$  8 1   12 2  
No. 7 Stanford x%  8 1   11 2  
Washington  5 4   7 6  
California  4 5   7 6  
Oregon State  3 6   3 9  
Washington State  2 7   4 8  
South Division
No. 6 USC 7 2   10 2  
UCLA xy  5 4   6 8  
Utah  4 5   8 5  
Arizona State  4 5   6 7  
Arizona  2 7   4 8  
Colorado  2 7   3 10  
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • † – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll

At the end of the season, Wulff was fired after going 9–40 (.184) in four seasons and 4–32 (.111) in conference play. Former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach succeeded him in late November and led the Cougars for the next eight seasons.

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