1999 Washington State Cougars football team

1999 Washington State Cougars football
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Conference	Pacific-10
1999 record	3–9 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Price
Defensive coordinator	Bill Doba
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 37,600)

1999 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Stanford $		7	–	1					8	–	4
#19 Oregon		6	–	2					9	–	3
Washington		6	–	2					7	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Arizona		3	–	5					6	–	6
USC		3	–	5					6	–	6
California		3	–	5					4	–	7
UCLA		2	–	6					4	–	7
Washington State		1	–	7					3	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Cal later vacated 4 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	1:00 PM	Utah*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		L 7–27	26,179
September 11	7:15 PM	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FSN	L 17–54	36,592
September 18	1:00 PM	Idaho*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)		L 17–28	34,873
September 25	1:00 PM	Arizona		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		L 24–30	26,787
October 2	1:00 PM	California		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 31–7	27,682
October 9	1:00 PM	Louisiana-Lafayette*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 44–0	23,276
October 23	4:00 PM	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		L 21–33	57,537
October 30	1:00 PM	Oregon State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		L 13–27	34,240
November 6	7:00 PM	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FSN	L 10–52	44,090
November 13	4:00 PM	USC		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ABC	L 28–31	23,065
November 20	12:30 PM	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	ABC	L 14–24	72,973
November 27	8:00 PM	at Hawaii*		Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI		W 22–14	45,382
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game summaries

California

1 2 3 4 Total California 0 0 7 0 7 • Washington St 0 17 0 14 31 Date: October 7 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:12 Game attendance: 27,682 Game weather: Clear; 62°F; wind 5–10 W Referee: J. Stricherz

Scoring summary Q2 9:45 WSU Henderson 18 yard pass from Birnbaum (Lindell kick) WSU 7–0 Q2 9:15 WSU Lindell 40 yard field goal WSU 10–0 Q2 6:15 WSU Birnbaum 1 yard run (Lindell kick) WSU 17–0 Q3 13:44 CAL Waasdorp 25 yard fumble return (Hershey kick) WSU 17–7 Q4 9:32 WSU Williams 10 yard pass from Birnbaum (Lindell kick) WSU 24–7 Q4 2:33 WSU Burnett 24 yard run (Lindell kick) WSU 31–7