2000 Washington State Cougars football team

2000 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	4–7 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Price (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim McDonell (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Bill Doba (7th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Martin Stadium

2000 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Washington $+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 4 Oregon State  %+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 7 Oregon +		7	–	1					10	–	2
Stanford		4	–	4					5	–	6
UCLA		3	–	5					6	–	6
Arizona State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Arizona		3	–	5					5	–	6
USC		2	–	6					5	–	7
Washington State		2	–	6					4	–	7
California		2	–	6					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Mike Price, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for eighth the Pac-10. Washington State played home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:15 pm	Stanford	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	L 10–24	21,793
September 16	5:00 pm	at Utah*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT		W 38–21	38,814
September 23	2:00 pm	Idaho*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)		L 34–38	31,409
September 30	2:30 pm	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 21–17	30,500
October 7	2:00 pm	Boise State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 42–35	25,129
October 14	6:00 pm	at No. 22 Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		L 47–53 3OT	50,350
October 21	2:00 pm	Arizona State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		L 20–23 OT	25,199
October 28	1:00 pm	at No. 18 Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		L 9–38	34,491
November 4	2:00 pm	No. 7 Oregon	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	L 24–27 OT	23,314
November 11	3:30 pm	at USC	Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FSN	W 33–27	40,565
November 18	3:30 pm	No. 5 Washington	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	FSN	L 3–51	33,010
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time