2003 Oregon State Beavers football team

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2003 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 USC $		7	–	1					12	–	1
No. 9 Washington State		6	–	2					10	–	3
Oregon		5	–	3					8	–	5
California		5	–	3					8	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	4					6	–	6
UCLA		4	–	4					6	–	7
Arizona State		2	–	6					5	–	7
Stanford		2	–	6					4	–	7
Arizona		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Beavers offense scored 433 points while the defense allowed 301 points. Led by head coach Mike Riley, who returned to Oregon State after coaching the team in 1997 and 1998, the Beavers won the 2003 Las Vegas Bowl.

Season

Schedule

August 287:00 PMSacramento State*

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

FSNNWW 40–7 35,614 September 57:00 PMat Fresno State*

• Bulldog Stadium
• Fresno, CA

ESPNL 14–16 35,553 September 133:30 PMNew Mexico State*

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

W 28–16 35,831 September 204:00 PMBoise State*

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

FSNNWW 26–24 35,963 September 277:00 PMNo. 24 Arizona State

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

FSNW 45–17 36,122 October 42:00 PMat California

• Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

W 35–21 39,150 October 187:00 PMWashingtonNo. 22

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

TBSL 17–38 37,034 October 253:30 PMat No. 6 Washington State

• Martin Stadium
• Pullman, WA

FSNL 30–36 35,117 November 11:00 PMArizona

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

W 52–23 36,187 November 151:00 PMStanford

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

W 43–3 36,251 November 2212:30 PMat Oregon

• Autzen Stadium
• Eugene, OR (Civil War)

ABCL 20–34 58,102 December 61:30 PMat No. 2 USC

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

ABCL 28–52 73,864 December 245:30 PMvs. New Mexico*

• Sam Boyd Stadium
• Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)

ESPNW 55–14 25,437

Season summary

Boise State

Boise State at Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total Boise State 0 17 0 7 24 • Oregon State 10 6 3 7 26 Date: September 20 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR Game start: 4:00 p.m. PDT Source: ESPN

Scoring summary 1 12:12 Oregon State Kirk Yliniemi 51-yard field goal Oregon State 3-0 1 10:13 Oregon State Joe Newton 40-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 10-0 2 14:53 Oregon State Kirk Yliniemi 25-yard field goal Oregon State 13-0 2 14:04 Boise State T.J. Acree 67-yard pass from Ryan Dinwiddie (Tyler Jones kick) Oregon State 13-7 2 11:03 Boise State Tyler Jones 44-yard field goal Oregon State 13-10 2 5:46 Oregon State Kirk Yliniemi 33-yard field goal Oregon State 16-10 2 1:19 Boise State Tim Gilligan 62-yard punt return (Tyler Jones kick) Boise St 17-16 3 7:45 Oregon State Kirk Yliniemi 37-yard field goal Oregon State 19-17 4 14:45 Oregon State Steven Jackson 11-yard run (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 26-17 4 11:56 Boise State David Mikell 3-yard run (Tyler Jones kick) Oregon State 26-24

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 0 7 3 7 17 • Oregon St 7 17 0 21 45 Date: September 27 Location: Reser Stadium Game start: 7:10 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3:40 Game attendance: 36,122 Game weather: Clear; 73°F; wind 24 NW Referee: Jay Stricherz

Scoring summary Q1 7:21 ORST Anderson 6 yard run (Yliniemi kick) ORST 7–0 Q2 6:50 AZST Fulton 5 yard pass from Walter (Ainsworth kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 4:11 ORST Farley 61 yard pass from Anderson (Yliniemi kick) ORST 14–7 Q2 2:40 ORST Newsom 28 yard pass from Anderson (Yliniemi kick) ORST 21–7 Q2 :00 ORST Yliniemi 29 yard field goal ORST 24–7 Q3 1:30 AZST Ainsworth 34 yard field goal ORST 24–10 Q4 11:09 ORST Jackson 15 yard run (Yliniemi kick) ORST 31–10 Q4 9:28 ORST Christensen recovered fumble in end zone (Yliniemi kick) ORST 38–10 Q4 7:07 AZST Hagan 20 yard pass from Walter (Ainsworth kick) ORST 38–17 Q4 5:12 ORST Wright 2 yard run (Yliniemi kick) ORST 45–17

• Steven Jackson 26 Rush, 105 Yds

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Tim Euhus	Tight End	4	109	Buffalo Bills