2016 Oregon State Beavers football team

2016 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	4–8 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Gary Andersen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Clune (1st season)
Home stadium	Reser Stadium (Capacity: 45,674)

2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^		8	–	1					12	–	2
Washington State		7	–	2					8	–	5
No. 12 Stanford		6	–	3					10	–	3
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
Oregon State		3	–	6					4	–	8
Oregon		2	–	7					4	–	8
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x		8	–	1					10	–	4
No. 3 USC		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 23 Utah		5	–	4					9	–	4
Arizona State		2	–	7					5	–	7
UCLA		2	–	7					4	–	8
Arizona		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Gary Andersen and their home games were played on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis. Oregon State was a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the North Division.

Schedule

September 16:00 PMat Minnesota*

• TCF Bank Stadium
• Minneapolis, MN

BTNL 23–3044,582 September 172:00 PMIdaho State*

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

P12NW 37–738,052 September 2412:30 PMBoise State*

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

FS1L 24–3842,846 October 111:30 AMat Colorado

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO

P12NL 6–4746,839 October 86:00 PMCalifornia

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

P12NW 47–44 ^OT34,066 October 151:00 PMNo. 21 Utah

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

P12NL 14–19 32,093 October 223:30 PMat No. 5 Washington

• Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium
• Seattle, WA

P12NL 17–41 65,796 October 297:45 PMWashington State

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

ESPN2L 31–3537,081 November 512:30 PMat Stanford

• Stanford Stadium
• Stanford, CA

FS1L 15–2638,813 November 126:00 PMat UCLA

• Rose Bowl
• Pasadena, CA

P12NL 24–38 64,813 November 197:30 PMArizona

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

P12NW 42–17 35,059 November 261:00 PMOregon

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR (120th Civil War)

P12NW 34–24 44,160

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Game notes

at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	7	9	0	23
Golden Gophers	0	17	0	13	30

See also: 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	1981	MINN, 42–12

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	7	0	7
Beavers	13	10	14	0	37

See also: 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2007	ORST, 61–14

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	14	17	0	7	38
Beavers	7	0	10	7	24

See also: 2016 Boise State Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2013	ORST, 38–13

at Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	3	3	0	0	6
Buffaloes	13	24	3	7	47

See also: 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2015	COLO, 17–13

California

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Golden Bears	0	10	7	24	3	44
Beavers	10	7	17	7	6	47

See also: 2016 California Golden Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–36	2015	CAL, 54–24

Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Utes	9	3	0	7	19
Beavers	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2016 Utah Utes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–8–1	2015	UTAH, 27–12

at Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	0	10	7	17
#5 Huskies	21	10	10	0	41

See also: 2016 Washington Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–62–4	2015	WASH, 52–7

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	6	22	7	35
Beavers	14	10	0	7	31

See also: 2016 Washington State Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–50–3	2015	WAZZU, 52–31

at Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	7	0	8	15
Cardinal	10	3	10	3	26

See also: 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–54–3	2015	STAN, 42–24

at UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	7	10	0	24
Bruins	21	3	7	7	38

See also: 2016 UCLA Bruins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–41–4	2015	UCLA, 41–0

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	10	0	7	17
Beavers	14	7	14	7	42

See also: 2016 Arizona Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–22–1	2015	ARIZ, 44–7

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	7	7	10	0	24
Beavers	7	7	7	13	34

See also: 2016 Oregon Ducks football team, Civil War (college football game), and Platypus Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
46–63–10	2015	ORE, 52–42