1997 Oregon State Beavers football team

1997 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	3–8 (0–8 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Riley (1st season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium (Capacity: 35,362)

1997 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 9 Washington State +		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 5 UCLA +		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 14 Arizona State		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 18 Washington		5	–	3					8	–	4
Arizona		4	–	4					7	–	5
USC		4	–	4					6	–	5
Oregon		3	–	5					7	–	5
Stanford		3	–	5					5	–	6
California		1	–	7					3	–	8
Oregon State		0	–	8					3	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Mike Riley. The Beavers participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	1:00 pm	North Texas*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 33–7	30,818
September 20	1:00 pm	No. 21 Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 24–27	26,244
September 27	1:00 pm	No. 25 Arizona State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 10–13	25,873
October 4	1:00 pm	San Jose State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 26–12	19,168
October 11	1:00 pm	Utah State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 24–16	23,210
October 18	3:30 pm	at No. 17 UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	FSN	L 10–34	38,165
October 25	3:30 pm	No. 7 Washington	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	L 17–45	28,067
November 1	12:30 pm	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California		L 14–33	32,000
November 8	6:00 pm	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona		L 7–27	39,754
November 15	1:00 pm	USC	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 0–23	20,938
November 22	1:00 pm	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon (Civil War)		L 30–48	45,735
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time