1979 Oregon State Beavers football team

1979 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	1–10 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Craig Fertig (4th season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium

1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1			11	–	0	–	1
No. 11 Washington	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
California	5	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Arizona State †	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled a 1–10 record (1–7 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in last place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents, 396 to 147. The team played its home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 8	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	L 16–35
September 15	No. 1 USC	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 5–42
September 22	at Kansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 16–22
September 29	Arizona State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 0–45
October 6	at No. 7 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–41
October 13	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–45
October 20	San Jose State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 14–24
October 27	Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 33–31
November 3	Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 42–45
November 17	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 18–42
November 29	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	L 3–24
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game