Oregon State Beavers football
Oregon State Beavers football | |||
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First season | 1893 | ||
Athletic director | Scott Barnes | ||
Head coach | Jonathan Smith 5th season, 24–31 (.436) | ||
Stadium | Reser Stadium Providence Park (capacity: 43,363 (Reser Stadium) 25,218 (Providence Park)) | ||
Year built | 1953 (Reser Stadium) 1926 (Providence Park) | ||
Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
Location | Corvallis, Oregon | ||
NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
Conference | Pac-12 (since 1964) | ||
Division | North (since 2011) | ||
Past conferences | Independent (1893–1899, 1902–1915, 1959–1963) PCC (1916–1942, 1945–1958) | ||
All-time record | 552–615–50 (.474) | ||
Bowl record | 11–7 (.611) | ||
Conference titles | 5 (1941, 1956, 1957, 1964, 2000) | ||
Rivalries | Oregon (rivalry) | ||
Heisman winners | 1 (Terry Baker) | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 7 | ||
Current uniform | |||
Colors | Orange and black[1] | ||
Fight song | Hail to Old OSU | ||
Mascot | Benny Beaver | ||
Marching band | Oregon State University Marching Band | ||
Outfitter | Nike | ||
Website | OSUBeavers.com |
The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team first fielded an organized football team in 1893[2] and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Jonathan Smith has been the head coach since November 29, 2017. Their home games are played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon and Providence Park in Portland, Oregon
History
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Early history
Football at Oregon State University started in 1893 shortly after athletics were initially authorized at the college. Athletics were banned prior to May 1892, but when the strict school president, Benjamin Arnold, died, President John Bloss reversed the ban.[3] Bloss' son, William, started the first team, on which he served as both coach and quarterback.[4] The team's first game was an easy 64–0 victory on November 11, 1893, over visiting Albany College.[5]
Conference affiliations
The university has been in several athletic conferences. Prior to 1902, and in-between the Pacific Coast Conference and Pac-12 Conference (then called the Pacific-8 Conference), OSU played as an independent school.[6]
- Independent (1893–1901)
- Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1902–1914)[7]
- Pacific Coast Conference (1915–1958)
- Independent (1959–1963)
- Pac-12 Conference (1964–present)
Conference championships
Oregon State has won five conference titles, done through three different conferences, although two of them have links to the current Pac-12 Conference, as the conference claims the history of the PCC as their own, and the Athletic Association of Western Universities was the first name for the conference that later became the Pac-12 Conference.[8]
Year | Conference | Coach | Overall record | Conference record |
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1941 | Pacific Coast Conference | Lon Stiner | 8–2 | 7–2 |
1956 | Pacific Coast Conference | Tommy Prothro | 7–3–1 | 6–1–1 |
1957† | Pacific Coast Conference | Tommy Prothro | 8–2 | 6–2 |
1964† | Athletic Association of Western Universities | Tommy Prothro | 8–3 | 3–1 |
2000† | Pacific-10 Conference | Dennis Erickson | 11–1 | 7–1 |
† Co-championship
Head coaches
List of head coaches and tenure.[9]
- Will Bloss (1893)
- Guy Kennedy (1894)
- Paul Downing (1895)
- Tommy Code (1896)
- Will Bloss (1897)
- No coach (1898)
- Hiland Orlando Stickney (1899)
- No team (1900–1901)
- Fred Herbold (1902)
- Thomas L. McFadden (1903)
- Allen Steckle (1904–1905)
- Fred Norcross (1906–1908)
- Sol Metzger (1909)
- George Schildmiller (1910)
- Sam Dolan (1911–1912)
- E. J. Stewart (1913–1915)
- Joseph Pipal (1916–1917)
- Homer Woodson Hargiss (1918–1919)
- R. B. Rutherford (1920–1923)
- Paul J. Schissler (1924–1932)
- Lon Stiner (1933–1942)
- No team (1943–1944)
- Lon Stiner (1945–1948)
- Kip Taylor (1949–1954)
- Tommy Prothro (1955–1964)
- Dee Andros (1965–1975)
- Craig Fertig (1976–1979)
- Joe Avezzano (1980–1984)
- Dave Kragthorpe (1985–1990)
- Jerry Pettibone (1991–1996)
- Mike Riley (1997–1998)
- Dennis Erickson (1999–2002)
- Mike Riley (2003–2014)
- Gary Andersen (2015–2017)
- Cory Hall # (2017)
- Jonathan Smith (2018–present)
Bowl games
Oregon State University has played in 18 postseason bowl games.[10] The Beavers have also played in the Mirage Bowl, but this was a regular season game and a "bowl" in name only, not a post-season invitational bowl game.[11] The 18 bowl game total does not include an invitation to play in the Gotham Bowl in 1960, when no opponent could be found for Oregon State.[12] The Beavers are 11–7 in bowl game appearances.
Year | Coach | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
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1939 | Lon Stiner | Pineapple Bowl | Hawaii | W 39–6 |
1941 | Lon Stiner | Rose Bowl | Duke | W 20–16 |
1948 | Lon Stiner | Pineapple Bowl | Hawaii | W 47–27 |
1956 | Tommy Prothro | Rose Bowl | Iowa | L 19–35 |
1962 | Tommy Prothro | Liberty Bowl | Villanova | W 6–0 |
1964 | Tommy Prothro | Rose Bowl | Michigan | L 7–34 |
1999 | Dennis Erickson | Oahu Bowl | Hawaii | L 17–23 |
2000 | Dennis Erickson | Fiesta Bowl | Notre Dame | W 41–9 |
2002 | Dennis Erickson | Insight Bowl | Pittsburgh | L 13–38 |
2003 | Mike Riley | Las Vegas Bowl | New Mexico | W 55–14 |
2004 | Mike Riley | Insight Bowl | Notre Dame | W 38–21 |
2006 | Mike Riley | Sun Bowl | Missouri | W 39–38 |
2007 | Mike Riley | Emerald Bowl | Maryland | W 21–14 |
2008 | Mike Riley | Sun Bowl | Pittsburgh | W 3–0 |
2009 | Mike Riley | Las Vegas Bowl | BYU | L 20–44 |
2012 | Mike Riley | Alamo Bowl | Texas | L 27–31 |
2013 | Mike Riley | Hawaii Bowl | Boise State | W 38–23 |
2021 | Jonathan Smith | LA Bowl | Utah State | L 13–24 |
2022 | Jonathan Smith | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Home stadium
The Beavers play their home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon. It was originally called Parker Stadium when it was constructed in 1953, and had a capacity of 25,000. Parker Stadium was renamed Reser Stadium in June 1999. Major renovations from 2005 to 2016 increased the stadium's capacity to 43,363, which is the current capacity.[13]
Rivalries
Oregon
Oregon State University's primary rival is the University of Oregon. The two schools enjoy a fierce and long-standing rivalry due to the proximity of the two campuses. The University of Oregon is in Eugene, Oregon, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Corvallis. The teams first matched up on the gridiron in 1894 and have been playing each other almost every year since. The rivalry game between the two schools is traditionally the last game of each season. They have played each other 125 times which makes it the seventh-oldest college football rivalry game.
Northwest Championship
The Northwest Championship is an unofficial[14] Division I FBS football rivalry series title earned by way of an undefeated sweep[15][16] of the other three fellow Pac-12 teams located in the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington.
Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State first played each other in a round-robin format in the 1903 season.[17] As geographic neighbors and members of the former Pacific Coast Conference and current Pac-12 Conference North Division, each team has generally played the others annually.[18] Among the Ducks, Beavers, Huskies, and Cougars there exist three traditional football rivalries: Oregon–Oregon State, Oregon–Washington, and Washington–Washington State.
The feat's "Northwest Championship" moniker was coined by Rick Neuheisel, head coach of the 2002 Washington Huskies.[15][19][20] After a string of disappointing losses, he challenged his players to win the newly conceived title by defeating their northwest rivals in the season's remaining games.[21]
The Northwest Championship has been described as a "so-called",[22] "fictitious",[16] and "mythical"[23][24][25] title, invented by Neuheisel only to motivate his 2002 team.[26] Nevertheless, in the years following the Huskies' original claim of the title, other teams have continued to be cited as winning the Northwest Championship upon completing the sweep.[16][25]
The Northwest Championship involves the four Pacific Northwest teams currently playing football in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State generally play each other annually in a 6-game round-robin series.[27] Three of the six games are heated rivalry games, and all of the games represent some of the most-played college football series.[18][27]
Notable players and coaches
Individual national award winners
Players
- Terry Baker (1962)
- Terry Baker (1962)
- Alexis Serna (2005)
- Mike Hass (2005)
- Brandin Cooks (2013)
- Terry Baker (1962)
- Terry Baker (1962)
- Terry Baker (1962)
- Terry Baker (1962)
Coaches
- Dennis Erickson (2000)
Individual conference awards
- Jacquizz Rodgers (2008)
- Bill Swancutt (2004†)
- Stephen Paea (2010)
- Brandon Browner (2003)
- Jeremy Perry (2005†)
- Jacquizz Rodgers (2008)
- Jermar Jefferson (2018)
- Dave Kragthorpe (1989)
- Dennis Erickson (2000)
- Mike Riley (2008)
- Joe Francis (1957)
- Terry Baker (1962)
- Vern Burke (1963)
- Pete Pifer (1966)
- Esera Tuaolo (1989)
- Inoke Breckterfield (1998)
- Bill Swancutt (2004)
- Stephen Paea (2008, 2009)
†Shared Award
All-Americans
Oregon State has had 42 first team All-Americans in the history of the program as of the end of the 2019–20 season.[28]
- 1916 Herman Abraham – HB
- 1921 George "Gap" Powell – FB
- 1928 Howard Maple – QB
- 1933 Red Franklin – HB
- 1933 Ade Schwammel – T
- 1939 Eberle Schultz – OG
- 1940 Vic Sears – T
- 1941 Quentin Greenough – C
- 1946 Bill Gray – C
- 1955 John Witte – T
- 1956 John Witte – T †
- 1958 Ted Bates – OT †
- 1962 Terry Baker – QB ‡
- 1963 Vern Burke – SE †
- 1964 Jack O'Billovich – LB
- 1964 Rich Koeper – OT
- 1967 Jess Lewis – DT
- 1967 Jon Sandstrom – G
- 1967 John Didion – C
- 1968 John Didion – C ‡
- 1968 Bill Enyart – FB
- 1970 Craig Hanneman – DT
- 1972 Steve Brown – LB
- 1979 Steve Coury – SE
- 1992 Fletcher Keister – OG
- 1998 Inoke Breckterfield – DE
- 2000 Ken Simonton – TB
- 2000 DeLawrence Grant – DE
- 2000 Chris Gibson – C
- 2000 Richard Seigler – LB
- 2001 Dennis Weathersby – CB
- 2001 Mitch Meeuwsen – S
- 2002 Dennis Weathersby – CB
- 2002 Steven Jackson – TB
- 2003 Steven Jackson – TB
- 2003 Brandon Browner – CB
- 2004 Mitch Meeuwsen – FS
- 2004 Mike Hass – WR
- 2005 Mike Hass – WR
- 2005 Alexis Serna – PK
- 2005 Jeremy Perry – OT
- 2006 Sammie Stroughter – PR
- 2007 Roy Schuening – OG
- 2008 Andy Levitre – OT
- 2009 Jacquizz Rodgers – RB
- 2009 James Rodgers – WR
- 2010 Stephen Paea – DT †
- 2012 Jordan Poyer – CB †
- 2013 Brandin Cooks – WR †
† Consensus Selection, ‡ Unanimous Selection[29]
College Football Hall of Fame inductees
The Beavers have had two players and one coach inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[30]
Year Inducted | Player | POS | Seasons at Oregon St. |
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1982 | Terry Baker | QB | 1960-1962 |
1991 | Tommy Prothro | Coach | 1955-1964 |
2011 | Bill Enyart | FB | 1967-1968 |
Notable former players
- James Allen, former linebacker for the New Orleans Saints
- Sam Baker, NFL player in 1953, 1956–1969
- Terry Baker, 1962 Heisman Trophy winner, Maxwell Award winner, Sportsman of the Year, and NFL quarterback from 1963–1965
- Kelly Chapman, TE – Ottawa Rough Riders 1994–1996
- José Cortéz, NFL placekicker from 1999–2006
- Bill Enyart, NFL player from 1969–1971
- Joe Francis, NFL QB from 1958–1959
- DeLawrence Grant, former linebacker for the Oakland Raiders
- Bob Grim, NFL player from 1967–1977 and one-time Pro Bowler
- Bob Horn, NFL linebacker from 1976–1983
- T. J. Houshmandzadeh, former NFL wide receiver
- Chad Johnson, former NFL wide receiver. Two time AFC leader in receiving yards. 5 Time Pro Bowler
- Osia Lewis, player and coach
- Paul Lowe, AFL running back from 1960–1969, two-time AFL All-Star, 1965 AFL MVP, & member of the AFL All-Time Team
- Greg Marshall, NFL defensive lineman (Baltimore Colts), 1978-1979, CFL Ottawa Rough Riders, 1980-88. All League multiple times, 1983 Defensive Player of the Year. Member of All Time Franchise Team. Current Head Football Coach, University of Toronto.
- Pellom McDaniels, Defensive lineman in the World League of American Football from 1991–1992 for the Birmingham Fire, and NFL from 1993–2000 for the Kansas City Chiefs & Atlanta Falcons
- Bill McKalip, NFL player from 1932–1932, 1934, 1936
- Bronco Mendenhall, former head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers, 2016–2021
- Lyle Moevao, QB Graduate Assistant for the Beavers and former quarterback for the La Courneuve Flash of the Ligue Élite de Football Américain. Won the French football championship in 2011.
- Joe Phillips, NFL defensive lineman from 1986–1999
- Steve Preece, NFL defensive back from 1969–1977
- Frank Ramsey, NFL offensive lineman, 1945 Chicago Bears
- Rocky Rasley, NFL guard from 1969–1970, 1972–1976
- Terrell Roberts, NFL player 2003–2004
- Ade Schwammel, NFL player from 1934–1936, 1943–1944
- Vic Sears, NFL player from 1941–1943, 1945–1953 and member of the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team
- Ken Simonton, former running back for the Buffalo Bills
- Jonathan Smith, former offensive coordinator at the University of Washington and current head coach.
- George Svendsen, NFL center from 1935–1937, 1940–1941 and member of the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team
- Aaron Thomas, NFL player from 1961–1970
- Robb Thomas, NFL wide receiver from 1989–1998
- Reggie Tongue, NFL defensive back from 1996–2005
- Esera Tuaolo, NFL defensive tackle from 1991–1999
- F. Wayne Valley, Founder and principal owner of the Oakland Raiders & former President of the American Football League
- Skip Vanderbundt, NFL Linebacker, SF 49ers (1969–1977) N.O. Saints (1978)
- Lloyd Wickett, NFL defensive lineman 1943, 1946 for the Detroit Lions
- Len Younce, NFL guard in 1941, 1943–1944, 1946–1948 & member of the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team
Media
Radio flagship: KEX 1190 AM in Portland
Broadcasters: Mike Parker (play-by-play), Jim Wilson (analyst), and Ron Callan (sideline reporter).
Oregon State also has an extensive network of broadcast affiliates.[31]
Future non-conference opponents
Announced schedules as of January 17, 2020.[32]
- No games are scheduled for the 2029 season.
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
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Boise State | at San Jose State | Idaho State | Portland State | Texas Tech | Portland State | at New Mexico | Ole Miss | |
at Fresno State | UC Davis | at Boise State | Fresno State | at San Diego State | New Mexico | |||
Montana State | San Diego State | Purdue | at Texas Tech | at Ole Miss |
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Oregon State also bagged the fictitious Northwest Championship, created by former Washington coach Rick Neuheisel to inspire the Huskies. The title goes to the team that beats all of the Pac-10 teams in the Pacific Northwest.
- ^ "Husky Traditions" (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. 2003. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
Since 1903, the first year in which the four teams all played each other, the Huskies have managed to sweep all three opponents and capture the Northwest Championship 28 times, including that first 1903 season. The series has been interrupted at times due to scheduling. The longest stretch of Northwest Championships (five) was put together by Husky teams from 1975-1979. Washington's 28 "Northwest Championships" leads the four schools. Oregon State is second with 10 sweeps while Oregon has six and Washington State five.
- ^ a b "Washington at Arizona – Huskies travel to Arizona for key Pac-10 contest". gohuskies.com (Press release). University of Washington Athletics. November 1, 1999. Archived from the original on July 19, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
Dawgs vs. the Northwest: Washington is off to a 2-0 start this year in its quest to claim the Pacific Northwest Championship. The Huskies have scored victories against Oregon (34-20) and Oregon State (47-21) and will face Washington State Nov. 20 in Husky Stadium. Some of Washington's oldest and longest rivalries are against the other three northwest Pac-10 schools. The Huskies have faced Oregon 93 times, Washington State in 91 games and Oregon State on 84 occasions. Washington owns the advantage in all three series. The Huskies lead the Ducks 56-32-5, Washington State 58-27-6 and Oregon State 54-26-4. Combined, Washington has a 168-85-15 (.655) record against its northwest rivals.
- ^ Jude, Adam (October 12, 2018). "For No. 7 Huskies, slim playoff hopes (and Northwest pride!) on the line Saturday at rival Oregon". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
Let's pause and give an overdue shoutout here to Rick Neuheisel, whose genius (genius?) creation of the "Northwest Championship" has long strummed the emotional strings of fans' hearts from all parts of the region, from Ashland to Zillah, from the Puget Sound to the Willamette Valley, from the Palouse to Corvallis. Thank you, Rick.
- ^ Sixkiller, Sonny; Condotta, Bob (2004). Sonny Sixkiller's Tales from the Huskies Sideline. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 131. ISBN 1582614075.
Just behind beating USC was beating Northwest rivals. We didn't call it the Northwest Championship back then—Rick Neuheisel came up with that a few years ago. We always talked about beating them; we just didn't put a name to it. We had pretty good success doing that when I was in school—we went 3-0 against Oregon State and 2-1 against Oregon and Washington State.
- ^ Kercheval, Ben (April 1, 2019). "How the Arizona Hotshots ended their losing streak to become the AAF's hottest team". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
"We just found something to play for. We had games against Oregon State, Oregon and Washington State, so we created a 'Northwest Championship.' We found a rallying cry. We had little shirts with check marks on them," he said. "And we knocked them all off." ... At Washington, Neuheisel found the best way to motivate his players was the perfect storm of playing their top three rivals in successive weeks.
- ^ "Husky Traditions". Columns, the University of Washington Alumni Magazine. 2003. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
However, a late-season sweep of the so-called Northwest championship last year is proof Washington has the makings of a solid defense.
- ^ Condotta, Bob (October 12, 2004). "Huskies eyeing mythical Northwest title". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
Fans of other schools cried that the Northwest Championship was strictly mythical, just another devious Neuheisel ploy. But the Huskies didn't care, and proudly laid claim to it again last year when, in the midst of one of the most chaotic seasons in school history, the lone highlight was beating Oregon State, Oregon and Washington State by a combined 61 points.
- ^ Johns, Greg (September 18, 2005). "Beating Idaho Has Never Seemed Sweeter". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
No, you don't win any prizes for beating the Idaho Vandals. Not if you're the big, bad Washington Huskies. The neighbors from the east didn't even deserve a spot in Rick Neuheisel's mythical Northwest championship a few years ago.
- ^ a b Kirkpatrick, Cliff (November 22, 2011). "Civil War presser". Lebanon Express. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
Both teams are going for the mythical Northwest championship. They defeated Washington and Washington State this season.
- ^ Miller, Ted (October 27, 2003). "UW, Ducks renew rivalry". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
The UW then went on to upset third-ranked Washington State and claim the Neuheisel-invented "Northwest Championship.
- ^ a b Game results on Winsipedia: Results of the 6-game round-robin series:
- ^ "2012 Football Media Guide – All-Americans" (PDF). OSUBeavers.com. p. 138. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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- ^ http://oregonstate.scout.com/3/radio.html Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Oregon State Football Radio Network
- ^ "Oregon State Beavers Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 17, 2020.