1971 Oregon State Beavers football team

1971 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record5–6 (3–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Civic Stadium
1971 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Stanford $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 20 USC 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
No. 19 Washington 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
California 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Oregon State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Oregon 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
UCLA 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 5–6 record with a mark of 3–3 conference play, placing fifth in the Pac-8, and were outscored 295 to 131.[1] Oregon State played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and one at Civic Stadium in Portland.

Oregon State defeated rival Oregon in the Civil War game for the eighth consecutive year.[2][3]

This was the first of 28 consecutive losing seasons for the Beavers, and Oregon State did not win five games in a season again until 1998.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11at No. 18 Georgia*
L 25–5650,709[4]
September 18Iowa*
W 33–1924,092[5]
September 25at Michigan State*
L 14–3162,184[6]
October 2at UCLA
W 34–1733,345[7]
October 91:30 p.m.at California
L 27–3033,000[8]
October 16No. 11 Arizona State*
W 24–1830,233[9]
October 23at Washington
L 14–3857,900[10]
October 301:30 p.m.No. 17 Stanford
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 24–3129,230[11]
November 6at Arizona*
L 22–3431,000[12]
November 13Washington State
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
W 21–1420,385[13]
November 20at Oregon
W 30–2943,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[15][16]

Personnel

1971 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB Bill Carlquist
RB Mike Davenport
OL Jim Davidson
WR Dan Ellis
QB Steve Endicott
WR Steve Harlow
C Erin Haynes
WR Clark Hoss
QB Jim Kilmartin
WR Jeff Kolberg
RB Mike Maestri
RB Jeff McBurney
RB Bobby McClarty
WR Greg Mobley
OL Terry Nimz
OL Dave Nirenberg
RB Dave Schilling
RB Roger Smith
RB Ray Taroli
OL John Todd
OL Jack Turnbull
OL Chris Veit
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB Bill Bartley
DL Steve Bielenberg
LB Steve Brown
DL Duane Defrees
DB Dennis Draper
DB Bruce Fry
DB Dave Graham
DL Tex Gschwandtner
DL Fred Hauck
DB Jim Lilly
DL Jim Sherbert
LB Butch Wicks
DL Billy Winchester
DL Scott Woods
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Oregon

Team 1 234Total
• Oregon St 3 7713 30
Oregon 7 7015 29
Scoring summary
16:20OSUBoston 41-yard field goalOSU 3-0
10:02OREHerd 9-yard run (Buettner kick)ORE 7-3
212:50OREDrake 42-yard punt return (Buettner kick)ORE 14-3
27:59OSUSchilling 3-yard run (Boston kick)ORE 14-10
310:53OSUSchilling 3-yard run (Boston kick)OSU 17-14
411:41OREGlass 7-yard pass from Fouts (Buettner kick)ORE 21-17
49:51OSUSchilling 6-yard run (Boston kick)OSU 24-21
47:16OREBradley 28-yard pass from Fouts (Winn to Specht pass)ORE 29-24
41:40OSUCarlquist 6-yard run (pass failed)OSU 30-29
Source:[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "1971 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Cawood, Neil (November 21, 1971). "Beavers pull it off again, 30-29". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  3. ^ a b "Beavers: only fumble away from roses". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. UPI. November 22, 1971. p. 7.
  4. ^ "OSU falls to Georgia by 56–25". The Oregon Statesman. September 12, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Beavers slap Hawkeyes, 33–19". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. September 19, 1971. Retrieved September 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Frank Kolch lifts MSU past Oregon State 31–14". Battle Creek Enquirer & News. September 26, 1971. Retrieved September 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Oregon St. races past sad UCLA". The Arizona Daily Star. October 3, 1971. Retrieved September 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bears win on incredible finish". Oakland Tribune. October 10, 1971. Retrieved September 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Beavers dump ASU". The Oregon Statesman. October 17, 1971. Retrieved September 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Washington back on the warpath". Tri-City Herald. October 24, 1971. Retrieved September 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Stanford rebounds to trim Oregon St". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 31, 1971. Retrieved September 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "UA offense outdistances Beavers, 34–22". The Arizona Daily Star. November 7, 1971. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Beavers top Wash. State on late TD". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 14, 1971. Retrieved September 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Same song eighth verse; Ducks bow to OSU curse". The Sunday Oregonian. November 21, 1971. Retrieved September 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  16. ^ "Schedule/Results (1971 Oregon State)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 30, 2025.

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