1972 Oregon State Beavers football team

1972 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record2–9 (1–6 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Civic Stadium
1972 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 USC $ 7 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 15 UCLA 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 19 Washington State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Washington 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
California 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Stanford 2 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–9 record with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Pac-8, and were outscored 295 to 131.[1] Oregon State played four home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and one at Civic Stadium in Portland.

The loss to rival Oregon was Andros' first setback in the Civil War game, and the Ducks' first win over the Beavers in nine years.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at San Diego State*
L 8–1732,829[2]
September 16at No. 1 USC
L 6–5156,305[3]
September 23at Iowa*
L 11–1951,229[4]
September 30BYU*
W 29–326,065[5]
October 7at Arizona State*
L 7–3850,879[6]
October 14No. 14 UCLA
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 7–3723,109[7]
October 21at Washington State
L 7–3722,100[8]
October 281:30 p.m.at Stanford
L 11–1744,000[9]
November 4Washington
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 16–2331,923[10]
November 111:30 p.m.California
W 26–2316,624[11]
November 18Oregon
L 3–3041,544[12][13][14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[15]

Roster

  • Steve Brown, Sr. (defense)
  • Craig Fair, Jr. (defense)

References

  1. ^ "1972 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "San Diego State upsets OSU, 17–8". The Oregonian. September 9, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Southern Cal rips Oregon State, 51–6". The Arizona Republic. September 17, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Iowa led to victory by Holmes". The Duluth News Tribune. September 24, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ore. State contains BYU 29–3". The Times-News. October 1, 1972. Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Sun Devils roll past OSU 38–7". Tacoma News Tribune. October 8, 1972. Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bruins bomb Bruins". Independent Progress-Bulletin. October 15, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "WSU homecoming very successful". Tri-City Herald. October 22, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Stanford pressed, Wash. rolls". Ventura County Star. October 29, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Huskies halt Beavers". The Oregon Statesman. November 5, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Beavers knock off Bears, end skid". Independent Press-Telegram. November 12, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Cawood, Neil (November 19, 1972). "Ducks succeed at last-- and big". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
  13. ^ "Ducks make Andros eat his guarantee". The Bulletin. UPI. November 20, 1972. p. 8.
  14. ^ "Reynolds Bolts". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. November 19, 1972. p. 17.
  15. ^ "Schedule/Results (1972 Oregon State)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 27, 2025.

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