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1971 Oregon State Beavers football team

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.

1971 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record5–6 (3–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Civic Stadium
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
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

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

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

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Roster

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  • Steve Brown Jr. (defense)
  • Erin Haynes (center)

Game summaries

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Oregon

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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

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  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. ^ "UA offense outdistances Beavers, 34–22". The Arizona Daily Star. November 7, 1971. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2020.


 

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