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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

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

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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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