1972 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season

1972 Oregon State Beavers football

Conference| Pacific-8 Conference
Record| 2–9 (1–6 Pac-8)
Head coach|

* Dee Andros (8th season)

Home stadium| Parker Stadium
Civic Stadium

Seasons

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1973 ->

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

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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

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 8| at San Diego State*|

* San Diego Stadium
* San Diego, CA

| L 8–17| 32,829|
September 16| at No. 1 USC|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 6–51| 56,305|
September 23| at Iowa*|

* Kinnick Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| L 11–19| 51,229|
September 30| BYU*|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| W 29–3| 26,065| [2]
October 7| at Arizona State*|

* Sun Devil Stadium
* Tempe, AZ

| L 7–38| 50,879| [3]
October 14| No. 14 UCLA|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| L 7–37| 23,109|
October 21| at Washington State|

* Martin Stadium
* Pullman, WA

| L 7–37| 22,100|
October 28| at Stanford|

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA

| L 11–17| 44,000|
November 4| Washington|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| L 16–23| 31,923|
November 11| California|

* Civic Stadium
* Portland, OR

| W 26–23| 16,624|
November 18| Oregon|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR (Civil War)

| L 3–30| 41,544| [4][5][6]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Roster

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

## References

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1. ^ "1972 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. ^ "Ore. State contains BYU 29–3". The Times-News. October 1, 1972. Retrieved October 8, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Sun Devils roll past OSU 38–7". Tacoma News Tribune. October 8, 1972. Retrieved October 8, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Cawood, Neil (November 19, 1972). "Ducks succeed at last-- and big". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
5. ^ "Ducks make Andros eat his guarantee". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. November 20, 1972. p. 8.
6. ^ "Reynolds Bolts". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 19, 1972. p. 17.
7. ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 156. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

## Further reading

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* Oregon State University Football Facts, 1972. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, Sports Information Department, 1972.

## External links

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* Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – October 21, 1972

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Oregon State Beavers football

Venues|

* Bell Field (1909–1952)
* Reser Stadium (1953–present)
* Multnomah Stadium (alternate)

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