1977 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season

1977 Oregon State Beavers football

Conference| Pacific-8 Conference
Record| 2–9 (0–7 Pac-8)
Head coach|

* Craig Fertig (2nd season)

Offensive coordinator| Tony Kopay (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator| Ray Braun (2nd season)
Home stadium| Parker Stadium

Seasons

<- 1976

1978 ->

1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 10 Washington $  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
No. 15 Stanford | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 13 USC | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
California | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Washington State | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Oregon | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
Oregon State | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
UCLA †  | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players.

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Pac-8,, and were outscored 303 to 173.[1] The team played its five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 10| Syracuse*|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| W 24–12| 20,540|
September 17| No. 2 USC|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| L 10–17| 31,143|
September 24| at Arizona State*|

* Sun Devil Stadium
* Tempe, AZ

| L 31–33| 57,535| [2]
October 1| at Tennessee*|

* Neyland Stadium
* Knoxville, TN

| L 10–41| 82,865| [3]
October 8| No. 13 BYU*|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| W 24–19| 33,965| [4]
October 15| at No. 20 California|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| L 17–41| 33,400|
October 22| at Washington|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| L 6–14| 46,677|
October 29| Stanford|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| L 7–26| 20,196|
November 5| Washington State|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| L 10–24| 22,657|
November 12| at UCLA|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 18–48| 35,529|
November 19| at Oregon|

* Autzen Stadium
* Eugene, OR (Civil War)

| L 16–28| 34,068| [5][6][7]

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

## Roster

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1977 Oregon State Beavers football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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TE | `90` | Terry Beck | Fr
WR | `44` | Steve Coury | So
G | `64` | Kevin Donaghue | So
RB | `32` | James Fields | Jr
WR | `7` | Dwayne Hall | Sr
QB | `12` | Jeff Hammermeister | Sr
OT | `70` | Gordy Neumann | Sr
QB | `19` | John Norman | Jr
C | `58` | Jim Walker | Sr
OT | `74` | Vern Ward | Sr
QB | `17` | Dave White | Sr
G | `63` | Larry Winkler | Sr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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LB | `57` | Gene Dales | Sr
DB | `24` | Rob Emmons | So
DT | `72` | Troy Guscik | Sr
CB | `34` | Lenny Holmes | Jr
CB | `23` | Kerry Justin | Sr
DT | `66` | Greg Marshall | Sr
LB | `59` | Kent Peyton | Jr
DL | `61` | Tom Schillinger | So
DE | `93` | Clarence Smithey | Sr
FS | `25` | Dan Wells | So
DT | `88` | Jerry Wilkinson | Sr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Head coach

* Craig Fertig (2nd year)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Tony Kopay (OC)
* Ray Braun (DC)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

## References

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1. ^ "1977 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. ^ "Beavers drop see-saw battle, 33–31". Statesman Journal. September 25, 1977. Retrieved October 19, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Vols blitz Beavers 41–10 in Knoxville". The Spokesman-Review. October 2, 1977. Retrieved May 8, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Cougars beaten by Oregon State". Casper Star-Tribune. October 9, 1977. Retrieved October 19, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Withers, Bud (November 19, 1977). "Ducks, OSU fight for remaining crumb". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
6. ^ Withers, Bud (November 20, 1977). "Ducks come out smoking, end it that way". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
7. ^ "Ducks take early lead, hang on to down Beavers". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. November 21, 1977. p. 12.

## Further reading

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* 1977 Oregon State Football. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, Sports Information Department, 1977.

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