The 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team represented

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during the

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. They were led by third-year head coach Jonathan Smith. The team played their home games on campus at

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in Corvallis, Oregon, as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. On August 11, the Pac-12 Conference initially canceled all fall sports competitions due to the

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. On September 24, the conference announced that a six-game conference-only season would begin on November 6, with the

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to be played December 18. Teams not selected for the championship game would be seeded to play a seventh game.

Previous season

The Beavers finished the 2019 season with a 5–7 record, 4–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the North Division. This was the most wins for the program since the 2014 season, nearly clinching their first bowl appearance since 2013.

Preseason

Pac-12 media day

Pac-12 media poll

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Oregon State was voted to finish in last place in the North Division.

Schedule

Oregon State had games scheduled against

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, Colorado State, and

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, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the

Game summaries

Washington State

At Washington

California

Oregon

At Utah

Stanford

Rankings

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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Oregon State Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering col ...

Oregon State Beavers football seasons

Oregon State Beavers football The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team first fielded an organized football team in 1893 and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Jonathan Smith has been the ...