The Oregon State Beavers football team represents

Oregon State University 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 co ...

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. The team first fielded an organized football team in 1893 and is a member of the

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. Jonathan Smith has been the head coach since November 29, 2017. Their home games are played at

Reser Stadium Reser Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. It is the home of the Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-12 Conference, and opened in 1953 as Parker St ...

in Corvallis,

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History

Early history

Football at Oregon State University started in 1893 shortly after athletics were initially authorized at the college. Athletics were banned prior to May 1892, but when the strict school president, Benjamin Arnold, died, President John Bloss reversed the ban. Bloss' son, William, started the first team, on which he served as both coach and quarterback. The team's first game was an easy 64–0 victory on November 11, 1893, over visiting

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.Bear and Forbear
"College Column,"
''Corvallis Times,'' vol. 6, no. 39 (Nov. 15, 1893), pg. 3.

Conference affiliations

The university has been in several athletic conferences. Prior to joining the Pac-12 Conference (then called the Pacific-8 Conference), OSU intermittently played as an independent school. *

Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association The Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association (OIFA) was the pioneer governing committee which coordinated games of football between various colleges in the American state of Oregon. The committee agreed upon common rules of play, scheduled gam ...

(1893-1897) * Independent (1898–1901, 1903-1907, 1909-1911) *

Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association The Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NIAA), also known informally as the Northwest Conference, was a collegiate athletic conference in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, established in 1902. The conference ended football comp ...

(1902, 1908, 1912-1914) *

Pacific Coast Conference The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (including a ...

(1915–1958) * Independent (1959–1963) *

(1964–present)

Conference championships

Oregon State has won seven conference titles, done through four different conferences, although two of them have links to the current

, as the conference claims the history of the PCC as their own, and the Athletic Association of Western Universities was the first name for the conference that later became the Pac-12 Conference."Football,"
''Corvallis Gazette'' vol. 30, no. 45 (Dec. 22, 1893), p. 1., quoting the ''Corvallis Gazette.'' † Co-championship

Other claimed Championships

" 1897 Champions of the Northwest " The 1897 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team compiled a perfect 5–0 record, shut out four of five opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 164 to 8. the team claimed their 2nd league Championship ( OIFA) The Aggies defeated

(26–8) and

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(16–0). With those two wins, they then proclaimed themselves regional "Champions of the Northwest". " 1907 Champions of the Northwest " & " 1907 Champions of the Pacific (West Coast) " The 1907 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as

) as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In their second season under head coach Fred Norcross, the Aggies compiled a perfect 6–0 record, did not allow any of their opponents to score, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 137 to 0. The Aggies' victories included games against

(4–0), Pacific University (49–0), and Willamette (42–0). Oregon State's victory at Loyola, then known as the St. Vincent's College Saints, was a big deal out West, a Thanksgiving Day matchup of the "Champions of the Northwest" and the "Champions of the California", with the winner taking home the "Championship" of the entire West Coast. The Oregon Agricultural Aggies' then proclaimed themselves "Champions of the Pacific Coast" This is still the only perfect season in Oregon State history, and moreover, they did not allow a single point this season.

Head coaches

List of head coaches and tenure. *

Will Bloss William Herbert "Will" Bloss, Sr. (April 4, 1869 – June 22, 1921) was the first American football coach at Oregon Agricultural College (later known as Oregon State University) in 1893 and again in 1897. He also was the quarterback of the 1893 t ...

(1893) * Guy Kennedy (1894) *

Paul Downing Paul Milton Downing (November 27, 1873 – December 11, 1944) was an American college football player and coach. He played at Stanford University and was the head coach at Oregon Agricultural College (today's Oregon State University). While a ...

(1895) * Tommy Code (1896) *

(1897) * ''No coach'' (1898) *

Hiland Orlando Stickney Hiland Orlando Stickney (February 19, 1867 – October 6, 1911) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Grinnell College in 1893 and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1894 to 1895. In 1899, H ...

(1899) * ''No team'' (1900–1901) *

Fred Herbold Fred David Herbold (September 25, 1875 – May 9, 1914) was an American college football coach at the University of Idaho and Oregon Agricultural College, (now Oregon State University). From Eugene, Oregon, Herbold graduated with a pharmacy degre ...

(1902) * Thomas L. McFadden (1903) * Allen Steckle (1904–1905) * Fred Norcross (1906–1908) *

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(1909) * George Schildmiller (1910) * Sam Dolan (1911–1912) * E. J. Stewart (1913–1915) * Joseph Pipal (1916–1917) *

Homer Woodson Hargiss Homer Woodson "Bill" Hargiss (September 1, 1887 – October 15, 1978) was an American athlete and coach. He played American football and basketball and also competed in track and field events. Additionally, Hargis coached athletics in Kansas an ...

(1918–1919) * R. B. Rutherford (1920–1923) *

Paul J. Schissler Paul J. Schissler (November 11, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He coached football at the high school, college, and professional levels, and is credited with starting the National Football League ...

(1924–1932) *

Lon Stiner Alonzo L. "Lon" Stiner (June 20, 1903 – March 8, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Oregon State College—now Oregon State University—from 1933 to 1948, compiling a record of 74–49–17. Stiner led th ...

(1933–1942) * ''No team'' (1943–1944) *

(1945–1948) *

Kip Taylor LaVerne Harrison "Kip" Taylor (November 25, 1907 – July 17, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Oregon State College, now Oregon State University, from 1949 to 1954, compiling a record of 20–36. He ...

(1949–1954) *

Tommy Prothro James Thompson "Tommy" Prothro Jr. (July 20, 1920 – May 14, 1995) was an American football coach. He was the head coach at Oregon State University from 1955 to 1964 and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1965 to 1970, compil ...

(1955–1964) *

Dee Andros Demosthenes Konstandies Andrecopoulos (October 17, 1924 – October 22, 2003) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics He was the head coach at the University of Idaho from 1962 to 1964 and Oregon State University from ...

(1965–1975) *

Craig Fertig Craig Fertig (May 7, 1942 – October 4, 2008) was an American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at Oregon State University from 1976 to 1979, compiling a record of 10–34–1 () in four seasons. Playing career Fertig att ...

(1976–1979) * Joe Avezzano (1980–1984) *

Dave Kragthorpe Dave Kragthorpe (born May 1, 1933) is a former American football player He was the head football coach at South Dakota State University in 1969, Idaho State University from 1980 to 1982, and Oregon State University from 1985 to 1990, compiling a ...

(1985–1990) *

Jerry Pettibone Jerry Pettibone (born July 11, 1939) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University from 1985 to 1990 and Oregon State University from 1991 to 1996. compiling a career college ...

(1991–1996) * Mike Riley (1997–1998) *

Dennis Erickson Dennis Brian Erickson (born March 24, 1947) is an American football coach who most recently served as the head coach for the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football league. He was also the head coach at the University of Idaho ( ...

(1999–2002) * Mike Riley (2003–2014) *

Gary Andersen Gary Lee Andersen (born February 19, 1964) is an American football coach who was most recently head football coach at Utah State University. Andersen has also been the head football coach of Southern Utah (2003), Wisconsin (2013–2014), and Or ...

(2015–2017) *

Cory Hall Cory Hall (born December 5, 1976) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Edison High School in Fresno, California. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft. ...

# (2017) * Jonathan Smith (2018–present)

Bowl games

Oregon State University has played in 19

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bowl games. The Beavers have also played in the Mirage Bowl, but this was a regular season game and a "bowl" in name only, not a post-season invitational bowl game. The 19 bowl game total does not include an invitation to play in the

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in 1960, when no opponent could be found for Oregon State. The Beavers are 12–7 in bowl game appearances.

Home stadium

The Beavers play their home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon. It was originally called Parker Stadium when it was constructed in 1953, and had a capacity of 25,000. Parker Stadium was renamed Reser Stadium in June 1999. Major renovations from 2005 to 2016 increased the stadium's capacity to 43,363, where it stood through the 2021 season. Another renovation project, called "Completing Reser", was announced on Feb. 4, 2021. The stadium featured a temporary capacity of 26,000 during the 2022 season and is projected to seat 38,000 at the completion of the construction project for the 2023 season.

Rivalries

Oregon

Oregon State University's primary rival is the

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. The two schools enjoy a fierce and long-standing rivalry due to the proximity of the two campuses. The University of Oregon is in

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, about south of Corvallis. The teams first matched up on the gridiron in 1894 and have been playing each other almost every year since. The rivalry game between the two schools is traditionally the last game of each season. They have played each other 125 times which makes it the seventh-oldest college football

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. Though not officially recognized by the universities, the Platypus Trophy is awarded annually to the winning alumni association.

Northwest Championship

Oregon State wins the so-called Northwest Championship by sweeping

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, and

. The four

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rivals began playing in a round-robin format in the 1903 season.

Notable players and coaches

Retired numbers

Although not a retired number Oregon State has "AL" displayed opposite Terry Baker's number "11" in

for long time donor/philanthropist/contributor Al Reser.

Individual national award winners

1963 NCAA Basketball Championship program - Terry Baker (cropped)

Players *

Heisman Trophy The Heisman Memorial Trophy (usually known colloquially as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman) is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard ...

Terry Baker Terry Wayne Baker (born May 5, 1941) is a former American football and basketball player. He played college football and basketball at Oregon State University in Corvallis, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Baker played as a quarterba ...

(1962) *

Maxwell Award The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best all ...

(1962) * Groza Award :

Alexis Serna Alexis Serna (born February 8, 1985) is a former placekicker and punter who played in the Canadian Football League from 2008 to 2010 for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He graduated from A. B. Miller High School in Fontana, California. He was the s ...

(2005) * Biletnikoff Trophy : Mike Hass (2005) :

Brandin Cooks Brandin Tawan Cooks (born September 25, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon State, where he received consensus All-American honors, a ...

(2013) *

Chic Harley Award The Touchdown Club of Columbus was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1956 by Sam B. Nicola at the request of state auditor James A. Rhodes, who later became governor of the state. Nicola served as the club's president until his death in 1993. More t ...

(1962) *

Paul Hornung Award The Paul Hornung Award is a college football award that was created in January 2010 by the Louisville Sports Commission (LSC) with the support of Paul Hornung, a native and resident of Louisville, Kentucky and member of the College Football Hall ...

: Jack Colletto (2022) *

UPI College Football Player of the Year The United Press International College Football Player of the Year Award was among the first and most recognized college football awards. With the second bankruptcy of UPI in 1991, along with that of its parent company, the award was discontinued. ...

(1962) *

Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Since its inception in 1954, ''Sports Illustrated'' has annually presented the Sportsman of the Year award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Amer ...

(1962) *

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(1962) *College Football Network Punt Returner of the Year :Anthony Gould (2022) Coaches * Sporting News Coach of the Year :

(2000) * AFCA Region 5 Coach of the Year : Mike Riley (2008) : Mike Riley (2012) : Jonathan Smith (2022)

Individual conference awards

Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year Coaches of the Pac-12 Conference bestow the following awards at the end of each football season. The conference was founded in its current form as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959, but traces its roots to the Pacific Coast ...

Jacquizz Rodgers Jacquizz "Quizz" Rodgers (born February 6, 1990) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Oregon State, and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. High school career Rodger ...

(2008) * Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year : Bill Swancutt (2004†) :

Stephen Paea Stephen Paea ( ; born May 11, 1988) is a New Zealand–born former American football defensive tackle. He played college football for Oregon State University, and was recognized as a consensus All-American. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears ...

(2010) * Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Year :

Brandon Browner Brandon Kemar Browner (born August 2, 1984) is a former American football cornerback and convicted felon. In 2005, Browner signed with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent out of Oregon State. Browner played four seasons with the Calga ...

(2003) : Jeremy Perry (2005†) :

(2008) : Jermar Jefferson (2018) : Damien Martinez (2022) * Pac-12 Coach of the Year :

(1989) :

(2000) : Mike Riley (2008) : Jonathan Smith (2022†) *

Pop Warner Trophy Coaches of the Pac-12 Conference bestow the following awards at the end of each football season. The conference was founded in its current form as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959, but traces its roots to the Pacific Coast ...

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(1957) :

(1962) :

Vern Burke Vernon Eugene Burke (born April 30, 1941) is a former American football tight end who played five seasons in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, and the New Orleans Saints. High school career Burke attended North High Scho ...

(1963) :

Pete Pifer Pete Pifer (born December 10, 1944) is a former American football fullback who played who played for Oregon State from 1964 to 1966. He was the first player in Pacific Athletic Conference history to rush for 1,000 yards twice and won both the W ...

(1966) *

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(1962) :

(1963) :

(1966) *

Morris Trophy Coaches of the Pac-12 Conference bestow the following awards at the end of each football season. The conference was founded in its current form as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959, but traces its roots to the Pacific Coast Co ...

Esera Tuaolo Esera Tavai Tuaolo (born July 11, 1968), nicknamed "Mr. Aloha", is a former American professional football player. He was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for 9 years. Football career He played college football at Oreg ...

(1989) :

Inoke Breckterfield Inoke Breckterfield e-NO-kay(born April 25, 1977) is an American football coach who is currently the defensive line coach at the University of Washington. He played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Toronto Argonauts (1999–2000) an ...

(1998) : Bill Swancutt (2004) :

(2008, 2009) †Shared Award

All-Americans

Oregon State has had 45 first team

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in the history of the program as of the end of the 2022 season. * 1916 Herman Abraham – ''HB'' * 1921 George "Gap" Powell – ''FB'' * 1928 Howard Maple – ''QB'' * 1933

Red Franklin Norman Clifford "Red" Franklin (December 13, 1911 – May 16, 1947) was an American football running back who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1935–1937. He played college football at Oregon State University Oregon State University (OS ...

– ''HB'' * 1933 Ade Schwammel – ''T'' * 1939 Eberle Schultz – ''OG'' * 1940

Vic Sears Victor Wilson Sears (March 14, 1918 – September 22, 2006) was an American football guard and tackle who played in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Oregon State University where he wa ...

– ''T'' * 1941 Quentin Greenough – ''C'' * 1946 Bill Gray – ''C'' * 1955

John Witte John August Witte (January 29, 1933 – March 17, 1993) was an American football tackle who played one season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the ninth round of the 195 ...

– ''T'' * 1956 John Witte – ''T'' † * 1958 Ted Bates – ''OT'' † * 1962

– ''QB'' ‡ * 1963

– ''SE'' † * 1964

Jack O'Billovich Melvin John "Mad Dog" O'Billovich (June 5, 1942 – February 13, 1995) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won the Grey Cup with Hamilton in 1967. He previously played college football at Oregon State Universi ...

– ''LB'' * 1964 Rich Koeper – ''OT'' * 1967

Jess Lewis Jess Lewis (born July 28, 1947 in Aumsville, Oregon) is a retired amateur wrestler and American football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers in 1970. He graduated from Cascade High School in Turner, Or ...

– ''DT'' * 1967 Jon Sandstrom – ''G'' * 1967

John Didion John Lawrence Didion (October 24, 1947 – December 10, 2013) was an American football player, a Center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1974. Early years Born and raised in W ...

– ''C'' * 1968 John Didion – ''C'' ‡ * 1968

Bill Enyart William "Bill" "Earthquake" Donald Enyart (April 28, 1947 – February 10, 2015) was an American football player, a fullback for the Buffalo Bills and linebacker for the Oakland Raiders Early life Born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, Enyart grew up ...

– ''FB'' * 1970

Craig Hanneman Craig Lewis Hanneman (born July 1, 1949 in Salem, Oregon) is a former American football player who played in the National Football League from 1972 to 1975. He played in college for Oregon State University and played for two NFL teams in 52 game ...

– ''DT'' * 1972 Steve Brown – ''LB'' * 1979 Steve Coury – ''SE'' * 1992 Fletcher Keister – ''OG'' * 1998

– ''DE'' * 2000

Ken Simonton Ken Simonton III (born June 7, 1979) is a former American football running back who last played in the CFL for the Calgary Stampeders after a brief career in the NFL and the NFL Europe. Early life Simonton's family has a history of baseball. H ...

– ''TB'' * 2000 DeLawrence Grant – ''DE'' * 2000 Chris Gibson – ''C'' * 2000 Richard Seigler – ''LB'' * 2001 Dennis Weathersby – ''CB'' * 2001

Mitch Meeuwsen Mitch Meeuwsen (born April 20, 1982) is a graduate assistant football coach at Oregon State University. Early years Mitch Meeuwsen was born in Hillsboro but grew up in Forest Grove. Meeuwsen played football, basketball and baseball while growing ...

– ''S'' * 2002 Dennis Weathersby – ''CB'' * 2002 Steven Jackson – ''TB'' * 2003 Steven Jackson – ''TB'' * 2003

– ''CB'' * 2004 Mitch Meeuwsen – ''FS'' * 2004 Mike Hass – ''WR'' * 2005 Mike Hass – ''WR'' * 2005

– ''PK'' * 2005 Jeremy Perry – ''OT'' * 2006 Sammie Stroughter – ''PR'' * 2007 Roy Schuening – ''OG'' * 2008

Andy Levitre Andrew Steven Levitre ( ; born May 15, 1986) is a former American football offensive guard. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round, 51st overall in the 2009 NFL Draft, and has also played for the Tennessee Titans and Atlanta F ...

– ''OT'' * 2009

– ''RB'' * 2009 James Rodgers – ''WR'' * 2010

– ''DT'' † * 2012

Jordan Poyer Jordan Lynn-Baxter Poyer (born April 25, 1991) is an American football strong safety for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon State, where he was named a consensus All-American. Poyer was ...

– ''CB'' † * 2013

– ''WR'' † * 2019

Hamilcar Rashed Jr. Hamilcar Rashed Jr. (born January 2, 1998) is an American football outside linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon State Beavers football, Oregon State. Early years Rash ...

- ''LB'' * 2022 Anthony Gould – ''PR'' * 2022 Brandon Kipper - ''G'' † Consensus Selection, ‡ Unanimous Selection

College Football Hall of Fame inductees

The Beavers have had three players and two coach inducted into the

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Notable former players

* James Allen, former linebacker for the

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* Sam Baker, NFL player in 1953, 1956–1969 *

, 1962

winner,

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, and NFL

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from 1963–1965 * Kelly Chapman, TE – Ottawa Rough Riders 1994–1996 * José Cortéz, NFL placekicker from 1999–2006 *

, NFL player from 1969–1971 *

, NFL QB from 1958–1959 * DeLawrence Grant, former linebacker for the

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* Bob Grim, NFL player from 1967–1977 and one-time Pro Bowler * Bob Horn, NFL linebacker from 1976–1983 * T. J. Houshmandzadeh, former NFL wide receiver *

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, former NFL wide receiver. Two time AFC leader in receiving yards. 5 Time Pro Bowler *

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, player and coach *

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, AFL running back from 1960–1969, two-time AFL All-Star, 1965 AFL MVP, & member of the AFL All-Time Team * Greg Marshall, NFL defensive lineman (Baltimore Colts), 1978-1979, CFL Ottawa Rough Riders, 1980-88. All League multiple times, 1983 Defensive Player of the Year. Member of All Time Franchise Team. Current Head Football Coach, University of Toronto. *

Pellom McDaniels Pellom McDaniels III (February 21, 1968 – April 19, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). After his playing career, he became a professor and curator at Emory Univ ...

, Defensive lineman in the World League of American Football from 1991–1992 for the Birmingham Fire, and NFL from 1993–2000 for the Kansas City Chiefs & Atlanta Falcons *

Bill McKalip William Ward McKalip (June 5, 1907 – July 11, 1993) is a former American football end and half back who played four seasons in the NFL with the Portsmouth Spartans/ Detroit Lions. College career McKalip chose to enroll at Oregon State for hi ...

, NFL player from 1932–1932, 1934, 1936 * Bronco Mendenhall, former head coach of the

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, 2016–2021 * Lyle Moevao, QB Graduate Assistant for the Beavers and former quarterback for the

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of the

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. Won the French football championship in 2011. *

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, NFL defensive lineman from 1986–1999 * Steve Preece, NFL defensive back from 1969–1977 * Frank Ramsey, NFL offensive lineman, 1945

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* Rocky Rasley, NFL guard from 1969–1970, 1972–1976 *

Terrell Roberts Terrell Maiza Roberts (April 7, 1981 September 11, 2019) was an American football defensive back who played two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He played college football at Oregon State University and at ...

, NFL player 2003–2004 * Ade Schwammel, NFL player from 1934–1936, 1943–1944 *

, NFL player from 1941–1943, 1945–1953 and member of the

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, former running back for the

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* Jonathan Smith, former offensive coordinator at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

and current head coach. *

George Svendsen George Peter Svendsen (March 22, 1913 – August 6, 1995) was an American football player. After his college career at Oregon State and the University of Minnesota, he starred for the Green Bay Packers. He also played one season for the Oshkosh ...

, NFL center from 1935–1937, 1940–1941 and member of the

NFL 1930s All-Decade Team This is a list of all NFL players who had outstanding performances throughout the 1930s and have been compiled together into this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame retroactively in 1969 to mark the lea ...

* Aaron Thomas, NFL player from 1961–1970 *

Robb Thomas Robb Douglas Thomas (born March 29, 1966) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) who played from 1989 to 1998. High school career Thomas graduated from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon in ...

, NFL wide receiver from 1989–1998 *

Reggie Tongue Reginald Clinton Tongue (born April 11, 1973) is a former American football safety. Early life Tongue attended Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. As a senior for Lathrop, Tongue played running back/defensive back and rushed for 932 ya ...

, NFL defensive back from 1996–2005 *

, NFL defensive tackle from 1991–1999 * F. Wayne Valley, Founder and principal owner of the

& former President of the

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Skip Vanderbundt William "Skip" Gerard Vanderbundt (born December 4, 1946) is a former American football linebacker in the NFL from 1969-1978. He played college football at Oregon State University and was selected in the 3rd round (69th overall) by the San F ...

, NFL Linebacker, SF 49ers (1969–1977) N.O. Saints (1978) * Lloyd Wickett, NFL defensive lineman 1943, 1946 for the

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

Len Younce Leonard Alonzo Younce (January 8, 1917 – March 26, 2000) was an American football player and coach. Playing career Born in Dayton, Oregon, Younce attended Roosevelt High School in Portland and then played college football at Oregon State ...

, NFL guard in 1941, 1943–1944, 1946–1948 & member of the

Media

Radio flagship: KEX 1190 AM in Portland
Broadcasters: Mike Parker (play-by-play), Jim Wilson (analyst), and Ron Callan (sideline reporter).
Oregon State also has an extensive network of broadcast affiliates.http://oregonstate.scout.com/3/radio.html Oregon State Football Radio Network

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of January 17, 2020. :''No games are scheduled for the 2029 season.''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oregon State Beavers football American football teams established in 1893 1893 establishments in Oregon