The 1973 Oregon State Beavers football team represented
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 c ...
as a member of the
Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the
1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their ninth season under head coach
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 ...
, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the Pac-8, and were outscored 293 to 166.
The team played four home games on campus at
Parker Stadium in
Corvallis, with one at
Civic Stadium in
Portland.
With their three-point road win over rival
Oregon
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in the season finale, Andros' record improved to 8–1 against the Ducks in the
Civil War game.
Schedule
Roster
* QB Alvin White
References
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 ...
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