1969 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1969 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Home games were played on campus in Corvallis at Parker Stadium, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland. Both installed artificial turf prior to the season.[1][2][3]

1969 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Civic Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 USC $ 6 0 0 10 0 1
No. 13 UCLA 5 1 1 8 1 1
No. 19 Stanford 5 1 1 7 2 1
Oregon State 4 3 0 6 4 0
Oregon 2 3 0 5 5 1
California 2 4 0 5 5 0
Washington 1 6 0 1 9 0
Washington State 0 7 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Under fifth-year head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers were 6–4 overall and 4–3 in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). In the Civil War game against Oregon in Eugene, the first on artificial turf,[4] OSU won for the sixth consecutive year.[5]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13at No. 17 UCLAL 0–3750,091[6]
September 20at Iowa*W 42–1451,800[7]
September 27at No. 18 Arizona State*W 30–750,025[8]
October 4No. 5 USCL 7–3138,013[1][2]
October 18at WashingtonW 10–652,500[9]
October 25Utah*L 3–727,910[3][10]
November 1No. 15 Stanford
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 0–3327,790[11]
November 8at CaliforniaW 35–322,000[12]
November 15Washington State 
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
W 38–323,679[13][14]
November 22at OregonW 10–742,500[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster edit

1969 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 17 Gary Barton Jr
QB 19 Steve Endicott So
G 73 Chris Haag So
WR 81 Jeff Kolberg
RB 22 Billy Main Sr
OT 75 Steve Morton So
OT 71 Dave Nirenberg So
TE 88 Bill Plumeau Sr
WR 80 Jim Scheele Sr
FB 42 Dave Schilling So
C 51 Mike White Sr
G 64 Dan Zellick So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 38 Mel Easley Sr
DT 63 Craig Hanneman Jr
LB 44 Wally Johnson Sr
DE 85 Rich LaSalle Sr
DT 66 Jess Lewis Sr
DT 78 Bill Nelson Sr
DB 26 Larry Rich Sr
DE 90 Jim Sherbert So
DB 39 Don Whitney Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 30 Mike Nehl Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

References edit

  1. ^ a b Cawood, Neil (October 3, 1969). "Trojans drop 'dry field' bit". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 3B.
  2. ^ a b Cawood, Neil (October 5, 1969). "USC demonstrates strength in ripping past OSU, 31-7". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  3. ^ a b Cawood, Neil (October 24, 1969). "Beavers want to pass less, run more against Utah". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 3B.
  4. ^ "Autzen turf work nears end". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. August 13, 1969. p. 5B.
  5. ^ a b Cawood, Neil (October 26, 1969). "'Civil War' ends with freak finish". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  6. ^ Hoefflin, Walter (September 14, 1969). "Revived UCLA batters Oregon State, 37-0". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  7. ^ "Beavers rebound for 42-14 romp". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. September 21, 1969. p. 1B.
  8. ^ "OSU buries ASU, 30-7". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. September 28, 1969. p. 1B.
  9. ^ Cawood, Neil (October 19, 1969). "OSU wins on last-second scoring pass". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  10. ^ "Redskin reserves helps stop OSU". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. October 26, 1969. p. 2, sports.
  11. ^ Cawood, Neil (November 2, 1969). "Dee: 'It was a long afternoon'". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  12. ^ "OSU shreds Cal defense, 35-3". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. November 9, 1969. p. 1B.
  13. ^ Cawood, Neil (November 16, 1969). "Patient Oregon State 'murder' in 2nd half". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 3B.
  14. ^ Missildine, Harry (November 16, 1969). "Luckless Cougars fall 38-3". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 1, sports.
  15. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com

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