American college football season
1976 Oregon State Beavers football |
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Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
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Record | 2–10 (1–6 Pac-8) |
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Head coach | - Craig Fertig (1st season)
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Offensive coordinator | Tony Kopay (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Ray Braun[1] (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Parker Stadium |
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Seasons |
1976 Pacific-8 Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 2 USC $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
No. 15 UCLA | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
Stanford | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Washington | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Washington State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 |
Oregon | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 2 | – | 10 | – | 0 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1976 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Pac-8, and were outscored 325 to 179.[2] The team played its five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.[3]
Fertig, age 34, was previously an assistant coach as the University of Southern California (USC) and a quarterback for the USC Trojans under John McKay. He succeeded Dee Andros in December 1975 with a three-year contract at $26,000 per year.[4][5]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | No. 19 Kansas* | | L 16–28 | 29,952 | |
September 11 | at Kentucky* | | L 13–38 | 56,723 | [6] |
September 18 | at No. 16 LSU* | | L 11–28 | 68,057 | [7] |
October 2 | at Syracuse* | | L 3–21 | 18,591 | |
October 9 | Washington | - Parker Stadium
- Corvallis, OR
| L 12–24 | 27,096 | |
October 16 | California | - Parker Stadium
- Corvallis, OR
| W 10–9 | 23,963 | |
October 23 | at No. 7 USC | | L 0–56 | 53,216 | |
October 30 | at Stanford | | L 3–24 | 30,500 | |
November 6 | at Washington State | | L 24–29 | 20,122 | |
November 13 | No. 2 UCLA | - Parker Stadium
- Corvallis, OR
| L 14–45 | 22,151 | |
November 20 | Oregon | | L 14–23 | 35,611 | |
November 27 | at Hawaii* | | W 59–0 | 4,900 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1976 Oregon State Beavers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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[1][8]
References
- ^ a b "Beavers complete new football staff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 31, 1975. p. 2C.
- ^ "1976 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ Withers, Bud (November 21, 1976). "Oregon makes the ending happy, 23–14". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1C.
- ^ Conrad, John (December 12, 1975). "Fertig tapped to succeed Dee". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ "Fertig gets Beaver post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 12, 1975. p. 24.
- ^ "Kentucky deals OSU 2nd defeat". The Oregon Statesman Journal. September 12, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU batters Beavers, 28–11". The Sunday Columbian. September 19, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 20, 1976. p. 1B.
External links
- Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – November 6, 1976
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