2003 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season

2003 Oregon State Beavers football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 55–14 vs. New Mexico
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Mike Riley (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorPaul Chryst (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMark Banker (1st season)
Home stadiumReser Stadium
(Capacity: 35,362)
Seasons
← 2002
2004 →
2003 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 USC $   7 – 1     12 – 1  
No. 9 Washington State   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Oregon   5 – 3     8 – 5  
California   5 – 3     8 – 6  
Oregon State   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Washington   4 – 4     6 – 6  
UCLA   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Arizona State   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Stanford   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Arizona   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Beavers offense scored 433 points while the defense allowed 301 points. Led by head coach Mike Riley, who returned to Oregon State after coaching the team in 1997 and 1998, the Beavers won the 2003 Las Vegas Bowl.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 287:00 pmSacramento State*FSNNWW 40–735,614
September 57:00 pmat Fresno State*ESPNL 14–1635,553
September 133:30 pmNew Mexico State*
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
W 28–1635,831
September 204:00 pmBoise State*
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
FSNNWW 26–2435,963
September 277:00 pmNo. 24 Arizona State
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
FSNW 45–1736,122
October 42:00 pmat CaliforniaW 35–2139,150
October 187:00 pmWashingtonNo. 22
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
TBSL 17–3837,034
October 253:30 pmat No. 6 Washington StateFSNL 30–3635,117
November 11:00 pmArizona
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
W 52–2336,187
November 151:00 pmStanford
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
W 43–336,251
November 2212:30 pmat OregonABCL 20–3458,102
December 61:30 pmat No. 2 USCABCL 28–5273,864
December 245:30 pmvs. New Mexico*ESPNW 55–1425,437

Roster

Season summary

Boise State

Boise State at Oregon State
1 234Total
Boise State 0 1707 24
• Oregon State 10 637 26
  • Source: ESPN
Scoring summary
112:12Oregon StateKirk Yliniemi 51-yard field goalOregon State 3-0
110:13Oregon StateJoe Newton 40-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick)Oregon State 10-0
214:53Oregon StateKirk Yliniemi 25-yard field goalOregon State 13-0
214:04Boise StateT.J. Acree 67-yard pass from Ryan Dinwiddie (Tyler Jones kick)Oregon State 13-7
211:03Boise StateTyler Jones 44-yard field goalOregon State 13-10
25:46Oregon StateKirk Yliniemi 33-yard field goalOregon State 16-10
21:19Boise StateTim Gilligan 62-yard punt return (Tyler Jones kick)Boise St 17-16
37:45Oregon StateKirk Yliniemi 37-yard field goalOregon State 19-17
414:45Oregon StateSteven Jackson 11-yard run (Kirk Yliniemi kick)Oregon State 26-17
411:56Boise StateDavid Mikell 3-yard run (Tyler Jones kick)Oregon State 26-24

Arizona State

1 234Total
Arizona St 0 737 17
• Oregon St 7 17021 45
  • Date: September 27
  • Location: Reser Stadium
  • Game start: 7:10 p.m. PST
  • Elapsed time: 3:40
  • Game attendance: 36,122
  • Game weather: Clear; 73 °F (23 °C); wind 24 mph (39 km/h) NW
  • Referee: Jay Stricherz
Scoring summary
Q17:21ORSTAnderson 6 yard run (Yliniemi kick)ORST 7–0
Q26:50AZSTFulton 5 yard pass from Walter (Ainsworth kick)Tie 7–7
Q24:11ORSTFarley 61 yard pass from Anderson (Yliniemi kick)ORST 14–7
Q22:40ORSTNewsom 28 yard pass from Anderson (Yliniemi kick)ORST 21–7
Q2:00ORSTYliniemi 29 yard field goalORST 24–7
Q31:30AZSTAinsworth 34 yard field goalORST 24–10
Q411:09ORSTJackson 15 yard run (Yliniemi kick)ORST 31–10
Q49:28ORSTChristensen recovered fumble in end zone (Yliniemi kick)ORST 38–10
Q47:07AZSTHagan 20 yard pass from Walter (Ainsworth kick)ORST 38–17
Q45:12ORSTWright 2 yard run (Yliniemi kick)ORST 45–17

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Tim Euhus Tight end 4 109 Buffalo Bills

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ Oregon State Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2016-Sep-03.
  2. ^ "Seasons: 2004: Drafted Players". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
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