1972 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1972 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled a 2–9 record (1–6 in Pac-8, last), and were outscored 295 to 131.[1] They played four home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.

1972 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
1972 record2–9 (1–6 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Civic Stadium (Portland)
1972 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 USC $ 7 –0 –0  12 –0 –0
No. 15 UCLA 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
No. 19 Washington State 4 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Washington 4 –3 –0  8 –3 –0
California 3 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
Oregon 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Stanford 2 –5 –0  6 –5 –0
Oregon State 1 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The loss to rival Oregon was Andros' first setback in the Civil War game, and the Ducks' first win over the Beavers in nine years.[2][3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 8at San Diego State*
L 8–17 32,829
September 16at No. 1 USC
L 6–51 56,305
September 23at Iowa*
L 11–19 51,229
September 30BYU*
W 29–3 26,065
October 7at Arizona State*
L 7–38 50,879
October 14No. 14 UCLA
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 7–37 23,109
October 21at Washington State
L 7–37 22,100
October 28at Stanford
L 11–17 44,000
November 4Washington
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 16–23 31,923
November 11California
W 26–23 16,624
November 18Oregon
L 3–30 41,544
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source:[4]

Roster
  • Steve Brown, Sr. (defense)

References
  1. "1972 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. Cawood, Neil (November 19, 1972). "Ducks succeed at last-- and big". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. "Ducks make Andros eat his guarantee". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. November 20, 1972. p. 8.
  4. "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 156. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
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