1970 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1970 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled a 6–5 record (3–4 in Pac-8, tied for sixth), and were outscored 239 to 211.[1] They played five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.

1970 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1970 record	6–5 (3–4 Pac-8)
Head coach	Dee Andros (6th season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium Civic Stadium (Portland)

1970 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
UCLA	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
No. 15 USC	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Washington State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The Beavers defeated rival Oregon in the Civil War game for the seventh straight year.[2][3] This was Oregon State's fifth-straight winning season, but the next was decades away, in 1999.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	No. 18 UCLA	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 9–14	23,520
September 19	Iowa*	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	W 21–14	23,279
September 26	at No. 14 Oklahoma*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 23–14	54,700
October 3	at No. 5 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 13–45	57,769
October 10	Utah*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 31–21	23,897
October 17	at No. 19 Houston*	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	L 16–19	37,791
October 24	Washington	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 20–29	27,911
October 31	at No. 6 Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 10–48	65,000
November 7	California	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 16–10	20,202
November 14	at Washington State	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	W 28–16	16,300
November 21	Oregon	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	W 24–9	40,299
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[4]

Roster

• Steve Brown, So. (defense)
• DL Craig Hanneman, Sr. (C)

References

1. "1970 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. Cawood, Neil (November 22, 1970). "Ducks lose Civil War to revitalized Beavers". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
3. "OSU shocks Ducks; win 24-9 civil war". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. November 23, 1970. p. 12.
4. "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

External links

• Game program: Oregon State vs. Washington State at Spokane – November 14, 1970