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1979 Oregon State Beavers football team

1979 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record1–10 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 USC $ 6 – 0 – 1 11 – 0 – 1
No. 11 Washington 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Arizona 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 1
Oregon 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
California 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Stanford 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Arizona State † 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
UCLA 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 1–10 record with a mark of 1–7 in conference play placing last out of ten teams in the Pac-10, and were outscored 396 to 147.[2] The team played its five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.

Fertig was fired in October, in the second year of a three-year contract at $33,696 per year.[3][4][5][6] He coached through the end of the season,[7] and lost the finale to Oregon 24–3 in the Civil War, the Beavers' fifth straight loss to the Ducks.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at New Mexico*
L 16–3527,525[8]
September 15No. 1 USC
L 5–4232,000[9]
September 22at Kansas State*
L 16–2232,600[10]
September 29Arizona State
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 0–4520,000[11]
October 6at No. 7 Washington
L 0–4149,881[12]
October 13at California
L 0–4529,000[13]
October 20San Jose State*
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 14–2411,000[14]
October 27Stanford
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
W 33–3116,000[15]
November 3Washington State
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 42–4521,500[16]
November 17at Arizona
L 18–4245,162[17]
November 24at Oregon
L 3–2436,536[18]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "1979 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Andros, board recommend that Fertig be fired". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 11, 1979. p. 3C.
  4. ^ "Fertig: coaches players bemoan lack of discipline". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 20, 1979. p. 3C.
  5. ^ "Fertig officially fired by OSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1979. p. 1B.
  6. ^ "Fertig won't be back in '80". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 23, 1979. p. 1B.
  7. ^ Conrad, John (November 23, 1979). "Keeping his head up and mouth shut". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  8. ^ "Beavers' new football look crumbles under Lobos 35–16". The Sunday Oregonian. September 9, 1979. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Top-ranked USC destroys Oregon State by 42–5". The Tampa Tribune-Times. September 16, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Mistakes destroy Beavers". The Columbian. September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Arizona State rolls over Oregon State in Pac-10". The Idaho Statesman. September 30, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Seventh-ranked Washington blasts Oregon State, 41–0". The Baltimore Sun. October 7, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "It's same old story as Bears overwhelm Oregon State 45–0". The Sunday Oregonian. October 14, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Four-year drought ends, SJS tops a Pac-10 foe". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 21, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Stanford's hopes in Pac 10 dammed by Beavers, 33–31". The San Bernardino County Sun. October 28, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "For the record: WSU 45, OSU 42". Statesman Journal. November 4, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Arizona has easy time with Oregon St., 42–18". The Los Angeles Times. November 18, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Withers, Bud (November 25, 1979). "Ducks win it the way Beavers used to, 24-3". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.


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