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Oregon State Beavers

Pac-12Corvallis, ORReser Stadium

2026: 5–⁠2 (3–⁠0 Pac-12). Last: beat Washington State 48–⁠30 at home. Next: at Fresno State, Saturday, Oct 31.

  1. L 20–⁠33at No. 23 Houston
  2. L 24–⁠35No. 13 Texas Tech
  3. W 52–⁠17Montana
  4. W 33–⁠7at UTEP
  5. W 56–⁠26at Colorado State
  6. W 66–⁠14San Diego State
  7. W 48–⁠30Washington State
  8. Oct 31at Fresno State
  9. Nov 7Texas State
  10. Nov 14at Boise State
  11. Nov 21Utah State
  • Outfitted by Nike

Oregon State has played football since 1893 and is 504–⁠610–⁠36 in the 1,150 games on record here, which start in 1915. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 4, in 2000. They have won four Pacific Coast Conference titles (the last in 1964), plus two Pac-12 Conference titles, two Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association titles, counting shared titles. Terry Baker won the Heisman Trophy here in 1962. Since 1938, the NFL Draft has taken 107 players from here in its first seven rounds, 6 of them in the first round. The AAFC draft also took two players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 3 players and 2 coaches from Oregon State. Mike Riley (1997–⁠2014) won more games here than any other coach: 93. The most-played rival is Oregon: 129 meetings, Oregon leads 70–⁠49–⁠10. This season, under JaMarcus Shephard, they’re 5–⁠2.

Reser Stadium in Corvallis
Reser StadiumPhoto: Thomasg86, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 1940No. 18 Oregon State lost to No. 16 Washington 19–⁠0 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
571–⁠634–⁠50 official; 504–⁠610–⁠36 on file; how we count
Postseason
10–⁠8 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 102 ranked
Elo now
1534 64th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 52 · Composite No. 43 in FBS, Oct 17; up 5 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2000 rated 1727
Conference titles
8 last in 2024
Bowl record
12–⁠8 official, bowls only
Seasons
110 since 1915, 1,150 games

Identity

Fight song
Hail to Old OSU
Student section
Beaver Dam
Apparel
Nike
Band
Oregon State University Marching Band since 1891, 265+ members

2026 season 5–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at23HoustonL 20–⁠3323%
Sep 12vs13Texas TechL 24–⁠3520%
Sep 19vsMontanaW 52–⁠1740%
Sep 26atUTEPW 33–⁠750%
Oct 3atColorado StateW 56–⁠2647%
Oct 10vsSan Diego StateW 66–⁠1458%
Oct 17vsWashington StateW 48–⁠3066%
Oct 31atFresno StatePreview39%
Nov 7vsTexas StatePreview55%
Nov 14atBoise StatePreview25%
Nov 21vsUtah StatePreview70%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Oregon State’s Elo through 2026: 1388 going into the opener, 1534 after the latest game.13501400145015001550Elo 1388 going in; lost to Houston 33–20Elo 1377 going in; lost to Texas Tech 35–24Elo 1368 going in; beat Montana 52–17Elo 1413 going in; beat UTEP 33–7Elo 1446 going in; beat Colorado State 56–26Elo 1482 going in; beat San Diego State 66–14Elo 1515 going in; beat Washington State 48–30Now: Elo 1534 after the latest game1534
HoustonTexas TechMontanaUTEPColorado StateSan Diego StateWashington StateNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Future schedule

2027–⁠32
20274 games: 2 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20283 games: 1 home, 1 away, 1 neutral, non-conference only
20293 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20304 games: 2 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20312 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20323 games: 3 home, non-conference only

Oregon State’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 11, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Oregon State.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Single source
Mascot
Benny Beaver · Official source
Student section
Beaver Dam · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Mitch Dahlen · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Mike MacIntyre · Official source
NIL collective
Dam Nation · Single source
  • On3; read 2026-10-10

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike. Oregon State worked with Nike on its 2013 rebrand. The current term hasn't been confirmed here.

  • Oregon Business, Mar 5, 2013: Oregon State worked with Nike on its new logo and uniforms

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1915

Best seasons ever
Oregon State end-of-season Elo from 1915 to 2026, best in 2000 at 1727.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202000 peak: Elo 1727
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
JaMarcus Shephard20265–⁠2
Robb Akey20252–⁠3
Trent Bray2024–⁠20255–⁠14
Kefense Hynson20230–⁠1
Jonathan Smith2018–⁠202334–⁠35
Cory Hall20170–⁠6
Gary Andersen2015–⁠20177–⁠23
Mike Riley1997–⁠201493–⁠80
Dennis Erickson1999–⁠200231–⁠17
Jerry Pettibone1991–⁠199613–⁠52–⁠1
Dave Kragthorpe1985–⁠199017–⁠48–⁠2
Joe Avezzano1980–⁠19846–⁠47–⁠2
Craig Fertig1976–⁠19798–⁠36–⁠1
Dee Andros1965–⁠197551–⁠64–⁠1
Tommy Prothro1955–⁠196463–⁠37–⁠2
Kip Taylor1949–⁠195420–⁠36
Lon Stiner1933–⁠194874–⁠49–⁠17
Paul Schissler1924–⁠193248–⁠30–⁠2
R.B. Rutherford1920–⁠192313–⁠14–⁠6
Bill Hargiss1918–⁠19196–⁠8–⁠1
Joseph Pipal1916–⁠19178–⁠7–⁠1
E.J. Stewart19150–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesORST record
Oregon12949–⁠70–⁠10 ‡
Washington State10445–⁠56–⁠3
Washington9532–⁠61–⁠2
Stanford9028–⁠59–⁠3
USC7911–⁠64–⁠4
California7737–⁠40
UCLA6518–⁠43–⁠4
Arizona State4716–⁠29–⁠1 †

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Every opponent (117)

Every program Oregon State has played, A to Z, with Oregon State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

8, counting shared titles
Pac-12 Conference 2
2000 (shared), 2024
Pacific Coast Conference 4
1941, 1956, 1957 (shared), 1964
Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association 2
1893, 1897

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Oregon Intercollegiate Football Conference 1893–⁠1897
  2. Independent 1898–⁠1901
  3. Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1902
  4. Independent 1903–⁠1907
  5. Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1908
  6. Independent 1909–⁠1911
  7. Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1912–⁠1914
  8. Pacific Coast Conference 1915–⁠1942 and 1945–⁠1958
  9. Independent 1959–⁠1963
  10. AAWU 1964–⁠1967
  11. Pac-8 1968–⁠1977
  12. Pac-10 1978–⁠2010
  13. Pac-12 since 2011
  • 1959Went independent from the Pacific Coast Conference. Source
  • 1964Joined the AAWU from independence. Source

Oregon State’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2022Jack Colletto QB/FB/LB/STHornung
2013Brandin Cooks WRBiletnikoff
2005Mike Hass WRBiletnikoff
2005Alexis Serna KGroza
1962Terry Baker QBHeisman, Maxwell

Consensus All-Americans 8

2013Brandin Cooks WR
2012Jordan Poyer DB
2010Stephen Paea DT
1968John Didion C
1963Vern Burke E
1962Terry Baker QB
1958Ted Bates OT
1956John Witte OT

Led the nation 7

2016Ryan Nall points per game (15.0)
2013Brandin Cooks receiving yards (1,730 yds)
2005Mike Hass receiving yards (1,532 yds)
1983Reggie Bynum yards per catch (24.2)
1963Bob Berry passing touchdowns (16 TD)
1962Terry Baker passing yards (1,738 yds), total offense (2,276 yds)
1962Vern Burke receptions (69 catches), receiving yards (1,007 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
3
Coaches
2
2022Mike Hass WR
2019Dennis Erickson coach here, 1999–⁠2002
2011Bill Enyart FB
1991Tommy Prothro coach here, 1955–⁠1964
1982Terry Baker QB

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
107 since 1938
First-round picks
6
AAFC picks
2 1947
2024Taliese Fuaga OTNo. 14, New Orleans Saints
2014Brandin Cooks WRNo. 20, New Orleans Saints
2004Steven Jackson RBNo. 24, St. Louis Rams
2003Nick Barnett LBNo. 29, Green Bay Packers
1963Terry Baker QBNo. 1, Los Angeles Rams
1938Joe Gray BNo. 10, Chicago Bears

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

Oregon State University
Enrollment
37,163 31,253 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Corvallis, Oregon
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1856
Graduates’ median earnings
$64,010 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @BeaverFootballInstagram @beaverfootballFacebook BeaverFootball
Athletics department
X @beaverathletics

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones osubeavers.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

On the newsreel

And 10 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠23–⁠0JaMarcus Shephard15347.1
20252–⁠101–⁠1Trent Bray, Robb Akey1331-15.9
20245–⁠71–⁠0Trent Bray1463-6.7
20238–⁠55–⁠418Jonathan Smith, Kefense Hynson163612.6
202210–⁠36–⁠317Jonathan Smith165814.3
20217–⁠65–⁠4Jonathan Smith15148.9
20202–⁠52–⁠5Jonathan Smith1421-0.7
20195–⁠74–⁠5Jonathan Smith1436-0.7
20182–⁠101–⁠8Jonathan Smith1302-16.0
20171–⁠110–⁠9Gary Andersen, Cory Hall1312-12.6
20164–⁠83–⁠6Gary Andersen1412-4.6
20152–⁠100–⁠9Gary Andersen1333-10.1
20145–⁠72–⁠7Mike Riley14663.2
20137–⁠64–⁠525Mike Riley155911.9
20129–⁠46–⁠320Mike Riley158816.4
20113–⁠93–⁠6Mike Riley1467-5.2
20105–⁠74–⁠524Mike Riley15424.6
20098–⁠56–⁠3Mike Riley162312.6
20089–⁠47–⁠218Mike Riley165514.2
20079–⁠46–⁠325Mike Riley164911.6
200610–⁠46–⁠321Mike Riley160711.3
20055–⁠63–⁠5Mike Riley15301.5
20047–⁠55–⁠3Mike Riley163917.5
20038–⁠54–⁠4Mike Riley161116.3
20028–⁠54–⁠4Dennis Erickson158613.4
Every season back to 1915 (85 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20015–⁠63–⁠511Dennis Erickson15878.8
200011–⁠17–⁠14Dennis Erickson172724.1
19997–⁠54–⁠4Dennis Erickson15349.2
19985–⁠62–⁠6Mike Riley14562.2
19973–⁠80–⁠8Mike Riley1340-4.9
19962–⁠91–⁠7Jerry Pettibone1321-13.6
19951–⁠100–⁠8Jerry Pettibone1350-16.3
19944–⁠72–⁠6Jerry Pettibone14721.8
19934–⁠72–⁠6Jerry Pettibone14064.0
19921–⁠9–⁠10–⁠7–⁠1Jerry Pettibone1288-8.6
19911–⁠101–⁠7Jerry Pettibone1289-14.6
19901–⁠101–⁠6Dave Kragthorpe1301-21.7
19894–⁠7–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Dave Kragthorpe1433-2.1
19884–⁠6–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1Dave Kragthorpe144310.8
19872–⁠90–⁠7Dave Kragthorpe1310-13.3
19863–⁠81–⁠6Dave Kragthorpe1339-6.2
19853–⁠82–⁠6Dave Kragthorpe1283-13.6
19842–⁠91–⁠7Joe Avezzano1292-7.0
19832–⁠8–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1Joe Avezzano1295-20.9
19821–⁠9–⁠10–⁠7–⁠1Joe Avezzano1259-10.2
19811–⁠100–⁠7Joe Avezzano1206-28.5
19800–⁠110–⁠8Joe Avezzano1226-22.8
19791–⁠101–⁠7Craig Fertig1275-18.7
19783–⁠7–⁠12–⁠6Craig Fertig1323-1.4
19772–⁠90–⁠7Craig Fertig1307-2.4
19762–⁠101–⁠6Craig Fertig1304-15.5
19751–⁠101–⁠6Dee Andros1302-13.3
19743–⁠83–⁠4Dee Andros1418-2.1
19732–⁠92–⁠5Dee Andros1380-6.8
19722–⁠91–⁠6Dee Andros1369-3.5
19715–⁠63–⁠3Dee Andros15104.6
19706–⁠53–⁠4Dee Andros15778.1
19696–⁠44–⁠3Dee Andros1611
19687–⁠35–⁠1615Dee Andros1671
19677–⁠2–⁠14–⁠1–⁠17Dee Andros1624
19667–⁠33–⁠1Dee Andros1572
19655–⁠51–⁠3Dee Andros1523
19648–⁠33–⁠18Tommy Prothro1584
19635–⁠5Tommy Prothro1546
19629–⁠2Tommy Prothro1644
19615–⁠5Tommy Prothro1514
19606–⁠3–⁠1Tommy Prothro1553
19593–⁠7Tommy Prothro1457
19586–⁠45–⁠312Tommy Prothro1540
19578–⁠26–⁠213Tommy Prothro1624
19567–⁠3–⁠16–⁠1–⁠110Tommy Prothro1569
19556–⁠35–⁠2Tommy Prothro1463
19541–⁠81–⁠6Kip Taylor1324
19533–⁠63–⁠5Kip Taylor1428
19522–⁠71–⁠6Kip Taylor1391
19514–⁠63–⁠5Kip Taylor1505
19503–⁠62–⁠5Kip Taylor1476
19497–⁠35–⁠3Kip Taylor1581
19485–⁠4–⁠32–⁠3–⁠2Lon Stiner1500
19475–⁠53–⁠4Lon Stiner1516
19467–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1Lon Stiner1543
19454–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4Lon Stiner1448
19424–⁠5–⁠14–⁠4Lon Stiner1512
19418–⁠27–⁠21612Lon Stiner1643
19405–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠118Lon Stiner1545
19399–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1Lon Stiner1606
19385–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1Lon Stiner1517
19373–⁠3–⁠32–⁠3–⁠3Lon Stiner1493
19364–⁠63–⁠5Lon Stiner1465
19356–⁠4–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Lon Stiner1464
19343–⁠6–⁠20–⁠5–⁠2Lon Stiner1424
19336–⁠2–⁠22–⁠1–⁠1Lon Stiner1545
19324–⁠61–⁠4Paul Schissler1508
19316–⁠3–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1Paul Schissler1593
19307–⁠32–⁠3Paul Schissler1570
19295–⁠41–⁠4Paul Schissler1540
19286–⁠32–⁠3Paul Schissler1583
19273–⁠3–⁠12–⁠3Paul Schissler1551
19267–⁠14–⁠1Paul Schissler1613
19257–⁠23–⁠2Paul Schissler1521
19243–⁠51–⁠4Paul Schissler1383
19234–⁠5–⁠21–⁠3–⁠1R.B. Rutherford1385
19223–⁠41–⁠3R.B. Rutherford1408
19214–⁠3–⁠21–⁠2–⁠1R.B. Rutherford1431
19202–⁠2–⁠21–⁠2–⁠1R.B. Rutherford1418
19194–⁠4–⁠11–⁠3Bill Hargiss1385
19182–⁠40–⁠2Bill Hargiss1391
19174–⁠2–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1Joseph Pipal1479
19164–⁠50–⁠2Joseph Pipal1434
1915few games on file0–⁠1E.J. Stewart1471

Officially 571–⁠634–⁠50 since 1893 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 504–⁠610–⁠36 (−67 wins, −24 losses, −14 ties). Our file starts in 1915; the program began in 1893. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1943–⁠44: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.