1973 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record2–9 (2–5 Pac-8)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRich Brooks (1st season)
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Civic Stadium
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
No. 12 UCLA 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Stanford 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Washington State 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
California 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Oregon State 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Washington 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their ninth season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the Pac-8, and were outscored 293 to 166.[1] The team played four home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.

With their three-point road win over rival Oregon in the season finale, Andros' record improved to 8–1 against the Ducks in the Civil War game.[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at No. 12 Auburn*
L 9–1845,000[4]
September 22SMU*
L 16–3526,189
September 29at BYU*
L 14–3727,434
October 6No. 4 USC
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 7–2121,732
October 13at Washington
W 31–755,000
October 20at California
L 14–2424,123
October 27No. 11 Arizona State*
L 14–4420,188
November 3Stanford
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 23–2417,025
November 10Washington State
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 7–1317,336
November 17at No. 8 UCLA
L 14–5618,540
November 24at Oregon
W 17–1439,700
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

References

  1. ^ "1973 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Withers, Bud (November 25, 1973). "OSU battles to 17-14 win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
  3. ^ "Beavers aren't artistic, but they are winners: 17-14". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. November 26, 1973. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Auburn survives White-led rally". The Oregon Statesman. September 16, 1973. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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