1989 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	4–7–1 (3–4–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dave Kragthorpe (5th season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 23 Washington	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Oregon	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 25 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	7	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
UCLA	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Dave Kragthorpe, the Beavers compiled a 4–7–1 record (3–4–1 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in sixth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents, 357 to 207.^[1] The team played its home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 20–16	30,223
September 16	at No. 23 Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 3–41	26,883
September 23	at Boise State*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 37–30	22,315	^[2]
September 30	at No. 3 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 7–35	76,290
October 7	at Fresno State*	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	L 18–35	35,164
October 14	Arizona State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	T 17–17	23,833
October 21	UCLA	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 18–17	21,510
October 28	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 25–14	29,000
November 4	at No. 9 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–48	65,430
November 11	Washington	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 14–51	32,147	^[3]
November 18	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	L 21–30	46,087
November 25	at No. 24 Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 21–23	45,763
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1989 Oregon State Beavers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR		Lloyd Bailey
OL		Mike Bailey
WR		Scott Benton
OL		Dan Blus
QB		Matt Booher
TE		George Breland
RB		Pat Chaffey
OL		Brad D'Ancona
OL		Johnny Feinga
WR		Al Griswold
WR		Reggie Hubbard
OL		Matt Irvin
OL		Rob Jack
RB		James Jones
WR		Jason Kent
OL		Derek Nelons
RB		Reggie Pitchford
TE		Phil Ross
QB		Nick Schichtle
OL		Pete Steffen
RB		Jerrell Waddell
RB		Dowell Williams
WR		Maurice Wilson

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB		Brian Beck
LB		Martin Billings
DB		Kevin Dorner
LB		Paul Hill
DB		Brent Huff
DB		Billy Hughley
LB		Doug Lewis
DL		Mike Maggiore
DL		Pellom McDaniels
LB		Todd McKinley
DB		Torey Overstreet
LB		Todd Sahlfield
LB		Bruce Sanders
LB		Scott Sanders
DB		Scott Thompson
DL		Esera Tuaolo
DB		Larry Vladic

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Mark Bennett
K		Tony Bussanich

Oregon State Beavers (4–5–1) at Oregon Ducks (6–4)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon St	0	0	8	13	21
Oregon	10	6	0	14	30

Game information

First quarter

UO – Gregg McCallum 40-yard field goal. Oregon 3–0. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards.
UO – Derek Loville 4-yard run (Gregg McCallum kick), 3:20. Oregon 10–0. Drive: 12 plays, 95 yards.

Second quarter

UO – Gregg McCallum 41-yard field goal, 8:59. Oregon 13–0. Drive: 9 plays, 32 yards.
UO – Gregg McCallum 24-yard field goal, 2:55. Oregon 16–0. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards.

Third quarter

OSU – Marcus Wilson 25-yard pass from Nick Schichtle (run good), 1:44. Oregon 16–8. Drive: 3 plays, 23 yards.

Fourth quarter

UO – Terry Obee 24-yard pass from Bill Musgrave (Gregg McCallum kick), 12:58. Oregon 23–8. Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards.
OSU – Pat Chaffey 1-yard run (pass failed), 10:01. Oregon 23–14. Drive: 6 plays, 57 yards.
OSU – Pat Chaffey 24-yard pass from Nick Schichtle (Tony Bussanich kick), 7:51. Oregon 23–21. Drive: 4 plays, 47 yards.
UO – Derek Loville 2-yard run (Gregg McCallum kick), 4:41. Oregon 30–21. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards.

Largest crowd to attend football game in state history

^ "1989 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
^ Cawood, Neil (September 24, 1989). "Beavers win...barely". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
^ Cawood, Neil (November 12, 1989). "Huskies grease Beavers' skid, 51-14". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
^ "It's finally a battle as Ducks win War". Google News Archive. Eugene Register-Guard. November 18, 1989. Retrieved November 5, 2022.

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