2018 Oregon State Beavers football team

2018 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Division North Division
2018 record 1–5 (0–3 Pac-12)
Head coach Jonathan Smith (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Brian Lindgren (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar (1st season)
Home stadium Reser Stadium
(Capacity: 43,643)
2018 Pac-12 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
No. 15 Washington  3 –1     5 –2  
No. 25 Washington State  2 –1     5 –1  
No. 12 Oregon  2 –1     5 –1  
Stanford  2 –1     4 –2  
California  0 –3     3 –3  
Oregon State  0 –3     1 –5  
South Division
USC  3 –1     4 –2  
Colorado  2 –1     5 –1  
Utah  2 –2     4 –2  
Arizona  2 –2     3 –4  
Arizona State  1 –2     3 –3  
UCLA  1 –2     1 –5  
Championship: November 30, 2018
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team play their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They are led by first-year head coach Jonathan Smith. The schedule was released on November 16, 2017.[1]

Previous season

The Beavers finished the 2017 season 1–11, 0–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the North Division. The Beavers entered the season with Gary Andersen as coach in his third year. After his squad opened with losses in five of their first six games, with their only win against Portland State, Andersen resigned and was replaced by interim head coach Cory Hall for the remainder of the season.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[2] Summer Houston C SR
Wuerffel Trophy[3] Trevon Bradford WR JR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[4] Jake Luton QB SR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[5] Calvin Tyler, Jr. RB SO

Pac-12 Media Days

The 2018 Pac-12 media days were on July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Oregon State was represented by Jonathan Smith (HC), Blake Brandel (OL) & Kee Whetzel (LB) at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Beavers predicted to finish in last place at Pac-12 North division.[6]

Media poll (North)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Washington249 (40)
2Stanford198 (2)
3Oregon178 (2)
4California108
5Washington State98
6Oregon State45

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19:00 a.m.at No. 5 Ohio State*
ABCL 31–77102,169
September 85:00 p.m.Southern Utah*
P12NW 48–2536,448
September 154:00 p.m.at Nevada*
ESPNUL 35–3720,462
September 221:00 p.m.Arizona
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
P12NL 14–3533,022
September 297:00 p.m.at Arizona State
P12NL 24–5251,447
October 66:00 p.m.Washington State
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
P12NL 37–5634,429
October 201:00 p.m.Californiadagger
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
P12N
October 27at Colorado
November 3USC
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
November 10at Stanford
November 17at Washington
November 231:00 p.m.Oregon
FS1
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 7 7 17 0 31
No. 5 Buckeyes 21 21 14 21 77
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 1984 OSU, 22–14

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 9 9 25
Beavers 17 24 0 7 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 7 14 0 14 35
Wolf Pack 16 14 0 7 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 1999 OSU, 28–13

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 7 14 35
Beavers 7 0 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–23–1 2017 ZONA, 49–28

at Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 0 17 7 0 24
Sun Devils 10 21 7 14 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–27–1 2017 ASU, 40–24

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 14 14 7 21 56
Beavers 14 10 6 7 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
47–52–3 2017 WSU, 52–23

California

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0
Beavers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
33–37 2017 CAL, 37–23

at Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 0
Buffaloes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–5 2017 COL, 36–33

USC

1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 0
Beavers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–62–4 2017 USC, 38–10

at Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 0
Cardinal 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–56–3 2017 STAN, 15–14

at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 0
Huskies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–64–4 2017 WASH, 42–7

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Ducks 0
Beavers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
47–63–10 2017 ORE, 69–10

References

  1. ↑ Moran, Danny (November 16, 2017). "Oregon State Beavers Release 2018 Football Schedule". Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Washington picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
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