1972 Oregon State Beavers football team
American college football season
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The 1972 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–9 record with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Pac-8, and were outscored 295 to 131.[1] Oregon State played four home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and one at Civic Stadium in Portland.
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record2–9 (1–6 Pac-8)
Headcoach
- Dee Andros (8th season)
HomestadiumParker Stadium
Civic Stadium
Civic Stadium
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| Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
| Record | 2–9 (1–6 Pac-8) |
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| Home stadium | Parker Stadium Civic Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 USC $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The loss to rival Oregon was Andros' first setback in the Civil War game, and the Ducks' first win over the Beavers in nine years.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | at San Diego State* | L 8–17 | 32,829 | [2] | ||
| September 16 | at No. 1 USC | L 6–51 | 56,305 | [3] | ||
| September 23 | at Iowa* | L 11–19 | 51,229 | [4] | ||
| September 30 | BYU* | W 29–3 | 26,065 | [5] | ||
| October 7 | at Arizona State* | L 7–38 | 50,879 | [6] | ||
| October 14 | No. 14 UCLA |
| L 7–37 | 23,109 | [7] | |
| October 21 | at Washington State | L 7–37 | 22,100 | [8] | ||
| October 28 | 1:30 p.m. | at Stanford | L 11–17 | 44,000 | [9] | |
| November 4 | Washington |
| L 16–23 | 31,923 | [10] | |
| November 11 | 1:30 p.m. | California | W 26–23 | 16,624 | [11] | |
| November 18 | Oregon |
| L 3–30 | 41,544 | [12][13][14] | |
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Roster
- Steve Brown, Sr. (defense)
- Craig Fair, Jr. (defense)