1969 Oregon State Beavers football team

1969 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	6–4 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach	Dee Andros (5th season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium Civic Stadium

1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 USC $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	1
No. 13 UCLA	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
No. 19 Stanford	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Oregon	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
California	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Washington State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Home games were played on campus in Corvallis at Parker Stadium, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland. Both installed artificial turf prior to the season.^[1][2][3]

Under fifth-year head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers were 6–4 overall and 4–3 in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). In the Civil War game against Oregon in Eugene, the first on artificial turf,^[4] OSU won for the sixth consecutive year.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	at No. 17 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–37	50,091	[6]
September 20	at Iowa*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 42–14	51,800	[7]
September 27	at No. 18 Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 30–7	50,025	[8]
October 4	No. 5 USC	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 7–31	38,013	[1][2]
October 18	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 10–6	52,500	[9]
October 25	Utah*	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	L 3–7	27,910	[3][10]
November 1	No. 15 Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 0–33	27,790	[11]
November 8	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 35–3	22,000	[12]
November 15	Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 38–3	23,679	[13][14]
November 22	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	W 10–7	42,500	[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1969 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 17 Gary Barton Jr QB 19 Steve Endicott So G 73 Chris Haag So WR 81 Jeff Kolberg RB 22 Billy Main Sr OT 75 Steve Morton So OT 71 Dave Nirenberg So TE 88 Bill Plumeau Sr WR 80 Jim Scheele Sr FB 42 Dave Schilling So C 51 Mike White Sr G 64 Dan Zellick So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 38 Mel Easley Sr DT 63 Craig Hanneman Jr LB 44 Wally Johnson Sr DE 85 Rich LaSalle Sr DT 66 Jess Lewis Sr DT 78 Bill Nelson Sr DB 26 Larry Rich Sr DE 90 Jim Sherbert So DB 39 Don Whitney Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 30 Mike Nehl Jr	Head coach Dee Andros Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. Cawood, Neil (October 3, 1969). "Trojans drop 'dry field' bit". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 3B.
2. Cawood, Neil (October 5, 1969). "USC demonstrates strength in ripping past OSU, 31-7". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
3. Cawood, Neil (October 24, 1969). "Beavers want to pass less, run more against Utah". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 3B.
4. "Autzen turf work nears end". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. August 13, 1969. p. 5B.
5. Cawood, Neil (October 26, 1969). "'Civil War' ends with freak finish". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
6. Hoefflin, Walter (September 14, 1969). "Revived UCLA batters Oregon State, 37-0". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
7. "Beavers rebound for 42-14 romp". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. September 21, 1969. p. 1B.
8. "OSU buries ASU, 30-7". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. September 28, 1969. p. 1B.
9. Cawood, Neil (October 19, 1969). "OSU wins on last-second scoring pass". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
10. "Redskin reserves helps stop OSU". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. October 26, 1969. p. 2, sports.
11. Cawood, Neil (November 2, 1969). "Dee: 'It was a long afternoon'". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
12. "OSU shreds Cal defense, 35-3". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. November 9, 1969. p. 1B.
13. Cawood, Neil (November 16, 1969). "Patient Oregon State 'murder' in 2nd half". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 3B.
14. Missildine, Harry (November 16, 1969). "Luckless Cougars fall 38-3". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 1, sports.
15. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com

External links

• 1969 Oregon State University Football Media Guide, Oregon Digital, www.oregondigital.org/