1976 Oregon State Beavers football team

1976 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	2–10 (1–6 Pac-8)
Head coach	Craig Fertig (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Kopay (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ray Braun[1] (1st season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium

1976 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 15 UCLA	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
Stanford	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Pac-8, and were outscored 325 to 179.^[2] The team played its five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.^[3]

Fertig, age 34, was previously an assistant coach as the University of Southern California (USC) and a quarterback for the USC Trojans under John McKay. He succeeded Dee Andros in December 1975 with a three-year contract at $26,000 per year.^[4][5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	No. 19 Kansas*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 16–28	29,952
September 11	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	L 13–38	56,723	[6]
September 18	at No. 16 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 11–28	68,057	[7]
October 2	at Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 3–21	18,591
October 9	Washington	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 12–24	27,096
October 16	California	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 10–9	23,963
October 23	at No. 7 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–56	53,216
October 30	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 3–24	30,500
November 6	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 24–29	20,122
November 13	No. 2 UCLA	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 14–45	22,151
November 20	Oregon	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	L 14–23	35,611
November 27	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 59–0	4,900
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1976 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB Byron Kellar RB Jarvis Redwine Fr QB Scott Richardson Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Craig Fertig (1st year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Tony Kopay (OC) Ray Braun (DC) Nate Shaw (DB) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

^[1][8]

References

1. "Beavers complete new football staff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 31, 1975. p. 2C.
2. "1976 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
3. Withers, Bud (November 21, 1976). "Oregon makes the ending happy, 23–14". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1C.
4. Conrad, John (December 12, 1975). "Fertig tapped to succeed Dee". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
5. "Fertig gets Beaver post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 12, 1975. p. 24.
6. "Kentucky deals OSU 2nd defeat". The Oregon Statesman Journal. September 12, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "LSU batters Beavers, 28–11". The Sunday Columbian. September 19, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 20, 1976. p. 1B.

External links

• Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – November 6, 1976