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1979 Oregon State Beavers football
1979 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	1–10 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Craig Fertig (4th season);
Home stadium	Parker Stadium
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
No. 11 Washington	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
California	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arizona State †	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 1–10 record with a mark of 1–7 in conference play placing last out of ten teams in the Pac-10, and were outscored 396 to 147.^[2] The team played its five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.

Fertig was fired in October, in the second year of a three-year contract at $33,696 per year.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] He coached through the end of the season,^[7] and lost the finale to Oregon 24–3 in the Civil War, the Beavers' fifth straight loss to the Ducks.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	L 16–35	27,525	^[8]
September 15	No. 1 USC	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 5–42	32,000	^[9]
September 22	at Kansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 16–22	32,600	^[10]
September 29	Arizona State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 0–45	20,000	^[11]
October 6	at No. 7 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–41	49,881	^[12]
October 13	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–45	29,000	^[13]
October 20	San Jose State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 14–24	11,000	^[14]
October 27	Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 33–31	16,000	^[15]
November 3	Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 42–45	21,500	^[16]
November 17	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 18–42	45,162	^[17]
November 24	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	L 3–24	36,536	^[18]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
^ "1979 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
^ "Andros, board recommend that Fertig be fired". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 11, 1979. p. 3C.
^ "Fertig: coaches players bemoan lack of discipline". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 20, 1979. p. 3C.
^ "Fertig officially fired by OSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1979. p. 1B.
^ "Fertig won't be back in '80". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 23, 1979. p. 1B.
^ Conrad, John (November 23, 1979). "Keeping his head up and mouth shut". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
^ "Beavers' new football look crumbles under Lobos 35–16". The Sunday Oregonian. September 9, 1979. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Top-ranked USC destroys Oregon State by 42–5". The Tampa Tribune-Times. September 16, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mistakes destroy Beavers". The Columbian. September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Arizona State rolls over Oregon State in Pac-10". The Idaho Statesman. September 30, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Seventh-ranked Washington blasts Oregon State, 41–0". The Baltimore Sun. October 7, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "It's same old story as Bears overwhelm Oregon State 45–0". The Sunday Oregonian. October 14, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Four-year drought ends, SJS tops a Pac-10 foe". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 21, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Stanford's hopes in Pac 10 dammed by Beavers, 33–31". The San Bernardino County Sun. October 28, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "For the record: WSU 45, OSU 42". Statesman Journal. November 4, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Arizona has easy time with Oregon St., 42–18". The Los Angeles Times. November 18, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Withers, Bud (November 25, 1979). "Ducks win it the way Beavers used to, 24-3". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.