1972 Oregon State Beavers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1972
| team = Oregon State Beavers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Pacific-8 Conference
| short_conf = Pac-8
| record = 2–9
| conf_record = 1–6
| head_coach = Dee Andros
| hc_year = 8th
| captain =
| stadium = Parker Stadium
Civic Stadium
}}
{{1972 Pacific-8 Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=1972 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=September 7, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oregon-state/1972-schedule.html}} Oregon State played four home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and one at Civic Stadium in Portland.
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
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1972
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|September 8|Friday}}
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = San Diego State
| site_stadium = San Diego Stadium
| site_cityst = San Diego, CA
| score = 8–17
| attend = 32,829
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = USC
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 6–51
| attend = 56,305
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Kinnick Stadium
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| score = 11–19
| attend = 51,229
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = BYU
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| score = 29–3
| attend = 26,065
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-news-ore-state-contains-byu-2/156786731/|work=The Times-News|title=Ore. State contains BYU 29–3|date=October 1, 1972|accessdate=October 8, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Arizona State
| site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
| score = 7–38
| attend = 50,879
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-sun-devils-roll-past-os/156785025/|work=Tacoma News Tribune|title=Sun Devils roll past OSU 38–7|date=October 8, 1972|accessdate=October 8, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| time =
| w/l = l
| opponent = UCLA
| opprank = 14
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| score = 7–37
| attend = 23,109
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Washington State
| site_stadium = Martin Stadium
| site_cityst = Pullman, WA
| score = 7–37
| attend = 22,100
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| score = 11–17
| attend = 44,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = l
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| score = 16–23
| attend = 31,923
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = California
| site_stadium = Civic Stadium
| site_cityst = Portland, OR
| score = 26–23
| attend = 16,624
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| time =
| w/l = l
| opponent = Oregon
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| gamename = Civil War
| score = 3–30
| attend = 41,544
| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NApWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6106%2C4881454 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Cawood |first=Neil |title=Ducks succeed at last-- and big |date=November 19, 1972 |page=1B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z1NYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3232%2C4737791 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon) |agency=UPI |title=Ducks make Andros eat his guarantee |date=November 20, 1972 |page=8}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=doJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2573%2C5259169 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Reynolds Bolts |date=November 19, 1972 |page=17}}
}}
}}
Roster
- Steve Brown, Sr. (defense)
- Craig Fair, Jr. (defense)
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- [https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/fx71bm78h Oregon State University Football Facts, 1972.] Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, Sports Information Department, 1972.
External links
- [https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/wsu_fb/id/5012 Game program: Oregon State at Washington State] – October 21, 1972
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