1974 Oregon State Beavers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1974
| team = Oregon State Beavers
| sport = football
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| conference = Pacific-8 Conference
| short_conf = Pac-8
| record = 3–8
| conf_record = 3–4
| head_coach = Dee Andros
| hc_year = 10th
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| stadium = Parker Stadium
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{{1974 Pacific-8 Conference football standings}}
The 1974 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their tenth season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 3–8 record with a mark of 3–4 conference play, tying for fifth pace in the Pac-8, and were outscored 275 to 216. Oregon State played home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.
With the team's 35–16 win over rival Oregon in the season finale, Andros' record improved to 9–1 over the Ducks in the Civil War game.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1974
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 7
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Syracuse
| site_stadium = Archbold Stadium
| site_cityst = Syracuse, NY
| score = 15–23
| attend = 23,410
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 14
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Georgia
| site_stadium = Sanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Athens, GA
| score = 35–48
| attend = 42,200
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian-georgia-over-beavers/134217534/|work=The Columbian|title=Georgia over Beavers|date=September 15, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 21
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 10–51
| attend = 86,383
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = SMU
| site_stadium = Cotton Bowl
| site_cityst = Dallas, TX
| score = 30–37
| attend = 16,958
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian-smu-runs-by-beavers/169082328/|work=The Columbian|title=SMU runs by Beavers|date=October 6, 1974|accessdate=March 28, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = w
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| score = 23–9
| attend = 26,951
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = l
| opponent = California
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| score = 14–17
| attend = 23,075
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = USC
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 10–31
| attend = 52,392
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| score = 13–17
| attend = 38,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Washington State
| site_stadium = Martin Stadium
| site_cityst = Pullman, WA
| score = 17–3
| attend = 17,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = l
| opponent = UCLA
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| score = 14–33
| attend = 21,118
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| w/l = w
| opponent = Oregon
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| gamename = Civil War
| score = 35–16
| attend = 32,156
| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DaRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NeADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6445%2C5920251 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Conrad |first=John |title=Beavers pluck the Ducks |date=November 24, 1974 |page=1D}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YN5YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2048%2C5226540 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Beavers top Ducks 35-16 in weighty game for Dee |date=November 25, 1974 |page=11}}
}}
}}
{{Cite web |last=DeLassus |first=David |title=Oregon State Yearly Results: 1970–1974 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/oregon_state/1970-1974_yearly_results.php |access-date=May 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221232/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/oregon_state/1970-1974_yearly_results.php |archive-date=2013-12-26 |url-status=dead }}
Roster
- QB Alvin White
References
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Further reading
- [https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/fx71bm62m Oregon State University Football Facts, 1974.] Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Department of Sports Information, 1974.
External links
- [https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/wsu_fb/id/5495 Game program: Oregon State at Washington State] – November 9, 1974
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