1997 Oregon State Beavers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1997
| team = Oregon State Beavers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Pacific-10 Conference
| short_conf = Pac-10
| record = 3–8
| conf_record = 0–8
| head_coach = Mike Riley
| hc_year = 1st
| off_coach = Paul Chryst
| oc_year = 1st
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Greg Newhouse
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Parker Stadium
}}
{{1997 Pacific-10 Conference football standings}}
The 1997 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Riley, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of ten teams in the Pac-10. The team played home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1997
| poll = AP
| timezone = Pacific
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 6
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = North Texas
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv =
| score = 33–7
| attend = 30,818
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Stanford
| opprank = 21
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv =
| score = 24–27
| attend = 26,244
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Arizona State
| opprank = 25
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv =
| score = 10–13
| attend = 25,873
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = San Jose State
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv =
| score = 26–12
| attend = 19,168
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Utah State
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv =
| score = 24–16
| attend = 23,210
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time = 3:30 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = UCLA
| opprank = 17
| site_stadium = Rose Bowl
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| tv = FSN
| score = 10–34
| attend = 38,165
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time = 3:30 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Washington
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv = FSN
| score = 17–45
| attend = 28,067
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time = 12:30 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = California
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv =
| score = 14–33
| attend = 32,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Arizona
| site_stadium = Arizona Stadium
| site_cityst = Tucson, AZ
| tv =
| score = 7–27
| attend = 39,754
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = USC
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv =
| score = 0–23
| attend = 20,938
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Oregon
| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| gamename = Civil War
| tv =
| score = 30–48
| attend = 45,735
}}
}}
References
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