American college football season
The 1999 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their first season under head coach Dennis Erickson , the Beavers compiled a 7–4 regular season record (4–4 in Pac-10, fifth),[ 1] their first winning season in 29 years . They opened with three non-conference wins, lost the first three conference games, then won four straight, but fell in the Civil War at Oregon .[ 1]
OSU made their first bowl game appearance in 35 years ,[ 2] but dropped the Oahu Bowl by six points to host Hawaii on Christmas day to finish at 7–5.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Hired in January, Erickson was previously the head coach of the NFL 's Seattle Seahawks for four years, preceded by six seasons at the University of Miami .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Predecessor Mike Riley had left the Beavers after just two seasons for the NFL's San Diego Chargers ,[ 9] [ 10] then returned to Corvallis in February 2003 .[ 11] [ 12]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 4 1:00 pm at Nevada * W 28–1329,167 September 11 3:30 pm Fresno State * W 46–2330,339 September 18 3:30 pm No. 1 (I-AA) Georgia Southern * Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR W 48–4127,031 October 2 3:30 pm at No. 16 USC L 29–3743,795 October 9 3:30 pm Washington Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSN L 21–4735,470 October 16 2:00 pm at Stanford L 17–2137,419 October 23 3:30 pm UCLA Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSN W 55–733,427 October 30 1:00 pm at Washington State W 27–1334,240 November 6 3:30 pm California Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSN W 17–735,520 November 13 7:15 pm Arizona Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSN W 28–2033,314 November 20 3:30 pm at Oregon FSN L 14–2546,115 December 25 5:30 pm at Hawaii * ESPN L 17–2340,974 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Source: [ 13] 1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 0 7 0 0 7 • Oregon St 14 28 0 13 55
Scoring summary 1 9:57 ORST Ken Simonton 4 yard run (Ryan Cesca kick)Oregon St 7–0 1 1:53 ORST Roddy Tompkins 23 yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon St 14–0 2 9:52 ORST Jonathan Smith 10 yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon St 21–0 2 5:54 UCLA Gabe Crecion 4 yard pass from Cory Paus (Chris Griffith kick) Oregon St 21–7 2 5:31 ORST Antonio Battle 50 yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon St 28–7 2 3:31 ORST Roddy Tompkins 47 yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon St 35–7 2 :35 ORST Imani Percoats 10 yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon St 42–7 4 4:44 ORST Shawn Kintner 38 yard pass from Terrance Bryant (Matt Stanwood kick) Oregon St 49–7 4 2:43 ORST Hashim Hall 3 yard run (kick failed) Oregon St 55–7
Oregon State's biggest margin of victory in three years (67–28 over Northern Illinois ),[ 14] and their highest point total to date against a Pac-10 opponent.[ 15]
1999 Oregon State Beavers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 41 Ryan Cesca Fr P 25 Mike Fessler Jr PK 46 Matt Stanwood Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
Source: [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] ^ a b Clark, Bob (November 21, 1999). "Ducks get split decision" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1F. ^ Rodman, Bob (December 25, 1999). "Beavers collect reward against Hawaii today" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1D. ^ Rodman, Bob (December 26, 1999). "Defensive Hawaii drops OSU" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1C. ^ "Rainbows trip OSU" . Lawrence Journal-World . (Kansas). Associated Press. December 26, 1999. p. 3C. ^ "Pac-10 upended in Hawaii" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. December 27, 1999. p. 3B. ^ Rodman, Bob (January 12, 1999). "Oregon State lures Erickson" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1D. ^ Rodman, Bob (January 13, 1999). "Eager Beavers usher in Erickson era" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1B. ^ "Oregon State tabs Erickson" . Lawrence Journal-World . (Kansas). Associated Press. January 13, 1999. p. 2C. ^ Rodman, Bob (January 8, 1999). "OSU ponders future without Riley" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1B. ^ "Beavers' Riley inks 5-year deal with San Diego" . Lawrence Journal-World . (Kansas). Associated Press. January 8, 1999. p. 4C. ^ Rodman, Bob (February 20, 2003). "Beavers give Riley second homecoming" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. E1. ^ "Riley returns to his roots, takes over at Oregon State" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). wire service reports. February 20, 2003. p. C2. ^ "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football" . Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012 . ^ USA Today ^ Rodman, Bob (October 24, 1999). "Beavers work over Bruins, 55-7" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1G. ^ "Game Day" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). (depth charts). November 20, 1999. p. 4D. ^ "Game Day" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). (depth charts). December 25, 1999. p. 4D. ^ "Oregon State roster" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). December 25, 1999. p. 5D.
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