1979 Oregon State Beavers football team

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.

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

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

1. "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
2. "1979 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
3. "Andros, board recommend that Fertig be fired". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 11, 1979. p. 3C.
4. "Fertig: coaches players bemoan lack of discipline". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 20, 1979. p. 3C.
5. "Fertig officially fired by OSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1979. p. 1B.
6. "Fertig won't be back in '80". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 23, 1979. p. 1B.
7. Conrad, John (November 23, 1979). "Keeping his head up and mouth shut". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
8. "Beavers' new football look crumbles under Lobos 35–16". The Sunday Oregonian. September 9, 1979. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Top-ranked USC destroys Oregon State by 42–5". The Tampa Tribune-Times. September 16, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Mistakes destroy Beavers". The Columbian. September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Arizona State rolls over Oregon State in Pac-10". The Idaho Statesman. September 30, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Seventh-ranked Washington blasts Oregon State, 41–0". The Baltimore Sun. October 7, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "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.
14. "Four-year drought ends, SJS tops a Pac-10 foe". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 21, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "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.
16. "For the record: WSU 45, OSU 42". Statesman Journal. November 4, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
17. "Arizona has easy time with Oregon St., 42–18". The Los Angeles Times. November 18, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
18. Withers, Bud (November 25, 1979). "Ducks win it the way Beavers used to, 24-3". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.