1990 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1990 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Beavers ended the season with one win and ten losses. 1990 was Oregon State's 20th consecutive losing season. The Beavers scored 152 points and allowed 371 points. The team was led by head coach Dave Kragthorpe. The season is most memorable for the 35–21 win over Arizona. According to David Rothman, this was the greatest upset in all of college football between 1985 and 1998. The probability of Oregon State winning was 7.4%.^[1]

1990 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	1–10 (1–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dave Kragthorpe (6th season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium
Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Washington $	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 USC	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	4	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
UCLA	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Arizona State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	1:30 pm	Montana*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		L 15–22	25,201	[2]
September 8	11:00 am	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 12–38	28,500
September 15	1:30 pm	UNLV*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		L 20–45	17,272
September 22	12:30 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 3–37	45,000
September 29	11:00 am	at No. 8 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		L 7–31	76,061
October 13	1:30 pm	No. 21 Arizona	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 35–21	21,653
October 20	1:30 pm	Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		L 24–55	27,245
October 27	3:30 pm	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		L 17–26	42,427
November 3	6:00 pm	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		L 9–34	56,325
November 10	3:30 pm	No. 23 USC	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	Prime	L 7–56	18,795
November 17	1:30 pm	Oregon	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)		L 3–6	35,962
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game