1999 Oregon State Beavers football team

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]

1999 Oregon State Beavers football
Oahu Bowl, L 17–23 vs. Hawaii
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Lappano (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Single-back spread
Defensive coordinator	Willy Robinson (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Reser Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Stanford $		7	–	1					8	–	4
No. 19 Oregon		6	–	2					9	–	3
Washington		6	–	2					7	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Arizona		3	–	5					6	–	6
USC		3	–	5					6	–	6
California		3	–	5					4	–	7
UCLA		2	–	6					4	–	7
Washington State		1	–	7					3	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Cal later vacated 4 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	1:00 pm	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 28–13	29,167
September 11	3:30 pm	Fresno State*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 46–23	30,339
September 18	3:30 pm	No. 1 (I-AA) Georgia Southern*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 48–41	27,031
October 2	3:30 pm	at No. 16 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		L 29–37	43,795
October 9	3:30 pm	Washington	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	L 21–47	35,470
October 16	2:00 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 17–21	37,419
October 23	3:30 pm	UCLA	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 55–7	33,427
October 30	1:00 pm	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 27–13	34,240
November 6	3:30 pm	California	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 17–7	35,520
November 13	7:15 pm	Arizona	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 28–20	33,314
November 20	3:30 pm	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	FSN	L 14–25	46,115
December 25	5:30 pm	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Oahu Bowl)	ESPN	L 17–23	40,974
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source:^[13]

Game summaries

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 0 7 0 0 7 • Oregon St 14 28 0 13 55 Date: October 23 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon Game attendance: 33,427

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]

Roster

1999 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 81 T. J. Houshmandzadeh Jr C 50 Aaron Koch  Sr HB 35 Ken Simonton So QB 9 Jonathan Smith So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 34 James Allen So DT 55 Shawn Ball Sr LB 42 Nick Barnett Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 41 Ryan Cesca Fr P 25 Mike Fessler Jr PK 46 Matt Stanwood Jr	Head coach Dennis Erickson (1st year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Tim Lappano (OC) Willy Robinson (DC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Source:^[16][17][18]

References

1. Clark, Bob (November 21, 1999). "Ducks get split decision". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1F.
2. Rodman, Bob (December 25, 1999). "Beavers collect reward against Hawaii today". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
3. Rodman, Bob (December 26, 1999). "Defensive Hawaii drops OSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
4. "Rainbows trip OSU". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. December 26, 1999. p. 3C.
5. "Pac-10 upended in Hawaii". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. December 27, 1999. p. 3B.
6. Rodman, Bob (January 12, 1999). "Oregon State lures Erickson". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
7. Rodman, Bob (January 13, 1999). "Eager Beavers usher in Erickson era". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
8. "Oregon State tabs Erickson". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 13, 1999. p. 2C.
9. Rodman, Bob (January 8, 1999). "OSU ponders future without Riley". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
10. "Beavers' Riley inks 5-year deal with San Diego". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 8, 1999. p. 4C.
11. Rodman, Bob (February 20, 2003). "Beavers give Riley second homecoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. E1.
12. "Riley returns to his roots, takes over at Oregon State". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire service reports. February 20, 2003. p. C2.
13. "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football". Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
14. USA Today
15. Rodman, Bob (October 24, 1999). "Beavers work over Bruins, 55-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1G.
16. "Game Day". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (depth charts). November 20, 1999. p. 4D.
17. "Game Day". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (depth charts). December 25, 1999. p. 4D.
18. "Oregon State roster". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 25, 1999. p. 5D.