1997 Oregon State Beavers football team

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1997 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record3–8 (0–8 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Paul Chryst (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Newhouse (1st season)
Home stadium Parker Stadium
(Capacity: 35,362)
Seasons
  1996
1998  
1997 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Washington State +  7 1   10 2  
No. 5 UCLA +  7 1   10 2  
No. 14 Arizona State  6 2   9 3  
No. 18 Washington  5 3   8 4  
Arizona  4 4   7 5  
USC  4 4   6 5  
Oregon  3 5   7 5  
Stanford  3 5   5 6  
California  1 7   3 8  
Oregon State  0 8   3 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Mike Riley. The Beavers participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 61:00 pm North Texas *W 33–730,818
September 201:00 pmNo. 21 Stanford
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
L 24–2726,244
September 271:00 pmNo. 25 Arizona State
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
L 10–1325,873
October 41:00 pm San Jose State *
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
W 26–1219,168
October 111:00 pm Utah State *
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
W 24–1623,210
October 183:30 pmat No. 17 UCLA FSN L 10–3438,165
October 253:30 pmNo. 7 Washington
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
FSNL 17–4528,067
November 112:30 pmat California L 14–3332,000
November 86:00 pmat Arizona L 7–2739,754
November 151:00 pm USC
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
L 0–2320,938
November 221:00 pmat Oregon L 30–4845,735
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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