2007 Oregon State Beavers football team

2007 Oregon State Beavers football
Emerald Bowl champion
Emerald Bowl, W 21–14 vs. Maryland
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 25
Record	9–4 (6–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Riley (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Danny Langsdorf (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mark Banker (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Reser Stadium
Seasons ←  2006 2008  →

2007 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 USC +		7	–	2					11	–	2
No. 16 Arizona State +		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 25 Oregon State		6	–	3					9	–	4
No. 23 Oregon		5	–	4					9	–	4
UCLA		5	–	4					6	–	7
Arizona		4	–	5					5	–	7
California		3	–	6					7	–	6
Washington State		3	–	6					5	–	7
Stanford		3	–	6					4	–	8
Washington		2	–	7					4	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley. Home games were played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Season notes

The team returned 16 starting players from the previous season and was predicted by some analysts to contend for second place in the Pac-10. ^[1] They returned a majority of the defense, which was ranked second in the nation for total sacks, eighth in the nation in tackles for loss, and within the top 20 in rushing defense in the 2006–07 season. CFN picked the Beavers in their preseason top 25 and claimed they were a "heavy sleeper for big things" in the 2007 season. ^[2] The Beavers finished the season 9–4, good for third place in the Pac-10, and won the Emerald Bowl 21–14. Their run defense finished second in the nation for fewest rushing yards allowed per game only behind Boston College.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 pm	Utah *	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	W 24–7	40,409 [3]
September 6	4:30 pm	at Cincinnati *	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati	ESPN	L 3–34	25,020 [4]
September 15	3:30 pm	Idaho State *	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSNNW	W 61–10	38,491 [5]
September 22	7:00 pm	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		L 32–44	56,099 [6]
September 29	3:30 pm	UCLA	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	L 14–40	41,137 [7]
October 6	1:00 pm	Arizona	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 31–16	40,489 [8]
October 13	4:00 pm	at No. 2 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	Versus	W 31–28	63,995 [9]
October 27	3:30 pm	Stanford	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon (Hispanic Heritage Game)		W 23–6	42,089 [10]
November 3	5:00 pm	at No. 13 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 3–24	85,713 [11]
November 10	7:15 pm	Washington	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	W 29–23	45,629 [12]
November 17	3:30 pm	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSNNW	W 52–17	22,660 [13]
December 1	1:30 pm	at No. 18 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon (Civil War)	ESPN2	W 38–31 2OT	59,050 [14]
December 28	5:30 pm	vs. Maryland *	AT&T Park San Francisco (Emerald Bowl)	ESPN	W 21–14	32,517 [15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

QB#1 Sean Canfield (SO) QB#3 Lyle Moevao (SO) QB#2 Ryan Gunderson (SR) RB#6 Clinton Polk (SR) RB#5 Patrick Fuller (JR) WR#9 Anthony Brown (SR) WR#16 James Rodgers (FR) WR#12 Chris Johnson (JR) WR#15 Sam Oltman (FR) WR#17 Sammie Stroughter (SR) TE#19 Brady Camp (FR) LS#55 Joel Cohen (SR) K#13 Alexis Serna (SR) TE#85 John Reese (SO)

Game summaries

Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Utah 0 7 0 0 7 •Oregon St 0 7 10 7 24 Date: August 30 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

The Beavers opened the season hosting the Utah Utes of the Mountain West Conference on a Thursday night game, the first day of the college football season. Beavers' star running back Yvenson Bernard ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Sean Canfield completed eight of 19 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Beaver Coach Mike Riley, still trying to determine a starting quarterback, also brought in quarterback Lyle Moevao to start the second quarter, though his first pass was intercepted. Alexis Serna made a 37-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter. ^[16]

Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon St 0 3 0 0 3 •Cincinnati 3 7 24 0 34 Date: September 6 Location: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total Idaho St 0 3 0 7 10 •Oregon St 21 7 19 14 61 Date: September 15 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon St 19 0 7 6 32 •Arizona St 0 13 14 17 44 Date: September 22 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total •UCLA 0 6 6 28 40 Oregon St 14 0 0 0 14 Date: September 29 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona 3 7 3 3 16 •Oregon St 24 7 0 0 31 Date: October 6 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

California

1 2 3 4 Total •Oregon St 7 6 7 11 31 California 0 Date: October 13 Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total Stanford 0 6 0 0 6 •Oregon St 7 7 3 6 23 Date: October 27 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

Southern California

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon St 0 3 0 0 3 •USC 3 21 0 0 24 Date: November 3 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 0 0 10 13 23 •Oregon St 0 16 3 10 29 Date: November 10 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total •Oregon St 21 10 7 14 52 Washington St 0 3 7 7 17 Date: November 17 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

On a cold, rainy night in Pullman, Washington, the Beavers forced 8 turnovers en route to a 52-17 victory against the Cougars. Yvenson Bernard ran for 2 touchdowns and 77 yards as Lyle Moevao played mistake free in his second career start. Alex Brink threw 5 first half interceptions as the stingy Beaver defense put pressure on him all game long.

Oregon

Beavers own the State again. James Rodgers scores on a fly sweep in double OT. OSU's stingy D stuffs Jonathan Stewart on 4th down, to clinch the first victory on enemy soil for either team since 1996.

Oregon State at #17 Oregon

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total •Oregon State 14 7 0 7 3 7 38 Oregon 7 14 7 0 3 0 31 Date: December 1 Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon Game start: 4:30 p.m. EST

Scoring summary 1 14:36 OSU Matthew Sieverson 38-yard run (Alexis Serna kick) OSU 7-0 1 4:02 ORE Jeff Maehl 31-yard pass from Justin Roper (Matt Evensen kick) Tied 7-7 1 0:50 OSU Clinton Polk 1-yard run (Alexis Serna kick) OSU 14-7 2 14:49 OSU Derrick Doggett 28-yard interception return (Alexis Serna kick) OSU 21-7 2 1:13 ORE Garrett Strong 3-yard pass from Justin Roper (Matt Evensen kick) OSU 21-14 2 0:54 ORE Jairus Byrd 33-yard fumble return (Matt Evensen kick) Tied 21-21 3 7:10 ORE Justin Roper 7-yard run (Matt Evensen kick) ORE 28-21 4 14:43 OSU Lyle Moevao 1-yard run (Alexis Serna kick) Tied 28-28 OT ORE Matt Evensen 25-yard field goal ORE 31-28 OT OSU Alexis Serna 41-yard field goal Tied 31-31 2OT OSU James Rodgers 25-yard run (Alexis Serna kick) OSU 38-31

Emerald Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total Maryland 14 0 0 0 14 •Oregon St 7 7 7 0 21 Date: December 28 Location: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California

References

1. Hansen, Greg (December 8, 2006). "Pressure Mounting Already on Stoops to Produce in 2007". Arizona Daily Star . Tucson. Retrieved December 8, 2006.
2. "Ranking Summary". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 8, 2006.
3. "Utah vs Oregon State (Aug 30, 2007)".
4. "Sidearm Sports, opens a new window". Gobearcats.com. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
5. "Idaho State vs. Oregon State - Box Score - September 15, 2007 - ESPN".
6. "Oregon State vs. Arizona State - Box Score - September 22, 2007 - ESPN".
7. "UCLA vs. Oregon State - Box Score - September 29, 2007 - ESPN".
8. "Arizona vs. Oregon State - Box Score - October 6, 2007 - ESPN".
9. "University of California Athletics". Calbears.com. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
10. "Stanford vs. Oregon State - Box Score - October 27, 2007 - ESPN".
11. "Oregon State vs. USC - Box Score - November 3, 2007 - ESPN".
12. "Washington vs. Oregon State - Box Score - November 10, 2007 - ESPN".
13. "Oregon State vs. Washington State - Box Score - November 17, 2007 - ESPN".
14. "Oregon State vs. Oregon - Box Score - December 1, 2007 - ESPN".
15. "Maryland vs. Oregon State - Box Score - December 28, 2007 - ESPN".
16. Anne M. Peterson, Oregon St. 24, Utah 7, Associated Press, August 31, 2007.

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