2012 Oregon State Beavers football team

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2012 Oregon State Beavers football
Oregon State text logo.svg
Alamo Bowl, L 27–31 vs. Texas
Conference Pac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 20
Record9–4 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf (8th season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Mark Banker (10th season)
Base defense 4–3
Captains
Home stadium Reser Stadium
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$  8 1   12 2  
No. 2 Oregon x%  8 1   12 1  
No. 20 Oregon State  6 3   9 4  
Washington  5 4   7 6  
California  2 7   3 9  
Washington State  1 8   3 9  
South Division
UCLA xy  6 3   9 5  
Arizona State  5 4   8 5  
USC  5 4   7 6  
Arizona  4 5   8 5  
Utah  3 6   5 7  
Colorado  1 8   1 11  
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley, in his tenth straight season and twelfth overall. Home games were played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, and they were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Beavers finished the season 9–4 and 6–3 in Pac-12 play; third place in the North Division and fourth overall. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl and were defeated by the Texas Longhorns.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 81:00 pmNo. 13 Wisconsin * FX W 10–742,189
September 2212:30 pmat No. 19 UCLA ABC/ESPN2 W 27–2054,636
September 297:00 pmat Arizona No. 18 P12N W 38–3544,153
October 63:00 pm Washington State No. 14
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
P12NW 19–646,579
October 1312:30 pmat BYU *No. 10ABCW 42–2463,484 [1]
October 207:30 pm Utah Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 8
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
ESPN2 W 21–745,769
October 277:15 pmat Washington No. 7P12NL 17–2060,842
November 37:30 pm Arizona State No. 13
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
ESPN2W 36–2645,979
November 1012:00 pmat No. 16 Stanford No. 13 FOX L 23–2747,127
November 177:30 pm California No. 15
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
P12NW 62–1443,779
November 2412:00 pmNo. 5 Oregon No. 16
P12NL 24–4847,249
December 111:30 am Nicholls State *No. 16
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
P12NW 77–332,427
December 293:45 pmvs. Texas No. 15 ESPN L 27–3165,277
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[2]

Game summaries

Wisconsin

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Wisconsin00077
Oregon St037010

UCLA

1234Total
Oregon St3147327
UCLA01001020

Arizona

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Oregon St71071438
Arizona0721735

Washington State

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Washington St03036
Oregon St337619
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Reser Stadium

BYU

1234Total
Oregon St14072142
BYU777324

Utah

1234Total
Utah07007
Oregon St770721
  • Date: October 20
  • Location: Reser Stadium

Washington

1234Total
Oregon St0010717
Washington3701020

Arizona State

1234Total
Arizona St1630726
Oregon St10910736
  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Reser Stadium

Stanford

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Oregon St01013023
Stanford1407627

California

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California707014
Oregon St1421141362
  • Date: November 17
  • Location: Reser Stadium

Oregon

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Oregon614141448
Oregon St737724
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Reser Stadium

Nicholls State

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Nicholls St00303
Oregon St1421142877
  • Date: December 1
  • Location: Reser Stadium

On August 29, it was announced that the season opener against Nicholls State would be postponed due to the effects of Hurricane Isaac. Oregon State instead had their season opener against Wisconsin on September 8. [3] [4] The game was rescheduled for December 1. [5]

Alamo Bowl

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Texas3771431
Oregon St10107027
  • Date: December 29
  • Location: Alamodome
  • Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Interesting Facts

Roster

2012 Oregon State Beavers Football

Quarterbacks

Sophomore

  •  5 Richie Harrington  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 14 Cody Vaz junior
  • 17 Jack Lomax junior

Running backs

  • 19 Jovan Stevenson junior
  • 24 Storm Woods  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 28 Terron Ward sophomore
  • 30 Malcolm Agnew sophomore
  • 34 Jordan Jenkins senior

Fullbacks

  • 33 Tyler Anderson sophomore
  • 42 Clayton York senior
  • 49 Michael Balfour  Redshirt.svg freshman

Wide receivers

  • 2 Markus Wheaton  senior
  • 6 Kramer Ferrell  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 7 Brandin Cooks  sophomore
  • 8 Richard Mullaney  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 9 Tyler Trosin  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 18 Geno Munoz senior
  • 21 Mitch Singler junior
  • 23 Jordan Bishop senior
  • 37 Jeff Bedbury sophomore
  • 40 Garrett Hall junior
  • 81 Micah Hatfield junior
  • 84 Kevin Cummings  junior
  • 86 Obum Gwacham sophomore

Tight ends

  • 82 Colby Prince senior
  • 83 Kellen Clute  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 85 Austin Slade-Matautia  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 87 Noa Aluesi freshman
  • 88 Tyler Perry sophomore
  • 89 Connor Hamlett  sophomore

Offensive guards

  • 65 Roman Sapolu sophomore C
  • 69 Josh Andrews junior

Offensive linemen

  • 51 Michael Beaton sophomore
  • 56 Isaac Seumalo  freshman
  • 63 Justin Addie   Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 67 Jake Welch  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 71 Grant Enger junior
  • 73 David Vieru   Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 75 Derek Nielsen sophomore

Offensive tackles

  • 64 Colin Kelly  senior
  • 72 Darryl Jackson  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 77 Michael Philip  Redshirt.svg junior

Defensive tackles

  • 49 Andrew Seumalo senior
  • 54 Brandon Bennett-Jackson  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 79 Joe Lopez sophomore
  • 90 Ali'i Robins  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 97 Mana Tuivailala sophomore
  • 98 Castro Masaniai senior
  • 99 John Braun junior

Defensive ends

  • 45 Dylan Wynn sophomore
  • 56 Rusty Fernando senior
  • 59 Lavonte Barnett  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 60 Akeem Gonzales  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 68 Desmond Collins  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 78 Rudolf Fifita senior
  • 93 Mana Rosa junior
  • 94 Devon Krell junior
  • 95 Scott Crichton  sophomore
  • 99 Blake Harra   Redshirt.svg junior

Linebackers

  • 4 D.J. Welch sophomore
  • 13 Rueben Robinson senior
  • 39 Kyle Egan sophomore
  • 40 Michael Doctor junior
  • 41 Feti Taumoepeau senior
  • 44 Jabral Johnson sophomore
  • 46 Shiloah Te'o senior
  • 47 Josh Williams sophomore
  • 48 Jaswha James  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 51 Charlie Gilmur junior
  • 53 Kyle Gardner  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 55 Shaydon Akuna sophomore

Cornerbacks

  •  6 Sean Martin junior
  • 14 Jordan Poyer  senior
  • 15 Larry Scott  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 16 Rashaad Reynolds  junior
  • 20 Keynan Parker senior
  • 21 Ryan Handford senior
  • 22 Malcolm Marable sophomore
  • 23 Mishawn Cummings  Redshirt.svg sophomore
  • 27 Naji Patrick  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 32 Danny Evans senior
  • 38 Brian Watkins senior

Safeties

  •  3 Anthony Watkins senior
  •  8 Tyrequek Zimmerman sophomore
  •  9 Peter Ashton  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 25 Ryan Murphy sophomore
  • 29 Will Storey  Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 30 Zeke Sanders junior
  • 37 Micah Audiss  Redshirt.svg freshman

Long snappers

  • 52 Troy Whalen   Redshirt.svg freshman
  • 58 Michael Morovick sophomore

Place kickers

  • 12 Trevor Romaine sophomore
  • 18 Max Johnso sophomore
  • -- Andrew Mikkelsen freshman

Punters

  • 26 Tim McMullen  Redshirt.svg junior
  • 48 Keith Kostol sophomore

Sources: 2012 Oregon State Beaver Football Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP RV1814108713131516161520
Coaches RV21171411913121717171419
Harris Not released12108131216151515Not released
BCS Not released87111116151513Not released

References

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  2. "Oregon State 2012 Football Schedule". Oregon State University Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  3. "Oregon State, Nicholls State postpone football opener because of Hurricane Isaac". The Washington Post . Associated Press. August 30, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.[ dead link ]
  4. "Update – Saturday's Football Opener Postponed". Oregon State University Official Athletic Site. August 29, 2012. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  5. Gemmell, Kevin (September 13, 2012). "Oregon St., Nicholls St. reschedule for Dec. 1". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  6. "Sean Mannion Profile - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Hunt, John (September 30, 2012). "More Notes from Oregon State's 38–35 Win Over Arizona". The Oregonian . Portland. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
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  9. "Sellout!". Oregon State University Official Athletic Site. October 5, 2012. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
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  11. "No. 8 This Week". Oregon State University Official Athletic Site. October 14, 2012. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
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  13. "Oregon State-Arizona State Post-Game Notes". Oregon State University Official Athletic Site. November 3, 2012. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  14. 1 2 "Oregon State vs. California Post-Game Notes". Oregon State University Official Athletic Site. November 17, 2012. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  15. "No. 16 Oregon State Falls To No. 5". Oregon State University Official Athletic Site. November 24, 2012. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
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