2015 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2015 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Gary Andersen and played their home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis. Oregon State was a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

2015 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
2015 record	2–10 (0–9 Pac-12)
Head coach	Gary Andersen (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Baldwin (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Kalani Sitake (1st season)
Home stadium	Reser Stadium (Capacity: 45,674)

2015 Pac-12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 3 Stanford x$		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 19 Oregon		7	–	2					9	–	4
Washington State		6	–	3					9	–	4
California		4	–	5					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					7	–	6
Oregon State		0	–	9					2	–	10
South Division
USC xy		6	–	3					8	–	6
No. 17 Utah x		6	–	3					10	–	3
UCLA		5	–	4					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					6	–	7
Arizona		3	–	6					7	–	6
Colorado		1	–	8					4	–	9
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Offseason

Coaching change

For the first time since the 2003 offseason, Oregon State underwent a coaching change.

Riley exits

In a move that shook the college football world, the University of Nebraska announced the hiring of Oregon State's head coach Mike Riley on December 4, 2014.[1] Riley had what was dubbed a "lifetime contract" at Oregon State, where every year he led a team to a bowl game, his contract was extended by one year.[2] In 2010, Oregon State Athletic Director Bob De Carolis said Riley had talked about wanting to retire in Corvallis and be the "Joe Paterno of Oregon State." In the same time period, Riley said, "I want to make it known that I'm very excited to be to coaching at Oregon State University and I anticipate doing so for a long time."[3] Nebraska fired head coach Bo Pelini, opening the door for Riley to make the unanticipated move.

Welcoming Andersen

An equally shocking move came just six days later, as the Oregon State Athletic Department announced that they had hired Gary Andersen of Wisconsin as Riley's replacement on December 10, 2014. Andersen left Wisconsin after just two years with the program, citing high academic standards set by the university made recruiting difficult for Andersen, compiling a 19–7 overall record and coming off of a trip to the Big Ten Football Championship Game. Since Andersen left after just two seasons, a reported $3 million buyout was in effect.[4] The coaching announcement came moments after the university announced $42 million upgrades to its football operations building, known as the Valley Football Center.[5] It marked the second straight Wisconsin coach (Bret Bielema left for Arkansas) to leave for what many considered a job with a less prestigious program.[6] Andersen was announced in a press conference on December 12, 2014.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	5:00 p.m.	Weber State*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 26–7	35,160
September 12	9:00 a.m.	at Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 7–35	109,651
September 19	5:00 p.m.	San Jose State*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 35–21	34,573
September 25	7:00 p.m.	No. 21 Stanford	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FS1	L 24–42	37,302
October 10	1:00 p.m.	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FS1	L 7–44	52,987
October 17	1:00 p.m.	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 31–52	32,952
October 24	7:30 p.m.	Colorado	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 13–17	36,977
October 31	4:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 12–27	45,853
November 7	1:30 p.m.	No. 22 UCLA	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 0–41	38,074
November 14	7:30 p.m.	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 24–54	41,874
November 21	1:00 p.m.	Washington	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 7–52	34,390
November 27	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	FS1	L 42–52	57,814
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source:[7]

Game summaries

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	7	0	7
Beavers	0	6	7	13	26

See also: 2015 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	0	0	0	7
Wolverines	3	14	3	15	35

See also: 2015 Michigan Wolverines football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	1986	MICH, 31–12

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	14	0	0	21
Beavers	7	7	21	0	35

See also: 2015 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	1997	ORST, 26–12

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Cardinal	14	7	14	7	42
Beavers	7	10	0	7	24

See also: 2015 Stanford Cardinal football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–53–3	2014	STAN, 38–14

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	7	0	0	7
Wildcats	13	21	10	0	44

See also: 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–21–1	2012	ORST, 38–35

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	3	14	0	14	31
Cougars	14	31	0	7	52

See also: 2015 Washington State Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–49–3	2014	WAZZU, 39–32

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	3	7	0	7	17
Beavers	7	3	0	3	13

See also: 2015 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2014	ORST, 36–31

Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	6	0	6	12
#13 Utes	14	0	0	13	27

See also: 2015 Utah Utes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–7–1	2014	UTAH, 29–23

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Bruins	0	24	17	0	41
Beavers	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2015 UCLA Bruins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–40–4	2012	ORST, 27–20

Referee for the game is Michael Batlan.

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	10	14	0	24
Golden Bears	7	17	20	10	54

See also: 2015 California Golden Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–35	2014	CAL, 45–31

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	28	17	7	0	52
Beavers	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2015 Washington Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–61–4	2014	WASH, 37–13

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	0	14	21	42
#17 Ducks	14	17	7	14	52

See also: 2015 Oregon Ducks football team and Civil War (college football game)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
46–62–10	2014	ORE, 47–19

References

1. Sherman, Mitch (December 4, 2014). "Nebraska Hires Mike Riley as Coach". ESPN. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
2. Canzano, John (January 10, 2010). "Oregon State to Offer Riley a Lifetime Deal". The Oregonian. Portland, OR. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
3. Schnell, Lindsay (January 10, 2010). "Oregon State's Mike Riley Signs 3-Year Extension, Plans to be Beavers Coach 'for a Long Time'". The Oregonian. Portland, OR. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
4. Bromberg, Nick (December 10, 2014). "Oregon State Hires Wisconsin Coach Gary Andersen". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
5. Mizell, Gina (December 9, 2014). "Oregon State Beavers set to Announce 'Significant Enhancements' to Football Facilities". The Oregonian. Portland, OR. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
6. Ward, Austin. "Why Are Coaches Leaving Wisconsin?". ESPN. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
7. Mizell, Gina (September 16, 2014). "Oregon State Beavers 2015 football schedule released". The Oregonian. Portland. Retrieved December 10, 2014.