2018 Oregon State Beavers football team

2018 Pac-12 Conference football standings
	North Division
	South Division
	Championship: Washington 10, Utah 3
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

Oregon State Beavers football
2018 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	North Division
2018 record	2–10 (1–8 Pac-12)
Head coach	Jonathan Smith (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Lindgren (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Tim Tibesar (1st season)
Home stadium	Reser Stadium; (Capacity: 43,643)

The 2018 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Jonathan Smith. The schedule was released on November 16, 2017.[1] The Beavers finished the season with a 2–10 record. They went 1–8 in Pac-12 play and finished in last place in the North Division.

Previous season

The Beavers finished the 2017 season 1–11, 0–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the North Division. The Beavers entered the season with Gary Andersen as coach in his third year. After his squad opened with losses in five of their first six games, with their only win against Portland State, Andersen resigned and was replaced by interim head coach Cory Hall for the remainder of the season.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Rimington Trophy[2]	Summer Houston	C	SR
Wuerffel Trophy[3]	Trevon Bradford	WR	JR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[4]	Jake Luton	QB	SR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[5]	Calvin Tyler, Jr.	RB	SO

Pac-12 Media Days

The 2018 Pac-12 media days were on July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Oregon State was represented by Jonathan Smith (HC), Blake Brandel (OL) & Kee Whetzel (LB) at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Beavers predicted to finish in last place in the North Division.[6]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (North)
1	Washington	249 (40)
2	Stanford	198 (2)
3	Oregon	178 (2)
4	California	108
5	Washington State	98
6	Oregon State	45

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	9:00 a.m.	at No. 5 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 31–77	102,169
September 8	5:00 p.m.	Southern Utah*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 48–25	36,448
September 15	4:00 p.m.	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPNU	L 35–37	20,462
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Arizona	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 14–35	33,022
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 24–52	51,447
October 6	6:00 p.m.	Washington State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 37–56	34,429
October 20	1:00 p.m.	California	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 7–49	32,390
October 27	12:00 p.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	W 41–34 ^OT	48,050
November 3	7:00 p.m.	USC	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FS1	L 21–38	35,187
November 10	6:00 p.m.	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	P12N	L 17–48	34,671
November 17	1:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	P12N	L 23–42	66,469
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Oregon	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR (122nd Civil War)	FS1	L 15–55	39,776
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	7	17	0	31
No. 5 Buckeyes	21	21	14	21	77

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1984	OSU, 22–14

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	7	9	9	25
Beavers	17	24	0	7	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	14	0	14	35
Wolf Pack	16	14	0	7	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	1999	OSU, 28–13

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Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	7	14	35
Beavers	7	0	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–23–1	2017	ZONA, 49–28

at Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	17	7	0	24
Sun Devils	10	21	7	14	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–27–1	2017	ASU, 40–24

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	14	14	7	21	56
Beavers	14	10	6	7	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–52–3	2017	WSU, 52–23

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	7	14	7	21	49
Beavers	0	0	7	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–38	2017	CAL, 37–23

at Colorado

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Beavers	0	3	7	24	7	41
Buffaloes	7	17	7	3	0	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–5	2017	COL, 36–33

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	7	14	7	10	38
Beavers	0	14	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–62–4	2017	USC, 38–10

at Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	10	0	0	17
Cardinal	13	21	7	7	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–56–3	2017	STAN, 15–14

at Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	3	13	0	7	23
No. 17 Huskies	28	7	7	0	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–64–4	2017	WASH, 42–7

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	14	7	13	21	55
Beavers	0	3	6	6	15

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–63–10	2017	ORE, 69–10

Awards

Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year: Jermar Jefferson[7]

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References

Moran, Danny (November 16, 2017). "Oregon State Beavers Release 2018 Football Schedule". Retrieved November 16, 2017.
"Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
"Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
"Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
"2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
"Washington picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
Pac-12.com. Retrieved 2018-Dec-27.

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[1] Moran, Danny (November 16, 2017). "Oregon State Beavers Release 2018 Football Schedule". Retrieved November 16, 2017.

[2] "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.

[3] "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

[4] "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.

[5] "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.

[6] "Washington picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[7] Pac-12.com. Retrieved 2018-Dec-27.

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