1996 Oregon State Beavers football team

1996 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record2–9 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDenny Schuler (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorBronco Mendenhall (1st season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Arizona State $   8 0     11 1  
No. 16 Washington   7 1     9 3  
Stanford   5 3     7 5  
UCLA   4 4     5 6  
Oregon   3 5     6 5  
California   3 5     6 6  
USC   3 5     6 6  
Arizona   3 5     5 6  
Washington State   3 5     5 6  
Oregon State   1 7     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Jerry Pettibone, the Beavers were 2–9 overall (1–7 in Pac-10, last) for the program's 26th consecutive losing season. The Beavers were outscored 388 to 216, the most points allowed by an Oregon State team since 1987.

Pettibone resigned at the end of the season in late November,[1] and was succeeded by Mike Riley in 1997.

  1. ^ "Coaching merry-go-round picks up speed". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 26, 1996. p. C1.