Oregon State Beavers | |
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University | Oregon State University |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference (primary) |
NCAA | Division I (FBS) |
Athletic director | Scott Barnes |
Location | Corvallis, Oregon |
Varsity teams | 17 (7 men's, 10 women's) |
Football stadium | Reser Stadium Providence Park |
Basketball arena | Gill Coliseum |
Baseball stadium | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field |
Softball stadium | Kelly Field |
Soccer stadium | Paul Lorenz Field at Patrick Wayne Valley Stadium |
Other venues | Avery Park OSU Boathouse Trysting Tree Golf Club Whyte Track and Field Center |
Mascot | Benny Beaver |
Nickname | Beavers |
Fight song | Hail to Old OSU |
Colors | Orange and black[1] |
Website | www |
The Oregon State Beavers are the athletic teams that represent Oregon State University, located in Corvallis, Oregon. The Beavers compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for college football) level as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Oregon State's mascot is Benny the Beaver. Both the men's and women's teams share the name, competing in 7 NCAA Division I men's sports and 9 NCAA Division I women's sports respectively. The official colors for the athletics department are Beaver Orange (Pantone 1665), black, and white.[2]
The primary rivals of the Beavers are the Oregon Ducks of the University of Oregon, located 45 miles (72 km) south of the Oregon State campus in Eugene, Oregon. The football rivalry between the Beavers and Ducks, once known as the Civil War, was one of the longest-running in the country, having been contested 127 times through the 2023 season. Other regional rivals include the Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars, having played each 108 times in football through the 2023 season.
As of December 2023, the Beavers have won one pre-NCAA team national championship and four NCAA team national championships. The 1926 wrestling team won the Amateur Athletic Union national championship, the 1961 men's Cross-country team won the NCAA title, and most recently the baseball team won the 2006, 2007 and 2018 College World Series. Other notable performances include a second-place finish in the 1973 and 1995 NCAA wrestling finals, two Final Four appearances by the men's basketball team, one Final Four appearance by the women's basketball team, the football team defeating Notre Dame by a 32-point margin in the 2001 Fiesta Bowl (and finishing the season ranked #4 in the polls), seven appearances in the College World Series by the baseball program, and several individual NCAA championship titles in gymnastics, wrestling, and track & field.