1983 Oregon State Beavers football team

1983 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record2–8–1 (1–6–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Gough (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRay Braun (5th season)
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 UCLA $ 6 1 1 7 4 1
Washington 5 2 0 8 4 0
Washington State 5 3 0 7 4 0
USC 4 3 0 4 6 1
Arizona 4 3 1 7 3 1
Arizona State 3 3 1 6 4 1
Oregon 3 3 1 4 6 1
California 3 4 1 5 5 1
Oregon State 1 6 1 2 8 1
Stanford 1 7 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a remember of Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Joe Avezzano, compiled an overall record of 2–8–1 record with a mark of 1–6–1 in conference playing, placing ninth in the Pac-10. 1983 was Oregon State's 13th consecutive losing season. The Beavers scored 171 points and allowed 332 points. The season is most memorable for the 0–0 tie with Oregon in the Civil War, the last scoreless game in NCAA Division I football history. The game is known colloquially as the "Toilet Bowl."