1999 Oregon State Beavers football team

1999 Oregon State Beavers football
Oahu Bowl, L 17–23 vs. Hawaii
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Lappano (1st season)
Offensive schemeSingle-back spread
Defensive coordinatorWilly Robinson (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumReser Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Stanford $   7 – 1     8 – 4  
No. 19 Oregon   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Washington   6 – 2     7 – 5  
Arizona State   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Oregon State   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Arizona   3 – 5     6 – 6  
USC   3 – 5     6 – 6  
California   3 – 5     4 – 7  
UCLA   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Washington State   1 – 7     3 – 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • Cal later vacated 4 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers compiled a 7–4 regular season record (4–4 in Pac-10, fifth),[1] their first winning season in 29 years. They opened with three non-conference wins, lost the first three conference games, then won four straight, but fell in the Civil War at Oregon.[1]

OSU made their first bowl game appearance in 35 years,[2] but dropped the Oahu Bowl by six points to host Hawaii on Christmas day to finish at 7–5.[3][4][5]

Hired in January, Erickson was previously the head coach of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks for four years, preceded by six seasons at the University of Miami.[6][7][8] Predecessor Mike Riley had left the Beavers after just two seasons for the NFL's San Diego Chargers,[9][10] then returned to Corvallis in February 2003.[11][12]

  1. ^ a b Clark, Bob (November 21, 1999). "Ducks get split decision". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1F.
  2. ^ Rodman, Bob (December 25, 1999). "Beavers collect reward against Hawaii today". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
  3. ^ Rodman, Bob (December 26, 1999). "Defensive Hawaii drops OSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  4. ^ "Rainbows trip OSU". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. December 26, 1999. p. 3C.
  5. ^ "Pac-10 upended in Hawaii". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. December 27, 1999. p. 3B.
  6. ^ Rodman, Bob (January 12, 1999). "Oregon State lures Erickson". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
  7. ^ Rodman, Bob (January 13, 1999). "Eager Beavers usher in Erickson era". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  8. ^ "Oregon State tabs Erickson". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 13, 1999. p. 2C.
  9. ^ Rodman, Bob (January 8, 1999). "OSU ponders future without Riley". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  10. ^ "Beavers' Riley inks 5-year deal with San Diego". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 8, 1999. p. 4C.
  11. ^ Rodman, Bob (February 20, 2003). "Beavers give Riley second homecoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. E1.
  12. ^ "Riley returns to his roots, takes over at Oregon State". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire service reports. February 20, 2003. p. C2.