1979 Oregon State Beavers football team

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1979 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record1–10 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 USC $ 6 – 0 – 1 11 – 0 – 1
No. 11 Washington 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Arizona 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 1
Oregon 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
California 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Stanford 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Arizona State † 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
UCLA 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Oregon State Beavers football team represented

Parker Stadium in Corvallis
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Fertig was fired in October, in the second year of a three-year contract at $33,696 per year.[3][4][5][6] He coached through the end of the season,[7] and lost the finale to Oregon 24–3 in the Civil War, the Beavers' fifth straight loss to the Ducks.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at New Mexico*
L 16–3527,525
September 15No. 1 USC
L 5–4232,000
September 22at Kansas State*
L 16–2232,600
September 29Arizona State
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 0–4520,000
October 6at No. 7 Washington
L 0–4149,881
October 13at California
L 0–4529,000
October 20San Jose State*
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 14–2411,000
October 27Stanford
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
W 33–3116,000
November 3Washington State
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 42–4521,500
November 17at Arizona
L 18–4245,162
November 24at Oregon
L 3–2436,536[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "1979 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Andros, board recommend that Fertig be fired". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 11, 1979. p. 3C.
  4. ^ "Fertig: coaches players bemoan lack of discipline". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 20, 1979. p. 3C.
  5. ^ "Fertig officially fired by OSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1979. p. 1B.
  6. ^ "Fertig won't be back in '80". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 23, 1979. p. 1B.
  7. ^ Conrad, John (November 23, 1979). "Keeping his head up and mouth shut". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  8. ^ Withers, Bud (November 25, 1979). "Ducks win it the way Beavers used to, 24-3". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.


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