2023 Oregon State Beavers football team

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2023 Oregon State Beavers football
Sun Bowl, L 8–40 vs. Notre Dame
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record8–5 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Lindgren (6th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorTrent Bray (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumReser Stadium
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Washington y$^   9 – 0     14 – 1  
No. 6 Oregon y   8 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 11 Arizona   7 – 2     10 – 3  
Oregon State   5 – 4     8 – 5  
Utah   5 – 4     8 – 5  
USC   5 – 4     8 – 5  
California   4 – 5     6 – 7  
UCLA   4 – 5     8 – 5  
Washington State   2 – 7     5 – 7  
Stanford   2 – 7     3 – 9  
Arizona State*   2 – 7     3 – 9  
Colorado   1 – 8     4 – 8  
Championship: Washington 34, Oregon 31
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed ban for 2020 recruiting violations
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023 Oregon State Beavers football team represented

Pac–12 Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Jonathan Smith, the Beavers played their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon
.

Offseason

Coaching staff changes

Coaching staff departures

Name Position New team New position
A. J. Steward Running backs coach Baylor Assistant head coach/running backs coach
Brian Michalowski Defensive quality control coach Oregon Defensive analyst
Ryan Saparto Special teams quality control coach None None
Jacob Alsadek Offensive graduate assistant Albany Offensive line coach
Jeremy Bruce Defensive graduate assistant SMU Defensive graduate assistant
A. J. Cooper Defensive graduate assistant Sacramento State Linebackers coach

Transfers

Transfers out

The Beavers lost 10 players to the transfer portal.

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Transfer to
Chance Nolan #10 QB 6'2 186 Redshirt Junior Menifee, California TCU
Johnathan Riley #17 DB 6'2 183 Redshirt Junior Waldorf, Maryland Central Connecticut State
John Dunmore #14 WR 6'1 179 Redshirt Sophomore Hollywood, Florida TBD
Tristan Gebbia #3 QB 6'3 193 Redshirt Senior Calabasas, California Ohio State
Omar Speights #1 ILB 6'1 227 Junior Corvallis, Oregon LSU
Trevor Pope #80 WR 6'1 165 Redshirt Freshman Tracy, California TBD
J. T. Byrne #87 TE 6'6 238 Redshirt Freshman
Carmel, California
 California
Ron Hardge III #21 DB 6'1 175 Senior Fort Lauderdale, Florida Colorado State
Fred Martin III #23 DB 5'11 170 Freshman Inglewood, California TBD
Jam Griffin #8 RB 5'9 210 Redshirt Junior Rome, Georgia Ole Miss

Transfers in

The Beavers added seven players via transfer.

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Transfer from
Calvin Hart #5 LB 6"1 207 Redshirt Senior Fort Lauderdale, Florida Illinois
Oluwaseyi Omotosho #44 EDGE 6"2 205 Redshirt Sophomore Richmond, Texas Wyoming
Grant Starck #71 OT 6"5 280 Senior Springfield, Oregon Nevada
Jermaine Terry #4 TE 6"4 235 Junior Richmond, California California
Mason Tufaga #44 LB 6"1 210 Redshirt Sophomore
Honolulu, Hawaii
 Utah
DJ Uiagalelei #5 QB 6"5 245 Junior Bellflower, California Clemson
Jacob Schuster #62 DL 6"2 300 Redshirt Sophomore Lacey, Washington Minnesota

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2023 NFL draft
Round Pick NFL team Player Position
2 42 Green Bay Packers Luke Musgrave TE
7 252 Buffalo Bills Alex Austin CB
Undrafted Las Vegas Raiders Jaydon Grant S
Undrafted Carolina Panthers Rejzohn Wright CB
Undrafted Baltimore Ravens Brandon Kipper
OT
Undrafted Seattle Seahawks Tyjon Lindsey WR
Undrafted San Francisco 49ers Jack Colletto FB
Undrafted Tennessee Titans Tre'Shaun Harrison WR

Preseason

Pac-12 media day

Pac-12 media poll

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Oregon State was voted to finish in fifth place.[1]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 USC 413 (25)
2 Washington 367 (4)
3 Utah 359 (6)
4 Oregon 344 (1)
5 Oregon State 309
6 UCLA 248
7 Washington State 186
8 Arizona 176
9 California 132
10 Arizona State 122
11 Colorado 98
12 Stanford 54

Preseason All–Pac-12 team

The Beavers had 12 players selected to the preseason all–Pac-12 team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:30 p.m.at San Jose State*No. 18
CBSW 42–1720,337
September 96:00 p.m.UC Davis*No. 16
P12NW 55–735,728
September 1612:30 p.m.San Diego State*No. 16
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
FS1W 26–935,591
September 234:00 p.m.at No. 21 Washington StateNo. 14
FOXL 35–3833,024
September 296:00 p.m.No. 10 UtahNo. 19
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
FS1W 21–737,372
October 77:00 p.m.at CaliforniaNo. 15
P12NW 52–4034,930
October 145:00 p.m.No. 18 UCLAdaggerNo. 15
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
FOXW 36–2437,600
October 287:30 p.m.at ArizonaNo. 11
ESPNL 24–2745,023
November 47:00 p.m.at ColoradoNo. 16
ESPNW 26–1952,725
November 112:30 p.m.StanfordNo. 12
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
P12NW 62–1737,107
November 184:30 p.m.No. 5 WashingtonNo. 11
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
ABCL 20–2238,415
November 245:30 p.m.at No. 6 OregonNo. 16
FOXL 7–3159,987
December 2911:00 a.m.vs. No. 16 Notre DameNo. 19
CBSL 8–4048,223

Game summaries

At San Jose State

See also: 2023 San Jose State Spartans football team
No. 18 Oregon State Beavers (0-0) at San Jose State Spartans (0-1) – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 18 Beavers 7 14 71442
Spartans 0 3 01417

at CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, California

  • Date: September 3
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
    PST
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 75 °F (24 °C)
  • Game attendance: 20,337
  • Referee: Mike McCabe
  • TV announcers (CBS/Paramount+): Chris Lewis (play-by-play), Ross Tucker
(analyst), Justin Walters (sideline)
  • Spread: Oregon State –16.5 • Odds to win: •
    • Game information
    First quarter
    • (5:51) OSU – DJ Uiagalelei 1 Yd Run, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 11 plays, 82 yards, 6:19; Oregon State 7–0)
    Second quarter
    • (9:24) SJSU – Kyler Halvorsen 41 Yd Field Goal (Drive: 10 plays, 37 yards, 5:25; Oregon State 7–3)
    • (4:21) OSU – Jack Velling 14 Yd pass from DJ Uiagalelei, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 10 plays, 73 yards, 4:58; Oregon State 14–3)
    • (0:14) OSU – DJ Uiagalelei 1 Yd Run, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 6 plays, 64 yards, 1:46; Oregon State 21–3)
    Third quarter
    • (6:02) OSU – Jeremiah Noga 31 Yd pass from DJ Uiagalelei, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 6 plays, 55 yards, 2:43; Oregon State 28–3)
    Fourth quarter
    • (14:52) SJSU – Sam Olson 0 Yd Run, Kyler Halvorsen Kick (Drive: 5 plays, 22 yards, 1:37; Oregon State 28–10)
    • (10:13) OSU – Anthony Gould 28 Yd pass from DJ Uiagalelei, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards, 4:35; Oregon State 35–10)
    • (3:13) OSU – Deshaun Fenwick 3 Yd Run, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 7 plays, 54 yards, 3:13; Oregon State 42–10)
    • (0:04) SJSU – Branden Alvarez 19 Yd pass from Jay Butterfield, Kyler Halvorsen Kick (Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:09; Oregon State 42–17)
    Statistics OSU SJSU
    First downs 27 20
    Plays–yards 63–473 47–279
    Rushes–yards 35–197 22–56
    Passing yards 276 223
    Passing: comp–att–int 22–28–0 25–42–0
    Time of possession 31:55 28:05
    Team Category Player Statistics
    No. 18 Oregon State Passing DJ Uiagalelei 20/25, 239 yards, 3 TD
    Rushing Damien Martinez 18 carries, 145 yards
    Receiving Anthony Gould 3 receptions, 59 yards, TD
    San Jose State Passing Chevan Cordeiro 18/32, 143 yards
    Rushing Quali Conley 11 carries, 34 yards
    Receiving Sam Olson 6 receptions, 60 yards

    vs No. 15 UC Davis (FCS)

    See also: 2023 UC Davis Aggies football team
    No. 16 Oregon State Beavers (1-0) vs No. 15 (FCS) UC Davis Aggies (1-0) – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    No. 15 (FCS) Aggies 0 0 077
    No. 16 Beavers 14 24 10755

    at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon

    • Date: September 9
    • Game time: 9:00 p.m.
      PST
    • Game weather: Clear, 79 °F (26 °C)
    • Game attendance: 35,728
    • Referee: Justin Elliott
    • TV announcers (P12N): Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Lincoln Kennedy
    (analyst)
  • Spread: Oregon State –24.0 • Odds to win: •
    • Game information
    First quarter
    • (12:09) OSU – Damien Martinez 64 Yd Run, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 1 play, 64 yards, 0:10; Oregon State 7–0)
    • (3:57) OSU – DJ Uiagalelei 3 Yd Run, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards, 1:55; Oregon State 14–0)
    Second quarter
    • (14:54) OSU – Rweha Munyagi Jr. 5 Yd pass from DJ Uiagalelei, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 6 plays, 59 yards, 2:11; Oregon State 21–0)
    • (12:29) OSU – Silas Bolden 65 Yd Punt Return, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 3 plays, 1 yard, 2:25; Oregon State 28–0)
    • (5:30) OSU – Silas Bolden 22 Yd pass from DJ Uiagalelei, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 4:28; Oregon State 35–0)
    • (2:09) OSU – Atticus Sappington 40 Yd Field Goal (Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards, 2:03; Oregon State 38–0)
    Third quarter
    • (12:00) OSU – Atticus Sappington 40 Yd Field Goal (Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 2:47; Oregon State 41–0)
    • (3:53) OSU – Riley Sharp 10 Yd pass from Aidan Chiles, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 9 plays, 86 yards, 4:59; Oregon State 48–0)
    Fourth quarter
    • (9:41) OSU – Aidan Chiles 1 Yd Run, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 14 plays, 89 yards, 7:07; Oregon State 55–0)
    • (5:06) UCD – C.J. Hutton 9 Yd pass from Grant Harper, Hunter Ridley Kick (Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:35; Oregon State 55–7)
    Statistics UCD OSU
    First downs 12 23
    Plays–yards 59–166 63–450
    Rushes–yards 29–47 37–269
    Passing yards 199 181
    Passing: comp–att–int 17–30–1 17–26–0
    Time of possession 28:16 31:44
    Team Category Player Statistics
    UC Davis Passing Grant Harper 4/7, 56 yards, TD
    Rushing Lan Larison 15 carries, 55 yards
    Receiving Andre Crump Jr. 2 receptions, 42 yards
    No. 16 Oregon State Passing DJ Uiagalelei 8/13, 107 yards, 2 TD
    Rushing Damien Martinez 7 carries, 104 yards, TD
    Receiving Silas Bolden 4 receptions, 65 yards, TD

    vs San Diego State

    See also: 2023 San Diego State Aztecs football team
    No. 16 Oregon State Beavers (2-0) vs San Diego State Aztecs (2-1) – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Aztecs 0 3 069
    No. 16 Beavers 3 9 7726

    at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon

    (analyst)
  • Spread: • Odds to win: •
    • Game information
    First quarter
    • (7:57) OSU – Atticus Sappington 48 Yd Field Goal (Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards, 4:48; Oregon State 3–0)
    Second quarter
    • (13:36) OSU – Atticus Sappington 48 Yd Field Goal (Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards, 3:42; Oregon State 6–0)
    • (8:32) OSU – Joshua Gray 3 Yd Run, Two-Point Run Conversion Failed (Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:48; Oregon State 12–0)
    • (0:44) SDSU – Jack Browning 52 Yd Field Goal (Drive: 8 plays, 31 yards, 1:21; Oregon State 12–3)
    Third quarter
    • (7:40) OSU – DJ Uiagalelei 1 Yd Run, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 7 plays, 84 yards, 3:36; Oregon State 19–3)
    Fourth quarter
    • (9:01) SDSU – Jaylon Armstead 6 Yd Run, Two-Point Run Conversion Failed (Drive: 9 plays, 57 yards, 5:08; Oregon State 19–9)
    • (8:48) OSU – Anthony Gould 75 Yd pass from DJ Uiagalelei, Atticus Sappington Kick (Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:13; Oregon State 26–9)
    Statistics SDSU OSU
    First downs 18 20
    Plays–yards 66–326 62–475
    Rushes–yards 34–70 32–191
    Passing yards 256 475
    Passing: comp–att–int 20–32–1 14–30–2
    Time of possession 33:21 26:39
    Team Category Player Statistics
    San Diego State Passing Jalen Mayden 20/32, 256 yards, INT
    Rushing Jaylon Armstead 11 carries, 48 yards, TD
    Receiving Mark Redman 4 receptions, 77 yards
    Oregon State Passing DJ Uiagalelei 14/30, 284 yards, TD, INT
    Rushing Damien Martinez 15 carries, 102 yards
    Receiving Anthony Gould 3 receptions, 97 yards, TD

    At No. 21 Washington State

    See also: 2023 Washington State Cougars football team
    No. 14 Oregon State Beavers (3-0) at No. 21 Washington State Cougars (3-0) – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    No. 14 Beavers 7 7 02135
    No. 21 Cougars 14 14 7338

    at Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington

    • Date: September 23
    • Game time: 4:00 p.m.
    • Game attendance: 33,024
    • TV announcers (FOX): Jeff Levering (play-by-play), Mark Helfrich (analyst)
    • Spread: • Odds to win: •
    Game information
    First quarter
    Second quarter
    Third quarter
    Fourth quarter
    Statistics Oregon State Washington State
    First downs 25 27
    Plays–yards 73–440 65–528
    Rushes–yards 39–242 30–106
    Passing yards 198 422
    Passing: comp–att–int 17–34–1 29–35–0
    Time of possession 31:33 28:27
    Team Category Player Statistics
    Oregon State Passing DJ Uiagalelei 17/24, 198 yards, TD, INT
    Rushing Deshaun Fenwick 11 carries, 101 yards, 3 TD
    Receiving Silas Bolden 5 receptions, 76 yards
    Washington State Passing Cam Ward 28/34, 404 yards, 4 TD
    Rushing Nakia Watson 8 carries, 46 yards
    Receiving Kyle Williams 7 receptions, 174 yards, TD

    vs No. 10 Utah

    See also: 2023 Utah Utes football team
    No. 19 Oregon State Beavers (3-1) vs No. 10 Utah Utes (4-0) – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    No. 10 Utes 0 0 077
    No. 19 Beavers 7 0 7721

    at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon

    • Date: September 29
    • Game time: 9:00 p.m.
      PST
    • Game weather: Cloudy, 59 °F (15 °C)
    • Game attendance: 37,372
    • Referee: Jeff Dahle
    • TV announcers (FS1): Tim Brando (play-by-play), Spencer Tillman
    (analyst)
  • Spread: • Odds to win: •
    • Game information
    First quarter
    Second quarter
    Third quarter
    Fourth quarter