2007 Oregon State Beavers football team

2007 Oregon State Beavers football
Emerald Bowl Champions
Emerald Bowl, W 21–14 vs. Maryland
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
AP No. 25
2007 record 9–4 (6–3 Pac-10)
Head coach Mike Riley
Offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf
Defensive coordinator Mark Banker
Home stadium Reser Stadium
(Capacity: 45,674)
2007 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 USC +   7 2         11 2  
#16 Arizona State +   7 2         10 3  
#25 Oregon State   6 3         9 4  
#23 Oregon   5 4         9 4  
UCLA   5 4         6 7  
Arizona   4 5         5 7  
California   3 6         7 6  
Washington State   3 6         5 7  
Stanford   3 6         4 8  
Washington   2 7         4 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley. Home games were played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Season notes

The team returned 16 starting players from the previous season and was predicted by some analysts to contend for second place in the Pac-10.[1] They returned a majority of the defense, which was ranked second in the nation for total sacks, eighth in the nation in tackles for loss, and within the top 20 in rushing defense in the 2006–07 season. CFN picked the Beavers in their preseason top 25 and claimed they were a "heavy sleeper for big things" in the 2007 season.[2] The Beavers finished the season 9–4, good for third place in the Pac-10, and won the Emerald Bowl 21–14. Their run defense finished second in the nation for fewest rushing yards allowed per game only behind Boston College.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 7:00 PM Utah* Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR FSN W 24–7   40,409[3]
September 6 4:30 PM at Cincinnati* Nippert StadiumCincinnati, OH ESPN L 3–34   25,020[4]
September 15 3:30 PM Idaho State* Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR FSNNW W 61–10   38,491[5]
September 22 7:00 PM at Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ L 32–44   56,099[6]
September 29 3:30 PM UCLA Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR FSN L 14–40   41,137[7]
October 6 1:00 PM Arizona Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 31–16   40,489[8]
October 13 4:00 PM at No. 2 California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA Versus W 31–28   63,995[9]
October 27 3:30 PM Stanforddagger Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Hispanic Heritage Game) W 23–6   42,089[10]
November 3 5:00 PM at No. 15 USC Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA ABC L 3–24   85,713[11]
November 10 7:15 PM Washington Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR FSN W 29–23   45,629[12]
November 17 3:30 PM at Washington State Martin StadiumPullman, WA FSNNW W 52–17   22,660[13]
December 1 1:30 PM at No. 20 Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR (Civil War) ESPN2 W 38–31 2OT  59,050[14]
December 28 5:30 PM vs. Maryland* AT&T ParkSan Francisco, CA (Emerald Bowl) ESPN W 21–14   32,517[15]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Roster

QB#1 Sean Canfield (SO) QB#3 Lyle Moevao (SO) QB#2 Ryan Gunderson (SR) RB#6 Clinton Polk (SR) RB#5 Patrick Fuller (JR) WR#9 Anthony Brown (SR) WR#16 James Rodgers (FR) WR#12 Chris Johnson (JR) WR#15 Sam Oltman (FR) WR#17 Sammie Stroughter (SR) TE#19 Brady Camp (FR) LS#55 Joel Cohen (SR) K#13 Alexis Serna (SR)

Game notes

Utah

1 234Total
Utah 0 700 7
Oregon St 0 7107 24

The Beavers opened the season hosting the Utah Utes of the Mountain West Conference on a Thursday night game, the first day of the college football season. Beavers' star running back Yvenson Bernard ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Sean Canfield completed eight of 19 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Beaver Coach Mike Riley, still trying to determine a starting quarterback, also brought in quarterback Lyle Moevao to start the second quarter, though his first pass was intercepted. Alexis Serna made a 37-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter.[16]

Cincinnati

1 234Total
Oregon St 0 300 3
Cincinnati 3 7240 34

Idaho State

1 234Total
Idaho St 0 307 10
Oregon St 21 71914 61
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

Arizona State

1 234Total
Oregon St 19 076 32
Arizona St 0 131417 44

UCLA

1 234Total
UCLA 0 6628 40
Oregon St 14 000 14
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

Arizona

1 234Total
Arizona 3 733 16
Oregon St 24 700 31
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

California

1 234Total
Oregon St 7 6711 31
California 0

Stanford

1 234Total
Stanford 0 600 6
Oregon St 7 736 23
  • Date: October 27
  • Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

Southern California

1 234Total
Oregon St 0 300 3
USC 3 2100 24

Washington

1 234Total
Washington 0 01013 23
Oregon St 0 16310 29
  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon

Washington State

1 234Total
Oregon St 21 10714 52
Washington St 0 377 17

On a cold, rainy night in Pullman, Washington, the Beavers forced 8 turnovers en route to a 52-17 victory against the Cougars. Yvenson Bernard ran for 2 touchdowns and 77 yards as Lyle Moevao played mistake free in his second career start. Alex Brink threw 5 first half interceptions as the stingy Beaver defense put pressure on him all game long.

Oregon

Beavers own the State again. James Rodgers scores on a fly sweep in double OT. OSU's stingy D stuffs Jonathan Stewart on 4th down, to clinch the first victory on enemy soil for either team since 1996.

Oregon State at #17 Oregon
1 234OT2OTTotal
Oregon State 14 70737 38
Oregon 7 147030 31

Emerald Bowl

1 234Total
Maryland 14 000 14
Oregon St 7 770 21

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