American college football season
1966 Oregon State Beavers football |
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Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 19 |
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Record | 7–3 (3–1 AAWU) |
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Home stadium | Parker Stadium Civic Stadium |
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1966 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
USC $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
No. 5 UCLA | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
Oregon State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
Washington | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
California | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Oregon | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Washington State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Stanford | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1966 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. Four home games were played on campus in Corvallis at Parker Stadium and two at Civic Stadium in Portland.[1] Under their second season head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers were 7–3 overall and 3–1 in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, later Pacific-8 Conference, or Pac-8). Only one of the four conference teams from the state of California was on the schedule; champion USC shut out OSU in Portland.[1]
Following a 1–3 start, OSU won its last six games,[2] and were ranked nineteenth in the final UPI Coaches Poll.[3][4]
The starting quarterbacks this season were senior Paul Brothers and sophomore Steve Preece.[5][6][7] Workhorse senior fullback Pete Pifer became the school's all-time leading rusher, overtaking Sam Baker.[8]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | at Michigan* | | L 0–41 | 56,907 | [9] |
September 24 | at Iowa* | | W 17–3 | 43,276 | [10] |
October 1 | No. 5 USC | | L 0–21 | 29,217 | [1] |
October 8 | Northwestern* | | L 6–14 | 22,497 | [11] |
October 15 | Idaho* | - Parker Stadium
- Corvallis, OR
| W 14–7 | 16,144 | [5] |
October 22 | at Arizona State* | | W 18–17 | 29,118 | [6] |
October 29 | at Washington State | | W 41–13 | 18,500 | [7][12][13] |
November 5 | Arizona* | - Civic Stadium
- Portland, OR
| W 31–12 | 13,067 | [8] |
November 12 | Washington | - Parker Stadium
- Corvallis, OR
| W 24–12 | 21,347 | [14] |
November 19 | Oregon | | W 20–15 | 23,700 | [2] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1966 Oregon State Beavers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | HB | 33 | Jerry Belcher | So | QB | 19 | Paul Brothers | Sr | SE | 84 | Roger Cantlon | So | C | 52 | John Didion | Sr | C | 51 | Rockne Freitas | Sr | WB | 26 | Bob Grim (C) | Sr | SE | 90 | Harry Gunner | Jr | OT | 79 | Jeff Hardrath | Jr | WB | 22 | Billy Main | So | G | 63 | Dave Marlette | Jr | FB | 48 | Pete Pifer | Sr | QB | 14 | Steve Preece | So | G | 60 | Joe Reid | Sr | OT | 73 | Kent Scott | So | G | 62 | Clyde Smith | So | OT | 74 | Roger Stalick | So | TE | 88 | Mike Sullivan | Sr | HB | 21 | Don Summers | So | OT | 75 | Jim Wilkin | Sr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DE | 86 | Tom Coccione | Sr | DG | 64 | Skip Diaz | Sr | S | 23 | Scott Eaton | Sr | LB | 46 | Bill Enyart | So | DE | 82 | Mike Foote | So | DG | 78 | Mark Gartung | Sr | LB | 57 | Jim Godfrey | Jr | DT | 67 | Tom Greerty | Jr | DE | 80 | Greg Hartman | Sr | LB | 44 | Russ Kuhns (C) | Sr | DT | 66 | Jess Lewis | So | DB | 24 | Charlie Olds | Jr | DT | 65 | Dennis Rozario | Sr | DG | 71 | Jon Sandstrom | So | LB | 42 | Skip Vanderbundt | Jr | DB | 25 | Don Welch | So | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | P | 19 | Paul Brothers | Sr | PK | 17 | Mike Haggard | Jr | P | 89 | Gary Houser | Jr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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- Source:[15]
Game summaries
Oregon
Civil War | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Oregon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | • Oregon St | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | OSU | Mike Haggard 29-yard field goal | OSU 3-0 | | 2 | | OSU | Paul Brothers 17-yard run (Mike Haggard kick) | OSU 10-0 | | 2 | | OSU | Mike Haggard 34-yard field goal | OSU 13-0 | | 4 | | ORE | Scott Cress 25-yard pass from Mike Brundage (Mike Brundage kick) | OSU 13-7 | | 4 | | OSU | Pete Pifer 14-yard run (Mike Haggard kick) | OSU 20-7 | | 4 | 0:00 | ORE | Jim Smith 96-yard fumble return (Mike Brundage to Lynn Hendrickson pass) | OSU 20-15 | |
On a very muddy field at Parker Stadium, Beaver fullback Pete Pifer became the first in AAWU history to run for more than 1,000 yards in two consecutive seasons with 130 yards on 31 carries. Pifer and his backfield teammates, Paul Brothers and Bob Grim, combined for 284 total yards of the Beavers' offense.[2][16]
References
- ^ a b c Hoefflin, Walter (October 2, 1966). "Beavers lose Pac-8 opener". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ a b c Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 20, 1966). "'Too Much' Triplets pace Beavers' victory". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ Meyers, Jeff (November 29, 1966). "Notre Dame is No. 1 in final UPI balloting". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. UPI. p. 26.
- ^ "Irish ride USC win to 1st". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). AP, UPI. November 29, 1966. p. 3B.
- ^ a b Hoefflin, Walter (October 16, 1966). "Preece sparks OSU's victory". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
- ^ a b "Beavers rally to nip Devils". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. October 23, 1966. p. 1B.
- ^ a b "Beavers win 3rd straight". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. October 30, 1966. p. 2B.
- ^ a b "Pifer's yards spark Beavers". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. November 6, 1966. p. 1B.
- ^ "Beavers mangled by 41-0". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. September 18, 1966. p. 1B.
- ^ "OSU throttles Iowa for Beavers' first". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. September 25, 1966. p. 1B.
- ^ Hoefflin, Walter (October 9, 1966). "Wildcat passes surprise Beavers, 14-6". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 3B.
- ^ Wilson, Mike (October 30, 1966). "Beavers swamp Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 12.
- ^ Missildine, Harry (October 30, 1966). "Beavers rip Cougars". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
- ^ Hoefflin, Walter (November 13, 1966). "Beavers stun Huskies, 24–13". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
- ^ "WSU vs. OSU". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (rosters). October 28, 1966. p. 13.
- ^ 50 Years of College Football: A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport. Boyles, Bob and Paul Guido. 2007 Aug 1.
External links
- Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – October 29, 1966
- WSU Libraries: Game video – Oregon State at Washington State – October 29, 1966
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