1978 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1978 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State Universityas a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 3–7–1 record with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing ninth in the Pac-10, and were outscored 266 to 128.^[2] The team played its five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.

1978 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	3–7–1 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Craig Fertig (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Kopay (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ray Braun[1] (3rd season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium
Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	6	–	1	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
No. 14 UCLA	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
Washington	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Arizona State	4	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Stanford	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Arizona	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Washington State	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	BYU*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 6–10	19,651	[3]
September 16	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 7–21	49,056	[4]
September 23	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	T 13–13	82,048	[5]
September 30	Washington	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 0–34	30,000	[6]
October 7	at Minnesota*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 17–14	35,083	[7]
October 21	at No. 7 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–38	53,734	[8]
October 28	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 6–24	39,214	[9]
November 4	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 32–31	20,061	[10]
November 11	No. 9 UCLA	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 15–13	28,000	[11]
November 18	Arizona State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 22–44	23,500	[12]
November 25	Oregon	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	L 3–24	36,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game