1999 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1999 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Int heir first season under head coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the Pac-10. It was the program's first winning season since 1970.^[1] The Beavers opened with three non-conference wins, lost the first three conference games, then won four straight, but fell in the Civil War at Oregon.^[1] Oregon State made its first bowl game appearance since the 1964 season,^[2] but dropped the Oahu Bowl by six points to Hawaii on Christmas.^[3][4][5] The team played home games at Parker Stadium, previously known as Parker Stadium, in Corvallis, Oregon.

1999 Oregon State Beavers football
Oahu Bowl, L 17–23 vs. Hawaii
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Lappano (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Single-back spread
Defensive coordinator	Willy Robinson (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Parker Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Stanford $		7	–	1					8	–	4
No. 19 Oregon		6	–	2					9	–	3
Washington		6	–	2					7	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Arizona		3	–	5					6	–	6
USC		3	–	5					6	–	6
California		3	–	5					4	–	7
UCLA		2	–	6					4	–	7
Washington State		1	–	7					3	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Cal later vacated 4 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

Hired in January, Erickson was previously the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) for four years, preceded by six seasons as the head football coach at the University of Miami.^[6][7][8] Predecessor Mike Riley had left the Beavers after just two seasons for the NFL's San Diego Chargers, but then returned to Corvallis in February 2003.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	1:00 pm	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 28–13	29,167
September 11	3:30 pm	Fresno State*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 46–23	30,339
September 18	3:30 pm	No. 1 (I-AA) Georgia Southern*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 48–41	27,031	[13]
October 2	3:30 pm	at No. 16 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		L 29–37	43,795
October 9	3:30 pm	Washington	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	L 21–47	35,470
October 16	2:00 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 17–21	37,419
October 23	3:30 pm	UCLA	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 55–7	33,427
October 30	1:00 pm	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 27–13	34,240
November 6	3:30 pm	California	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 17–7	35,520
November 13	7:15 pm	Arizona	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 28–20	33,314
November 20	3:30 pm	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	FSN	L 14–25	46,115
December 25	5:30 pm	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Oahu Bowl)	ESPN	L 17–23	40,974
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

UCLA

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	7	0	0	7
• Oregon St	14	28	0	13	55

• Date: October 23
• Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon
• Game attendance: 33,427

Scoring summary

1	9:57	ORST	Ken Simonton 4 yard run (Ryan Cesca kick)	Oregon St 7–0
1	1:53	ORST	Roddy Tompkins 23 yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Ryan Cesca kick)	Oregon St 14–0
2	9:52	ORST	Jonathan Smith 10 yard run (Ryan Cesca kick)	Oregon St 21–0
2	5:54	UCLA	Gabe Crecion 4 yard pass from Cory Paus (Chris Griffith kick)	Oregon St 21–7
2	5:31	ORST	Antonio Battle 50 yard run (Ryan Cesca kick)	Oregon St 28–7
2	3:31	ORST	Roddy Tompkins 47 yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Ryan Cesca kick)	Oregon St 35–7
2	:35	ORST	Imani Percoats 10 yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Ryan Cesca kick)	Oregon St 42–7
4	4:44	ORST	Shawn Kintner 38 yard pass from Terrance Bryant (Matt Stanwood kick)	Oregon St 49–7
4	2:43	ORST	Hashim Hall 3 yard run (kick failed)	Oregon St 55–7

Oregon State's biggest margin of victory in three years (67–28 over Northern Illinois),^[14] and their highest point total to date against a Pac-10 opponent.^[15]

Roster

1999 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 81 T. J. Houshmandzadeh Jr C 50 Aaron Koch  Sr HB 35 Ken Simonton So QB 9 Jonathan Smith So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 34 James Allen So DT 55 Shawn Ball Sr LB 42 Nick Barnett Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 41 Ryan Cesca Fr P 25 Mike Fessler Jr PK 46 Matt Stanwood Jr	Head coach Dennis Erickson (1st year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Tim Lappano (OC) Willy Robinson (DC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

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