1972 Oregon State Beavers football team

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1972 Oregon State Beavers football
1972 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1972 record	2–9 (1–6 Pac-8)
Head coach	Dee Andros (8th season);
Home stadium	Parker Stadium; Civic Stadium (Portland)
	Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled a 2–9 record (1–6 in Pac-8, last), and were outscored 295 to 131.^[1] They played four home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.

The loss to rival Oregon was Andros' first setback in the Civil War game, and the Ducks' first win over the Beavers in nine years.^[2]^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	at San Diego State*	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	L 8–17	32,829
September 16	at No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–51	56,305
September 23	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 11–19	51,229
September 30	BYU*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 29–3	26,065
October 7	at Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 7–38	50,879
October 14	No. 14 UCLA	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 7–37	23,109
October 21	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 7–37	22,100
October 28	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 11–17	44,000
November 4	Washington	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 16–23	31,923
November 11	California	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	W 26–23	16,624
November 18	Oregon	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	L 3–30	41,544
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:^[4]

^ "1972 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
^ Cawood, Neil (November 19, 1972). "Ducks succeed at last-- and big". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
^ "Ducks make Andros eat his guarantee". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. November 20, 1972. p. 8.
^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 156. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

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1972 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 USC $	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 15 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll