1983 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1983 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 1983 NCAA college football season. The Beavers ended the season with two wins, eight losses, and a tie. 1983 was Oregon State's 13th consecutive losing season. The Beavers scored 171 points and allowed 332 points. The team was led by head coach Joe Avezzano. The season is most memorable for the 0–0 tie with Oregon in the Civil War, the last scoreless game in Division 1 college football history. The game is known colloquially as the "Toilet Bowl."

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Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	at No. 14 Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona		L 6–50	40,570
September 10	at Portland State*	Civic Stadium Portland, Oregon		W 51–14	26,102
September 17	No. 14 USC	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 10–33	28,000
September 24	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 14–38	33,504
October 1	UNLV*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 21–35	26,500
October 8	at No. 16 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		L 7–35	58,693
October 15	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	CBS	L 19–45	35,147
October 29	Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 31–18	22,000
November 5	No. 20 Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	ABC	L 9–27	18,000
November 12	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		L 3–38	65,058
November 19	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon (Civil War – The Toilet Bowl)		T 0–0	33,176
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP / Coaches Polls released prior to game

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Oregon State's first conference win in three and a half years was celebrated by students rushing the field and tearing down the goal posts with two seconds left in the game.^[2]

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