2021 Oregon State Beavers football team

2021 Pac-12 Conference football standings
	North Division
	South Division
	Championship: Utah 38, Oregon 10
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; As of December 26, 2021; Rankings from CFP Rankings

2021 Oregon State Beavers football
2021 Oregon State Beavers football
LA Bowl, L 13–24 vs. Utah State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	North Division
2021 record	7–6 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Jonathan Smith (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian Lindgren (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Tim Tibesar (4th season)
Home stadium	Reser Stadium; (Capacity: 43,154)
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jonathan Smith. The team played their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

Defensive Coordinator Tim Tibesar was terminated on November 7, the day after their 37–34 loss to Colorado.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	4:00 p.m.	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	FS1	L 21–30	57,282
September 11	8:00 p.m.	Hawaii*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FS1	W 45–27	27,701
September 18	12:30 p.m.	Idaho*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 42–0	26,797
September 25	7:30 p.m.	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FS1	W 45–27	51,564
October 2	6:00 p.m.	Washington	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 27–24	33,733
October 9	1:00 p.m.	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 24–31	24,157
October 23	4:30 p.m.	Utah	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 42–34	30,203
October 30	4:00 p.m.	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 25–39	38,572
November 6	4:00 p.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	L 34–37 ^2OT	47,984
November 13	2:30 p.m.	Stanford	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 35–14	35,129
November 20	7:30 p.m.	Arizona State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	ESPN	W 24–10	29,579
November 27	12:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	ESPN	L 29–38	56,408
December 18	4:30 p.m.	vs. Utah State*	SoFi Stadium Inglewood, CA (LA Bowl)	ABC	L 13–24	29,896
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 2 released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

Sources:^[2]

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR				Not released

Game summaries[]

at Purdue[]

Oregon State Beavers vs Purdue Boilermakers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	0	0	14	21
Boilermakers	7	6	3	14	30

at Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN

Date: September 4, 2021
Game time: 4:00 P.M. PDT
Game attendance: 57,282
Referee: Mark Kluczynski
TV announcers (FS1): Cory Provus (play-by-play) and Robert Smith (analyst)

Game information

First Quarter

OSU – B.J. Baylor 9 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 10:10. Oregon State 7–0. Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards, 1:05.
PUR – Zander Horvath 11 Yd Run (Mitchell Fineran Kick), 3:43. Tied 7–7. Drive: 4 plays, 45 yards, 1:45.

Second Quarter

PUR – Mitchell Fineran 48 Yd Field Goal, 8:19. Purdue 10–7. Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards, 3:24.
PUR – Mitchell Fineran 39 Yd Field Goal, 0:06. Purdue 13–7. Drive: 10 plays, 32 yards, 2:14.

Third Quarter

PUR – Mitchell Fineran 22 Yd Field Goal, 1:19. Purdue 16–7. Drive: 10 plays, 42 yards, 5:41.

Fourth Quarter

OSU – Tyjon Lindsey 7 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 13:05. Purdue 16–14. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:14.
PUR – Payne Durham 5 Yd pass from Jack Plummer (Mitchell Fineran Kick), 4:56. Purdue 23–14. Drive: 6 plays, 37 yards, 3:20.
OSU – B.J. Baylor 2 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 3:13. Purdue 23–21. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:43.
PUR – Payne Durham 50 Yd pass from Jack Plummer (Mitchell Fineran Kick), 2:09. Purdue 30–21. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:04.

Top Passers

OSU – Chance Nolan – 10/16, 157 yards
PUR – Jack Plummer – 29/41, 313 yards, 2 TD

Top Rushers

OSU – Trey Lowe – 6 rushes, 27 yards
PUR – Zander Hovarth – 21 rushes, 81 yards, TD

Top Receivers

OSU – Trevon Bradford – 5 receptions, 75 yards
PUR – David Bell – 8 receptions, 134 yards

vs Hawaii[]

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs Oregon State Beavers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	0	7	13	7	27
Beavers	21	3	7	14	45

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR

Date: September 11, 2021
Game time: 8:00 P.M. PDT
Game attendance: 27,701
Referee: Steve Baron
TV announcers (FS1): Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

Game information

First Quarter

OSU – Jack Colletto 2 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 10:43. Oregon State 7–0. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 4:17.
OSU – B.J. Baylor 66 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 7:04. Oregon State 14–0. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:09.
OSU – Zeriah Beason 6 Yd pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes Kick), 0:22. Oregon State 21–0. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards, 5:21.

Second Quarter

HAW – Calvin Turner Jr. 12 Yd pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Matthew Shipley Kick), 10:30. Oregon State 21–7. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 4:52.
OSU – Everett Hayes 27 Yd Field Goal, 5:03. Oregon State 24–7. Drive: 10 plays, 68 yards, 5:22.

Third Quarter

OSU – B.J. Baylor 30 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 14:46. Oregon State 31–7. Drive: 1 plays, 30 yards, 0:08.
HAW – Calvin Turner Jr. 1 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed), 6:45. Oregon State 31–13. Drive: 9 plays, 90 yards, 3:37.
HAW – Nick Mardner 10 Yd pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Matthew Shipley Kick), 3:46. Oregon State 31–20. Drive: 4 plays, 46 yards, 2:04.

Fourth Quarter

OSU – Anthony Gould 13 Yd pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes Kick), 14:54. Oregon State 38–20. Drive: 8 plays, 77 yards, 3:44.
HAW – Calvin Turner Jr. 3 Yd Run (Matthew Shipley Kick), 10:28. Oregon State 38–27. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 4:26.
OSU – B.J. Baylor 1 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 3:12. Oregon State 45–27. Drive: 15 plays, 90 yards, 7:10.

Top Passers

HAW – Chevan Cordeiro – 24/49, 366 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
OSU – Chance Nolan – 21/29, 302 yards, 2 TD

Top Rushers

HAW – Chevan Cordeiro – 13 rushes, 48 yards
OSU – B.J. Baylor – 18 rushes, 171 yards, 3 TD

Top Receivers

HAW – Nick Mardner – 6 receptions, 110 yards, TD
OSU – Anthony Gould – 7 receptions, 119 yards, TD

vs Idaho[]

Idaho Vandals vs Oregon State Beavers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	0	0	0	0
Beavers	14	14	14	0	42

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR

Date: September 18, 2021
Game time: 12:30 P.M. PDT
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); Rain
Game attendance: 26,797
Referee: Michael Mothershed
TV announcers (P12N): Rich Burk (play-by-play), Nigel Burton (analyst)

Game information

First Quarter

OSU – Tyjon Lindsey 18 Yd pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes Kick), 7:47. Oregon State 7–0. Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 3:42.
OSU – B.J. Baylor 4 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 1:36. Oregon State 14–0. Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards, 4:13.

Second Quarter

OSU – Deshaun Fenwick 9 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 11:05. Oregon State 21–0. Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 2:37.
OSU – Teagan Quitoriano 2 Yd pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes Kick), 1:16. Oregon State 28–0. Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 4:55.

Third Quarter

OSU – Champ Flemings 30 Yd pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes Kick), 10:51. Oregon State 35–0. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:09.
OSU – B.J. Baylor 2 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 5:39. Oregon State 42–0. Drive: 8 plays, 63 yards, 3:15.

Fourth Quarter

None

Top Passers

IDA – Mike Beaudry – 6/9, 47 yards
OSU – Chance Nolan – 14/19, 175 yards, 3 TD

Top Rushers

IDA – CJ Jordan – 14 rushes, 55 yards
OSU – B.J. Baylor – 11 rushes, 69 yards, 2 TD

Top Receivers

IDA – Terez Traynor – 5 receptions, 38 yards
OSU – Luke Musgrave – 3 receptions, 40 yards

at USC[]

Oregon State Beavers vs USC Trojans – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	14	14	10	45
Trojans	7	10	0	10	27

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA

Date: September 25, 2021
Game time: 7:30 P.M. PDT
Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); Cloudy
Game attendance: 51,564
Referee: Matthew Richards
TV announcers (FS1): Alex Faust (play by play), Petros Papadakis (analyst)

Game information

First Quarter

OSU – Teagan Quitoriano 27 Yd pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes Kick), 9:58. Oregon State 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards, 3:10.
USC – Gary Bryant Jr. 7 Yd pass from Kedon Slovis (Parker Lewis Kick), 8:14. Tied 7–7. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:44.

Second Quarter

USC – Keaontay Ingram 9 Yd Run (Parker Lewis Kick), 13:23. USC 14–7. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:35.
OSU – Tyjon Lindsey 13 Yd pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes Kick), 2:50. Tied 14–14. Drive: 10 plays, 92 yards, 5:20.
OSU – Tre'Shaun Harrison 36 Yd pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes Kick) 0:44. Oregon State 21–14. Drive: 5 plays, 92 yards, 0:43.
USC – Parker Lewis 26 Yd Field Goal, 0:00. Oregon State 21–17. Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards, 0:44.

Third Quarter

OSU – Tyjon Lindsey 17 Yd pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes Kick), 12:06. Oregon State 28–17. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:54.
OSU – Jack Colletto 1 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 6:33. Oregon State 35–17. Drive: 5 plays, 59 yards, 2:42.

Fourth Quarter

OSU – Jack Colletto 1 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 14:14. Oregon State 42–17. Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 4:06.
USC – Keaontay Ingram 3 Yd Run (Parker Lewis Kick), 10:26. Oregon State 42–24. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 3:48.
USC – Parker Lewis 46 Yd Field Goal, 6:29. Oregon State 42–27. Drive: 6 plays, 40 yards, 1:59.
OSU – Everett Hayes 42 Yd Field Goal, 0:58. Oregon State 45–27. Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards, 1:46.

Top Passers

OSU – Chance Nolan – 15/19, 213 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
USC – Kedon Slovis – 31/49, 355 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT

Top Rushers

OSU – B.J. Baylor – 23 rushes, 158 yards
USC – Keaontay Ingram – 14 rushes, 79 yards, 2 TD

Top Receivers

OSU – Tyjon Lindsey – 5 receptions, 102 yards, 2 TD
USC – Drake London – 10 receptions, 165 yards

vs Washington[]

Washington Huskies vs Oregon State Beavers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	3	0	14	24
Beavers	0	14	3	10	27

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR

Date: October 2, 2021
Game time: 6:00 P.M. PDT
Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C) Sunny
Game attendance: 33,733
Referee: Mark Duddy
TV announcers (P12N): Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Lincoln Kennedy (analyst)

Game information

First Quarter

WAS – Terrell Bynum 44 Yd pass from Dylan Morris (Peyton Henry Kick), 12:02. Washington 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:58.

Second Quarter

OSU – Jack Colletto 3 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 13:37. Tied 7–7. Drive: 3 plays, 11 yards, 1:18.
OSU – B.J. Baylor 5 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 8:25. Oregon State 14–7. Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards, 3:34.
WAS – Peyton Henry 20 Yd Field Goal, 0:00. Oregon State 14–10. Drive: 12 plays, 68 yards, 3:10.

Third Quarter

OSU – Everett Hayes 29 Yd Field Goal, 5:28. Oregon State 17–10. Drive: 9 plays, 28 yards, 4:53.

Fourth Quarter

WAS – Sean McGrew 39 Yd Run (Peyton Henry Kick), 10:19. Tied 17–17. Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards, 3:52.
WAS – Sean McGrew 6 Yd Run (Peyton Henry Kick)), 10:02. Washington 24–17. Drive: 1 play, 6 yards, 0:05.
OSU – B.J. Baylor 27 Yd Run (Everett Hayes Kick), 6:35. Tied 24–24. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 3:27.
OSU – Everett Hayes 24 Yd Field Goal, 0:00. Oregon State 27–24. Drive: 9 plays, 40 yards, 3:18.

Top Passers

WAS – Mike Beaudry – 17/26, 142 yards, TD, INT
OSU – Chance Nolan – 7/15, 48 yards, INT

Top Rushers

WAS – Sean McGrew – 16 rushes, 104 yards, 2 TD
OSU – B.J. Baylor – 20 rushes, 111 yards, 2 TD

Top Receivers

WAS – Terrell Bynum – 5 receptions, 61 yards, TD
OSU – Anthony Gould – 1 reception, 22 yards

at Washington State[]

Oregon State Beavers at Washington State Cougars – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	10	7	7	24
Cougars	0	3	14	14	31

at Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA

Date: October 9, 2021
Game time: 1:00 P.M. PDT
Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C)
Game attendance: 24,157
Referee: Mike McCabe
TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst)

vs Utah[]

Utah Utes vs Oregon State Beavers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	14	10	7	3	34
Beavers	7	7	21	7	42

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR

Date: October 23, 2021
Game time: -
Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); Sunny;
Game attendance: 30,203
Referee: Michael Mothershed
TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst)

at California[]

Oregon State Beavers vs California Golden Bears – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	10	7	8	25
Golden Bears	10	7	14	8	39

at California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA

Date: October 30, 2021
Game time: -
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); Cloudy; Wind: SW 12 mph
Game attendance: 38,572
Referee: Chris Coyle
TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst)

at Colorado[]

Oregon State Beavers vs Colorado Buffaloes – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Beavers	0	10	7	10	7	0	34
Buffaloes	10	3	7	7	7	3	37

at Folsom Field • Boulder, CO

Date: November 6, 2021
Game time: 4:00 P.M. PDT
Game attendance: -
Referee: Matthew Richards
TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth

vs Stanford[]

Stanford Cardinal vs Oregon State Beavers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	0	7	7	14
Beavers	7	7	14	7	35

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR

Date: November 13, 2021
Game time: 2:40 PM
Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C) Sunny, Wind: 5 mph SE
Game attendance: 35,129
Referee: Mike McCabe
TV announcers (P12N): JB Long, Max Browne

vs Arizona State[]

Arizona State Sun Devils vs Oregon State Beavers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	0	0	3	7	10
Beavers	3	14	0	7	24

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR

Date: November 20, 2021
Game time: 7:35 PM
Game weather: 42 °F (6 °C); Sunny;
Game attendance: 29,579
Referee: Michael Mothershed
TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore , Stormy Buonantony

at No. 11 Oregon[]

Oregon State Beavers vs Oregon Ducks – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	3	0	6	20	29
No. 11 Ducks	14	10	0	14	38

at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR

Date: November 27, 2021
Game time: 12:35 p.m.
Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C); Cloudy;
Game attendance: 56,408
Referee: Chris Coyle
TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill

vs Utah State (2021 LA Bowl)[]

Utah State Aggies vs Oregon State Beavers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	14	10	0	24
Beavers	7	3	0	3	13

at SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, California

Date: December 18, 2021
Game time: 4:30 P.M. PST
Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C) Sunny
Game attendance: 29,896
Referee: Jeff Servinski
TV announcers (ABC): Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Laura Rutledge (sideline)

References[]

^ "OSU Football parts ways with defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar". KOIN. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
^ "2021 Oregon State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved December 18, 2021.

[1] "OSU Football parts ways with defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar". KOIN. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

[2] "2021 Oregon State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved December 18, 2021.

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Venues	Bell Field (1909–1952) Reser Stadium (1953–present) Multnomah Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oregon: Civil War (Platypus Trophy)
Culture & lore	History Benny Beaver "Hail to Old OSU" Marching band Pyramid Play "The Toilet Bowl" 1985 Washington game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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2021 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North Division
No. 14 Oregon xy		7	–	2		10	–	3
Washington State		6	–	3		7	–	5
Oregon State		5	–	4		7	–	6
California		4	–	5		5	–	7
Washington		3	–	6		4	–	8
Stanford		2	–	7		3	–	9
South Division
No. 11 Utah xy$		8	–	1		10	–	3
Arizona State		6	–	3		8	–	4
UCLA		6	–	3		8	–	4
USC		3	–	6		4	–	8
Colorado		3	–	6		4	–	8
Arizona		1	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Utah 38, Oregon 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 26, 2021; Rankings from CFP Rankings