1983 Oregon State Beavers football team
| 1983 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| 1983 record | 2–8–1 (1–6–1 Pac-10) |
| Head coach | Joe Avezzano (4th year) |
| Offensive coordinator | John Gough (1st year) |
| Defensive coordinator | Ray Braun (2nd year) |
| Home stadium | Parker Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #17 UCLA $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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."
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 3, 1983 | at No. 14 Arizona | Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 6–50 | 40,570 | |||||
| September 10, 1983 | at Portland State* | Civic Stadium • Portland, OR | W 51–14 | 26,102 | |||||
| September 17, 1983 | No. 14 USC | Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR | L 10–33 | 28,000 | |||||
| September 24, 1983 | at Colorado* | Folsom Field • Boulder, CO | L 14–38 | 33,504 | |||||
| October 1, 1983 | UNLV* | Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR | L 21–35 | 26,500 | |||||
| October 8, 1983 | at No. 16 Washington | Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA | L 7–35 | 58,693 | |||||
| October 15, 1983 | at California | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA | CBS | L 19–45 | 35,147 | ||||
| October 29, 1983 | Stanford |
Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR | W 31–18 | 22,000 | |||||
| November 5, 1983 | No. 20 Washington State | Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR | ABC | L 9–27 | 18,000 | ||||
| November 12, 1983 | at Arizona State | Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ | L 3–38 | 65,058 | |||||
| November 19, 1983 | at Oregon | Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Civil War - The Toilet Bowl) | T 0–0 | 33,176 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP / Coaches Polls released prior to game. | |||||||||
Game notes
Stanford
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]
References
- ↑ "Oregon State University - 1983". College Football Reference.
- ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1983 Oct 30. Retrieved 2016-Nov-24.
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