2002 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2002 Oregon State Beavers football Oregon state wordmark 2013.png Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 8–5 4–4 Dennis Erickson 4th Tim Lappano 4th Single-back spread Craig Bray 3rd 4–3 Nick Barnett Eric Manning James Newsom Richard Seigler Reser Stadium Insight Bowl L 13–38 vs. Pittsburgh The 2002 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Dennis Erickson in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a four-way tie for fourth in the Pac-10. Oregon State was invited to the Insight Bowl, where the Beavers lost to Pittsburgh. The team played home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon. After the season, in February 2003, Erickson left for Oregon State to become head coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bgBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6008%2C2857580 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Rodman Bob Erickson strikes gold in San Francisco February 12, 2003 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oWVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lvIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6506%2C380100 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Beacham Greg 49ers hire Erickson February 12, 2003 C1 Previous head coach Mike Riley was rehired to replace him.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dgBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6398%2C4881911 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Rodman Bob Beavers give Riley second homecoming February 20, 2003 E1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qWVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lvIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6849%2C6589480 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington wire service reports Riley returns to his roots, takes over at Oregon State February 20, 2003 C2 Schedule 2002 AP Pacific August 29 7:00 pm w y 2002 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Eastern Kentucky Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSNNW 49–10 35,546 September 5 4:00 pm w y y Temple Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA FSNNW 35–3 20,162 September 14 4:00 pm w y UNLV Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR TBS 47–17 36,121 September 21 3:30 pm w y Fresno State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSN 59–19 36,457 September 28 3:30 pm l y 23 USC 18 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA FSN 0–22 56,417 October 5 12:30 pm l UCLA Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR ABC 35–43 36,529 October 12 7:00 pm l y Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ FSNNW 9–13 47,434 October 26 1:00 pm w California Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR 24–13 36,603 November 2 1:00 pm w Arizona Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR 38–3 36,644 November 9 12:30 pm l y Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA 29–41 72,557 November 16 2:00 pm w y Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA 31–21 29,850 November 23 12:30 pm w Oregon Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR Civil War ABC 45–24 37,154 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bFBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6069%2C6407528 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Clark Bob Beavers blast sitting Ducks November 24, 2002 1D December 26 5:30 pm l y y Pittsburgh Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, AZ Insight Bowl ESPN 13–38 40,533 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vk5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0usDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6341%2C6686123 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Rodman Bob Beavers' second half is the pits December 27, 2002 1C http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/orst-m-footbl-sched.html OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football 2012-01-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120105112113/http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/orst-m-footbl-sched.html 2012-01-05 Game summaries Oregon Oregon 3 14 0 7 Oregon State 10 14 14 7 November 23 Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon 12:30 p.m. PST yes 1 Oregon State Kirk Yliniemi 41-yard field goal Oregon State 3-0 1 Oregon Jared Siegel 22-yard field goal Tie 3-3 1 Oregon State Steven Jackson 16-yard run (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 10-3 2 Oregon State Steven Jackson 69-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 17-3 2 Oregon Keenan Howry 83-yard pass from Jason Fife (Jared Siegel kick) Oregon State 17-10 2 Oregon Jason Fife 12-yard run (Jared Siegel kick) Tie 17-17 2 Oregon State Shawn Kintner 10-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 24-17 3 Oregon State Kenny Farley 17-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 31-17 3 Oregon State Steven Jackson 1-yard run (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 38-17 4 Oregon Keenan Howry 63-yard punt return (Jared Siegel kick) Oregon State 38-24 4 Oregon State James Newson 40-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 45-24 yes Anderson Goes From Fan to Hero in 'Civil War' https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=223270204 https://web.archive.org/web/20171125114333/http://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=223270204 dead November 25, 2017 ESPN November 23, 2002 December 29, 2014 Roster 2002 Oregon State Beavers f 4 Jr Deondre Alexander WR 14 So Derek Anderson Derek Anderson (American football) QB y 84 Jr Tim Euhus TE yes y 34 So Steven Jackson RB y 42 Sr Nick Barnett LB y 98 Jr Dwan Edwards DT yes y 8 So Aric Williams CB y y https://web.archive.org/web/20021217020726/http://osubeavers.ocsn.com:80/sports/m-footbl/mtt/orst-m-footbl-mtt.html *Dennis Erickson (4th year) Tim Lappano (OC) Craig Bray (DC) https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a1BWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5379%2C6059890 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Today's lineups November 23, 2002 4Dhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vU5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0usDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6219%2C6577018 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Oregon State roster December 26, 2002 References Oregon State Category:Oregon State Beavers football seasons Oregon State Beavers football Category:Long stubs with short prose