1965 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1965 Oregon State Beavers football Athletic Association of Western Universities AAWU 5–5 1–3 Dee Andros 1st Parker StadiumMultnomah Stadium The 1965 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled a 5–5 record (1–3 in AAWU, seventh), and were outscored 162 to 125.1965 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football September 7, 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oregon-state/1965-schedule.html They had only three home games, two on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland. After ten seasons and a recent Rose Bowl appearance, head coach Tommy Prothro departed for UCLA in January 1965, and forty-year-old Andros was hired in early February.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HVZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7109%2C94505 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Dee Andros named Oregon State grid coach Johnson Bob February 1, 1965 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o5cRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AOMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6817%2C112246 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Andros begins new job as OSU coach AP, UPI reports February 2, 1965 2BAndros Gets Beaver Job Statesman (Salem, Oregon) February 2, 1965 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6574453/andros_gets_beaver_job/ A Marine in World War II, he was the head coach at Idaho (1962–1964), and had played college football as a guard at Oklahoma in the late 1940s under head coach Bud Wilkinson. Andros led OSU for eleven years, through 1975, compiling a 51 64 1 y record, (30 37 1 y in AAWU/Pac-8), then was the athletic director until 1985. The Beavers defeated rival Oregon for a second consecutive year, this time on the road in the final installment of the Civil War contested at Hayward Field; when the Beavers returned to Eugene two years later, the Ducks had moved into Autzen Stadium.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xf9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HuMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4926%2C4237113 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Uhrhammer Jerry Oregon State wins the 'Civil War' on strength of one little finger November 21, 1965 1B It was the first of seven straight wins for Andros in the Civil War game. Schedule 1965 AP September 18 w y y Illinois Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 12–10 34,149 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-deflected-pass-n/189721870/ The Des Moines Register Deflected pass nips Illini, 12–10 September 19, 1965 January 24, 2026 Newspapers.com September 25 l y Iowa Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR 7–27 24,778 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee-iowa-dumps-beavers-by-27/189721993/ The Modesto Bee Iowa dumps Beavers by 27–7 tally September 26, 1965 January 24, 2026 Newspapers.com October 2 l y USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA 12–26 52,100 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-garrett-leads-usc-to/189715241/ The Sacramento Bee Garrett leads USC to beat Oregon State 26–12 October 3, 1965 January 24, 2026 Newspapers.com October 9 l y y Northwestern Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL 7–15 34,575 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-saginaw-news-wildcats-win-157-thril/189722105/ The Saginaw News Wildcats win 15–7 thriller October 10, 1965 January 24, 2026 Newspapers.com October 16 w y y Idaho old Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 16–14 13,000 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4tUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M-MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5902%2C2977068 The Eugene Register-Guard Associated Press Field goal difference in OSU win October 17, 1965 2B October 23 w y Utah Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR 10–6 15,304 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sunday-herald-osu-tops-utah-by-106/155340685/ The Sunday Herald OSU tops Utah by 10–6 score October 24, 1965 September 15, 2024 Newspapers.com October 30 l Washington State Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR 8–10 20,079 https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent-star-news-cougars-nip-osu-1/189717668/ Independent Star-News Cougars nip OSU, 10–8 October 31, 1965 January 24, 2026 Newspapers.com November 6 w y y Syracuse Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY 13–12 33,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-beavers-rally-to-nip-syra/189722243/ The Fresno Bee Beavers rally to nip Syracuse November 7, 1965 January 24, 2026 Newspapers.com November 13 l y Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA 21–28 53,500 https://www.newspapers.com/article/montana-standard-post-don-moore-runs-wil/189719322/ Montana Standard-Post Don Moore runs wild as Huskies win November 14, 1965 January 24, 2026 Newspapers.com November 20 w y Oregon Hayward Field Eugene, OR Civil War 19–14 21,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-beavers-stand-of/189722385/ San Francisco Chronicle Beavers stand off Webfoots, 19 to 14 November 21, 1965 January 24, 2026 Newspapers.com Schedule/Results (1965 Oregon State) https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/251105 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Statistics January 24, 2026 http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/oregonstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/9/7/2016_Oregon_State_Media_Guide.pdf?id=4146#page=157 Oregon State University Athletics 2016 Football media guide 155 2016 October 23, 2020 September 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160922212730/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/oregonstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/9/7/2016_Oregon_State_Media_Guide.pdf?id=4146#page=157 dead Roster QB Paul Brothers, Jr. RB Bob Grim, Jr. RB Pete Pifer, Jr. Skip Vanderbrundt, So. (defense) Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w_9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HuMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4553%2C4010280 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Uhrhammer Jerry Beavers given slight edge November 19, 1965 2B References 35em Further reading Oregon State University 1965 Football. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, Department of Sports Information, 1965. External links WSU Libraries: Game video – Washington State at Oregon State – October 30, 1965 Oregon State Category:Oregon State Beavers football seasons Oregon State Beavers football