1991 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1991 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Beavers had one win and ten losses for their twentieth consecutive losing season. They scored 125 and allowed 365 points. The team was led by first-year head coach Jerry Pettibone, previously the head coach for six seasons at Northern Illinois.

1991 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	1–10 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jerry Pettibone (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Summers (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Rocky Long (1st season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium (capacity: 35,362)
Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Washington $		8	–	0					12	–	0
No. 8 California		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 19 UCLA		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 22 Stanford		6	–	2					8	–	4
Arizona State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Washington State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Arizona		3	–	5					4	–	7
USC		2	–	6					3	–	8
Oregon		1	–	7					3	–	8
Oregon State		1	–	7					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The sole victory came in the season finale, a road upset over rival Oregon in the Civil War.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	1:00 pm	Utah*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 10–22	25,812
September 14	7:00 pm	at UNLV*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada		L 9–23	19,141
September 21	5:00 pm	Fresno State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 20–24	22,047
October 5	2:00 pm	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		L 7–55	25,100
October 12	1:00 pm	Arizona State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 7–24	23,833
October 19	7:00 pm	UCLA	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	PSN	L 7–44	25,734
October 26	12:30 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, California		L 20–40	21,416
November 2	6:00 pm	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona		L 21–45	42,082
November 9	1:00 pm	No. 7 California	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 14–27	20,790
November 16	1:00 pm	No. 3 Washington	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 6–58	31,588
November 23	1:00 pm	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon (Civil War)		W 14–3	42,141
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source:^[3]

Personnel

1991 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Chad Paulson So QB Ian Shields WR Maurice Wilson	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Todd Sahlfeld Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Jamie Burke	Head coach Jerry Pettibone Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

Season summary

Oregon

See also: 1991 Oregon Ducks football team and Oregon–Oregon State football rivalry

Oregon State Beavers (0–10) at Oregon Ducks

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon St	0	7	0	7	14
Oregon	3	0	0	0	3

at Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

• Date: November 23, 1991
• Game time: 1:00 pm
• Game attendance: 42,141
• Eugene Register-Guard, 24 Nov 1991.

Game information

First quarter ORE – Gregg McCallum 37-yard field goal, 5:23. Oregon 3–0. Drive: 3 plays, —3 yards. Second quarter OSU – Ian Shields 6-yard run (Jamie Burke kick), 1:50. Oregon St 7–3. Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards. Fourth quarter OSU – Maurice Wilson 20-yard pass from Chad Paulson (Jamie Burke kick), 10:32. Oregon St 14–3. Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards. Top passers OSU – Chad Paulson – 1/1, 20 yards, TD ORE – Brett Salisbury – 5/20, 65 yards, INT Top rushers OSU – Chad Paulson – 21 rushes, 149 yards ORE – Donovan Moore – 11 rushes, 48 yards Top receivers OSU – Maurice Wilson – 2 receptions, 29 yards, TD ORE – Juan Shedrick – 2 receptions, 34 yards

Oregon State carried its seniors off the field, a motivational ploy practiced by head coach Jerry Pettibone during the week.

References

1. Conrad, John (November 24, 1991). "Ducks hit rock bottom with loss to OSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
2. "Beavers snap skid, win Civil War". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 24, 1991. p. 6B.
3. DeLassus, David. . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved March 14, 2013.