The 2007 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University

Oregon State University

Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...

 in the college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 season of 2007-2008. The team's head coach is Mike Riley

Mike Riley

Michael Joseph "Mike" Riley is an American football coach, currently the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific-12 Conference...

. Home games are played at Reser Stadium

Reser Stadium

Reser Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. on the campus of Oregon State University. It is the home of the Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific-12 Conference. Originally opened in 1953 as Parker Stadium, the stadium was renamed in 1999, and its current...

 in Corvallis, Oregon

Corvallis, Oregon

Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462....

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Season notes

The team returned 16 starting players from the previous season and was predicted by some analyists to contend for second place in the Pac-10. They returned a majority of the defense, which was ranked second in the nation for total sacks, eighth in the nation in tackles for loss, and within the top 20 in rushing defense in the 2006-07 season. CFN picked the Beavers in their preseason top 25 and claims they are a "heavy sleeper for big things" in the 2007 season.. The Beavers ended up finishing the season 9-4, good for third place in the Pac-10, and winning the Emerald Bowl

Emerald Bowl

The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at 40,800-seat AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, in San Francisco, California, since 2002...

 21-14. Their run defense finished first in the nation for fewest rushing yards allowed per game.

Schedule

Utah

The Beavers opened the season hosting the Utah Utes

Utah Utes

The Utah Utes are the athletics teams of the University of Utah. They are named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans. The men's basketball team is known as the "Runnin' Utes"; the women's basketball team, formerly known as the "Lady Utes," now prefers to be referred to as the "Utes"; and the...

 of the Mountain West Conference

Mountain West Conference

The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...

 on a Thursday night game, the first day of the college football season. Beavers' star running back Yvenson Bernard

Yvenson Bernard

Yvenson Bernard [EVAN-son] is a professional Canadian football running back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2008...

 ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Sean Canfield completed eight of 19 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Beaver Coach Mike Riley, still trying to determine a starting quarterback, also brought in quarterback Lyle Moevao

Lyle Moevao

Lyle Moevao is a former college football quarterback for the Oregon State Beavers football team. Moevao was the starting quarterback for the Beavers for the 2008 season, throwing for 2,534 yards and 19 touchdowns with a quarterback rating of 128.41...

 to start the second quarter, though his first pass was intercepted. Alexis Serna

Alexis Serna

Alexis Serna is a free agent placekicker and punter in the Canadian Football League. He graduated from A. B. Miller High School in Fontana, California. He was the starting placekicker and punter for the Oregon State University football team, the Oregon State Beavers, from 2004-2007...

 made a 37-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter.

Cincinnati

Idaho State

Arizona State

UCLA

Arizona

California

Stanford

Southern California

Washington

Washington State

On a cold, rainy night in Pullman, Washington

Pullman, Washington

Pullman is the largest city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 24,675 at the 2000 census and 29,799 according to the 2010 census...

, the Beavers forced 8 turnovers in route to a 52-17 victory against the Cougars. Yvenson Bernard

Yvenson Bernard

Yvenson Bernard [EVAN-son] is a professional Canadian football running back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2008...

 ran for 2 touchdowns and 77 yards as Lyle Moevao played mistake free in his second career start. Alex Brink

Alex Brink

Alex Brink is a professional Canadian football quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League...

threw 5 first half interceptions as the stingy Beaver defense put pressure on him all game long.

Oregon

Beavers own the State again. James Rodgers scores on a fly sweep in double OT. OSU's stingy D stuffs Jonathan Stewart on 4th down, to clinch the first victory on enemy soil for either team since 1996.

Maryland

External links

• Preliminary 2007 Division IA Schedules