1977 Oregon State Beavers football team

1977 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	2–9 (0–7 Pac-8)
Head coach	Craig Fertig (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Kopay (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ray Braun (2nd season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium

1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Washington $		6	–	1					8	–	4
No. 15 Stanford		5	–	2					9	–	3
No. 13 USC		5	–	2					8	–	4
California		3	–	4					7	–	4
Washington State		3	–	4					6	–	5
Oregon		1	–	6					2	–	9
Oregon State		0	–	7					2	–	9
UCLA †		0	–	2					0	–	4
$ – Conference champion † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Pac-8,, and were outscored 303 to 173. The team played its five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Syracuse*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 24–12	20,540
September 17	No. 2 USC	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 10–17	31,143
September 24	at Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 31–33	57,535
October 1	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	L 10–41	82,865
October 8	No. 13 BYU*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 24–19	33,965
October 15	at No. 20 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 17–41	33,400
October 22	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 6–14	46,677
October 29	Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 7–26	20,196
November 5	Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 10–24	22,657
November 12	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 18–48	35,529
November 19	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	L 16–28	34,068
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1977 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 90 Terry Beck Fr WR 44 Steve Coury So G 64 Kevin Donaghue So RB 32 James Fields Jr WR 7 Dwayne Hall Sr QB 12 Jeff Hammermeister Sr OT 70 Gordy Neumann Sr QB 19 John Norman Jr C 58 Jim Walker Sr OT 74 Vern Ward Sr QB 17 Dave White Sr G 63 Larry Winkler Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 57 Gene Dales Sr DB 24 Rob Emmons So DT 72 Troy Guscik Sr CB 34 Lenny Holmes Jr CB 23 Kerry Justin Sr DT 66 Greg Marshall Sr LB 59 Kent Peyton Jr DL 61 Tom Schillinger So DE 93 Clarence Smithey Sr FS 25 Dan Wells So DT 88 Jerry Wilkinson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Craig Fertig (2nd year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Tony Kopay (OC) Ray Braun (DC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt