Beavers Set To Battle Bruins
OSU looks to bounce back against UCLA at home.
Oct. 2, 2002
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CROWD: All Oregon State games are sold out at Reser Stadium (35,362). The Beavers are expecting a crowd in excess of 36,000. OSU will be playing before its 13th consecutive sellout.
TELEVISION: The game will be televised live, starting at 12:30 p.m. PDT, over ABC with Keith Jackson (play-by-play), Dan Fouts (analyst) and Todd Harris (sideline) calling the action. The live telecast will be shown regionally. The game will also be rebroadcast on Fox Sports Net NW on Sunday (Oct. 6) from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m., with Scott Lynn (play-by-play) and Steve Preece (analyst) calling the action.
OSU STREAKS: Oregon State is on a one-game losing streak overall. The Beavers have a seven-game winning streak at Reser Stadium, a two-game Pacific-10 Conference losing streak and a one-game road losing streak. Oregon State is 28-12 (.700) in its last 40 games and has won 19 of its last 21 (.905) home games. The Beavers' 6-0 record at Reser Stadium in 2000 is the most wins ever in one season at home. OSU was 5-1 at Reser Stadium in 1999, 4-1 in 2001 and 3-0 so far in 2002. Oregon State is 20-8 (.714) in the current decade. The Beavers did not win 20 games in the 1990s until October 3, 1998.
BEAVERS SOLD OUT OF SEASON TICKETS: Oregon State sold out its entire allotment of 2002 season tickets (23,000) on July 18. The Beavers also sold out the 2001 season. OSU officially sold out all 23,011 available season tickets in 2001 by July 16, two days earlier than this year. The Beavers sold 14,700 season tickets in 2000 and 11,500 in 1999.
OSU-UCLA SERIES: Oregon State and UCLA have met 52 times previously with the Bruins holding a 35-13-4 overall lead in the series. UCLA has a one-game lead in the series as a result of defeating the Beavers 38-7 at Corvallis last year. Last year's Bruins' victory stopped a two-game OSU win streak. All told, OSU is 7-10-1 against the Bruins at Corvallis. The Beavers' Dennis Erickson is 3-1 vs. UCLA as a head coach, while the Bruins' Bob Toledo is 3-2 vs. Oregon State.
RADIO: Oregon State will have a 29-station radio network for the 2002 season. The Beavers' football network is produced by Beaver Sports Properties, a division of Learfield Communications. Mike Parker and Bob Grim will call the action from the booth and Michael Convery of KEX will continue as the sideline reporter. The entire network pregame show will air two hours prior to kickoff, home and away. The pregame show will start two hours prior to kickoff with Scott Lynn (KEX Sports Director) hosting the show. In addition, KEJO (1240 AM) radio in Corvallis will also host a pregame show from Reser Stadium starting four hours prior to kickoff for home games and four hours prior to road games from the studio with Doug Blair and Jon Warren announcing. The games can also be heard over OSU's website (
http://www.osubeavers.com).
OSU INJURY REPORT: (OUT)-Henry Anderson, DT (broken right forearm); Dan Rothwell, DE (left knee surgery, ACL, MCL); Brian Kilkenny, LT (left fibular fracture); Lee Davis, LT (ACL, right knee) and Deondre Alexander, WR (right shoulder). (Probable)-Ryan Cozzetto, FS (concussion).
GIANT KILLERS REUNION: The coaching staff and players of Oregon State's 1967 football squad, know as the "Giant Killers" will celebrate their 35th reunion at Corvallis this weekend. Dee Andros was head coach of the '67 Beavers. The 1967 Oregon State team finished with a 7-2-1 record, but was not able to play in a bowl game as only the conference champion played in the Rose Bowl. During the '67 season, OSU defeated #2 ranked Purdue on the road 22-14 on Oct. 21. The Beavers two weeks later tied #2 ranked UCLA 16-16 in Los Angeles. The following week, Nov. 11, OSU defeated #1 ranked USC 3-0 at then Parker Stadium in Corvallis. USC went on to win the Rose Bowl and National championship.
NOTES FROM OSU-USC GAME: Coach Dennis Erickson suffered the first regular season shutout of his coaching career when USC posted a 22-0 victory over Oregon State. The only other time an Erickson coach team has been shut out was during his tenure at Miami. The Hurricanes were blanked 29-0 by Arizona in the 1993 Fiesta Bowl.
Punter Carl Tobey had a career-long punt of 63 yards vs. USC, which equaled the 17th longest punt in OSU history.
Redshirt freshman tackle Jake Pratt from Salem's Sprague High School saw his first collegiate action in the USC game at left tackle after Lee Davis suffered a ACL injury to his right knee. Pratt becomes the third player this season to play left tackle for the Beavers.
DENNIS ERICKSON SEVENTH ON ACTIVE WINNING LIST: Dennis Erickson, Montana State, '69, is in his fourth season as Oregon State's head coach. He posted a 7-5 record in his first year, 1999, stopping a 28-year string of losing seasons for the Beavers. He led OSU to an 11-1 record in 2000, the best record in school history. His record was 5-6 in 2001 and he is 4-1 so far in 2002. The 2001 season amounted to only Erickson's second losing season in 16 years as a collegiate head coach. In four seasons, he has produced a record of 27-13 (.675) in his Beaver career. Erickson is 12-1 at OSU in regular season non-conference games. Erickson ranks seventh as the winningest Division 1-A active college head coach with five or more years of service as a head coach. As a collegiate head coach, Erickson is 14-3 in season openers. He has a winning percentage of .724 (140-53-1). He is seventh on the all-time active coaches winning percentage list at .724, just slightly behind No. 6, R.C. Slocum of Texas A&M (.738). Erickson is ninth among active Division 1-A college coaches for total victories with 140. Erickson produced a 32-15 record in four years as head coach at Idaho (1982-85); 6-6 as head coach at Wyoming (1986); 12- 10-1 in two years at Washington State (1987-88); 63-9-0 in six years at Miami (1989-94) and now 27-13 at Oregon State. Dennis was head coach of the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL (1995-98) and produced a four-year record of 31-33-0. Erickson has been named Coach of the Year in three of the four conferences he has coached in--Big Sky, Pac-10 and Big East. He was named Coach of the Year in the Pac-10 for the 2000 season, making him one of two coaches in conference history to win the honor at two different schools (he also won the award at WSU in 1988). Erickson was named national Coach of the Year by the Sporting News following the 2000 season. He also was one of three finalists for the Football Writers Association Coach of the Year Award and one of six finalists for the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award in 2000. He was selected Coach of the Year by CNNSI.com and by BCSfootball.com in 2000. Erickson was one of five finalists for Coach of the Year honors by The Football News in 1999 and one of 16 finalist for national Coach of the Year honors by the Associated Press.
SEIGLER TOP POINT PRODUCER AMONG DEFENSIVE STARTERS: Junior linebacker Richard Seigler is the top career point producer among the OSU defensive starters with 780 points, which currently ranks 18th on the Beavers' career list. After 40 games in his career, Dennis Weathersby has broken up 48 passes, which is an OSU career record. Weathersby broke up 17 passes as a freshman when he named a freshman All-American. He broke up 13 passes as a sophomore, 14 as a junior in 2001 and four so far in 2002. Weathersby was a preseason Playboy All-American heading into the 2001 season and was selected second team All-American by The Sporting News.
SEIGLER MOVES INTO 18th PLACE ON OSU CAREER DEFENSIVE LIST: Richard Seigler has produced 780 career defensive points on the Beavers' scoring system which puts him 18th on the career list. He needs 10 more points to overtake Michael Hale.
BIG PLAY BEAVERS: Oregon State has certainly brought the "Big Play" back to the Beavers' arsenal in 2002. OSU accounted for 10 plays of over 25 yards against Eastern Kentucky in OSU's season opener. The Beavers produced nine "Big Plays" against UNLV and 10 against Fresno State. OSU had only three such plays at USC. Derek Anderson was involved in six of the big plays against the Colonels and seven vs. the Rebels. He had an 80-yard TD pass to slot receiver Kenny Farley against Eastern Kentucky. Oregon State did not generate a "Big Play" in the victory over Temple as the Owls' defense was particularly designed to stop long pass plays by the Beavers. OSU has produced a total of 32 "Big Plays" so far in 2002. Anderson has been involved in 17 of the Big Plays.
OSU REMAINS SOLID IN THE RED ZONE: After four games, Oregon State has scored 16 times on 19 trips into the red zone (20-yard line to end zone). OSU was stopped late in the fourth quarter in the red zone against Eastern Kentucky when Coach Dennis Erickson elected to keep the ball on the ground and was running out the clock. The Beavers missed a 31-yard field goal attempt against Temple for their second failed attempt and was running out the clock vs. Fresno State for the third failed attempt. OSU held Eastern Kentucky to a field goal on two trips into the red zone and Temple was unsuccessful on its only venture into the red zone. USC scored a pair of touchdowns and added a pair of field goals in six attempts in the red zone vs. OSU The field goal by Eastern Kentucky came after an OSU fumble and the Beavers held EKU to zero yards on three attempts.
JAMES NEWSON, FL: Junior flanker James Newson got his 2002 season off to a flying start by scoring OSU's first touchdown of the season, a 43-yard pass from Derek Anderson. (Eastern Kentucky)-James caught three passes for 73 yards (24.3 average) and one touchdown in the season opener, including the first touchdown of the year for the Beavers. (Temple)-James caught a career-high nine passes vs. Temple for 77 yards and two touchdowns. He was bothered by leg cramps in the second half and saw limited action. He caught only two passes in the second half. (UNLV)-James caught seven passes for 167 yards vs. UNLV, including a 28-yard TD pass. He also had catches of 38, 32 and 31 yards. The 167 reception yards ranks as the fourth-highest single-game total in school history. Incidentally, Newson also holds third place (190 yards vs. Northern Arizona, 2001) and fifth place (166 yards vs. California, 2001). (Fresno State)-James caught three passes for 47 yards and one touchdown, a 12-yader from Derek Anderson. He had a long reception of 21 yards. He extended his streak of having caught at least one pass in a game to 16 games. He has caught at least one touchdown pass in all four games this year. (USC)- James caught three passes for 15 yards vs. the Trojans. (Season)-James is seventh in the Pac-10 and 42nd nationally with 5.0 receptions per game (25 total). He his sixth in the Pac-10 and 44th nationally in yards per game with a 75.8 average. He ranks 19th in the Pac-10 in all-purpose running. (Career)--James has caught 83 career passes for 1,361 yards, an average of 16.4 per catch and 10 touchdowns. He ranks 13th on OSU's career receiving list. Eight more reception puts him into 12th place, passing Lee Overton on the all-time list. Newson has caught passes in 17 straight games. In 2001, he caught 57 passes for 968 yards, an average of 17.0 per catch, and five TD passes. His 57 receptions ranked eighth on OSU's all-time single-season receiving chart and his 968 yards is the second most ever by a Beaver receiver in a season. James had the best yardage receiving day of his OSU career to date against Northern Arizona in 2001. Newson caught seven passes for 190 yards, the third highest single-game yardage output in Beaver history. In a three-game stretch last year (Arizona State, California and USC), James combined to catch 22 passes for 374 yards (17.0 average) and a pair of touchdowns. He produced career bests two games in a row against ASU and Cal. James posted then career bests for catches (eight) and yardage (112) against Arizona State (Oct. 20, 2001) and came back with eight catches against California and then a new career best of 166 yards in receiving. The 166 yards amounts to the fourth best mark in OSU history, topped only Robb Thomas' school record 220 yards and Roddy Tompkins 210 yards at Washington in 1998 and Newson's 190 vs. NAU. Newson averaged 5.2 receptions per game in 2001, which ranked second in the Pac-10 and tied for 47th nationally. He finished fourth in the Pac-10 in receiving yardage with an average of 88.0 yards per game, and that ranked 23rd nationally.
DEREK ANDERSON, QB: Sophomore quarterback Derek Anderson has completed 85 of 153 passes in five games and has thrown 15 touchdown passes. He threw 109 passes before he threw his first interception of the season on his 110th attempt. He was last intercepted on his final throw of the 2001 season against Northern Arizona. He was chasing the OSU record of 170 passes thrown without an interception by Terrance Bryant in 1998. After five games, Anderson ranks third in the Pac-10 and ninth nationally in passing efficiency at 156.93. He ranks sixth in the Pac-10 and 41st nationally in completions per game with 17.0 average. He ranks fifth in the Pac-10 and 30th nationally in total offense with 242.0 yards per game average. Derek leads the Pac-10 and ranks fourth nationally in points responsible for with 19.2 per game. Derek has completed 15 touchdown passes to eight different receivers. His 15 touchdown passes leads the Pac-10 and also ties him for fifth place on the Beavers' all-time single-season list. (Eastern Kentucky)--Anderson had a huge first game for Oregon State in his first collegiate start. Anderson completed 15 of 26 passes for 345 yards and three touchdowns. His efficiency rating is 207.33 after one game. Anderson's 345 passing yards against Eastern Kentucky is the 10th best in school history. His 332 yards in total offense is the 12th best in school history. He threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Farley, which ties for the fifth-longest pass play in school history and ties for the fourth-longest touchdown pass in school history. Derek was involved in several "Big Plays" of over 25 yards in the EKU contest. He connected on six pass plays of 25 yards or more, including an 80 yarder to Farley, a 43-yard scoring pass to James Newson, a 41-yard scoring pass to Jayson Boyd and non-scoring passes of 36 yards to Boyd, 28 to Farley and 25 to Farley. (Temple)-Derek completed 33 of 51 passes for 286 yards and four touchdowns against the Owls without an interception. He accounted for 297 yards in total offense on 53 plays. The last time an OSU quarterback completed four touchdown passes in a game was Jonathan Smith vs. UCLA in 2000. The school record is five TD passes in a game by Erik Wilhelm vs. Akron. Anderson's 286 yards passing is the 31st best single-game mark and his 297 yards in total offense also ranks 31st on the Beavers' single-game list. (UNLV)-Derek had the best game of his young career against UNLV. He completed 20 of 26 passes for 356 yards and five touchdowns and accounted for 360 yards in total offense and was responsible for six touchdowns (he ran for one touchdown). The 356 yards passing was the sixth-highest single-game total in school history. The 360 yards in total offense ranks as the eighth highest total in school history. Derek tied a school record with four touchdown passes in the first half, matching the mark set by Scott Richardson vs. Washington State in 1979. The five touchdown passes ties the school record for touchdown passes in a game, matching the mark set by Erik Wilhelm against Akron in 1987. Anderson had seven pass completions over 28 yards in the contest. (Fresno State)-Derek completed 9 of 20 passes for 214 yards and three touchdowns. He threw his first interception of the season after 109 attempts without a pick. He had 176 yards in total offense. He had three pass completions over 30 yards vs. the Bulldogs. (USC)-Derek had a tough day against USC, completing only 8 of 30 passes for 80 yards and no touchdowns. He was limited to 45 yards in total offense on 31 plays. He was sacked five times. He was also the victim of several dropped passes by OSU receivers. (Career numbers)--In his 10-game career to date, Anderson has completed 102 of 194 passes for 1,544 yards, 16 touchdowns and has thrown four interceptions. He has accounted for 1,448 yards (144.8 average) in total offense on 216 plays. He has already moved into sixth place on the OSU career list for touchdown passes thrown with 16.
STEVEN JACKSON, TB: Sophomore tailback Steven Jackson opened the season with two-straight 100-yard rushing games before being held to 51 yards against UNLV. Jackson came back with a career-high 227 yards vs. Fresno State, the fifth best single-game rushing mark in OSU history. He followed with 67 yards at USC. Jackson leads the Pacific-10 Conference in rushing with a 120.6 average per game and ranks 15th nationally. Jackson ranks fourth in the Pac-10 in all-purpose running with 124.2 average and is 52nd nationally. He is tied for 15th in the Pac-10 in scoring with 30 points. (Eastern Kentucky)-Jackson's first game as a starter was huge. Jackson ran for 141 yards on 21 carries against Eastern Kentucky and scored a pair of touchdowns. He had long runs of 29 yards and 17 yards for a touchdown. Jackson's 141 yards rushing ranks as the 49th best game in school history for individual rushing. The EKU game was Jackson's second career 100-yard rushing game. (Temple)-Jackson rushed for 117 yards vs. Temple, his second straight 100-yard rushing game of the season. He had a long run of 21 yards. He also caught his first pass of the season, giving him 127 all-purpose yards. (UNLV)-Steven rushed for 51 yards on 17 carries vs. UNLV and he caught three passes for 11 yards and a touchdown, his first touchdown receiving this year. (Fresno State)-Steven rushed for a career high 227 yards vs. Fresno State and scored two touchdowns. The 227-yard rushing effort is the fifth-best single-season mark in OSU history. He scored on a career best 75 yard run, which equals the 12th longest run from scrimmage in Beaver history. He was selected as the Offensive Player of the Week in the Pacific-10 Conference for his efforts vs. Fresno State. (USC)-Steven carried the ball 15 times vs. USC for a net 67 yards, including runs of 25 and 21 yards. He had 16 all-purpose plays for 64 yards. (Career information)-Jackson rushed for 113 yards vs. USC as a freshman in 2001, his only other 100-yard game. He has posted four 100-yard games in 15 games played at OSU, including his first two starts this year. Jackson has accounted for 997 yards rushing in 15 career games. He has scored 72 career points. He has 1,296 career all-purpose yards, an average of 86.4 per game.
RICHARD SEIGLER, MLB: Richard Seigler, junior middle linebacker, is eighth in the Pac-10 tackles with a 7.8 average. Seigler is ninth in the Pac-10 for tackles for loss with seven (five solo and two assisted). Seigler, the Beavers' top defensive point producer in 2001, opened the 2002 campaign with another solid performance. Seigler produced 40 defensive points vs. Eastern Kentucky with seven tackles (six solo), one tackle for loss, a quarterback hurry and a pass interception that he returned 32 yards to set up an OSU touchdown in the second quarter. Temple-Seigler topped OSU in point production against Temple with 38 points, coming on 13 tackles (five solo) and three tackles for loss. UNLV-Seigler produced 27 defensive points against UNLV with seven tackles (five solo) and he record
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