The 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jonathan Smith. The team played their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.
On August 11, the Pac-12 Conference initially canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On September 24, the conference announced that a six-game conference-only season would begin on November 6, with the Pac-12 Championship Game to be played December 18. Teams not selected for the championship game would be seeded to play a seventh game.
Preseason
Pac-12 media day
Pac-12 media poll In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Oregon State was voted to finish in last place in the North Division.
Schedule Oregon State had games scheduled against Oklahoma State, Colorado State, and Portland State, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Original 2020 Oregon State Beavers schedule Date Opponent Site September 3 at Oklahoma State* Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK September 12 Colorado State* Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR September 19 Portland State* Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR September 26 Washington State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR October 3 at Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ October 10 at Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA October 24 California Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR October 30 at Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA November 7 UCLA Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR November 14 at Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT November 21 Arizona Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR November 28 Oregon Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (rivalry)
Game summaries
Washington State
At Washington
California
Oregon
At Utah
Stanford
Players drafted into the NFL
3 99 Nahshon Wright CB Dallas Cowboys
References