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Full schedule for OSU's 2007 football season released
Beavers set non-conference dates with Utah, Cincinnati and Idaho State for fall
The Daily Barometer
Issue date: 2/2/07 Section: Sports
A pair of Thursday games against 2006 bowl participants opens the season for the Oregon State University football program, as Director of Athletics Bob De Carolis announced the three non-conference dates for this fall.
The Beavers will open the season against the University of Utah Utes at Reser Stadium Thurs., Aug. 30. Oregon State has won eight of its 13 meetings with the Utes, but this will be the first contest between the two teams since 1992 at Salt Lake City. The game will feature two programs that have had tremendous success of late in postseason games; Utah won last year's Armed Forces Bowl over Tulsa to finish 8-5 and now has won six consecutive bowl games, the second-longest active streak in the nation. Oregon State, which defeated Missouri in December's Sun Bowl, has the fifth-longest bowl win streak at three. The two programs are also currently scheduled to open the 2008 season at Utah.
Oregon State will travel to the University of Cincinnati for a Thurs., Sept. 6 ESPN-televised game from Nippert Stadium. The game, slated for 4:30 p.m. PDT, will mark the first meeting between the two programs. The Bearcats of the Big East Conference finished 8-5 last season and won the inaugural International Bowl over Western Michigan. Cincinnati's biggest win of the 2006 season was at home over then-undefeated and No. 7 Rutgers. The Bearcats, with first-year head coach Brian Kelly, will return to Reser Stadium at a date to be announced.
The final non-conference game will be Sat., Sept. 15 against the Idaho State Bengals of the Big Sky Conference. ISU is under the direction of first-year head coach John Zamberlin. This will be the first meeting between the two programs.
The Pac-10 schedule, as previously announced, will begin Sat., Sept. 22 against the Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe.
"I'm excited about our schedule this season for a number of reasons," De Carolis said. "We have opportunities to showcase our program and university via national television, Reser Stadium will again have a new look, and most of all we have a solid nucleus of student-athletes returning from our Sun Bowl team. I encourage fans that have not been to a game at Reser Stadium, or haven't been recently, to join Beaver Nation and become part of the fun by purchasing season tickets."
The Beavers will open the season against the University of Utah Utes at Reser Stadium Thurs., Aug. 30. Oregon State has won eight of its 13 meetings with the Utes, but this will be the first contest between the two teams since 1992 at Salt Lake City. The game will feature two programs that have had tremendous success of late in postseason games; Utah won last year's Armed Forces Bowl over Tulsa to finish 8-5 and now has won six consecutive bowl games, the second-longest active streak in the nation. Oregon State, which defeated Missouri in December's Sun Bowl, has the fifth-longest bowl win streak at three. The two programs are also currently scheduled to open the 2008 season at Utah.
Oregon State will travel to the University of Cincinnati for a Thurs., Sept. 6 ESPN-televised game from Nippert Stadium. The game, slated for 4:30 p.m. PDT, will mark the first meeting between the two programs. The Bearcats of the Big East Conference finished 8-5 last season and won the inaugural International Bowl over Western Michigan. Cincinnati's biggest win of the 2006 season was at home over then-undefeated and No. 7 Rutgers. The Bearcats, with first-year head coach Brian Kelly, will return to Reser Stadium at a date to be announced.
The final non-conference game will be Sat., Sept. 15 against the Idaho State Bengals of the Big Sky Conference. ISU is under the direction of first-year head coach John Zamberlin. This will be the first meeting between the two programs.
The Pac-10 schedule, as previously announced, will begin Sat., Sept. 22 against the Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe.
"I'm excited about our schedule this season for a number of reasons," De Carolis said. "We have opportunities to showcase our program and university via national television, Reser Stadium will again have a new look, and most of all we have a solid nucleus of student-athletes returning from our Sun Bowl team. I encourage fans that have not been to a game at Reser Stadium, or haven't been recently, to join Beaver Nation and become part of the fun by purchasing season tickets."
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