OSU at Minnesota game notes
September 01, 2016 | Football
September 1, 2016
TCF Bank Stadium
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Game Notes
·        Weather at kickoff was 72 degrees with a slight breeze.
·        The game aired on the Big Ten Network.
·        The Beavers wore white helmets with white jerseys and black pants.Â
·        The game marked the first time OSU opened the season on the road against a Power 5 Conference school since playing at Stanford Aug. 28, 2008. The Beavers hadn't played a non-Pac-12 Power 5 conference school on the road to open the season since Sept. 4, 2004 at LSU.
·        Minnesota returns to Corvallis to complete the two-game contract Sept. 9, 2017.
·        Oregon State's travel roster (suited) included 20 freshmen (7 true), 18 sophomores, 23 juniors and 13 seniors.
·        Pac-12 officiating crew with Big Ten replay officials.
·        OSU won coin toss and elected to kickoff.
·        OSU started its first two drives at its own 1-yard line and 11-yard line.
·        The initial first down of the game came on a targeting penalty against Minnesota at the 9:26 mark of the first quarter.
·        Minnesota's first two touchdowns came after Beaver fumbles.
·        OSU scored its first safety since the 2014 Civil War.
·        OSU converted over 50 percent of its third down attempts (10-19); it never reached that mark last year.
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Oregon State Individual Notes
·        QB Darell Garretson made his first start for the Beavers after making 11 starts at Utah State during the 2014 and '15 seasons.
·        OSU had five first time starters who had never played a down for the Beavers: Defense -- Elu Aydon, Xavier Crawford. Offense – Blake Brandel, Yanni Demogerontes and Darell Garretson.
·        Darell Garretson first completed pass of his Beaver career came at the 8:15 mark to Ryan Nall for 31 yards and the first non-penalty first down of the game.
·        Seth Collins stepped in at QB (shotgun) at the 9:26 mark of the first quarter as Darell Garretson positioned himself at WR. Garretson returned to QB the following play. Collins played QB a total of six snaps
·        The first TD of the 2016 season came at the 5:52 mark of the first quarter, a 6-yard pass from Garretson to TE Noah Togiai. The 89-yard scoring drive was the second-longest in the Gary Andersen Beaver coaching era (98-yard drive vs. Oregon in '15).
·        True-freshman Artavis Pierce carried the ball for the first time in his college career at the 11:56 mark of the second quarter for two yards.
·        Tim Cook's first Beaver rush came on the first play from scrimmage in the second half for two yards. Then he caught his first pass for TD –12 yards at the 2:30 mark of third quarter.
·       WR Victor Bolden Jr. moved into 16th position on the all-time receiving yards list with 1,353. He passed Tim Euhus (1,346) and Greg Ainsworth (1,349).
·        Victor Bolden Jr.'s 30-yard TD reception in the second quarter marks the third-longest scoring pass in the Gary Andersen era.
·        Ryan Navarro recovered the first opponent turnover of the season – at the 4:03 mark of the third quarter – on a bobbled fielding of a punt. It led to Cook's TD reception.
·        Noke Tago made his first tackle since 2013. Due to injuries he played in only one game last year and just five games over the last two seasons.
TCF Bank Stadium
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Game Notes
·        Weather at kickoff was 72 degrees with a slight breeze.
·        The game aired on the Big Ten Network.
·        The Beavers wore white helmets with white jerseys and black pants.Â
·        The game marked the first time OSU opened the season on the road against a Power 5 Conference school since playing at Stanford Aug. 28, 2008. The Beavers hadn't played a non-Pac-12 Power 5 conference school on the road to open the season since Sept. 4, 2004 at LSU.
·        Minnesota returns to Corvallis to complete the two-game contract Sept. 9, 2017.
·        Oregon State's travel roster (suited) included 20 freshmen (7 true), 18 sophomores, 23 juniors and 13 seniors.
·        Pac-12 officiating crew with Big Ten replay officials.
·        OSU won coin toss and elected to kickoff.
·        OSU started its first two drives at its own 1-yard line and 11-yard line.
·        The initial first down of the game came on a targeting penalty against Minnesota at the 9:26 mark of the first quarter.
·        Minnesota's first two touchdowns came after Beaver fumbles.
·        OSU scored its first safety since the 2014 Civil War.
·        OSU converted over 50 percent of its third down attempts (10-19); it never reached that mark last year.
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Oregon State Individual Notes
·        QB Darell Garretson made his first start for the Beavers after making 11 starts at Utah State during the 2014 and '15 seasons.
·        OSU had five first time starters who had never played a down for the Beavers: Defense -- Elu Aydon, Xavier Crawford. Offense – Blake Brandel, Yanni Demogerontes and Darell Garretson.
·        Darell Garretson first completed pass of his Beaver career came at the 8:15 mark to Ryan Nall for 31 yards and the first non-penalty first down of the game.
·        Seth Collins stepped in at QB (shotgun) at the 9:26 mark of the first quarter as Darell Garretson positioned himself at WR. Garretson returned to QB the following play. Collins played QB a total of six snaps
·        The first TD of the 2016 season came at the 5:52 mark of the first quarter, a 6-yard pass from Garretson to TE Noah Togiai. The 89-yard scoring drive was the second-longest in the Gary Andersen Beaver coaching era (98-yard drive vs. Oregon in '15).
·        True-freshman Artavis Pierce carried the ball for the first time in his college career at the 11:56 mark of the second quarter for two yards.
·        Tim Cook's first Beaver rush came on the first play from scrimmage in the second half for two yards. Then he caught his first pass for TD –12 yards at the 2:30 mark of third quarter.
·       WR Victor Bolden Jr. moved into 16th position on the all-time receiving yards list with 1,353. He passed Tim Euhus (1,346) and Greg Ainsworth (1,349).
·        Victor Bolden Jr.'s 30-yard TD reception in the second quarter marks the third-longest scoring pass in the Gary Andersen era.
·        Ryan Navarro recovered the first opponent turnover of the season – at the 4:03 mark of the third quarter – on a bobbled fielding of a punt. It led to Cook's TD reception.
·        Noke Tago made his first tackle since 2013. Due to injuries he played in only one game last year and just five games over the last two seasons.
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