Beavers Open 2019 Season On Friday

GAME 1: OREGON STATE VS. OKLAHOMA STATE
August 30, 2019 • Corvallis, Ore. • Reser Stadium • 7:35 p.m. PT • FS1

TV/Radio/Internet
Television: FS1
Play-By-Play: Justin Kutcher
Analyst: Petros Papadakis
Analyst: Shane Vereen
Radio: Beaver Sports Network (TuneIn)
Play-By-Play: Mike Parker
Analyst: Jim Wilson
Sideline: Ron Callan
Pre-Game: Steve Preece
Satellite Radio: 119 (SIRIUS), 197 (XM), 959 (Internet)
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The Game
- Oregon State opens its 2019 season Friday when hosting Oklahoma State at Reser Stadium. It's the first ever matchup between the teams.
- The game will air live on FS1 with a kickoff time of 7:35 p.m. PT.
- The Beavers are opening a season at home for the first time since 2015 when Oregon State defeated Weber State, 26-7.
- Every game this season can be heard live via the TuneIn application, which is available online and on smartphones and tablets. To find the game, once the app has been downloaded, search "Beaver Sports Network."
- The game marks the start of year two for head coach Jonathan Smith.
- Oregon State opens a season in August for the ninth time, all since 2002.

Battle Of The Orange & Black
- Friday's game marks the first ever between the teams.
- The teams are also set to open the 2020 season in Stillwater, on Sept. 5.
- Oklahoma State was chosen to finish fifth in the Big XII's preseason coaches poll. The Cowboys finished the 2018 season with a 7-6 record and 38-33 win over Missouri in the Autozone Libery Bowl.
- The Beavers are 9-12 all-time versus current members of the Big XII.
- Oklahoma State is the first Big XII foe on OSU's schedule since the 2012 Valero Alamo Bowl (Texas) and the first in a regular season game since 1998 vs. Baylor at what was then known as Parker (Reser) Stadium. The Beavers won that game, 27-17.
- Oregon State, Oregon (vs. Auburn at Arlington, Texas) and Stanford (vs. Northwestern) are the only Pac-12 teams to open the year against a Power 5 Conference opponent.

A Look Ahead
- The Beavers head to Honolulu for a matchup with Hawai'i following Oregon State's game with Oklahoma State. Kickoff is slated for 9 p.m. PT (6 p.m. in Hawai'i).
- The game will not be broadcast on television in Oregon, but it will air live on Facebook.com. A link will be available by visiting Facebook.com/BeaverFootball on the day of the game. Those who live in Hawai'i can catch the game on Spectrum Sports.
- Hawai'i opened the season Aug. 24 against Arizona, winning 45-38, and has a bye this week.
- The teams have met 10 times previously, most recently in 2014 in Honolulu, a 38-30 Oregon State win. The Beavers hold a 7-3 all-time lead in the series, and have won four straight matchups dating back to 2006.
- The Beavers played Hawai'i in the 1999 Oahu Bowl, a 23-17 loss. Head coach Jonathan Smith, then a Beaver quarterback, was 19-of-40 passing for 269 yards in that game.

From Year One To Year Tw
- Friday's game marks year two of the Jonathan Smith era as the team's head coach. Smith was hired as Oregon State's head coach in December of 2017.

- The Beavers return nine of their 10 assistant coaches under Smith from year one. Blue Adams joined the program from South Florida in January, replacing secondary coach Greg Burns.
- Year one saw Oregon State gain 4,857 yards offensively, the third-most by a Beaver team in a 12-game season.
- The team's 313 points a year ago also marked the fifth-best OSU total in a 12-game season.
- The Beavers committed just 67 penalties in Smith's first year, the team's lowest since 1994.
- Oregon State players earned 23 all-academic honors from the Pac-12 in Smith's first season. Senior wide receiver Timmy Hernandez also earned Academic All-America honors from CoSIDA, becoming the first Beaver to earn that recognition in two decades.

Season Openers

- Oregon State is 64-50-8 (.557) in season-opening games dating back to 1893 when defeating Albany College, 62-0.
- Oregon State has gone 10-9 in season openers dating back to the 2000 season.

News, Notes And More

- Twitter.com/BeaverFootball is still the program's main Twitter handle, but the Twitter.com/BeaverFBNews was in the offseason.
- Follow @BeaverFBNews for news, pre-game and in-game notes and more. The handle will post in-game news and scoring information as it happens.

Smith's Staff

- Head coach Jonathan Smith's staff remained largely intact from a year ago as nine of the team's 10 assistant coaches are back for the second consecutive season.
- Blue Adams is the lone newcomer, joining the program from South Florida. The secondary coach has also served as an assistant coach at West Virginia, with the Miami Dolphins, and Northern Iowa.
- Adams was a four-year letterwinner at Cincinnati and a seventh-round selection by the Detroit Lions in the 2003 NFL Draft.
- Offensive Coordinator Brian Lindgren and defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar will both be in the booth during games this season, which was the case in 2018 as well.

Speaking Of Year Two

- Also in his second year at Oregon State is running back Jermar Jefferson, the 2018 Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year.
- Jefferson, also named a Freshman All-American, finished sixth in school history with 1,380 rushing yards a year ago. He broke the school's record for freshmen.
- Jefferson's 254 rushing yards at Arizona State mark the second-best single-game effort in program history.

Preseason Pac-12
- Gus Lavaka, Isaiah Hodgins and Jermar Jefferson were all named preseason Second-Team All-Pac-12 by the conference's media. Daniel Rodriguez was named honorable mention.
- Pro Football Focus, meanwhile, has Lavaka and Hodgins as preseason first-team selections with Jefferson and Trevon Bradford as second-teamers. The Beavers are one of three teams with two or more first-team offensive selections, including Washington and Oregon.
- Forty-five of Hodgins' 59 receptions a year ago ended as either a first down or a touchdown.

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Players Mentioned

Trevon Bradford

Timmy Hernandez

Isaiah Hodgins

Jermar Jefferson

Gus Lavaka

Daniel Rodriguez