Beavers Head To Colorado Springs For First Ever Meeting With Air Force

Saturday, November 16

USAF Academy, Colo.

12:30 PM

Oregon State

Air Force

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Beavers Head To Colorado Springs For First Ever Meeting With Air Force

November 11, 2024 | Football

Oregon State Game Notes Head Coach Trent Bray Press Conference

By: Athletic Communications

GAME 10: OREGON STATE VS. AIR FORCE
Nov. 16, 2024 • Colorado Springs, Colo. • Falcon Stadium • 12:30 p.m. PT • CBS Sports Network

Game Notes
• Oregon State makes its first trip in the month of November Saturday when the Beavers visit Air Force in Colorado Springs. Kickoff at Falcon Stadium is slated for 12:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. in Colorado).
• The game will air live on the CBS Sports Network. Jordan Kent (play-by-play), Logan Ryan (analyst) and Tina Cervasio (sideline) will call the action.
• The game will air live on the Beaver Sports Radio Network. For a list of affiliates, turn to page two of these notes.
• Every game this season can be heard live on the Varsity Network, a free application available via computer browsers, smartphones and tablets. After downloading the application, search for Oregon State.
• The teams are meeting for the first time ever.

Oregon State By The Numbers
6 - Scoring drives by the Beavers that have ended with less than a minute left in the first half of games this season.
14 - Rushing scores for Anthony Hankerson this season, tying him with Jacquizz Rodgers for seventh at OSU.
16 - OSU conversions on fourth, in 28 attempts. The Beavers rank sixth nationally for total conversions. The team's 28 total attempts rank fifth.
35:06 - Oregon State's average time of possession, which leads the nation.
53 - Career starts for Joshua Gray, who was recently invited to the East-West Shrine Game. The 53 starts are an OSU career record.
62 - Catches for Trent Walker this season. He needs eight for the 15th 70-yard reception season ever by a Beaver.
151 - Yards receiving on 11 catches by Walker against SJSU, both career highs.
219 - First downs by the Beavers, compared to 179 by opponents. OSU has 116 by rush.
870 - Total rush yards by Hankerson, just under 97 per game.

Against Air Force
• Oregon State and Air Force are meeting for the first time.
• The Beavers last traveled to the state of Colorado in 2023, defeating Colorado, 26-19, at Folsom Field in Boulder.

On This Date
• Oregon State has played on Nov. 16 14 times leading up to Saturday's matchup.
• The Beavers are 5-9 on the date, most recently defeating Arizona State, 35-14, in 2019 in Corvallis.

Notes From The Game Vs. SJSU
• Anthony Hankerson recorded his fourth 100-yard effort of the season, tallying 121 yards and a touchdown.
• Trent Walker set a career-high with 11 catches for 151 yards. He surpassed 100 yards receiving for the first time in his career.
• OSU had a 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in the same game for the first time since Sept. 11, 2021 versus Hawai'i. B.J. Baylor rushed for 171 yards and Anthony Gould tallied 119 receiving yards in that game.
• Joshua Gray extended his OSU career record for starts to 53.
• Ben Gulbranson made his 10th career start and first since the 2023 Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl. It was his first start at Reser Stadium since the 2022 Beavers' win over Oregon.
• Gulbranson's first pass went for 38 yards to Jermaine Terry II. It immediately became his longest pass completion of the season. He later completed a 43-yarder to Walker.
Gulbranson threw for 292 yards, a career-high.
• San Jose State turned the ball over on downs on its first drive of the game, snapping a three-game opening-drive scoring streak by Oregon State opponents.
• Hankerson scored his 14th rushing touchdown of the season in the first half. That ties him with Jacquizz Rodgers (2010) for seventh-most in a single season at Oregon State.
• Hankerson's first-half score came with 36 seconds left in the first half. It marked the sixth Beaver score with under a minute remaining in the first half this season.
• Nikko Taylor blocked a 26-yard field goal attempt by San Jose State to end the first half. It was the first field goal block by a Beaver since Teagan Quitoriano versus Stanford on Nov. 13, 2021.
• Sailasa Vadrawale III intercepted his first career pass in the third quarter.
• Everett Hayes recorded his first multi field goal game of the season. His 45-yard make in the first quarter marked a season-long, surpassing a 44-yarder against Colorado State.
• Oregon State had the ball for nearly 40 minutes at 39:45. It marked the eighth instance of having possession for over half of the game.
• Jaden Robinson played for the first time since late September against Purdue and was second on the team with four tackles.
• Thomas Collins saw his first action since Oct. 5 versus Colorado State and had a tackle.
• Zakaih Saez made two tackles in his first appearance since Oct. 5 against Colorado State.
• The Beaver offense did not have a 3-and-out for the second time this season. The first came in the 2024 opener versus Idaho State.

Hankerson Nearing 1k
• Anthony Hankerson posted his fourth 100-yard effort of the season, totaling 121 on 30 carries against San Jose State.
• Hankerson, in his first season with the Beavers, is looking for the 19th 1,000-yard rushing season in Oregon State. He is close, at 870 on the season.
• That tally ranks Hankerson 25th nationally while his yardage per game, at 96.7, ranks 23rd.
• He came into the season with 593 yards over 20 games in two seasons at Colorado.

Hankerson Ties Quizz
• Anthony Hankerson has scored at least one touchdown in eight of the team's nine games this season, with the lone shutout coming against California on Oct. 26.
• In fact, he's totaled two or more in five of the nine games this season and four straight in games against Oregon, Purdue, Colorado State and Nevada.
• His touchdown against the Spartans marked the 14th of the season, moving him into a tie with Jacquizz Rodgers (2010) for seventh in the OSU record book.

Walker Notable Note
• Trent Walker tallied 11 receptions for 151 yards against the Spartans, both career highs.
• The 11 catches tied Walker for the 12th-most ever by a Beaver, while his 151 yards place him 40th.
• The 11 receptions also marked the most by a Beaver since Isaiah Hodgins had 11 versus Colorado in 2018.
• Walker, meanwhile, reached 62 receptions on the year, becoming the first Beaver since Hodgins to surpass 60. Hodgins had 86 in 2019.
• Walker is also within range of 1,000 yards receiving on the year, entering Saturday's matchup with 677. There have been just 13 1,000-yard receiving seasons in OSU history. The last? Hodgins with 1,171 in 2019.
• Walker is also closing in on the 15th 70-catch season in OSU history.

Closing Out The First Half
• Anthony Hankerson scored against San Jose State with 36 seconds remaining in the first half this past Saturday.
• It marked the sixth time in nine games this season that OSU has scored a touchdown or field goal in the last minute of the first half.
• Five of the six drives have gone for at least 10 plays.
• The games OSU failed to do so include San Diego State, UNLV and California.