Football Hosts No. 15 Oregon
November 16, 1998
SITE: Parker Stadium (35,362), Corvallis, OR
DATE: Saturday, November 21
TIME: 3:37 p.m. PST
RADIO: Live over 22-station Beaver Sports Network, starting at 12:25 p.m. PDT
TELEVISION: The OSU-Oregon game will be televised live nationally
over the Fox Sports Cable Network with Steve Physioc (play-by-play), Tom
Ramsey (color) and Paul Sunderland (sideline) announcing. The OSU-Oregon
game will also be televised on a delayed basis over Fox Sports Northwest
for replay at 11:00 a.m on Sunday with the Scott Lynn (play-by-play),
Steve Preece (color) and Todd McKim (color) announcing. The game will
also be replayed on Monday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports Northwest is
seen in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and Montana.
RECORDSOSU (4-6, 1-6) Oregon (8-2, 5-2) 48-6 NEVADA 27,426 48-41 MICHIGAN STATE 43,634 27-17 BAYLOR 26,243 33-26 at UTEP 25,906 20-40 *at USC 45,629 58- 3 SAN JOSE STATE 41,868 3-24 *at Arizona State 59,630 63-28 *STANFORD 43,948 20-16 at Utah State 11,682 38-41 (OT) *at Washington State 37,196 30-23 *at Stanford 34,298 28-16 *at UCLA 75,367 7-28 *ARIZONA 30,231 17-13 *USC 45,807 34-35 *at Washington 71,552 3-38 *at Arizona 44,931 19-20 *CALIFORNIA 23,594 27-22 *WASHINGTON 46,031 34-41 *UCLA 26,017 51-19 *ARIZONA STATE 43,723
Nov. 21 *OREGON, 3:37 PST Nov. 21 *at Oregon State
*Indicates Pacific-10 Games
CROWD: The Civil War contest between Oregon State and Oregon is sold out. Parker Stadium holds 35,362, but extra bleachers have been added to push capacity to nearly 37,000.
TELEVISION: The OSU-Oregon game will be televised live nationally over the Fox Sports Cable Network with Steve Physioc (play-by-play), Tom Ramsey (color) and Paul Sunderland (sideline) announcing. The OSU-Oregon game will also be televised on a delayed basis over Fox Sports Northwest for replay at 11:00 a.m on Sunday with the Scott Lynn (play-by-play), Steve Preece (color) and Todd McKim (color) announcing. The game will also be replayed on Monday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports Northwest is seen in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and Montana.
STREAKS: Oregon State is on a four-game losing streak overall. The Beavers have a seven-game non-conference winning streak, a three-game losing streak at Parker Stadium; a four-game Pacific-10 Conference losing streak and a one-game road losing streak. Oregon State's seven-game non-conference winning streak is the longest since winning seven straight from the 1937 season through the 1941 campaign. The Beavers will be seeking the fifth win of the season against Oregon, and the last time OSU had five wins in a season was in 1971.
INJURY UPDATE: OUT--Cornerback Sam Gage (dislocated left elbow). PROBABLE--Strong safety Armon Hatcher (ankle sprain); wide receiver Roddy Tompkins (bruised knee) and free safety Bo Marthaller (knee).
OSU-OREGON SERIES: The 1998 Civil War game will mark the 102nd game in the longest rivalry on the West Coast, in terms of games played. The first Oregon State-Oregon game was played in 1894, while California and Stanford first met in 1892. The Ducks currently lead the series 51-40-10, including a current winning streak of four games. The Beavers last victory was 15-12 at Autzen Stadium in 1993. The last OSU victory at Parker Stadium was 21-10 in 1988. Since then, Oregon has won four straight at Parker Stadium.
MIKE RILEY: Mike Riley (Alabama, '75) is in his second year as the Beavers' head coach and his second year as a collegiate head coach. Riley has a collegiate career record of 7-14 (.333). Since becoming head coach at Oregon State, Riley has not lost a non-conference game, going 6-0 in two years. With seven victories under his belt so far in his OSU head coaching career, Riley is the first Beaver head coach to record seven victories since Dee Andros in 1965 and 1966. Riley was not a rookie head coach when he accepted the OSU position in 1996 for the '77 season. Riley had six previous seasons under his belt as a professional football head coach, four at Winnipeg in the Canadian Football League and two at San Antonio of the World League of American Football. As head coach of Winnipeg, he won two Grey Cup championships. Overall, he had a combined record of 51-41-0 as a professional head coach. Riley spent four years as offensive coordinator at USC prior to becoming head coach at OSU. Riley is 0-1 vs. Oregon as the Beavers' head coach.
MIKE BELLOTTI: Oregon's Mike Bellotti is in his fourth season as the Ducks' head coach and he is 3-0 vs. Oregon State. Bellotti is currently 30-15 as Oregon's head coach. Bellotti is in his ninth season as a collegiate head coach and has posted an overall record of 53-40-2 heading into this week's game with Arizona State.
SENIORS PLAYING FINAL GAME: Oregon State has a total of 21 seniors who will be playing or making their final appearance in a Beaver uniform during the Civil War contest. The 21 Beaver seniors include Greg Ainsworth, WR, Duarte, CA; Tim Alexander, FL, Sarasota, FL; James Battle, SE, Pittsburg, CA; Jamil Braithwaite, DE, Altadena, CA; Inoke Breckterfield, DE, Kaneohe, HI; Jose Cortez, PK, North Hills, CA; Jason Dandridge, TB, Moreno Valley, CA; Matt Gartung, RT, Strathmore, CA: James Greule, DT, Orangevale, CA; Armon Hatcher, SS, Diamond Bar, CA; Andrae Holland, CB, Peoria, AZ; Bret Hopkins, punter, Bend; Bryan Jones, WLB, Arroyo Granda, CA; Joe Kuykendall, TE, Bend; Gage Oetgen, DE, Capistrano Beach, CA; Larry Ramirez, LG, Vale; Brian Rogers, SLB, Sugarland, TX; Alex Sawatzke, DE, Granda Hills, CA; Kelron Sykes, DE, Los Angeles, CA; Tyler Tomich, QB, Long Beach, CA; and DeShawn Williams, TB, Union City, CA.
REDSHIRTS DURING 1998: Oregon State has red-shirted a total of 20 players during the 1998 season, including a total of eight scholarship players. The Beavers have not played a true freshman during the 1998 season. In addition to the 20 redshirts, OSU could submit junior tailback Avery Cummings for a medical hardship redshirt year as Cummings suffered a knee injury in the season opener against Nevada and hasn't played since. The OSU list of redshirts includes the following players--Noah Acres, freshman linebacker from Corvallis; Junior Adams, freshman wide receiver from Fremont, CA; Bryan Beall, freshman kicker from San Carlos, CA; Turner Byrd, freshman wide receiver from Vancouver, WA; Mark Christensen, freshman offensive guard from LaVerne, CA; Caleb Crumrine, sophomore defensive end from Junction City; Lance Donnelly, freshman defensive end from Wilsonville; Steve Frketich, junior offensive lineman from Sherwood; Hashim Hall, freshman tailback from Portland; Dustin Janz, sophomore center from Glendora, CA; Kevin Khasigian, freshman linebacker from Elk Grove, CA; Shawn Kintner, freshman wide receiver from Keizer; Mike Kuykendall, freshman offensive tackle from Bend; Tyler Ross, freshman tight end from Lake Oswego; Deane Salter, freshman linebacker from Honolulu; Tyler Thomas, freshman quarterback from Grandview, WA; Seth Trimmer, freshman wide receiver from Corvallis; Erik Tuma, freshman linebacker from Beaverton; Dennis Weathersby, freshman cornerback from Duarte, CA; and Link Wilfley, a freshman kicker from Englewood, CO. The OSU scholarship players being redshirted include Junior Adams, Mark Christensen, Dustin Janz, Shawn Kintner, Mike Kuykendall, Tyler Thomas, Seth Trimmer and Dennis Weathersby.
OSU-OREGON LAST YEAR: Oregon scored a 48-30 victory over Oregon State at Autzen Stadium last year. The Ducks led 27-10 at the end of the first half. The game featured several big plays on both sides. Oregon's Pat Johnson was the big star of the game as he caught a 36-yard TD pass from Akili Smith, a 45-yard TD strike from Jason Maas, a 90-yard touchdown pass from Maas and he returned a punt 74 yards for a touchdown. Jason Dandridge started his first career game at tailback for the Beavers and responded with a 104-yard rushing afternoon, including touchdown runs of 35 and 12 yards. The Ducks held a 444-349 edge in total offense. Tim Alexander passed for 215 yards and 2 touchdowns for OSU and rushed for 34 yards on 10 carries. Maas passed for 162 yards and Smith 137 to lead Oregon. Saladin McCullough rushed for 156 yards to lead the Ducks' ground attack.
NOTES FROM UCLA GAME: For the third straight week, Oregon State suffered a gut-wrenching defeat. The Beavers rallied to tie the No. 3 ranked Bruins 34-34 with 31 seconds to play, only to lose it on a 61-yard UCLA touchdown pass, 41-34. However, once again, the Beavers had a lot of statistical highlights in the game.
IT HAS BEEN A RECORD SETTING SEASON: The 1998 season has proved to be a record-setting year in a lot of areas for Oregon State. To date, the following records have been broken or tied with one game remaining in the season for the Beavers:
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TEAM:
OSU FIFTH NATIONALLY IN SECONDARY THEFTS: Oregon State picked off one pass vs. UCLA, giving the Beavers 16 for the season, which is second in the Pac-10 and tied for fifth nationally. USC leads the Pac-10 and the nation with 18, along with Wisconsin, Auburn and Indiana. The Beavers' latest interceptions came from Armon Hatcher, who had one against the Bruins, giving him three interceptions in his last two games. Nine different OSU defensive players have picked off passes so far this season. Five of the picks have been by linebackers--Bryan Jones, James Allen, Brandon Boice, Brian Rogers and Darnell Robinson--and 10 have been by the secondary--Armon Hatcher has 5, Andrae Holland has 3, Ricky Walker has 2 Aaron Wright has one. The national team leaders:
USC..........18 Oregon State............16 Ohio State........15 Florida State....15 Wisconsin....18 North Carolina State....16 Northeast La. ....15 Utah.............15 Auburn.......18 Virginia Tech...........16 Wake Forest.......15 Indiana......18 Michigan................16 Georgia...........15
BEAVERS DROP IN PAC-10 SACK RACE: After being limited to one sack in the UCLA game, Oregon State has fallen to fifth in the Pac-10 team sack race after leading all teams the first seven weeks of the season. OSU has 30 sacks on the season, trailing California and USC (31 each), Arizona (35) and Washington (48). Jamil Braithwaite got OSU's lone sack vs. UCLA. Braithwaite is seventh in the Pac-10 among sack leaders with 6.5, while Inoke Breckterfield is tied for eighth among individual leaders in the Pac-10 with 6 sacks.
TURNOVERS TELL THE TALE: One statistic, turnovers, has told the tale for Oregon State as far as winning or losing most of the time in 1998. The Washington game has proved to be the lone exception this year. Prior to the Husky game, the Beavers were 4-3 on the season and had won each time they had been on the positive side in turnovers. OSU came out of the Washington game with a plus one in turnovers and lost. The Beavers have lost all five times this year when they have been on the negative side in turnovers, including their last outing with UCLA when the Bears held a plus two advantage. For the season, Oregon State is a minus four in turnovers and ranks sixth in the Pac-10 and is 74th nationally.
QUOTING MIKE RILEY
ON OREGON: "Oregon is a very good overall football team. I think they have one of the quickest, striking offenses that I have seen so far on film. They make a big plays down the field pretty consistently, and that is a great weapon for them. They can score quickly. Their defense is much improved from a year ago. I think they are sound and well coached. They really hustle on defense. They have good overall special teams including a great punter in Bidwell (Josh)."
ON CIVIL WAR RIVALRY: "It is a big game for our program. It is one of those rivalries that I think is very special. Anytime you are playing in a game like this it has significance importance to the team, and to the building of this program. Oregon has a team that has been very consistent in recent years and we are on our way to being a team like that, and to do that, we have to beat our in-state rival."
ON OSU SENIOR CLASS: "This is a terrific group of kids. I have really enjoyed coaching them. They are not only good football players, but they are quality people. Even though they might not have had much success in their early years at Oregon State they remained committed to being good football players and having a good team. I think they have helped to form a start here at Oregon State that is very special. I would have to think this one of the best football teams to have been at Oregon State in quite a while."
ON BYE WEEK: "It was a good time to have a bye. There were a couple of times in that four-week road swing that we had early in the season that it would have been nice to have a bye. But when the bye week finally arrived I felt great about it, I thought it was good for our kids, both physically and mentally. I think a bye at this time of year for us appeared to be very good in order to get some kids back."
OREGON STATE RETURNS 30 OF ITS TOP 44 PLAYERS: Based on present depth chart, Oregon State will return 15 of its top 22 players on offense and 15 of its top players on defense, plus one of two kickers for the 1999 season. OSU's present two-deep follows with graduating seniors listed in all CAPS:
OFFENSE DEFENSE
SE Roddy Tompkins, JR, 6-0, 197 E INOKE BRECKTERFIELD, SR, 5-11, 249
JAMES BATTLE, SR, 6-2, 202 Toalei Talataina, JR, 6-2, 233
SL GREG AINSWORTH, SR, 6-0, 189 T Aaron Wells, JR, 6-0, 243
Shawn Kintner, FR, 6-3, 191 GAMES GREULE, SR, 6-4, 272
LT Jason White, JR, 6-5, 314 NG Shawn Ball, JR, 6-0, 273
Mike Kuykendall, FR, 6-6, 296 Paul Luoma, JR, 6-3, 263
LG LARRY RAMIREZ, SR, 6-6, 320 RE JAMIL BRAITHWAITE, SR, 6-0, 227
Jared Cornell, SO, 6-2, 319 Sefa O'Reilly, SO, 6-1, 234
C Keith DiDomenico, SO, 6-5, 311 SLB BRIAN ROGERS, SR, 6-3, 237
Chris Gibson, FRR, 6-3, 267 Micah Moore, JR, 5-10, 212
RG Aaron Koch, JR, 6-3, 294 MLB Jonathan Jackson, JR, 6-2, 240
Robert Sykes, SO, 6-5, 320 Brandon Boice, JR, 6-2, 234
RT MATT GARTUNG, SR, 6-6, 307 WLB BRYAN JONES, SR, 6-4, 209
Vincent Sandoval, FRR, 6-4, 286 James Allen, FRR, 6-1, 205
TE JOE KUYKENDALL, SR, 6-5, 263 LC ANDRAE HOLLAND, SR, 5-10, 179
Martin Maurer, SO, 6-4, 230 Samuel Gage, SO, 5-10, 185
QB Jonathan Smith, FRR, 5-10, 177 FS Terrence Carroll, SO, 6-0, 213
Terrance Bryant, JR, 6-2, 203 Bo Marthaller, SO, 6-0, 184
TB Ken Simonton, FRR, 5-7, 181 HS ARMON HATCHER, SR, 6-1, 219
JASON DANDRIDGE, SR, 6-0, 180 Calvin Carlyle, FR, 5-11, 190
FL TIM ALEXANDER, SR, 6-0, 186 RC Keith Heyward-Johnson, SO, 5-11, 183
Robert Prescott, SO, 5-11, 178 Ricky Walker, SO, 5-11, 175
BRECKTERFIELD, HATCHER, KUYKENDALL INVITED TO ALL-STAR GAMES: At this point, three Oregon State football players have been invited to participate in postseason all-star bowl games. Armon Hatcher, a four-year starter at strong safety, has been invited to play in the Blue-Gray Classic to be played on Christmas Day in Montgomery, Alabama. Defensive end Inoke Breckterfield and tight end Joe Kuykendall have both been invited to play in the Hula Bowl, which is played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu in January. The Beavers' last participant in the Blue-Gray Classic was Darron Kirkman in 1996 and Akili King (1996 season) was OSU's last participant in the Hula Bowl.
OSU IN THE RED ZONE: Oregon State has scored either a touchdown for field goal 26 times during its 34 trips into the red zone this season, a percentage of .764. The Beavers are 16 for 19 on first and goal situations, a .842 percentage. Meanwhile, OSU's defense has allowed opponents to score on 27 of 37 attempts into the red zone, a percentage of .730.
BRYAN JONES ON A ROLL: Senior weakside linebacker Bryan Jones is having a fantastic season...he was a one-man wrecking crew on defense in OSU's first five games...Bryan leads OSU in defensive points with 328...he ranks fifth in the Pac-10 in tackles with 8.6 per game...he is tied for seventh in the Pac-10 in tackles for loss with 12 and sixth in forced fumbles and ninth in passes broken up with 10...he had 19 defensive points vs. UCLA and 18 defensive points vs. California...Bryan tied for the OSU defensive point high, along with Jonathan Jackson, with 52 points against Washington, which included 3 tackles for loss and 2 passes broken up...Bryan had his lowest point output of the season at Stanford with only three solo tackles for nine points...he followed that up with 15 points vs. Arizona...Bryan has been the Beavers' top defensive point producer in four of nine games and he was second (USC) and third at Utah State in point defensive production...Bryan had 33 points at ASU with 11 tackles, a quarterback sack and two passes broken up...Bryan posted 63 points in the Beavers' victory over Nevada, which amounts to the ninth best single-game effort on defense in OSU history...he followed that up with a team high 54 points vs. Baylor...in those two games, Bryan posted a team high 16 solo tackles, 8 assisted tackles for 24 total, plus he had two sacks, four tackles for loss, one caused fumble, one blocked field goal, one pass broken up, one interception and one quarterback hurry...his interception came against Baylor with 1:25 remaining in the second quarter, which set up OSU's third touchdown and gave the Beavers a 21-3 halftime lead over Baylor...he caused a fumble in the Nevada game that led to Toalei Talataina picking up the fumble and racing 60 yards for a touchdown....he blocked a field goal in the Nevada game...(Utah State) In the Utah State game, Bryan produced 30 points with 9 tackles and 2 1/2 tackles for loss and 1/2 sack...(USC) Bryan was second in defensive points at USC with 35 points, coming on 8 tackles, 2 passes broken up and a tackle for loss...Bryan has started a team high 32 straight games for OSU and has played in a total of 42 games...he has been the high-point defensive producer in six career games...he has a career defensive point total of 884 points, including 22 passes broken up, 11 sacks, 29 tackles for loss, 2 pass interceptions and 6 quarterback hurry plays...his 884 points puts him seventh on the Beavers' career list...his next stop is No. 6, Todd Sahlfeld's 887 points and No. 5, Steve Brown's 926 points...Jones climb up the career defensive chart follows:
CAREER DEFENSIVE POINT LEADERS 5--Steve Brown (1970-72)......926 6--Todd Sahlfeld (1988-91)....887 7--Bryan Jones (1995-98)......884
TERRANCE BRYANT: After starting OSU's first eight games, Terrance has not played in the Beavers' last two games...he suffered a back injury in the second quarter of the Arizona game and has not been at full strength since... Terrance was on track to pass for over 2,000 yards this season, but that would be a tall order now...he is currently averaging 170.3 yards per game, after passing for only 39 yards at Washington...against Washington, Terrence passed for 39 yards and rushed for a net 27 yards, including a career-long 28-yard run, while playing in the first quarter and part of the third quarter...Terrance had his toughest day this season against Arizona...Terrance was hit in the low back with a helmet in the final minute of the first half against the Wildcats and suffered back spasms and didn't play the rest of the game...he completed 6 of 16 passes for 73 yards while he was in the game...(Stanford) Terrance established an OSU and Pac-10 Conference record in the Stanford game...he threw 170 passes over a five-game stretch without an interception before he was picked off on his 171 throw by Stanford's Tim Smith...the 170 passes broke the previous OSU mark of 126 in a season by Erik Wilhelm (1986)...he also broke the Pac-10 record of 150 by California's Pat Barnes in 1996...he was close to the Pac-10 career record of 216 over two seasons by USC's Brad Otton (1994-95)...Bryant's streak included his final four passes in the Baylor game, 46 at USC, 50 at Arizona State, 40 at Utah State and 30 at Stanford...Terrance also registered OSU career highs in passing yardage (276) and total offense (262) against Stanford...his 276 yards passing is the 22nd best single-game performance at OSU and his 262 yards in total offense is also the 22nd single-game mark at OSU...Terrance, a junior college All-America quarterback last year at City College of San Francisco, got his OSU and Division I collegiate career off to a great start by connecting for a 68-yard touchdown pass against Nevada on his first pass in a Beaver uniform...the 68-yard pass was the 14th longest pass play in OSU history and the ninth longest scoring pass...that pass went to James Battle...in his first start, Bryant finished with 209 yards passing, completing 15 of 29 attempts...he threw for one touchdown and was intercepted one time...he had 211 yards in total offense...his passing efficiency after one game was 116.74. (Baylor) Terrance completed 21 of 36 passes for 208 yards, one touchdown and one interception while leading OSU to a 27-17 victory over Baylor...he had 202 yards in total offense. (USC) Bryant suffered his first defeat as OSU's starting quarterback against USC as he completed 19 of 46 passes for 101 yards and a touchdown. (ASU) Terrance completed 29 of 50 passes for 198 yards at ASU and had 177 yards in total offense...(Utah State) Terrance accounted for 255 yards in total offense at Utah State, a career best for Terrance and the 23rd best single-game mark in OSU history...he passed for 258 yards, completing 22 of 40 and throwing for one touchdown...(Season) in eight nine games, Terrance has a passing efficiency of 94.7, which ranks 16th in the Pac-10....his 166.3 average in total offense ranks seventh in the Pac-10...he has thrown four touchdown passes...he has established a new Oregon State record and Pac-10 record by throwing 170 passes without an interception over a four-game stretch...the old OSU record was 126 by Erik Wilhelm (1986) and the old Pac-10 mark was 150 by California's Pat Barnes in 1996.
