Beavers Make First Journey Of 2025 Saturday In Lubbock

GAME 3: OREGON STATE VS. TEXAS TECH

Sept. 13, 2025 • Lubbock, Texas • Jones A&T Stadium • 12:30 p.m. PT • FOX

TV/Radio/Internet

Television: FOX

Play-By-Play: Tim Brando

Analyst: Devin Gardner

Sideline: Josh Sims

OSU Radio: Beaver Sports Network, Varsity Network (Oregon State)

Play-By-Play: Mike Parker

Analyst: Jim Wilson

Sideline: Ron Callan

Pre-Game: Steve Preece

OSU on SiriusXM Radio: 387

OSU on SiriusXM App/Internet: 977

Live Stats: OSUBeavers.com

Game Notes

• Oregon State performs in its first street recreation of the 2025 season Saturday when visiting Texas Tech at Jones A&T Stadium in Lubbock. Kickoff is slated for 12:30 p.m. PT (2:30 p.m. in Texas).

• The recreation will air dwell on FOX with Tim Brando (play-by-play), Devin Gardner (analyst) and Josh Sims (sideline reporter) calling the motion.

• The recreation will air dwell on the Beaver Sports Radio Network. For a listing of associates, flip to web page two of those notes.

• Every recreation this season will be heard dwell on the Varsity Network, a free software obtainable by way of laptop browsers, smartphones and tablets. After downloading the applying, seek for Oregon State.

• The assembly is simply the second between the groups, with the primary coming in 1959 in Lubbock. Texas Tech gained that recreation, 15-14.

Oregon State By The Numbers

3 – Third-down conversions in 21 makes an attempt by Oregon State’s opponents to date. That 14.29 proportion ranks fifth nationally.

6 – 100-yard rush efforts for Anthony Hankerson at Oregon State after ending with 136 towards Fresno State.

8 – Catches and 106 yards, on common, over the past 4 video games for Trent Walker courting again to the 2024 season.

10 – Oregon State go performs of 20 or extra yards to date, good for thirteenth nationally.

12 – Receptions for Taz Reddicks over the primary two video games. He got here into the season with 17 catches in 11 video games. 

13 – Different Beavers with no less than one catch this season.

158 – Receiving yards for Reddicks towards the Bulldogs, the Thirty second-most in a single-game in program historical past.

615 – Passing yards for Maalik Murphy over the primary two video games, together with 371 versus Fresno State.

Against Texas Tech

• Oregon State and Texas Tech have met simply as soon as, in 1959 in Lubbock. Texas Tech gained that matchup, 15-14.

• A full field rating just isn’t obtainable. The Beavers have been up 14-0 at halftime however the Red Raiders scored eight factors within the third quarter and 7 within the fourth for the come-from-behind win.

• Saturday’s recreation is the primary at an lively Big 12 Conference foe for the Beavers since a 1996 go to to Baylor.

• Oregon State has performed simply 5 lively Big 12 groups since 1996, going 2-3. OSU defeated Baylor in Corvallis in 1998, and Missouri within the 2006 Sun Bowl. The Beavers misplaced at Baylor in 1996, versus Texas within the 2012 Alamo Bowl and towards Oklahoma State at dwelling in 2019. Oregon State was presupposed to play at Oklahoma State in 2020 however the recreation was canceled on account of Covid-19.

News, Notes And More

• Twitter.com/BeaverSoccer remains to be this system’s principal Twitter deal with, however the Twitter.com/BeaverFBNews account was created previous to the 2019 season.

• Follow @BeaverFBNews for information, pre-game and in-game notes and extra. The deal with will publish in-game information and scoring data because it occurs.

In The Booth

• Coaches within the press field this season embrace offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ryan Gunderson and co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach Rod Chance.

• The two are joined by graduate assistants Trevon Bradford (offense), Adam Klein (offense) and Nick Pickett (protection). They are joined by particular groups high quality management analyst Daniel Akey.

On This Date

• Oregon State is enjoying on September 13 for simply the seventh time in this system’s historical past. 

• The Beavers are 2-4 on the date, final defeating Hawai’i, 45-7, in 2008 in a recreation performed in Corvallis.

Bray Adds Defensive Coordinator Title

• Oregon State head coach Trent Bray is in his second season main this system. The former Oregon State linebacker added the defensive coordinator title within the offseason.

• Bray is in his Eleventh season with this system, and took over because the crew’s defensive coordinator over the past 4 video games of the 2021 season. He served as DC in each 2022 and 2023.

• Rod Chance, who coaches the secondary, serves as Co-Defensive Coordinator.

Behind Center

• Maalik Murphy is the seventh totally different opening-day beginning quarterback for the Beavers courting again to 2019. Here’s a take a look at OSU’s quarterback chief statistically over the primary two video games:

2025: Maalik Murphy – 52-81, 615 yds, 4 TD, 3 INT 

2024: Gevani McCoy – 25-36, 295 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

2023: DJ Uiagalelei – 28-38, 346 yds, 5 TD, 0 INT

2022: Chance Nolan – 28-50, 470 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT

2021: Chance Nolan – 31-45, 459 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT (word Sam Noyer was the opening-game starter)

2020: Tristan Gebbia – 45-72, 414 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

2019: Jake Luton – 38-74, 420 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT

• Murphy is the primary Beaver to surpass 600 yards within the first two video games of a season since Sean Mannion threw for 628 in 2014. Mannion tried 82 passes over the primary two video games of 2014.

Not Since ’19

• The Beavers returned each their main rusher (Anthony Hankerson, 1,082 yards) and main receiver (Trent Walker, 901 yards) from final season.

• It’s the primary time since 2019 that the Beavers have had each their main rusher and receiver return in the identical season. Jermar Jefferson and Isaiah Hodgins each returned that season.

• How uncommon is that this? It is simply the eighth time the crew’s leaders have returned since 2001, which additionally included 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2007 and 2003.

More On Maalik

• Maalik Murphy’s 371 passing yards have been the primary of over 300 yards by a Beaver quarterback since Gevani McCoy’s 348 at Nevada on Oct. 12 of final season.

• Murphy’s 371, in the meantime, marked simply the twelfth of 300 or extra yards by an OSU quarterback since 2018. Six of the earlier 11 have been tallied by Jake Luton.

• Murphy has surpassed 300 yards 3 times in his profession and 200 a complete of 14 occasions. Thirteen of the 14 have are available in his final 14 begins courting again to 2024 at Duke.

• Murphy ranks Eleventh nationally averaging 307.5 yards per recreation this season. 

Ojeda Nailed It

• Caleb Ojeda’s first profession subject purpose try got here within the second quarter towards California and he nailed it from 53 yards out. That tied him for the Tenth-longest by a Beaver, equaling Kieron Walford (1979 vs. Stanford), Jim Nielsen (1985 vs. Grambling) and Alexis Serna (2006 vs. USC).

• Ojeda’s 53-yarder is considered one of 27 of fifty or extra yards on the FBS stage this season. It is tied for the Eleventh-longest.

• He is 2-for-3 this season after connecting on a 27-yarder towards Fresno State.

On Third

• California and Fresno State have mixed to go 3-for-21 on third downs this season, a 14.29 % success price. That ties Oregon State for fifth nationally with Minnesota, trailing solely Virginia (9.52 %), TCU (10 %), BYU (11.54 %) and Ohio (13.04 %).

• Fresno State was simply 1-for-8, changing into the primary Oregon State opponent since San Jose State in 2015 to transform simply as soon as.

• Oregon State’s 2024 protection allowed opponents to transform on 59 of 131 makes an attempt, or 45.04 %. That put the Beavers at 115 out of 134 groups nationally.