Beavers Return From Bye Week With First Of Two Against Cougars

GAME 9: OREGON STATE VS. WASHINGTON STATE
Nov. 1, 2025 • Corvallis, Ore. • Reser Stadium • 4:3

TV/Radio/Internet

Television/Stream: CBS

Play-By-Play: Chris Lewis

Analyst: Logan Ryan

Sideline: Brandon Baylor

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 and Washington State play their first of two video games this season Saturday at Reser Stadium in Corvallis. Kickoff is slated for 4:30 p.m. PT.

• The recreation will air dwell on CBS with Chris Lewis (play-by-play), Logan Ryan (analyst) and Brandon Baylor (sideline) 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 may be heard dwell on the Varsity Network, a free utility accessible by way of laptop browsers, smartphones and tablets. After downloading the appliance, seek for Oregon State.

• Oregon State and Washington State are assembly for the 109th time. Washington State leads the collection, 57-48-3. Oregon State received the final assembly, 41-38, final season.

Oregon State By The Numbers

.714 – Winning share by Oregon State’s first eight opponents this season.

11 – Third-down conversions for opponents, in 47 makes an attempt, within the second half of video games this season.

18 – Beavers with not less than one catch.

32 – Tackles over the past 4 video games for Aiden Sullivan.

33:38 – Time of possession for OSU in its 5 dwelling video games, in comparison with a mean of 26:21 in three highway contests.

108 – Previous matchups between the Beavers and Cougars coming into Saturday’s recreation.

129 – Receptions for Trent Walker because the begin of the 2024 season, rating fourth nationally.

136 – Receptions for Walker in final season’s win over Washington State.

204 – Rush yards by Anthony Hankerson in opposition to Lafayette, the Seventeenth-most in a single recreation in OSU historical past.

Against Washington State

• Oregon State and Washington State have performed yearly relationship again to 2003.

• The groups are slated to play twice this season, assembly greater than as soon as for the primary time since 1945.

• Oregon State received final season’s recreation, 41-38. Anthony Hankerson rushed for 83 yards whereas Salahadin Allah and Gabarri Johnson each rushed for touchdowns. Trent Walker caught 12 passes for 136 yards.

• Robb Akey was the line of defense coach at Washington State from 1999-2002. He then grew to become the Cougars’ defensive coordinator from 2003-06.

• Akey moved to Idaho a 12 months later to turn into the Vandals’ head coach. He coached one recreation in opposition to the Cougars, dropping 45-28 in Pullman in 2007.

• Daniel Akey, Oregon State’s Special Teams Quality Control Analyst, was a pupil assistant for the Cougars from 2017-21.

• Oregon State Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach Marco Candido was an intern at Washington State in 2005 and 2006. He later served as an assistant energy coach for soccer at WSU from 2008-16.

• Sean Mannion’s 493 passing yards within the 2013 recreation marks the Oregon State single-game document. He adopted that up with 419 yards a 12 months later.

• Jake Luton had considered one of 17 400-yard efforts in OSU historical past when he handed for 408 in 2019

News, Notes And More

• Twitter.com/BeaverFootball continues to be this system’s foremost 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 submit in-game information and scoring data because it occurs.

Akey Appointed Interim Head Coach

• Robb Akey was appointed Oregon State’s Interim Head Coach previous to the Beavers’ recreation in opposition to Lafayette.

• Akey joined the Oregon State employees as Special Assistant To The Head Coach previous to the 2025 season. He joined this system from Central Michigan, the place he was defensive coordinator from 2019-2024.

• Akey was the top coach at Idaho from 2007-12, taking the Vandals to the Humanitarian Bowl in 2009.

• Akey is not any stranger to the Pac-12 Conference. He was the defensive coordinator at Washington State from 2003-06. Prior to that, he coached the Cougars’ line of defense unit from 1999-2002.

Hankerson’s Career Day

• Anthony Hankerson’s 4 touchdowns in opposition to Lafayette tied the Oregon State single-game document. He grew to become the ninth Beaver to attain 4 dashing touchdowns in a recreation.

• Hankerson additionally grew to become the eleventh completely different Beaver to hurry for 200 yards. There have now been 18 200-yard efforts in this system’s historical past, and his 204 yards in opposition to the Leopards rank Seventeenth.

• Hankerson is considered one of seven gamers on the FBS degree with 4 or extra dashing scores in a recreation this season.

• The 204 yards, in the meantime, are the sixth-most by an FBS participant this season.

Homestand

• Saturday’s recreation marks the third in a four-game homestand for the Beavers, who may also tackle Sam Houston Nov. 8 to cap the Beavers’ finale dwelling date of the 2025 season. 

• It’s the primary four-game homestand for the Beavers because the begin of the 1997 season. OSU opened with a win over North Texas, adopted by losses to Stanford and Arizona State earlier than a win over San Jose State.

On This Date

• Oregon State is taking part in on Nov. 1 for the 18th time in this system’s historical past.

• The Beavers are 5-12 on the date, final taking part in on it in 2014, dropping a 45-31 ultimate to California in Corvallis.

Recapping The Lafayette Win

• The win was the primary for the Beavers beneath interim head coach Robb Akey. It was the twenty first of his head teaching profession with the primary 20 coming at Idaho.

• Oregon State’s 365 rush yards are probably the most since 2016 when racking up 474 in opposition to California. The 365 yards mark the Seventeenth-most in Oregon State historical past.

• Gabarri Johnson’s 52-yard rush was simply the third of fifty or extra yards by an Oregon State quarterback spanning again to 1996. Tim Alexander ran for 83 yards in opposition to Northern Illinois in 1996, and Gevani McCoy carried the ball for a 71-yard rush in opposition to UNLV in 2024.

• Cornell Hatcher Jr. had a 42-yard rush, the longest of his collegiate profession.

• Gabe Milbourn caught a 1-yard landing from Johnson within the third quarter. The reception marked the primary rating of Milbourn’s profession.

• The Beavers’ 21-point third quarter was the workforce’s highest scoring quarter since posting 21 in opposition to Stanford within the third quarter of a 62-17 win on Nov. 11, 2023.

• Jojo Johnson intercepted his first profession cross within the third quarter.

• OSU topped 40 factors for the primary time since a 41-38 win over Washington State final season.

• Oregon State’s 35 second-half factors marked probably the most in a half because the Beavers totaled 38 within the first half in opposition to UC Davis within the second recreation of 2023.

• Tristan Ti’a made his collegiate debut, passing for 4 yards on a completion to Jhae Drummer. The reception marked the primary of Drummer’s profession.

• Skyler Jackson, son of former Oregon State operating again Steven Jackson, additionally made his Beaver debut, dashing for two yards on the ultimate play of the sport.

• Lafayette tried 20 performs on third down, going 8-for-20. It was probably the most makes an attempt by an OSU opponent since Arizona went 12-for-20 in 2019. Lafayette was simply 2-for-10 within the second half.