1999 Oregon State Beavers football team

1999 Oregon State Beavers football
Oahu Bowl, L 17–23 vs. Hawaii
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Lappano (1st season)
Offensive schemeSingle-back spread
Defensive coordinatorWilly Robinson (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumParker Stadium
1999 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Stanford $  7 1   8 4  
No. 19 Oregon  6 2   9 3  
Washington  6 2   7 5  
Arizona State  5 3   6 6  
Oregon State  4 4   7 5  
Arizona  3 5   6 6  
USC  3 5   6 6  
California  3 5   4 7  
UCLA  2 6   4 7  
Washington State  1 7   3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • Cal later vacated 4 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Int heir first season under head coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the Pac-10. It was the program's first winning season since 1970. The Beavers opened with three non-conference wins, lost the first three conference games, then won four straight, but fell in the Civil War at Oregon. Oregon State made its first bowl game appearance since the 1964 season, but dropped the Oahu Bowl by six points to Hawaii on Christmas. The team played home games at Parker Stadium, previously known as Parker Stadium, in Corvallis, Oregon.

Hired in January, Erickson was previously the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) for four years, preceded by six seasons as the head football coach at the University of Miami. Predecessor Mike Riley had left the Beavers after just two seasons for the NFL's San Diego Chargers, but then returned to Corvallis in February 2003.