Coaches No. 19 | 1966 record 7–3 (3–1 AAWU) | |
Conference Athletic Association of Western Universities Home stadium Parker StadiumMultnomah Stadium (Portland) | ||
The 1966 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 1966 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Corvallis at Parker Stadium and at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.
Under second-year head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers were 7–3 overall and 3–1 in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, later Pacific-8 Conference, or Pac-8). Only one of the four conference teams from the state of California was on the schedule; champion USC shut out OSU in Portland.
Following a 1–3 start, OSU won its last six games, and were ranked nineteenth in the final UPI Coaches Poll.
The starting quarterbacks this season were senior Paul Brothers and sophomore Steve Preece. Workhorse senior fullback Paul Pifer became the school's all-time leading rusher, overtaking Sam Baker.
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