Conference Pac-12 Conference 2011 record 3–9 (3–6 Pac-12) Defensive coordinator Mark Banker (9th year) | Division North Division Head coach Mike Riley (11th year) | |
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Offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf (7th year) | ||
The 2011 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley, in his ninth straight season and eleventh overall. Home games were played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, and they are members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Beavers finished the season 3–9, 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the North Division.
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Player death
Fred Thompson, a true freshman defensive end, died in the early evening of December 7, 2011 in Corvallis. According to OSU officials, Thompson was playing basketball at the Dixon Recreation Center on the OSU campus when he collapsed. He was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis where he was pronounced dead. Thompson was from Richmond, California. He was 19 years old.