# 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jonathan Smith. The team played their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.
On August 11, the Pac-12 Conference initially canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On September 24, the conference announced that a six-game conference-only season would begin on November 6, with the Pac-12 Championship Game to be played December 18. Teams not selected for the championship game would be seeded to play a seventh game.

## Preseason
### Pac-12 media day
#### Pac-12 media poll

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Oregon State was voted to finish in last place in the North Division.
Media poll (North Division) :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Oregon | 222 (35) |
| 2 | California | 176 (3) |
| 3 | Washington | 161 |
| 4 | Stanford | 105 |
| 5 | Oregon State | 76 |
| 6 | Washington State | 58 |

## Schedule

Oregon State had games scheduled against Oklahoma State, Colorado State, and Portland State, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Original 2020 Oregon State Beavers schedule :
| Date | Opponent | Site |
| September 3 | at Oklahoma State* | Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK |
| September 12 | Colorado State* | Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR |
| September 19 | Portland State* | Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR |
| September 26 | Washington State | Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR |
| October 3 | at Arizona State | Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ |
| October 10 | at Washington | Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA |
| October 24 | California | Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR |
| October 30 | at Stanford | Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA |
| November 7 | UCLA | Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR |
| November 14 | at Utah | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT |
| November 21 | Arizona | Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR |
| November 28 | Oregon | Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (rivalry) |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| November 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Washington State | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | FS1 | L 28–38 | – |
| November 14 | 8:00 p.m. | at Washington | Husky StadiumSeattle, WA | FS1 | L 21–27 | 294 |
| November 21 | 12:30 p.m. | California | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | FS1 | W 31–27 | – |
| November 27 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 15 Oregon | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR (rivalry) | ESPN | W 41–38 | – |
| December 5 | 7:30 p.m. | at Utah | Rice–Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | ESPN | L 24–30 | |
| December 12 | 7:30 p.m. | Stanford | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | ESPNU | L 24–27 | 0 |
| December 19 | 7:30 p.m. | Arizona State | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | ESPN | L 33–46 | 0 |
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Washington State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 38 |
| Beavers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon
* Date: November 7, 2020
* Game time: 7:30 p.m. PST
* Game attendance: 0
* TV: FS1
Game information :
First quarter
WSU – Travell Harris 29-yard pass from Jayden de Laura (Blake Mazza kick), 3:50. Washington State 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards, 2:44.
Second quarter
OSU – Trevon Bradford 7-yard pass from Tristan Gebbia (Everett Hayes kick), 4:10. Tied 7–7. Drive: 15 plays, 93 yards, 7:27.
WSU – Deon McIntosh 3-yard run (Blake Mazza kick), 0:37. Washington State 14–7. Drive: 9 plays, 84 yards, 3:27.
Third quarter
WSU – Jayden de Laura 5-yard run (Blake Mazza kick), 12:10. Washington State 21–7. Drive: 5 plays, 64 yards, 1:52.
WSU – Travell Harris 28-yard pass from Jayden de Laura (Blake Mazza kick), 8:12. Washington State 28–7. Drive: 4 plays, 38 yards, 2:20.
OSU – Jermar Jefferson 1-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 3:27. Washington State 28–14. Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards, 4:47.
Fourth quarter
WSU – Blake Mazza 34-yard field goal, 11:59. Washington State 31–14. Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards, 6:22.
OSU – Jermar Jefferson 7-yard run (pass failed), 11:01. Washington State 31–20. Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards, 3:21.
OSU – Jermar Jefferson 15-yard run (Tristan Gebbia–Trevon Bradford pass), 2:39. Washington State 31–28. Drive: 14 plays, 90 yards, 2:52.
WSU – Travell Harris 44-yard run (Blake Mazza kick), 2:29. Washington State 38–28. Drive: 1 play, 44 yards, 0:09.
Top passers
WSU – Jayden de Laura – 18/33, 227 yards, 2 TD, INT
OSU – Tristan Gebbia – 34/48, 329 yards, TD
Top rushers
WSU – Deon McIntosh – 18 rushes, 147 yards, TD
OSU – Jermar Jefferson – 21 rushes, 120 yards, 3 TD
Top receivers
WSU – Travell Harris – 9 receptions, 130 yards, 2 TD
OSU – Trevon Bradford – 7 receptions, 78 yards, TD :

### At Washington

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Beavers | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Huskies | 10 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, Washington
* Date: November 14, 2020
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. PST
* Game weather: 43 °F (6 °C) • Light Rain • Wind @ 8 mph (13 km/h)
* Game attendance: 294 (Limited in-person attendance)
* Referee: Mike McCabe
* TV announcers (FS1): Petros Papadakis and Alex Faust
Game information :
First quarter
OSU – Jaydon Grant 11-yard return of blocked punt (Everett Hayes kick), 9:46. Oregon State 7–0. Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00.
UW – Sean McGrew 21-yard run (Peyton Henry kick), 7:44. Tied 7–7. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:02.
UW – Peyton Henry 25-yard field goal, 2:10. Washington 10–7. Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards, 4:23.
Second quarter
UW – Kamari Pleasant 15-yard run (Peyton Henry kick), 14:15. Washington 17–7. Drive: 3 plays, 32 yards, 0:58.
OSU – B. J. Baylor 3-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 9:31. Washington 17–14. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 4:38.
UW – Dylan Morris 1-yard run (Peyton Henry kick), 2:19. Washington 24–14. Drive: 8 plays, 15 yards, 3:49.
OSU – Jermar Jefferson 4-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 0:18. Washington 24–21. Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 1:53.
Third quarter
No Scoring Plays.
Fourth quarter
UW – Peyton Henry 23-yard field goal, 1:45. Washington 27–21. Drive: 15 plays, 52 yards, 7:24.
Top passers
OSU – Tristan Gebbia – 11/24, 85 yards, INT
UW – Dylan Morris – 14/24, 141 yards
Top rushers
OSU – Jermar Jefferson – 23 carries, 133 yards, TD
UW – Sean McGrew – 9 carries, 92 yards, TD
Top receivers
OSU – Luke Musgrave – 2 receptions, 25 yards
UW – Terrell Bynum – 4 receptions, 66 yards :

### California

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Bears | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Beavers | 14 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon
* Date: November 21, 2020
* Game time: 12:30 p.m. PST
* Game weather: Partly cloudy, 41 °F (5 °C)
* Game attendance: 0
* Referee: Chris Coyle
* TV announcers (FS1): Eric Collins (play-by-play) and Ben Leber (analyst)
Game information :
First Quarter
OSU – Jermar Jefferson 75-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 14:42. Oregon State 7–0. Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:18.
CAL – Makai Polk 7-yard pass from Chase Garbers (Dario Longhetto kick), 10:30. Tied 7–7. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:12.
OSU – Teagan Quitoriano 35-yard pass from Tristan Gebbia (Everett Hayes kick), 5:47. Oregon State 14–7. Drive: 1 play, 35 yards, 0:09.
Second Quarter
CAL – Dario Longhetto 26-yard field goal, 14:49. Oregon State 14–10. Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards, 5:58.
CAL – Kekoa Crawford 21-yard pass from Chase Garbers (Dario Longhetto kick), 2:31. California 17–14. Drive: 4 plays, 64 yards, 2:05.
CAL – Dario Longhetto 52-yard field goal, 0:00. California 20–14. Drive: 11 plays, 30 yards, 1:24.
Third Quarter
OSU – Everett Hayes 35-yard field goal, 6:20. California 20–17. Drive: 13 plays, 53 yards, 5:45.
Fourth Quarter
OSU – Tristan Gebbia 8-yard pass from Tyjon Lindsey (Everett Hayes kick), 13:35. Oregon State 24–20. Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards, 2:57.
CAL – Jake Tonges 2-yard pass from Chase Garbers (Dario Longhetto kick), 8:04. California 27–24. Drive: 6 plays, 32 yards, 2:21.
OSU – Tristan Gebbia 1-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 4:30. Oregon State 31–27. Drive: 3 plays, 14 yards, 0:56.
Top passers
CAL – Chase Garbers – 28/42, 315 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
OSU – Tristan Gebbia – 12/20, 147 yards, TD, 2 INT
Top rushers
CAL – Marcel Dancy – 17 rushes, 76 yards
OSU – Jermar Jefferson – 18 rushes, 196 yards, TD
Top receivers
CAL – Kekoa Crawford – 10 receptions, 141 yards, TD
OSU – Teagan Quitoriano – 4 receptions, 65 yards, TD :

### Oregon

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 15 Ducks | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Beavers | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 41 |
at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon
* Date: November 27, 2020
* Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
* Game weather: Cloudy, 43 °F (6 °C)
* Game attendance: 0
* Referee: Steven Strimling
* TV: ESPN
* Reference
Game information :
First quarter
ORE – Jaylon Redd 37-yard run (Henry Katleman kick), 11:52. Oregon 7–0. Drive: 8 plays, 77 yards, 3:08.
OSU – Jermar Jefferson 82-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 10:59. Tied 7–7. Drive: 2 plays, 91 yards, 0:53.
ORE – Tyler Shough 1-yard run (Henry Katleman kick), 5:21. Oregon 14–7. Drive: 11 plays, 93 yards, 5:38.
Second quarter
OSU – Everett Hayes 34-yard field goal, 13:38. Oregon 14–10. Drive: 10 plays, 83 yards, 3:49.
ORE – Devon Williams 60-yard pass from Tyler Shough (Henry Katleman kick), 10:57. Oregon 21–10. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:41.
OSU – Everett Hayes 48-yard field goal, 5:55. Oregon 21–13. Drive: 11 plays, 45 yards, 5:02.
ORE – Henry Katleman 33-yard field goal, 0:46. Oregon 24–13. Drive: 6 plays, 29 yards, 2:00.
Third quarter
OSU – Zeriah Beason 8-yard pass from Tristan Gebbia (pass failed), 8:57. Oregon 24–19. Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards, 3:08.
ORE – Hunter Kampmoyer 4-yard pass from Tyler Shough (Henry Katleman kick), 6:43. Oregon 31–19. Drive: 6 plays, 74 yards, 2:14.
Fourth quarter
OSU – Tristan Gebbia 1-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 13:26. Oregon 31–26. Drive: 16 plays, 92 yards, 8:17.
OSU – Jermar Jefferson 2-yard run (Tristan Gebbia run), 12:23. Oregon State 34–31. Drive: 2 plays, 33 yards, 0:15.
ORE – Cyrus Habibi-Likio 1-yard run (Henry Katleman kick), 8:27. Oregon 38–34. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:56.
OSU – Chance Nolan 1-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 0:33. Oregon State 41–38. Drive: 10 plays, 53 yards, 1:22.
Top passers
ORE – Tyler Shough – 20/31, 285 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
OSU – Tristan Gebbia – 23/37, 263 yards, TD
Top rushers
ORE – Travis Dye – 12 rushes, 93 yards
OSU – Jermar Jefferson – 29 rushes, 226 yards, 2 TD
Top receivers
ORE – Devon Williams – 4 receptions, 101 yards, TD
OSU – Kolby Taylor – 7 receptions, 114 yards :

### At Utah

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Beavers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Utes | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
at Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah
* Date: December 5, 2020
* Game time: 8:30 p.m. MST
* Game weather: Clear, 30 °F (−1 °C)
* Game attendance: 0
* Referee: Mike McCabe
* TV: ESPN
* Reference
Game information :
First quarter
UTAH – Jadon Redding 33-yard field goal, 10:21. Utah 3–0. Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards, 4:39.
UTAH – Jadon Redding 20-yard field goal, 6:50. Utah 6–0. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards, 1:31.
Second quarter
UTAH – Jadon Redding 27-yard field goal, 12:27. Utah 9–0. Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards, 5:12.
OSU – Everett Hayes 33-yard field goal, 9:16. Utah 9–3. Drive: 7 plays, 54 yards, 3:05.
UTAH – Ty Jordan 1-yard run (Jadon Redding kick), 3:10. Utah 16–3. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 6:06.
OSU – Calvin Tyler Jr. 1-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 0:50. Utah 16–10. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:20.
Third quarter
UTAH – Britain Covey 8-yard pass from Jake Bentley (Jadon Redding kick), 6:22. Utah 23–10. Drive: 14 plays, 89 yards, 7:45.
Fourth quarter
UTAH – Britain Covey 64-yard punt return (Jadon Redding kick), 14:37. Utah 30–10.
OSU – Calvin Tyler Jr. 6-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 11:50. Utah 30–17. Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 2:41.
OSU – Kolby Taylor 21-yard pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes kick), 5:07. Utah 30–24. Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 2:11.
Top passers
OSU – Chance Nolan – 20/38, 202 yards, TD, INT
UTAH – Jake Bentley – 18/27, 174 yards, TD
Top rushers
OSU – Jack Colletto – 1 rush, 40 yards
UTAH – Ty Jordan – 27 rushes, 167 yards, TD
Top receivers
OSU – Tyjon Lindsey – 3 receptions, 37 yards
UTAH – Brant Kuithe – 8 receptions, 76 yards :

### Stanford

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinal | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| Beavers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
* Date: December 12, 2020
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. PST
* Game weather: Cloudy, 36 °F (2 °C)
* Game attendance: 0
* Referee: Francisco Villar
* TV announcers (ESPNU): John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia
* Reference
Game information :
First Quarter
OSU – Tyjon Lindsey 18-yard pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes kick), 9:46. Oregon State 7–0. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:14.
STAN – Tucker Fisk 12-yard pass from Davis Mills (pass failed), 5:45. Oregon State 7–6. Drive: 8 plays, 77 yards, 3:56.
Second Quarter
OSU – Zeriah Beason 8-yard pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes kick), 12:34. Oregon State 14–6. Drive: 4 plays, 88 yards, 2:19.
STAN – Jet Toner 47-yard field goal, 1:16. Oregon State 14–9. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards, 1:14.
Third Quarter
STAN – Davis Mills 1-yard run (Jet Toner kick), 12:14. Stanford 16–14. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 2:39.
OSU – Tyjon Lindsey 30-yard pass from Chance Nolan (Everett Hayes kick), 8:38. Oregon State 21–16. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:36.
Fourth Quarter
STAN – Davis Mills 6-yard run (Davis Mills–Houston Heimuli pass), 13:03. Stanford 24–21. Drive: 13 plays, 90 yards, 6:10.
OSU – Everett Hayes 26-yard field goal, 7:18. Tied 24–24. Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards, 5:45.
STAN – Jet Toner 39-yard field goal, 1:48. Stanford 27–24. Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards, 5:24.
Top passers
STAN – Davis Mills – 21/29, 292 yards, TD
OSU – Chance Nolan – 17/30, 221 yards, 3 TD
Top rushers
STAN – Austin Jones – 22 rushes, 126 yards
OSU – Jermar Jefferson – 18 rushes, 80 yards
Top receivers
STAN – Simi Fehoko – 6 receptions, 110 yards
OSU – Tre'Shaun Harrison – 5 receptions, 91 yards :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | | | | |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | |
| CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | | | | Not released |

## Players drafted into the NFL

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
| 3 | 99 | Nahshon Wright | CB | Dallas Cowboys |