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CORVALLIS — The Oregon State Beavers defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 38-21 Saturday night at Reser Stadium, improving to 3-1 heading into their first bye week of the season. It was a nice rebound performance for the Beavers after their lopsided loss to the rival Oregon Ducks. Here are eight takeaways from the victory:
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The Oregon State Beavers’ football team will be idle the weekend of September 28 after a 3-1 start to the season. Even though the Beavers won’t play a game, several of the opponents remaining on their schedule are active. Here’s how you can watch those games on Saturday and what you can expect to see.
Boise State made their way to #25 in the AP Poll this week after a 2-1 start. Running back Ashton Jeanty is second in the nation in rushing yards with 586 through three games. The 4-0 Washington State Cougars hope to slow him down, and continue to rack up points on the offensive end after averaging 46.2 points per game so far this year. WSU come to Corvallis November 23 and the Broncos host the Beavers on November 29.
UNLV has had one of the strangest starts to a season in modern college football history. While they are 3-0 and up to #23 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, their starting quarterback Matthew Sluka essentially quit the team this week over an unfulfilled NIL agreement. On top of that, they host a good Fresno State team whose only loss so far is at Michigan. UNLV make the trip to Reser Stadium on October 19. Fresno State aren’t part of the Beavers’ schedule this year, but are part of the group of seven Mountain West schools that will join the league in 2026.
These two Mountain West schools are off to disappointing starts to the year with Air Force at 1-2 and Wyoming at 0-4. Both the Falcons and the Cowboys are bottom of the conference in scoring offense and total offense. The Falcons are searching for their first win over an FBS team this season. Air Force host Oregon State on November 16.
It’s probably fair to say that at least some Oregon State fans have a morbid curiosity about Jonathan Smith’s first season at Michigan State, along with the high number of former Beaver players on the Spartans’ roster. Michigan State are 3-1 to start the season after a four-point loss to Boston College last week. Now, the Spartans host the #3 team in the country with Ryan Day’s Ohio State Buckeyes.
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The Oregon State football program announced Wednesday a series of games with the Brigham Young University Cougars. The new series will begin 2027 when the Beavers travel to Provo on September 25, 2027. The second game will take place September 9, 2028 in Corvallis.
The two teams have not met on the gridiron since 2012. Oregon State leads the all-time series 6-5.
BYU completed over a decade of FBS independence from 2011 to 2022. They recently moved to the Big 12 conference prior to the 2012 season. The Cougars are now in their ninth season under the leadership of head coach Kalani Sitake in 2024. Sitake has an overall record of 65-41 as the Cougars head coach.
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Oregon State’s Week 4 game against Purdue in Reser Stadium was viewed by 452,000 on The CW.
Three of OSU’s four televised games this season have been measured by rating service Nielsen. The three games – Idaho State, Oregon, Purdue – have averaged 1.21 million viewers. OSU’s two games on The CW are averaging 417,000.
The CW showed three football games last weekend. Friday night’s Washington State-San Jose State four-hour thriller was viewed by 542,000, while Texas Christian-SMU attracted 322,000.
Oregon State-Purdue had a kickoff time of 5:30 p.m. Other games that roughly started in that time slot were Tennessee-Oklahoma (6.27 million, ABC), Baylor-Colorado (3.64 million, Fox), Iowa-Minnesota (1.89 million, NBC), Portland State-Boise State (248,000, FS1), Akron-South Carolina (89,000, ESPNU) and Fresno State-New Mexico (55,000, truTV).
The most watched game last weekend was USC at Michigan, viewed by 6.32 million.
Oregon State’s next game is Oct. 5 against Colorado State, televised by The CW.
–Nick Daschel can be reached at 360-607-4824, ndaschel@oregonian.com or @nickdaschel.
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