Oregon State Caps Regular Season Friday In Eugene

Friday, November 24

Eugene, OR

5:30 PM

Oregon State

Oregon

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

November 20, 2023 | Football

Oregon State Notes

By: Athletic Communications

GAME 12: OREGON STATE VS. OREGON
Nov. 24, 2023 • Eugene, Ore. • Autzen Stadium • 5:30 p.m. PT • FOX

Game Notes
- Oregon State plays in its final regular season game of 2023 Friday night in Eugene, Ore. The Beavers and Ducks get underway at 5:30 p.m. PT at Autzen Stadium.
- The game will air live on FOX. Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Brock Huard (analyst) and Alison Williams (sideline) will call the action.
- The game will air live on the Beaver Sports Radio Network. For a list of affiliates, turn to page two of these notes.
- Every game this season can be heard live on the Varsity Network, a free application available via computer browsers, smartphones and tablets. After downloading the application, search for Oregon State.
- The Oregon State - Oregon Rivalry Series is presented by Safeway-Albertsons, PacificSource Health Plans, Your Local Toyota Dealers and First Interstate Bank.

Oregon State By The Numbers
2 - Red zone ranking nationally, scoring on 40-of-41 attempts for a 97.56 percent success rate.
4 - Tackles needed by Easton Mascarenas-Arnold to reach 100 this season.
6 - Rushing touchdowns by Damien Martinez over the last two games, the first Beaver to do that since Jacquizz Rodgers in 2010.
9 - Times the Beavers have scored on their opening drive of the game compared to three by opponents.
13 - Field goal makes for Atticus Sappington, third-most in the Pac-12.
15.6 - Oregon State's averaging scoring margin this season.
19 - Turnovers forced by the Beavers.
27 - Rushing yards needed by Martinez to move into 10th for a career at OSU. He comes into the game with 2,129.
52 - Opponent conversions on third down, third-fewest in the Pac-12.
82 - Points off turnovers by the Beavers, compared to 26 by opponents.
90 - Passing plays of 10 or more yards allowed, second-fewest in the league.

Against Oregon
- The matchup will be the 127th all-time between the teams.
- Oregon leads the all-time series, 67-49-10.
- Oregon State has won two of the last three matchups. The Beavers scored 28 of the game's last 31 points last season for a 38-34 come-from-behind win. OSU tallied 268 rushing yards in the victory.
- The Beavers finished with 269 rush yards in the win in 2020.
- OSU has surpassed 200 yards rushing against Oregon six times since 2007, going 4-2.
- Head coach Jonathan Smith was 2-2 against Oregon as a letterwinner at Oregon State. He and the Beavers were victorious in 1998, 44-41 (2 OTs), and 2000, 23-13, both in Corvallis. OSU lost at Oregon in 1999 (25-14) and 2001 (17-14).
- Smith passed for 303 yards against Oregon in 1998, which at the time was the most ever by an OSU QB versus the Ducks.
- Jermar Jefferson's 226 rushing yards in the 2020 victory marked the most ever by a Beaver or Duck in the rivalry.

News, Notes And More
- Twitter.com/BeaverFootball is still the program's main Twitter handle, but the Twitter.com/BeaverFBNews account was created prior to the 2019 season.
- Follow @BeaverFBNews for news, pre-game and in-game notes and more. The handle will post in-game news and scoring information as it happens.

Recapping Washington
- Atticus Sappington made field goals from 38 and 35 yards out. He is 13-for-14 on the year.
- Joshua Gray started his 44th consecutive game, tying him with Mike Remmers (2008-11) and Dylan Wynn (2011-14) for the ninth-most overall starts in a career at OSU. Gray is now in sole possession of fifth for the longest overall streak.
- Kitan Oladapo started his 37th game at OSU, while Jake Levengood made his 36th. DJ Uiagalelei started his 39th collegiate game, which includes 11 this season at OSU.
- Oladapo forced his first fumble of the season in the second quarter. Akili Arnold recovered the fumble, his first of the year.
- Oregon State scored on its opening drive for the ninth this season. Eight of the nine have resulted in touchdowns.
- Oregon State's opponent scored on its opening drive for just the third time this season. It's the second time it was a touchdown.
- The Beavers went into halftime trailing for just the second time this season.
- Oregon State's nine-game winning streak at Reser Stadium was snapped. The Beavers' nine-gamer was the team's longest since 1999-2000.
- OSU did not throw for a touchdown for the first time this season.
- The Beavers did not record a sack for just the second time this season, following Oct. 7 at California.
- The game marked the fourth straight betwen the Beavers and Huskies to be decided one touchdown or less.
- OSU controlled the ball for 37:27, the most under head coach Jonathan Smith. It was the first time the Beavers lost under Smith when holding the ball for 35 minutes or more, going 5-1.
- The Beavers' last scoring drive lasted 9:56, the team's longest of the year. It surpassed a drive of 9:12 at California.

Ranked
- Friday's game marks the sixth all-time between the teams with both ranked in the top 25 per the Associated Press.
- The Beavers are 2-3 in such games.
- The wins: 2000 (23-13) and 2022 (38-34).
- The losses: 2008 (65-38), 2009 (37-33) and 2012 (48-24).

Winning Seasons
- Oregon State has assured itself of a winning overall record for the third consecutive season, a stretch last accomplished when the Beavers posted four straight from 2006-09.
- OSU has also assured itself of its third consecutive winning record in conference play. That also last happened in four straight from 2006-09.

First Martinez Note
- Damien Martinez rushed for two touchdowns against the Huskies, and has six over his last two games. Martinez is the first Pac-12 player with six rushing touchdowns over a two-game stretch this season.
- He's the first Beaver to do so since Jacquizz Rodgers tallied three apiece against Washington and California in back-to-back games in 2010.

Martinez And Career Records
- Damien Martinez tallied his 12th career 100-yard effort in the matchup with the Huskies, and has six this season, most in the Pac-12.
- The sophomore pushed to 2,129 rushing yards for a career, and he needs 27 to surpass Bill Enyart (1966-68) for the 10th-most all-time at Oregon State.
- Martinez has scored 16 touchdowns for his career, and needs six to equal Terron Ward (2011-14) and Jack Colletto (2018-22) for 10th-most at Oregon State.
- Martinez is also averaging 6.2 rush yards per carry in his career, which is now the program standard, surpassing J.J. Young (1991-94), Ryan Nall (2015-16) and Artavis Pierce (2016-19), who all averaged 5.8.

And About That 1K Season
- Damien Martinez has 1,147 rush yards this season, the 14th-best single-season mark at OSU.
Martinez reached that mark in less than 200 rush attempts. He is the lone Beaver with more than 1,000 yards in a season and less than 200 attempts.
- His 1,147 rush yards are second in the Pac-12 - Cal's Jadyn Ott leads with 1,182 - and are 11th-best nationally.

Under Jonathan Smith
- Oregon State is 28-6 when leading at halftime. The Beavers are also 27-3 when taking a lead into the fourth quarter.
- The Beavers are 23-14 when controlling time of possession.
- Oregon State is 22-14 at home.
- The Beavers have scored 30 or more points in 34 of his 68 games, going 26-8.
- Oregon State is 24-9 when outgaining its opponent.
- OSU is 29-12 when scoring first.
- The Beavers are 15-2 when holding an opponent to 21 points or less.

Turnovers
- Oregon State has forced at least one turnover in every game this season.
- The last time OSU forced at least one in every regular season game? That would be in 1999.
- The Beavers have not forced Oregon into a turnover since 2020 when the Ducks gave the ball away three times. In fact, OSU has forced just four over the last six matchups dating back to 2017.
- The Beavers' 19 takeaways rank fourth in the Pac-12 this season, just two shy of conference leaders UCLA and California.
- OSU's turnover margin of plus-8 is tied with Oregon for second in the league.

Bowl Eligible
- Oregon State's 36-24 win over UCLA made the Beavers the third team in the Pac-12 to be bowl eligible this season.
- The Oct. 14 date is the earliest on the calendar the Beavers have ever been bowl eligible. The previous date was Oct. 19 during the 2013 season.
- Oregon State became bowl eligible in the month of October for the fifth time in program history.