Beavers Return To Reser For Friday Night Bout With Houston

GAME 5: OREGON STATE VS. HOUSTON
Sept. 26, 2025 • Corvallis, Ore. • Reser Stadium • 7:30 p.m. PT • ESPN

TV/Radio/Internet
Television: ESPN
Play-By-Play: Anish Shroff
Analyst: Andre Ware
Sideline: Paul Calcaterra
OSU Radio: Beaver Sports Network, Varsity Network (Oregon State)
Play-By-Play: Mike Parker
Analyst: Jim Wilson
Sideline: Ron Callan
Pre-Game: Steve Preece
OSU on SiriusXM Radio: 382
OSU on SiriusXM App/Internet: 972
Live Stats: OSUBeavers.com

Splash Houston

Game Notes
• Oregon State returns home to Reser Stadium for a Friday night matchup with the Big 12 Conference's Houston Cougars. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT.
• The game will air live on ESPN with Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst) and Paul Calcaterra (sideline reporter) calling 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 meeting is just the fourth between the teams and first since 1970. Houston owns a 2-1 record but the Beavers won the only matchup between the teams in the state of Oregon, 29-20, in Portland in 1960.

Oregon State By The Numbers
11 - Oregon State's national ranking for fewest penalty yards per game, at just under 31.
17 - Rushing scores as a Beaver for Anthony Hankerson, who is five shy of breaking into the top 10 at Oregon State.
31 - Tackles by Dexter Foster and Skyler Thomas, who co-lead the team. Foster is just 12 shy of his total tally in 2024.
34 - Percent third-down conversion percentage by OSU's opponents, down 11 percent from 2024.
53.4 - Yards per punt by AJ Winsor at Oregon, setting the Oregon State single-game record.
109 - Career catches for Trent Walker, who saw his reception streak snapped at 16 games.
1,300 - Rush yards as a Beaver by Hankerson, good for 33rd in program history. He needs 6 yards to move into 32nd.

Against Houston
• The teams are meeting for just the fourth time and first since a 1970 matchup at the Astrodome in Houston.
• The Cougars own a 2-1 series lead, winning the 1970 (19-16) and 1961 matchups (23-12). The Beavers were victorious, 29-20, in 1960 in a game played in Portland.
• Oregon State last hosted a Big 12 team in 2019 when Oklahoma State came to Reser Stadium to open the season.

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.

In The Booth
• Coaches in the press box this season include offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ryan Gunderson and co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach Rod Chance.
• The two are joined by graduate assistants Trevon Bradford (offense), Adam Klein (offense) and Nick Pickett (defense). They are joined by special teams quality control analyst Daniel Akey.

On This Date
• Oregon State is playing on Sept. 26 for the 13th time in the program's history.
• The Beavers are 4-8 on the date, last playing on it in 2009. Oregon State lost a 37-32 decision to Arizona at Reser Stadium on the date. The Beavers, after the loss, went on to finish the regular season with wins in six of their last eight games.

Winsor Broke The Record
• Punter AJ Winsor broke a 14-year old record Saturday when he averaged 53.4 yards per punt at Oregon.
• He broke Johnny Hekker's previous school record of 52.5 in 2011 against Utah.
• Winsor's 53.4 average was one of just 26 teams of 50 or more yards nationally this season.
• Winsor punted eight times, with six going for more than 50 yards. His longest of the day went for 66 yards, which marked a career-long and was also one yard shy of tying for the eighth-best in Oregon State history.
• Winsor has punted 20 times over the first four games, averaging 44.9 yards per attempt. Nine of his 20 punts have gone for 50 yards or more.

Wrapping The Rivalry Game Notes
• Trent Walker did not record a catch against Oregon, snapping a 16-game streak for the wide receiver with at least one reception. His last game without a catch? The 2023 game at Oregon.
• The Beavers did not have a 100-yard receiver, snapping a five-game streak that dated back to 2024.
• Both Shamar Meikle and Aiden Sullivan set career highs for tackles. Meikle finished with 11 and Sullivan posted 10.
• Sullivan made his first career start.
• Takari Hickle recorded his first sack of the season, picking up the third of his career. He had two in 2023 but missed the entire 2024 season.
• The Beavers did not give up a sack for the first time since the 11th game of the 2024 season against Washington State.
• OSU was limited to 80 passing yards, the team's first under 100-yard game since 2022 against Oregon.
• The Beavers were also held to less than 200 offensive yards for just the ninth time since 2002, recording 147 in total.
• The Beavers did not attempt a fourth-down conversion for the first time since Nov. 4, 2023 against Colorado.

Not Since '19
• The Beavers returned both their leading rusher (Anthony Hankerson, 1,082 yards) and leading receiver (Trent Walker, 901 yards) from last season.
• It's the first time since 2019 that the Beavers have had both their leading rusher and receiver return in the same season. Jermar Jefferson and Isaiah Hodgins both returned that season.
• How rare is this? It is just the eighth time the team's leaders have returned since 2001, which also included 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2007 and 2003.

Beavers Return To Reser For Friday Night Bout With Houston

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Players Mentioned

Dexter Foster

Anthony Hankerson

Takari Hickle

Shamar Meikle

Aiden Sullivan

Skyler Thomas

Trent Walker

AJ Winsor