Oregon State Announces Final 2007 Football Schedule

Oregon State returns 17 starters from its 10-4 team of 2006, the second-best record in the program’s history.

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CORVALLIS - A pair of Thursday games against 2006 bowl participants open the season for the Oregon State University football program, as Director of Athletics Bob De Carolis announced the three non-conference dates for this fall.

The Beavers will open the season against the University of Utah Utes at Reser Stadium, Thurs., Aug. 30th.

Oregon State has won eight of the 13 meetings (1 tie), but this will be the first contest since 1992 at Salt Lake City.

The game will feature two programs that have had tremendous success of late in postseason games; Utah won last year’s Armed Forces Bowl over Tulsa to finish 8-5 and now has won six consecutive bowl games, the second-longest active streak in the nation.

Oregon State, which defeated Missouri in December’s Sun Bowl, has the fifth-longest bowl win streak at three.

The two programs are also currently scheduled to open the 2008 season at Utah.

Oregon State will travel to the University of Cincinnati for a Thurs., Sept. 6th ESPN televised game from Nippert Stadium.

The game will mark the first meeting between the two programs.

The Bearcats, of the Big East Conference, finished 8-5 last season and won the inaugural International Bowl over Western Michigan.

Cincinnati’s biggest win of the 2006 season was at home over then undefeated and No. 7 Rutgers.

The Bearcats, with first-year head coach Brian Kelly, will return to Reser Stadium at a date to be announced.

The final non-conference game will be Sat., Sept. 15th against the Idaho State Bengals of the Big Sky Conference.

ISU is under the direction for first-year head coach John Zamberlin.

This will be the first meeting between the two programs.

The Pac-10 schedule, as previously announced, begins Sat., Sept. 22nd against the Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe.

“I’m excited about our schedule this season for a number of reasons,” De Carolis said.

“We have opportunities to showcase our program and university via national television, Reser Stadium will again have a new look, and most of all we have a solid nucleus of student-athletes returning from our Sun Bowl team. I encourage fans that have not been to a game at Reser Stadium or haven’t been recently, to join `Beaver Nation’ and become part of the fun by purchasing season tickets.”

Game times and further television information will be announced in the spring.

Fans should begin seeing season ticket renewal forms in the mail by March 1st and those looking to purchase season tickets for the first time can call (800)Go-Beavs for an application.

More ticket information will be announced within the next two weeks on osubeavers.com.

OSU 2007 Football Schedule:

Aug. 30th Utah

Sept. 6th at Cincinnati (ESPN) 4:30 PM PDT

Sept. 15th Idaho State

Sept. 22nd at Arizona State

Sept. 29th UCLA

Oct. 6th Arizona

Oct. 13th at California

Oct. 20th Bye

Oct. 27th Stanford

Nov. 3rd at USC

Nov. 10th Washington

Nov. 17th at Washington State

Nov. 24th Bye

Dec. 1st at Oregon

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