Season Opener Moved at Colorado State
March 13, 2017 | Football
Oregon State and Colorado State Athletics officials have agreed to move this season's football game at Fort Collins to Sat., Aug. 26. The game was originally scheduled for Sept. 23.
The move provides byes for both teams during the season. OSU will be off Sept. 23 between games four and five on the schedule. The Rams did not have a bye date in their schedule.
This will be the eighth time in Beaver football history that the team will play an August game and the earliest on record. The contest is also one of just five on the opening weekend of the season involving Football Bowl Subdivision teams. In addition, it will mark the official debut of Colorado State's new on-campus stadium. CSU completes the two-game contract visiting Reser Stadium in 2020.
The current unofficial opening weekend of Aug. 26, also known as "zero week," includes just five games. In addition to OSU at CSU, Hawai'i is at Massachusetts, South Florida plays at San Jose State, Portland State travels to BYU and Stanford plays Rice in Australia. The NCAA allows games played on the Saturday prior to Labor Day Weekend for teams playing at Hawai'i, as Colorado State does this season, or for a game played in foreign country.
Oregon State is the midst of spring practice for the upcoming season with the annual Spring Game March 18 at Reser Stadium. Season tickets for a team that returns 55 lettermen are available for the six-game 2017 home season at BeaverTickets.com
2017 Schedule
Aug. 26 at Colorado State
Sept. 2 Portland State
Sept. 9 Minnesota
Sept. 16 at Washington State
Sept. 23 Bye
Sept. 30 Washington
Oct.. 7 at USC
Oct. 14 Colorado
Oct. 21 Bye
Oct. 26 (Thu.) Stanford
Nov. 4 at California
Nov. 11 at Arizona
Nov. 18 Arizona State
Nov. 24 at Oregon
FOOTBALL FUND FOR EXCELLENCE
The Football Fund for Excellence is a program essential to keeping Oregon State football on the cutting edge and prepared for success on and off the field. For more information please contact Our Beaver Nation at 541-737-2370 or ourbeavernation.com
The move provides byes for both teams during the season. OSU will be off Sept. 23 between games four and five on the schedule. The Rams did not have a bye date in their schedule.
This will be the eighth time in Beaver football history that the team will play an August game and the earliest on record. The contest is also one of just five on the opening weekend of the season involving Football Bowl Subdivision teams. In addition, it will mark the official debut of Colorado State's new on-campus stadium. CSU completes the two-game contract visiting Reser Stadium in 2020.
The current unofficial opening weekend of Aug. 26, also known as "zero week," includes just five games. In addition to OSU at CSU, Hawai'i is at Massachusetts, South Florida plays at San Jose State, Portland State travels to BYU and Stanford plays Rice in Australia. The NCAA allows games played on the Saturday prior to Labor Day Weekend for teams playing at Hawai'i, as Colorado State does this season, or for a game played in foreign country.
Oregon State is the midst of spring practice for the upcoming season with the annual Spring Game March 18 at Reser Stadium. Season tickets for a team that returns 55 lettermen are available for the six-game 2017 home season at BeaverTickets.com
2017 Schedule
Aug. 26 at Colorado State
Sept. 2 Portland State
Sept. 9 Minnesota
Sept. 16 at Washington State
Sept. 23 Bye
Sept. 30 Washington
Oct.. 7 at USC
Oct. 14 Colorado
Oct. 21 Bye
Oct. 26 (Thu.) Stanford
Nov. 4 at California
Nov. 11 at Arizona
Nov. 18 Arizona State
Nov. 24 at Oregon
FOOTBALL FUND FOR EXCELLENCE
The Football Fund for Excellence is a program essential to keeping Oregon State football on the cutting edge and prepared for success on and off the field. For more information please contact Our Beaver Nation at 541-737-2370 or ourbeavernation.com
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