Football to Open Season vs. Sacramento State

Dec. 13, 2010

Corvallis, Ore. -

The Oregon State University football team will host the Sacramento State Hornets to open the 2011 season at Reser Stadium, Beaver Director of Athletics Bob De Carolis announced Monday. The game is scheduled for Sat., Sept. 3.

The addition of the Hornets concludes scheduling for the upcoming season. The Beavers also face Wisconsin in Madison and host BYU in non-conference action. OSU opens the inaugural Pac-12 Conference season hosting UCLA Sept. 24 in a non-divisional game. The Beavers’ first divisional game in the Pac-12 North will be Oct. 22 against Washington State at Qwest Field in Seattle.

The Hornets were 6-5 in the recently completed 2010 season, the program’s first winning year since 2000. The team finished in a three-way tie for third in the Football Bowl Championship’s Big Sky Conference at 5-3. The Hornets’ three league defeats were by a combined 10 points, including an overtime loss to eventual Big Sky champion Montana State and a narrow setback to FCS championship game competitor Eastern Washington.

This will be the second meeting between the two football programs. Derek Anderson threw for 273 yards and two touchdowns, Steven Jackson rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns, and Mike Hass made six receptions for 129 yards and a score as the Beavers beat the Hornets 40-7 Aug. 30, 2003. The game marked the beginning of Mike Riley’s second tenure as the head coach of the Beavers.

Season ticket renewals for the 2011 Beaver season will be available starting Feb. 1 at osubeavers.com.

2011 (subject to change)

Sept. 3 Sacramento State

Sept. 10 at Wisconsin

Sept. 17 Bye

Sept. 24 UCLA

Oct. 1 at Arizona State

Oct. 8 Arizona

Oct. 15 BYU

Oct. 22 vs. Washington State (@ Qwest Field, Seattle)

Oct. 29 at Utah

Nov. 5 Stanford (Homecoming)

Nov. 12 vs. California (@ AT&T Park)

Nov. 19 Washington (Dad’s Weekend)

Nov. 26 at Oregon