Beavers, Bruins Set For Top-25 Matchup On Homecoming

GAME 7: OREGON STATE VS. UCLA
Oct. 14, 2023 • Corvallis, Ore. • Reser Stadium • 5:00 p.m. PT • FOX

Game Notes
- Oregon State and UCLA meet up for the first time since 2019 Saturday night at Reser Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 5 p.m. PT.
- The game will air live on the FOX. Tim Brando (play-by-play) and Spencer Tillman (analyst) 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 meeting is the first between the teams in Corvallis since 2015. The game will mark just the seventh for the Bruins in Corvallis since 2000.
- Saturday's matchup marks the Beavers' annual Homecoming Game.

Oregon State By The Numbers
5 - Touchdown passes by DJ Uiagalelei against California, equaling a career-high and the most by an OSU QB since Jake Luton in 2019.
5 - Fourth-down conversions for the Beavers against the Golden Bears, equaling the most under head coach Jonathan Smith.
8 - Plays of 20 or more yards for OSU in the win at California.
14 - Wins in the last 15 games at Reser Stadium for the Beavers.
21 - OSU's wins, in 34 games, when controlling the time of possession under Smith.
22 - Red zone conversions in 22 attempts this season. OSU is one of just five teams nationally with a 100-percent success rate.
31 - Wins for Smith as a head coach. He and the Beavers are 22-10 the last two-plus seasons after going 9-22 over his first three.
39 - Consecutive starts for offensive lineman Joshua Gray. He needs one more to become the eighth player in school history with 40 or more.
1,568 - Career rush yards for Damien Martinez, the 22nd Beaver to reach 1,500.

Against UCLA
- Oregon State and UCLA are meeting for the first time since 2019. It's also the first meeting in Corvallis between the teams since 2015.
- The Bruins hold a 43-17-4 advantage in the series, but the teams have split the last eight games dating back to 2008. OSU's last win at home versus UCLA was in 2009, a 26-19 victory. The Bruins have won in Corvallis just twice since, in 2011 and 2015.
- The Beavers have had two 100-yard backs in the same game twice versus the Bruins. The first came in 1994 - Don Shanklin with 159 yards and J.J. Young with 157. OSU followed that up in 2000 by Patrick McCall (146 yards) and Ken Simonton (100 yards).
- Ryan Gunderson, UCLA's quarterbacks coach, played for the Beavers from 2003 to 2007. He was a team captain in 2007.
- The Beavers and Bruins are meeting for the first time with both teams ranked since 2001 when OSU was 19th and UCLA 12th. The Bruins won that game, 38-7. - - The teams also met while ranked in 2000 - OSU 19th and UCLA 23rd. The Beavers won that game, 44-38.

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 California
- Oregon State has now won 10 straight games when scoring 40 or more. The Beavers are 17-1 over their last 18 when doing so dating back to 2016.
- OSU hit the 50-point plateau for the 20th time since 1980, improving to 19-1 when doing so. The lone loss was a 54-53 setback at Washington State in 2019.
- Oregon State snapped a 20-game losing streak when an opponent scores 40 or more points. The team's last win when allowing 40 or more prior to Saturday was a 47-44 overtime win against Cal on Oct. 8, 2016.
- Anthony Gould posted his second career 100-yard receiving effort, totaling 117.
- Jack Velling became the first Oregon State tight end with three touchdowns in the same game since at least 1996.
- DJ Uiagalelei threw for five touchdowns for the second time in his career and first at Oregon State. With Clemson last year, he tossed five in a 51-45 win over Wake Forest.
- Silas Bolden's 59-yard kick return in the second quarter marked his longest of the season. He followed that up with a 50-yarder later in the game.
- Bolden became the second player nationally with two kick returns of 50 or more yards in the same game this season. He joins Kole Wilson of Texas State who did it on Sept. 16 against Jackson State.
- Isaac Hodgins is the second Oregon State lineman – offensive or defensive – to score an offensive touchdown this season.
- Jesiah Irish caught his second career touchdown three plays into the second half. The 38-yard reception was his longest since catching a 43-yarder in 2019.
- The Beavers' fumble loss in the second quarter was Oregon State's first since the end of the 2022 regular season versus Oregon.
- Oregon State forced Cal to turn the ball over on downs on the Golden Bears' first drive of the game. Opponents have scored on their first drive just once this season – at Washington State.

Martinez Reaches 1,500
- Damien Martinez became the 22nd player in Oregon State history to reach 1,500 rushing yards when he carried the ball 17 times for 89 yards in the win over California.
- Martinez now has 1,568 yards in his career, and is averaging a program-record 6.2 yards per carry.
- Martinez ranks 19th for a career at OSU after passing James Fields, who had 1,535 from 1976-78. Martinez is just trailing No. 18 Billy Main (1,621 from 1967-69), No. 17 Bryce Oglesby (1,688 from 1980-83) and No. 16 B.J. Baylor (1,718 from 2018-21).

DJU Through Six
- DJ Uiagalelei equaled his career high with five touchdown strikes in the win against California, becoming the first Beaver to do so since Jake Luton did it twice in 2019.
- Uiagalalei now has 13 touchdowns to four interceptions while completing 60.5 percent of his attempts this season. His 13 touchdowns are just three shy of the Beavers' total over 13 games in 2022.
- He has two of the top 13 individual percentage records for the Beavers since 1996, completing 80 percent in the opener against SJSU and then 76 percent at California.

TOP
- Oregon State controlled the ball for 37:17 in the win over the Golden Bears, the best single-game mark under head coach Jonathan Smith. It's also the fourth time - OSU has held it for 35 minutes or more, and OSU is 4-0 when that happens.
- Amazingly, that 37:17 ranks 37th for a single game nationally this season. It is third among Pac-12 teams, following Utah's 40:05 against Weber State on Sept. 16 and UCLA's 38:22 against Washington State this past Saturday.
- OSU has averaged a 30:09 time of possession under Smith, and 31:15 since 2021.

Under Jonathan Smith
- Oregon State is 25-6 when leading at halftime. The Beavers are also 24-3 when taking a lead into the fourth quarter.
- The Beavers are 21-13 when controlling time of possession.
- Oregon State is 20-13 at home.
- The Beavers have scored 30 or more points in 32 of his 63 games, going 24-8.
- Oregon State is 22-7 when outgaining its opponent.
- OSU is 26-11 when scoring first.
- The Beavers are 13-2 when holding an opponent to 21 points or less.

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Players Mentioned

Silas Bolden

Anthony Gould

Joshua Gray

Isaac Hodgins

Jesiah Irish

Damien Martinez