Beavers Return To Reser For First Of Four Straight At Home

GAME 7: OREGON STATE VS. WAKE FOREST
Oct. 11, 2025 • Corvallis, Ore. • Reser Stadium • 12:30 p.m. PT • The CW

TV/Radio/Internet
Television/Stream: The CW
Play-By-Play: Ted Robinson
Analyst: Ryan Leaf
Sideline: Nigel Burton
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: 387
OSU on SiriusXM App/Internet: 977
Live Stats: OSUBeavers.com

Game Notes
• Oregon State is back in Corvallis Saturday when the Beavers begin a four-game home stretch with a midday matchup versus Wake Forest. Kickoff is slated for 12:30 p.m. PT.
• The game will stream live on The CW with Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Ryan Leaf (analyst) and Nigel Burton (sideline) 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 marks the first ever between the teams.
• Saturday's matchup marks the Beavers' annual Homecoming Game.

Oregon State By The Numbers
4 - Straight home games for the Beavers, the team's longest homestand since 1997.
8 - Beaver sacks, one more than the 2024 team's total over its 12-game season.
13 - Catches for Trent Walker at App State, tying him for the fourth-most in a single game at Oregon State.
18 - Consecutive starts for both Nikko Taylor and Skyler Thomas.
49 - Beaver first downs the last two games while limiting Houston and App State to 35 combined.
52 - Rush yards needed by Anthony Hankerson to become the 24th Beaver to reach 1,500 for an OSU career.
179 - Yards by Walker against the Mountaineers, good for 15th in the Oregon State record books.
2023 - David Wells Jr. scored a rushing and receiving score at App State, the first Beaver to do so since Deshaun Fenwick in 2023 versus Stanford.

Against Wake Forest
• Saturday's meeting is the first ever between the teams.
• Quarterback Maalik Murphy, while a member of Duke, threw for 235 yards and a touchdown against Wake Forest last season. He also rushed for a touchdown against the Demon Deacons.
• The game is just the fourth for the Beavers against an Atlantic Coast Conference foe since 2007. The Beavers defeated Maryland, 21-14, in the 2007 Emerald Bowl in San Francisco. OSU lost at California last season and at Reser Stadium to open the 2025 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.

Homestand
• Saturday's homecoming game against Wake Forest opens a four-game homestand for the Beavers, who will also take on Lafayette, Washington State and Sam Houston over that stretch.
• It's the first four-game homestand for the Beavers since the start of the 1997 season. OSU opened with a win over North Texas, followed by losses to Stanford and Arizona State before a win over San Jose State.

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 Oct. 11 for the 14th time in the program's history.
• The Beavers are 9-4 on the date, last playing on it in 2008. The Beavers were 66-13 winners over Washington State that day.

Walker's Career Day
• Trent Walker had a career day against App State. He set career-highs with 13 receptions and 179 yards.
• The 13 catches surpassed his previous best of 12 against Washington State last season. His 179 receiving yards, meanwhile, surpassed his 151 against San Jose State last year.
• The 179 yards mark the 15th-best single-game effort in Oregon State's history. The 13 catches, meanwhile, tie for the fourth-most ever by a Beaver. Only Mike Hass (14 in 2004 versus Arizona State), Brandin Cooks (14 in 2013 versus San Diego State) and Isaiah Hodgins (14 versus Nevada in 2018) have more.

Against App State
• David Wells Jr.'s rushing score in the second quarter marked his first career on the ground. He then scored his second of the game on a 3-yard pass just before halftime, the fourth overall of his career.
• Wells Jr. became the first Beaver to rush for a score and catch a pass for a TD since Deshaun Fenwick in 2023 versus Stanford. Wells Jr. is just the 11th Beaver to accomplish the feat since 2010, and only the fifth wide receiver.
• Cornell Hatcher Jr. scored his second career touchdown, and first via the pass, in the third quarter.
• Zakaih Saez recorded his first sack of the season in the third quarter. It was also the second sack of his career.
• Saez's third-quarter sack marked the seventh of the season for the Beavers, equaling the team's tally in all of 2024.
• Jake Reichle made his first career start.
• Tyler Voltin made his first start of the season and third of his career.
• The Beavers' 93-yard scoring drive in the second quarter marked the team's longest by yardage this season.
• The safety in the fourth quarter was the first for an Oregon State defense since 2017 against Washington State.
• The Beavers had an average third-down distance of 4.1 yards while App State's was 10.3.
• OSU averaged a season-best 6.5 yards per play, and 8.0 yards per pass.

Walker After Six
• Trent Walker comes into Saturday's matchup with 43 catches on the year, placing him third nationally. He's also fourth with 584 total yards.
• He's at 129 catches for his career and is honing on becoming the 12th player in Oregon State history with at least 151.
• Walker leads the nation with 124 receptions since the start of the 2024 season. His 1,485 receiving yards are good for third among active players.

Sacks Note
• Oregon State tallied two sacks against App State, giving the Beavers five over the last two games.
• Those two sacks also give the Beavers eight on the year, one more than the team's total over 12 games a year ago.
• Oregon State has posted at least one in each of the last three games, a streak that was last accomplished in 2023-24; the Sun Bowl to complete the 2023 season and the first two games of the 2024 campaign. The Beavers last had mutiples in back-to-back games in 2023.

Fourth Down
• Oregon State, after going for it on fourth down 42 times last season, has just eight attempts over the first six games of the 2025 season.
• The Beavers have attempted just two fourth-down conversions over the last three games.

Rush, Rush
• Oregon State is 25-7 since 2021 when rushing for at least 175 yards. Conversely, the Beavers are 5-20 when rushing for less than 175 yards.

100-Yard Efforts
• Trent Walker, David Wells Jr. and Taz Reddicks have combined for five 100-yard efforts over the first six games of the season.
• The 2019 Beavers are the last team with at least five, recording six. OSU is inching closer to the 2018 Beavers, who recorded seven. The 2012 team, meanwhile, is the last to record 10 or more, finishing with 12, led by Brandin Cooks' eight.

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Players Mentioned

Anthony Hankerson

Cornell Hatcher Jr.

Maalik Murphy

Taz Reddicks

Jake Reichle

Zakaih Saez

Nikko Taylor

Skyler Thomas

Tyler Voltin

Trent Walker

David Wells Jr.