The Beavers finished the season 8–5, 6–3 in Pac-10 play, and lost the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas 20–44 vs BYU.

Centers Cornerbacks Defensive ends Defensive line Defensive tackles Linebackers Long snappers Offensive guards Offensive linemen Offensive tackles Punters Place kickers Quarterbacks Running backs Safeties Tight ends Wide receivers at Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon Oregon State faced Portland State for the third time in history, first since 2005, which the Beavers won 41–14.

Oregon State scored on their first play from scrimmage, an 87-yard touchdown from Sean Canfield to James Rodgers.

Sean Canfield then executed a 2-minute drill (helped by a pass interference call on 3rd and 26) that set up the winning 33-yard field goal by Justin Kahut.

Most notably a long pass to James Rodgers which set up an easy score from Sean Canfield to Damola Adeniji from the 2.

A late OSU rally came up short when WR Darell Catchings fumbles out of the end zone for a touchback while trying to extend for a touchdown.

Oregon State jumped to a quick start as Jacquizz Rodgers scored the first three touchdowns in the game, giving the Beavers a 21–0 lead early in the 2nd quarter.

Witt the Beavers up by 24 at the half, Stanford had to focus on moving the ball quickly with the passing game, which took running back Toby Gerhart out of the spotlight.

Oregon State is the second Pac-10 Conference school to have beaten USC twice during the Pete Carroll era, having done so in 2006 and 2008 (Stanford was first with victories in 2001 and 2007 and would do so again later in the 2009 season).

USC quarterback Matt Barkley passed to Anthony McCoy for an 8-yard touchdown to give the Trojans the early lead in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Matt Barkley completed a pass to Ronald Johnson for a 22 yards touchdown.

In the third quarter, Sean Canfield passed to Jacquizz Rodgers for a 6-yard touchdown for the Beavers on a 3:06-drive that took 8 plays for 61 yards.

Canfield narrowed Oregon State's gap by completing a 15-yard scoring pass to Damola Adeniji.

Oregon State increased its lead to 13 when Jacquizz Rodgers passed to Brady Camp for a 14-yard touchdown.

But James Rodgers ran into the end zone for an Oregon State touchdown on a drive of 7 plays and 70 yards.

Sean Canfield threw 29 completions for 342 yards, most of them to Jacquizz Rodgers (9), James Rodges (6) and Joe Halahunt (6).

Oregon State will be celebrating Dad's Weekend as the Beavers will try to keep there very slim Rose Bowl chances alive.

Washington quarterback Jake Locker will make his return to Corvallis after leaving the field on a stretcher in 2007.

The turning point in the game was a critical decision when Mike Riley opted to go for it on 4th and 15 from the Ducks 27-yard line.

The Ducks ran out the remainder of the clock after converting 2 4th down plays on the drive sealing their ticket to Pasadena.