Other notable performances include a second-place finish in the 1973 and 1995 NCAA wrestling finals, two Final Four appearances by the men's basketball team, one Final Four appearance by the women's basketball team, the football team defeating Notre Dame by a 32-point margin in the 2001 Fiesta Bowl (and finishing the season ranked #4 in the polls), seven appearances in the College World Series by the baseball program, and several individual NCAA championship titles in gymnastics, wrestling, and track & field.

Opened over a century ago, Coleman Field is located near the center of campus and is the oldest continuous use ballpark in the nation.

[7] The men's basketball team at Oregon State experienced periods of significant success from the early 1920s to the early 1990s—with 12 conference championships, 16 NCAA tournament appearances, and only 14 losing seasons from 1922 to 1991—but fell on hard times, suffering 19 losing seasons and made no NCAA tournament appearances from 1992 to 2015 before returning in 2016.

The Oregon State men's basketball holds the NCAA record for most games played against a single opponent with 362 games played against the Oregon Ducks men's basketball team and the NCAA record for 2nd most victories against a single opponent with 195 victories against the Ducks.

The football program has been a part of Oregon State University since 1893, working as a platform for over a hundred players to enter the NFL, such as Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker and Atlanta Falcons running backs Steven Jackson and Jacquizz Rodgers, current Los Angeles Rams punter Johnny Hekker, Cincinnati Bengals wide receivers Chad Ochocinco and T. J. Houshmandzadeh, Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks, Buffalo Bills linebacker Nick Barnett, Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer, Carolina Panthers quarterback Derek Anderson, Kansas City Chiefs safety Sabby Piscitelli, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Sammie Stroughter, Miami Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore, and New England Patriots cornerback Brandon Browner.

The Oregon State Beavers men's soccer team was founded in 1988 and plays at 1,500 seat Paul Lorenz Field at Patrick Wayne Valley Stadium.

[23] Prior to that date, golf existed on campus as a club sport with an organized team, but with its participants not receiving formal recognition from the university.

[23] The Oregon State men's golf team finished the 1949-50 season 1st in the north division and 18th at the national championship tournament.

Built in 1988, the course is designed by the famed architect Ted Robinson and features many large, raised greens making approach shots very challenging.

In 2017 Trysting Tree opened its new routing featuring three newly created holes by Native Oregonian and former Oregon State Golfer, Dan Hixson.

Crew was established at Oregon State College on October 13, 1927, when the University of California presented two rowing shells to the school.

The school's first crew coach was James C. Othus, a former collegiate rower at Cornell University, who guided the program from its origin in 1927.

Ten years later, Coach Drlica would orchestrate the elevation of women's and lightweight rowing to varsity status as well.

Under Emigh, the crew achieved stability within the athletic department and firmly established itself as a leader in West Coast rowing.

Fred Honebein joined the Oregon State family in 2004 and led his squad to a ninth-place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships.

Steve Todd has been named interim head coach of the Oregon State University men's rowing program for the 2006–07 season.

Todd succeeded former head coach Fred Honebein in June after leading the Beavers to a 14th-place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championships.

A former rower at the University of Washington, Todd rowed to a national championship in the Huskies' JV8 in 1997 and earned medals in the Varsity boat in 1998 and 1999.

Friedericks, a former member of the U.S. national team, directed the Lake Oswego Community Rowing Center for the past two years.

While at Lake Oswego, Friedericks helped grow the club from a group of a dozen members to a membership of 75 with an additional 100 rowers taking classes.

Oregon State women's gymnastics has produced 4 Olympians in 5 Olympic games (Patti Jo Knorr in 1980 -boycotted 1980 Olympics, (Olivia Vivian in 2008, Madeline Gardiner in 2012, Jade Carey winning gold in both in 2020 & 2024) Oregon State women's soccer team's head coach is Linus Rhodes, formerly an assistant coach for eight years at OSU.

The Beavers compete largely in smaller, Division 3 meets, but have enjoyed some success in the Pac-12 Conference, including a ninth-place finish by Ashley Younce in the 2006 Western Regional NCAA track & field meet and recently the graduation of three-time All-American and holder of five school-records, Laura Carlyle.

Oregon State women's cross country has produced 5 All-Americans, 15 All-Conference selections and 2 All-Academic honors.

Track and Field has seen the recent development of the program through the success of multiple events - namely the steeplechase with the All American performances by Kaylee Mitchell and Grace Fetherstonhaugh.

The completion of Phase One of the 1,500 seat Whyte Track & Field Center is a giant step in the efforts to fully re-establish the program on both the women's and men's team.

The swim team practiced and competed at 250 seat Steven's Natatorium inside the Dixon Recreation Center on the main campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis once it was completed in 1992.

[49] Oregon State played an undefeated regular season in 2012 and was champion of the Northwest conference in 2012, qualifying for the playoffs for the national DI-AA championship.

In 2000, Oregon State's football team finished with a 10–1 regular season record and an invitation to the 2001 Fiesta Bowl.

The Beavers football team brought an estimated 38,000 fans with them to Tempe, Arizona and went on to crush Notre Dame by a score of 42–3.

The fan base showed up big again in Omaha for the 2018 College World Series, celebrating wildly as the Beavers took home yet another National Championship, this time at TD Ameritrade Stadium.