THE SERIES/GAME FACTS
• Ninth meeting between Oregon State and Colorado.
• Oregon State leads the series 5-3 and has won two of three since the conference expanded and Colorado joined the Pac-12. The teams have split the four previous contests in Boulder.
• OSU outside wide receivers coach Brent Brennan was on San Jose State's staff when CU head coach Mike MacIntyre was the Spartans' head coach in 2010 – his first year.
• Brennan was a player at UCLA when CU assistant coach Gary Bernardi was on the Bruins' staff.
• Redshirt freshman safety Jalen Moore is OSU's only Colorado native on the roster in 2016. Moore, who graduated from Upland High School in California, calls Denver his hometown.
• Free safety Andre Harris tied a school record that still stands with 22 tackles at Colorado Sept. 24, 1988. No other Beaver had more than eight tackles in the game.
BIG PLAY BOLDEN: Senior Victor Bolden Jr. has been all over the field for the Beavers through three games - as a wide receiver, running jet sweeps and reverses, and returning punts and kickoffs. In the early going, Bolden Jr. has punished teams for failing to account for him resulting in big plays for the Beavers. Bolden Jr. is the only player in the NCAA with two plays of 90+ yards - 92-yard jet sweep (second-longest rushing play in OSU history) against Idaho State and a 99-yard kickoff return against Boise State.
DANGEROUS RETURNS: OSU leads the Pac-12 and ranks fourth in the country for yards per kickoff return at 32.7. Senior Victor Bolden Jr. leads the country individually at 40.2 yards, 13 yards more than the next closest player in the Pac-12.
BEAVER WR COACH FORMER MACINTYRE STAFFER: OSU outside wide receivers coach Brent Brennan was on San Jose State's staff when CU head coach Mike MacIntyre was the Spartans' head coach in 2010 – his first year.
6 IS THE RECORD: Former OSU quarterback and current Los Angeles Ram Sean Mannion set the school record with six touchdown passes vs. Colorado Sept. 24, 2013 in Corvallis – a 44-17 victory in the first time the two programs had met in 25 years. Mannion had 414 yards in the air, 10th all-time at OSU.
WE'LL BE BACK: The Beavers will head back to the state of Colorado next year as it has the first of a home-and-home series with the Colorado State Rams tentatively set to begin Sept. 23, 2017 in Fort Collins. CSU travels to Corvallis in 2020. The two programs have met only twice, both in the Corvallis, and the last in 1975.
THAT'S OUT OF THE WAY: This is the third year in a row that Oregon State has completed its three-game non-conference schedule before playing a league game.
TRENDING BETTER: OSU is averaging 28 points per game through three contests, that would be an improvement of nine points over last season overall. The Beavers are allowing 25 points per game, which would be a 12-point improvement over a year ago. OSU was last in the Pac-12 for scoring offense last year and 11th for scoring defense; to this point it ranks eighth and sixth, respectively.
1: As in the number of touchdown passes allowed by the Beavers, tied for the fewest in the country with Baylor, Memphis, Miami, Kansas State and Georgia State. OSU leads the Pac-12 for pass efficiency defense and is seventh in the country.
NEW COORDINATORS: The Oregon State football program is one of five in the nation (Bowling Green, Hawai'i, UCF and Utah State) that has had a different offensive AND defensive coordinator in each of the last three seasons. On the offensive side, the Beavers have been led by John Garrett (2014), Dave Baldwin (2015) and Kevin McGiven and T.J. Woods are co-coordinators in 2016, while on the defensive side it has been Mark Banker (2014), Kalani Sitake (2015) and now Kevin Clune (2016). Bowling Green is the only team to have had four different coordinators on both sides of the ball in the last four years. In point of fact, Danny Langsdorf was the offensive coordinator for the previous 10 seasons before Garrett's stint under then-head coach Mike Riley.
AIMING FOR THE CYCLE: Senior do-everything player Victor Bolden Jr. is one of five players in the nation to have scored touchdowns rushing, receiving and as a kick returner in 2016. Bolden joined the club last Saturday with his 99-yard kickoff return against Boise State. Others that have accomplished the feat are Quadree Henderson (Pittsburgh), T.J. Logan (North Carolina), Rashaad Penny (San Diego State) and John Ross (Washington).
TWO OF THE BEST: Starting wide receivers Victor Bolden Jr. and Jordan Villamin will spend the season climbing Oregon State's career receiving yards records list. Currently Bolden Jr. ranks 15th all-time at OSU with 1,452 receiving yards while Villamin is tied for 21st with 1,282 yards.
VIC AND VILLY:Victor Bolden Jr. and Jordan Villamin are one of two sets of teammates in the nation with receptions in 20+ games. Bolden Jr. has now caught a ball in the last 27 games in which he has played while Villamin has receptions in 24 straight. Wyoming's Tanner Gentry (23) and Jake Maulhardt (21) are the other combination.
OFF TO A GOOD START: Junior QB Darell Garretson, who sat out the 2015 due to NCAA transfer rules, made his Oregon State debut at Minnesota completing 25 of 40 passes for 228 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. It was the best starting debut performance by an OSU signal-caller since Cody Vaz passed for 332 yards and three scores in a 42-24 victory at BYU in 2012. Garretson joined the likes of some of OSU's greatest quarterbacks in history with only Matt Moore and Erik Wilhem throwing for more TDs in a debut performance with four and other than Vaz, Derek Anderson is the only other to throw for three scores in the modern era.
NEGATIVE RETURNS: Oregon State is one of six teams in the FBS that is allowing negative yards on punt returns. The Beavers are sixth in the nation allowing -0.3 yard per return. It looks like it could be a tough year for returners in the conference as Washington is second at -5.0 yards and Washington State is third at -1.50. Arizona State is one of seven teams allowing 0.0 yards. South Alabama leads the nation at -7.33 yards.
• Ninth meeting between Oregon State and Colorado.
• Oregon State leads the series 5-3 and has won two of three since the conference expanded and Colorado joined the Pac-12. The teams have split the four previous contests in Boulder.
• OSU outside wide receivers coach Brent Brennan was on San Jose State's staff when CU head coach Mike MacIntyre was the Spartans' head coach in 2010 – his first year.
• Brennan was a player at UCLA when CU assistant coach Gary Bernardi was on the Bruins' staff.
• Redshirt freshman safety Jalen Moore is OSU's only Colorado native on the roster in 2016. Moore, who graduated from Upland High School in California, calls Denver his hometown.
• Free safety Andre Harris tied a school record that still stands with 22 tackles at Colorado Sept. 24, 1988. No other Beaver had more than eight tackles in the game.
BIG PLAY BOLDEN: Senior Victor Bolden Jr. has been all over the field for the Beavers through three games - as a wide receiver, running jet sweeps and reverses, and returning punts and kickoffs. In the early going, Bolden Jr. has punished teams for failing to account for him resulting in big plays for the Beavers. Bolden Jr. is the only player in the NCAA with two plays of 90+ yards - 92-yard jet sweep (second-longest rushing play in OSU history) against Idaho State and a 99-yard kickoff return against Boise State.
DANGEROUS RETURNS: OSU leads the Pac-12 and ranks fourth in the country for yards per kickoff return at 32.7. Senior Victor Bolden Jr. leads the country individually at 40.2 yards, 13 yards more than the next closest player in the Pac-12.
BEAVER WR COACH FORMER MACINTYRE STAFFER: OSU outside wide receivers coach Brent Brennan was on San Jose State's staff when CU head coach Mike MacIntyre was the Spartans' head coach in 2010 – his first year.
6 IS THE RECORD: Former OSU quarterback and current Los Angeles Ram Sean Mannion set the school record with six touchdown passes vs. Colorado Sept. 24, 2013 in Corvallis – a 44-17 victory in the first time the two programs had met in 25 years. Mannion had 414 yards in the air, 10th all-time at OSU.
WE'LL BE BACK: The Beavers will head back to the state of Colorado next year as it has the first of a home-and-home series with the Colorado State Rams tentatively set to begin Sept. 23, 2017 in Fort Collins. CSU travels to Corvallis in 2020. The two programs have met only twice, both in the Corvallis, and the last in 1975.
THAT'S OUT OF THE WAY: This is the third year in a row that Oregon State has completed its three-game non-conference schedule before playing a league game.
TRENDING BETTER: OSU is averaging 28 points per game through three contests, that would be an improvement of nine points over last season overall. The Beavers are allowing 25 points per game, which would be a 12-point improvement over a year ago. OSU was last in the Pac-12 for scoring offense last year and 11th for scoring defense; to this point it ranks eighth and sixth, respectively.
1: As in the number of touchdown passes allowed by the Beavers, tied for the fewest in the country with Baylor, Memphis, Miami, Kansas State and Georgia State. OSU leads the Pac-12 for pass efficiency defense and is seventh in the country.
NEW COORDINATORS: The Oregon State football program is one of five in the nation (Bowling Green, Hawai'i, UCF and Utah State) that has had a different offensive AND defensive coordinator in each of the last three seasons. On the offensive side, the Beavers have been led by John Garrett (2014), Dave Baldwin (2015) and Kevin McGiven and T.J. Woods are co-coordinators in 2016, while on the defensive side it has been Mark Banker (2014), Kalani Sitake (2015) and now Kevin Clune (2016). Bowling Green is the only team to have had four different coordinators on both sides of the ball in the last four years. In point of fact, Danny Langsdorf was the offensive coordinator for the previous 10 seasons before Garrett's stint under then-head coach Mike Riley.
AIMING FOR THE CYCLE: Senior do-everything player Victor Bolden Jr. is one of five players in the nation to have scored touchdowns rushing, receiving and as a kick returner in 2016. Bolden joined the club last Saturday with his 99-yard kickoff return against Boise State. Others that have accomplished the feat are Quadree Henderson (Pittsburgh), T.J. Logan (North Carolina), Rashaad Penny (San Diego State) and John Ross (Washington).
TWO OF THE BEST: Starting wide receivers Victor Bolden Jr. and Jordan Villamin will spend the season climbing Oregon State's career receiving yards records list. Currently Bolden Jr. ranks 15th all-time at OSU with 1,452 receiving yards while Villamin is tied for 21st with 1,282 yards.
VIC AND VILLY:Victor Bolden Jr. and Jordan Villamin are one of two sets of teammates in the nation with receptions in 20+ games. Bolden Jr. has now caught a ball in the last 27 games in which he has played while Villamin has receptions in 24 straight. Wyoming's Tanner Gentry (23) and Jake Maulhardt (21) are the other combination.
OFF TO A GOOD START: Junior QB Darell Garretson, who sat out the 2015 due to NCAA transfer rules, made his Oregon State debut at Minnesota completing 25 of 40 passes for 228 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. It was the best starting debut performance by an OSU signal-caller since Cody Vaz passed for 332 yards and three scores in a 42-24 victory at BYU in 2012. Garretson joined the likes of some of OSU's greatest quarterbacks in history with only Matt Moore and Erik Wilhem throwing for more TDs in a debut performance with four and other than Vaz, Derek Anderson is the only other to throw for three scores in the modern era.
NEGATIVE RETURNS: Oregon State is one of six teams in the FBS that is allowing negative yards on punt returns. The Beavers are sixth in the nation allowing -0.3 yard per return. It looks like it could be a tough year for returners in the conference as Washington is second at -5.0 yards and Washington State is third at -1.50. Arizona State is one of seven teams allowing 0.0 yards. South Alabama leads the nation at -7.33 yards.
