Oregon State University Athletics

September 7, 2024 • San Diego, California • Snapdragon Stadium • 7:30 p.m. PT • CBS Sports Network

Game Notes

• Oregon State will make its first road trip of the 2024 season on Saturday, visiting San Diego State. Kickoff at Snapdragon Stadium is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT.
• The game will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network. Rich Waltz (commentator), Robert Turbin (commentator) and Amanda Guerra (sideline) will provide commentary.
• The game will be broadcast live on the Beaver Sports Radio Network. A list of partners can be found on page two of these notes.
• Every game this season can be heard live on the Varsity Network, a free application available through computer browsers, smartphones and tablets. After downloading the application, search for Oregon State.
• Oregon State makes its first trip to San Diego since 2013.

Oregon State in numbers

1 – First victory for Trent Bray as head coach in the 38-15 victory over Idaho State.

4 – Consecutive wins by Oregon State over San Diego State since 2000.

9 – Beavers, who made their first collegiate appearance in the win over Idaho State. Twelve players made their first appearance in a Beaver uniform.

12.25 pm – Points allowed on average by the Beavers in their last four games against the Aztecs.
19 – Oregon State wins its last 25 games.

24 – First downs by rushing in the win over Idaho State.

45 – Consecutive starts for Joshua Gray after being named left guard in the opening game. He is now six starts away from OSU's career record.

58 – Oregon State's running attempts against Idaho State in the season opener were the most by a Beaver offense since 1996, when they scored 64 against Northern Illinois.

315 – Rushing Yards combined by Jam Griffin And Anthony Hankson in the opening game against Idaho State. Both surpassed the 100-yard mark for the first time in their respective careers.

362 – Total rush yards against Idaho State: over 350 for the fourth time since 1996.



Against San Diego State
• Oregon State is playing San Diego State for the seventh time and holds a 4-2 lead in the series.
• The Beavers have won four straight games since 2000, three of them in Corvallis. The only win in San Diego was a 34-30 victory in 2013. Sean Mannion threw for 367 yards in that victory, the 27th mark in OSU's record books.
• Brandin Cooks caught 14 of Mannion's passes in that game, tying Mike Hass (2004 vs. Arizona State) for the OSU single-game record. Isaiah Hodgins later tied Cooks and Hass with 14 against Nevada in 2018.
• SDSU defensive line coach David Lose served as a quality control assistant with the Beavers for three seasons and participated in the 2021 Los Angeles Bowl with OSU.



News, notes and more
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Summary of Idaho State's victory
• Oregon State won its fourth straight home game, 38-15. The Beavers won their first home game in 2021 (against Hawai'i), 2022 (against Boise State) and 2023 (against UC Davis).
• The Beavers also won their third consecutive season opener, after beating Boise State in 2022 and San Jose State in 2023.
• OSU held Idaho State to just one play of 20 or more yards.
• The Beavers held the ball for 37 minutes, 29 seconds, fifth-most in the country after the first full weekend of play.
• OSU had 24 rushing first downs in the win, tying the Beavers and SMU for the most first downs this season, although the Mustangs have reached those 24 in two games.
• Oregon State averaged 53 yards per drive, which would have been a best in 2023, topping the 48 yards against Stanford.
• Jack Kane In the fourth quarter, he intercepted the first pass of his career.
• Thomas B.making his first career start, nearly matched his career high in passes caught, totaling four for 32 yards after beginning the year with five for 66 yards.
• Pro Football Focus gave the Beavers an 82.9 run blocking grade, 9th nationally.

That's it
• Oregon State and Georgia were the only two teams nationally to have a top-15 pick in both the 2024 MLB and NFL Drafts.
• Oregon State’s Travis Bazzana became the Beavers’ second No. 1 pick, while offensive lineman Taliese Fuaga was selected 14th overall by the New Orleans Saints.
• The Beavers, meanwhile, were the only team in the country selected in the first round of the MLB, NFL and MLS drafts, while men's soccer's Logan Farrington finished third.



Griffin and Hankerson join forces
• Jam Griffin And Anthony Hankson Together they ran for 315 yards and four touchdowns in the win over the Bengals.
• Griffin rushed for 160 yards, breaking the 100 mark for the first time in his career. He now has 648 rushing yards as a Beaver after totaling 488 yards in 2022.
• Anthony Hanksonran for 155 yards in his first game as a Beaver after transferring from Colorado. He also passed the 100-yard mark for the first time in his career.
• Griffin's 160 yards rank ninth nationally after the first full weekend of play, while Hankerson's 155 yards rank 12th.

This is No. 20
• Jam Griffin And Anthony Hankson became the 20th duo to surpass the 100-yard mark in the same game and the first since BJ Baylor and Deshaun Fenwick in 2021 in Washington State.
• Griffin and Hankerson are the first duo to break the 150 mark since Don Shanklin (159) and JJ Young (157) at UCLA in 1994. In fact, that has only happened three times in Oregon State history.

Speaking of running game
• Oregon State's 362 rush yards on Saturday were the team's most since the Beavers ran for 360 yards against Southern Utah in their second game of the year in 2018. OSU has now topped 350 four times since 1996, after 640 against Northern Illinois in 1996, 474 against California in 2016 and the 360 ​​against Southern Utah in 2018.
• Last Saturday's 362 rush yards were the fourth-most of the weekend, only UCF (454), Army (375) and Boise State (371) were more successful.
• OSU averaged 6.2 yards against the Bengals. The 362 yards came on 58 attempts, the most by a Beaver team since 1996.
• The Beavers finished with 20 or more rushing first downs for the third time since 1996. The other two? 26 against NIU in 1996 and 20 against Oregon in 2016, both wins for OSU.