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{{Infobox NCAA team season
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| Year = 1971
| Team = Oregon State Beavers
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| StadiumArena = [[Parker Stadium]]
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{{1971 Pacific-8 football standings}}
The '''1971 Oregon State Beavers football team''' represented [[Oregon State University]] during the [[1971 college football season]].

This was the first of 28 consecutive losing seasons for the Beavers. Also, OSU would not win five games in a season again until [[1998 Oregon State Beavers football team|1998]]. 

==Schedule==

{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1971
| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 11
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = Georgia
| opprank = 18
| site_stadium = [[Sanford Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Athens, GA]]
| score = 25–56
| attend = 50,709
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = [[Parker Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Corvallis, OR]]
| score = 33–19
| attend = 24,092
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = Michigan State
| site_stadium = [[Spartan Stadium (East Lansing)|Spartan Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[East Lansing, MI]]
| score = 14–31
| attend = 62,184
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = UCLA
| site_stadium = [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
| site_cityst = [[Los Angeles, CA]]
| score = 34–17
| attend = 33,345
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = California
| site_stadium = [[California Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Berkeley, CA]]
| score = 27–30
| attend = 33,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 
| opponent = Arizona State
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = [[Providence Park|Civic Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Portland, OR]]
| score = 24–18
| attend = 30,233
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = [[Husky Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Seattle, WA]]
| score = 14–38
| attend = 57,900
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| w/l = l
| rank = 
| opponent = Stanford
| opprank = 17
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| score = 24–31
| attend = 29,230
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = Arizona
| site_stadium = [[Arizona Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Tucson, AZ]]
| score = 22–34
| attend = 31,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| w/l = w
| rank = 
| opponent = Washington State
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| score = 21–14
| attend = 20,385
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = Oregon
| gamename = [[Civil War (college football game)|Civil War]]
| site_stadium = [[Autzen Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Eugene, OR]]
| score = 30–29
| attend = 43,000
}}
}}

<ref> 2011 Oregon State football media guide.</ref>

==Roster==
*Steve Brown, Jr. (defense)

==Game summaries==

===Oregon===

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    {{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry=yes |Quarter=1 |Time= 6:20|Team=OSU |Event=Boston 41-yard field goal |Score= OSU 3-0}}
    {{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry  |Quarter=1 |Time=0:02 |Team= ORE|Event=Herd 9-yard run (Buettner kick) |Score=ORE 7-3}}
    {{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time=12:50 |Team=ORE |Event=Drake 42-yard punt return (Buettner kick) |Score= ORE 14-3}}
    {{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time=7:59 |Team= OSU|Event= Schilling 3-yard run (Boston kick)|Score= ORE 14-10}}
    {{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time=10:53 |Team=OSU |Event=Schilling 3-yard run (Boston kick) |Score= OSU 17-14}}
    {{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry  |Quarter= 4|Time=11:41 |Team=ORE |Event=Glass 7-yard pass from Fouts (Buettner kick) |Score= ORE 21-17}}
    {{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time=9:51 |Team=OSU |Event=Schilling 6-yard run (Boston kick) |Score=OSU 24-21 }}
    {{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time=7:16 |Team=ORE |Event=Bradley 28-yard pass from Fouts (Winn to Specht pass) |Score= ORE 29-24}}
    {{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry|Quarter=4 |Time=1:40 |Team=OSU |Event=Carlquist 6-yard run (pass failed) |Score= OSU 30-29|LastEntry=yes}}
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<ref> "Beavers pull it off again, 30-29." Cawood, Neil. Eugene Register-Guard. 1971 Nov 20.</ref>

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==References==
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