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With the Oregon State football team (2-0) set to face off with Oregon (2-0) on Saturday afternoon, BeaversEdge gives their Top 5 contests between the Beavers and Ducks since 1998...
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Honorable Mentions
2004: Oregon State 50, Oregon 21:
-> One of Oregon State's most lopsided wins in the series came in 2004 when the Beavers, led by QB Derek Anderson, WR Mike Hass, and DT Bill Swancutt, had their way with Oregon in every facet of the game. Anderson threw for over 350 yards, Hass caught two touchdowns and 159 yards, and Swancutt has three sacks, a forced fumble, an INT, and a 17-yard reception on a fake field goal. After a 1-4 start, the dominating victory over the Ducks gave the Beavers a berth in the Insight Bowl, where they would defeat Notre Dame 38-21.
2006: Oregon State 30, Oregon 28:
-> Following a 2-3 start, Oregon State won eight of its next nine games, including this matchup in Reser Stadium, en route to its best win total since the Fiesta Bowl season. Behind Matt Moore, Yvenson Bernard, and a stout defense, the Beavers won a thriller in Corvallis in their penultimate regular-season game. Alexis Serna nailed the game-winning field goal with 1:12 left and OSU partially blocks Oregon's FG just minutes later to preserve the win. Following the victory over Oregon, the Beavers would go on to beat Hawaii and Missouri to finish the season with an impressive 10-4 mark.
2013: No. 12 Oregon 36, Oregon State 35
-> While it was a bitterly tough defeat for Oregon State, the 2013 matchup was truly an exciting contest and a highly unexpected thriller... Oregon was flying high with Marcus Mariota while OSU was coming off a 69-27 drubbing at the hands of Washington. However, none of that season's previous history mattered as Sean Mannion, Brandin Cooks, and Terron Ward nearly pulled off a stunner at Autzen, falling in the game's final seconds. The Beavers went on to defeat Boise State in the Hawaii Bowl...
No. 5: 2009: No. 7 Oregon 37, No. 13 Oregon State 33
Dubbed the "War for the Roses", the winner was guaranteed a berth in the Rose Bowl. While this was the second straight season that the Beavers needed a win against the Ducks to reach the Rose Bowl, it didn't come to fruition.
If there were two defining moments in the second of the Mike Riley era, it was the 2008 and 2009 games against Oregon. All the Beavers needed to do was win one of them, and they would have reached a Rose Bowl, pushing the program to new heights. While the 2008 matchup wasn't all that competitive, the 2009 one was one of the series' best.
Despite being an Oregon State loss, the Beavers played an incredible game in Autzen Stadium as Sean Canfield and Co. nearly led OSU to the Roses. While the Rodgers brothers had themselves a day, it was Jerimiah Masoli, LaMichael James, and LeGarrette Blount who carried the Ducks to a narrow victory.
This one comes in at No. 5 as there will never be another matchup for the Roses as the Pac-12 Championship and the ultimate collapse of the conference eliminated the chance of that possibility...
