The 1999 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Int heir first season under head coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 7âÂÂ5 with a mark of 4âÂÂ4 in conference play, placing fifth in the Pac-10. It was the program's first winning season since 1970. The Beavers opened with three non-conference wins, lost the first three conference games, then won four straight, but fell in the Civil War at Oregon. Oregon State made its first bowl game appearance since the 1964 season, but dropped the Oahu Bowl by six points to Hawaii on Christmas. The team played home games at Parker Stadium, previously known as Parker Stadium, in Corvallis, Oregon.
Hired in January, Erickson was previously the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) for four years, preceded by six seasons as the head football coach at the University of Miami. Predecessor Mike Riley had left the Beavers after just two seasons for the NFL's San Diego Chargers, but then returned to Corvallis in February 2003.
Oregon State's biggest margin of victory in three years (67âÂÂ28 over Northern Illinois), and their highest point total to date against a Pac-10 opponent.