Photo Gallery: Oregon State loses to Arizona Wildcats
Arizona beats OSU 27-24.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Oregon State got outplayed in the second half and lost to Arizona on Saturday night.
Final score: Wildcats 27, Beavers 24.
Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita threw three touchdown passes and the Wildcats controlled the ball in the fourth quarter.
OSU coach Jonathan Smith made a questionable call to end the first half, opting for a fake field-goal attempt with two seconds left vs. attempting the kick. The trick play was stopped short of the goal line and the teams went into the intermission tied 10-10.
Oregon State out-gained Arizona 407-374. The Beavers also had more first downs (23-21), but fell to 6-2 this season with the loss. OSU will play at Colorado next Saturday.
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Photographer Patrick Mulligan was on the scene in Tucson and captured the game with his photo gallery:
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OSU's coach Smith pulled a Lanning with his poor decision to go for a fake field goal with 2 seconds left in the first half--he had similar bonehead decisions last year in the first half of their defeat to Washington in Seattle, all resulting in taking defeat out of the jaws of victory.
Don't even know where to start. Beavs were outcoached, outplayed, outhustled. They looked slow. Tackled poorly (AGAIN!). Lacked fire. Martinez only carried the ball 14 times. DJU looked confused and held on to the ball too long. Only bright spot was offensive line played well. So disappointing, especially coming off the bye week.