OREGON STATE FOOTBALL HISTORY STORIES 2019 / THE 1999 SEASON
This fall marks 20 years since the 1999 season – a campaign that saw Oregon State football move in a new direction and Beaver Nation celebrate a series of gridiron milestones. A six-part series of stories reliving that season will be published on www.osubeavers.com, with a new story appearing the week of each home game.
Before even the start of fall camp, 1999 had already been an eventful year for Oregon State football:
In early January, Mike Riley – the hometown boy who had returned and coached the Beavers to the brink of a winning season with a 5-6 record in 1998, the school's best mark in 27 years – stepped down to become head coach of the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League.