The 1996 Oregon State Beavers football team represented
Oregon State University in the
1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by sixth-year head coach
Jerry Pettibone, the Beavers were 2–9 overall (1–7 in
Pac-10, last) for the program's 26th consecutive losing season. The Beavers were outscored 388 to 216, the most points allowed by an Oregon State team since
1987.
Pettibone resigned at the end of the season in late November,[1] and was succeeded by
Mike Riley in
1997.