Beavers can't believe loss to Sacramento State

OSU fans react to the Beavers trailing Saturday against Sacramento State.

Photo by Dave Giezyng.

Sacramento State, a team not even predicted to win the Big Sky Conference, handed Oregon State a frustrating loss Saturday in the college football opener for both teams.

The visiting Hornets scored with a two-point conversion on their possession in overtime and beat the Beavers 29-28 before 41,581 fans at Reser Stadium.

OSU got 233 yards and three touchdowns from freshman Malcolm Agnew and freshman Sean Mannion took over in the second half at quarterback and rallied the team from a 21-6 deficit into a tie score.

The Beavers missed winning the game by inches as regulation time ran out when a 27-yard field-goal attempt by Trevor Romaine hit the right upright, forcing overtime.

Agnew scored on a 17-yard run and Romaine, who kicked two field goals earlier in the game, hit the point-after, but the Hornets scored when Brandyn Reed caught a 6-yard pass from Jeff Fleming and the duo hooked up for the two-point conversion and the win.

Fleming threw three touchdown passes in the game.

Oregon State played eight true freshmen, a record for a game under coach Mike Riley.