| Year: | 1979 |
| Team: | Oregon State Beavers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-10 |
| Record: | 1–10 |
| Conf Record: | 1–7 |
| Head Coach: | Craig Fertig |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Stadium: | Parker Stadium |
The 1979 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Craig Fertig, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 1–10 record with a mark of 1–7 in conference play placing last out of ten teams in the Pac-10, and were outscored 396 to 147.[1] The team played its five home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.
Fertig was fired in October, in the second year of a three-year contract at $33,696 per year.[2] [3] [4] [5] He coached through the end of the season,[6] and lost the finale to Oregon 24–3 in the Civil War, the Beavers' fifth straight loss to the Ducks.