High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2012 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team`s head coach, in his second stint with the Beavers, was Mike Riley who was in his ninth straight season and twelfth overall. Home games were played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon. They were members of the Pacific-12 Conference in the North Division. They finished the season 9–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they were defeated by Texas.