1938 Oregon State Beavers football team

1938 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	5–3–1 (4–3–1 PCC)
Head coach	Lon Stiner (6th a season)
Home stadium	Bell Field

1938 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 USC +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 14 California +	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
UCLA	4	–	3	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Oregon	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Washington	3	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Idaho	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Montana	0	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Oregon State Beavers football team season represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1938 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 5–3–1 record (4–3–1 against PCC opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 72 to 51.^[1] The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon and Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

Coming into the 1938 season, Oregon State College head football coach Lon Stiner was forced with the task of replacing virtually his entire starting backfield, having lost three of the previous year's regulars to graduation.^[2] Twenty newcomers were added to the varsity squad for the 1938 campaign, who were brought up to speed over the course of 30 spring practices.^[2]

The 1938 OSC squad finished the season with a ranking of #33 nationally.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Idaho	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 0–13	4,000	[4]
October 1	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–7	35,000
October 8	Portland*	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 19–0		[5]
October 15	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 13–6	19,966
October 22	Washington State	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 7–6	10,000
October 29	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 7–13	25,000
November 12	Stanford	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 6–0	10,000
November 26	vs. Oregon	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR (rivalry)	W 14–0	27,000
December 10	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 6–6	15,000
*Non-conference game

1938 cumulative statistics

Source: Bud Forrester (ed.), 1939 Oregon State Football Information, pg. 9.

	Oregon State	Opponents
Points scored	72	51
Total yards gained	1,771	2,141
Total plays	423	438
First downs	87	108
Passing	43-106 (40.6%)	47-119 (39.5%)
Passing yards	490 (11.4 ave.)	681 (14.5 ave.)
Interceptions thrown	15	14
Fumble recoveries	16	30
Penalties	20-140	25-221
Punts-Average	81-35.8	73-36.0

References

1. "1938 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. Bud Forester (ed.), 1939 Oregon State Football Information, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College Athletic News Bureau, 1939; pg. 3.
3. William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1939 Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1939. New York: Fiction House, 1939; p. 91.
4. "Idaho dumps Staters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 25, 1938. p. 11. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Google News Archive.
5. "Beavers drop Pilots 19 to 0". The Oregon Statesman. October 9, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

Further reading

• Bud Forester (ed.), 1939 Oregon State Football Information, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College Athletic News Bureau, 1939.
• Cougars Tangle with Beavers: Multnomah Field, Oct. 22, 1938. Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, 2013. (Video.)