1939 Oregon State Beavers football team
American college football season
The 1939 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the 1939 college football season .
The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon and Multnomah Stadium in Portland .
The Beavers ended this season with nine wins, one loss, and one tie. The Beavers scored 186 points and allowed 77 points. Oregon State won the inaugural Pineapple Bowl, 39–6. The team was led by head coach Lon Stiner .
Oregon State was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 16 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,[1] No. 18 according to the Azziratem System favored by Illustrated Football Annual magazine,[2] and at No. 53 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 30 at Stanford W 12–020,000
October 7 Idaho W 7–68,000 [4]
October 14 at Portland * W 14–12[5]
October 21 at Washington No. 15 W 13–714,000
October 28 Washington State No. 15 W 13–08,000
November 4 vs. No. 7 USC No. 11 L 7–1932,611 [6]
November 11 at Oregon W 19–1422,000
November 18 California No. 19 W 21–09,000
November 25 at No. 13 UCLA T 13–1340,000
at Hawaii All-Stars* W 28–012,000
, 1940at Hawaii * W 39–615,000 [7]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Team players drafted into the NFL
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References
^ Paul Williamson (December 8, 1941). "Texas Aggies Ranked Nation's Top" . The Atlanta Constitution . p. 26 – via Newspapers.com .
^ William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1940 Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1940. New York: Fiction House, 1936; p. 91.
^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth" . Johnson City Sunday Press . p. 11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Beavers barely able to defeat Vandals 7 to 6" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Associated Press. October 8, 1939. p. 12. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Google News Archive .
^ "Mighty Staters Hustled To Beat Lowly Portland" . Medford Mail Tribune . October 15, 1939. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Paul Zimmerman (November 5, 1939). "Trojans Aerial Attack Bombs Beavers, 19 to 7" . The Los Angeles Times . pp. II-13, II-14 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Oregon State ambles to 39–6 win over Hawaii; Dow scores thrice" . Corvallis Gazette-Times . January 2, 1942. Retrieved April 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Oregon State University Official Athletic Site" . Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2009 .
^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009 .
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