| 1938 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 5–3–1 (4–3–1 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Bell Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
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| September 24 | Idaho | L 0–13 | [4] | ||||
| October 1 | at USC | L 0–7 | 35,000 | ||||
| October 8 | Portland* |
| W 19–0 | [5] | |||
| October 15 | at Washington | W 13–6 | 19,966 | ||||
| October 22 | Washington State | W 7–6 | 10,000 | ||||
| October 29 | at California | L 7–13 | 25,000 | ||||
| November 12 | Stanford |
| W 6–0 | ||||
| November 26 | vs. Oregon |
| W 14–0 | ||||
| December 10 | at UCLA |
| T 6–6 | 15,000 | |||
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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
- ^ "1938 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ a b Bud Forester (ed.), 1939 Oregon State Football Information, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College Athletic News Bureau, 1939; pg. 3.
- ^ William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1939 Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1939. New York: Fiction House, 1939; p. 91.
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"Idaho dumps Staters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 25, 1938. p. 11. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via
Google News Archive.
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"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.)