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1954 Oregon State Beavers football
Head coach Kip Taylor
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record1–8 (1–6 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Parker Stadium
Multnomah Stadium
Seasons
←  1953
1955 →
1954 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 UCLA $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
No. 17 USC ^ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Oregon 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
California 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Washington State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Stanford 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Idaho 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Washington 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    UCLA won rivalry game over USC,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from AP Poll

The Pacific Coast Conference Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1954 college football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Kip Taylor, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 1–8 with a mark of 1–6 conference play, tying for eighth place in the PCC, and were outscored 296 to 60. The team won the opener at home against Idaho, but then had eight consecutive losses. The Beavers played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, with one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

The loss to Oregon in the Civil War was Taylor's first to the rival Ducks; he resigned two days later, as did his three assistants ( Len Younce (line), Ward Cuff (backs), and Hal Moe (ends)). [1] In six years, Taylor had an overall record of 20–36–0 (.357), 15–30 in PCC. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Idaho
W 13–0  9,000 [3] [4]
October 2 Washington
L 7–1719,667
October 9at Washington State
L 6–3418,000
October 16at Nebraska*
L 7–2739,000
October 23No. 3 UCLA
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
L 0–61  8,500
October 30at No. 13 USC
L 0–3430,065
November 6at No. 14 Minnesota*
L 6–4449,000
November 13at California
L 7–4625,000
November 20 Oregon
L 14–3321,200 [5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source: [6] [7]

Conference opponent not played this season: Stanford

Coaching staff

References

  1. ^ "Kip Taylor resigns OSC football post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 23, 1954. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Kip Taylor and Three Assistants Resign at O.S.C." The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon). November 23, 1954. p. Sec. II, p. 2.
  3. ^ Cornacchia, Pete (September 26, 1954). "Beavers bound Vandals 13-0 in PCC opener". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  4. ^ "Costly fumbles defeat Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 26, 1954. p. 1, sports.
  5. ^ "Oregon's Shaw leads 33-14 win over Beavers". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 21, 1954. p. 4, sports.
  6. ^ "1954 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 153. Retrieved October 24, 2020.

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