1947 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1947 Oregon State Beavers football Stiner-Lon-1947.jpg Head Coach Lon Stiner Pacific Coast Conference PCC 5–5 3–4 Lon Stiner 13th Bell FieldMultnomah Stadium The 1947 Oregon State Beavers football team was an American football team that represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. Led by thirteenth-year head coach Lon Stiner, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–4 in PCC, sixth), and outscored their opponents 171 to 136.1947 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football September 7, 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oregon-state/1947-schedule.html Oregon State was ranked at No. 52 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings Times Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 18, 1947 47 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123152970/michigan-national-champion-in-final/ Newspapers.com The Beavers played three home games on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland. No Oregon State players were named to the All-Coast team. Schedule 1947 AP y y September 27 at Utah<ncg> Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT L 6-7 22,175 Underdog Utah Downs OSC, 7-6 The Salt Lake Tribune September 28, 1947 A1, B6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28100017/underdog_utah_downs_osc_76/ Newspapers.com October 4 at Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA W 14-7 39,000 Beavers Top Huskies, 14-7 The Statesman (Salem, Oregon) October 5, 1947 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28100247/beavers_top_huskies_147/ Newspapers.com October 11 Idaho Bell Field Corvallis, OR W 33-6 10,000 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZbFeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1i8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2181%2C897320 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho OSC drops Vandals 33-6 October 12, 1947 8 October 18 at No. 11 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA L 6-48 61,301 Trojans Trounce Beavers, 48-6 Los Angeles Times Braven Dyer October 19, 1947 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28100436/trojans_trounce_beavers_486/ Newspapers.com October 25 Portland<ncg> Bell Field Corvallis, OR W 46-0 6,657 Staters Rout Pilots, 46-0 The Statesman (Salem, Oregon) October 26, 1947 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28100710/staters_rout_pilots_460/ Newspapers.com November 1 at Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 13-7 9,000 Beavers Sneak Past Battling Indians, 13-7 The San Francisco Examiner Harry Borba November 2, 1947 21, 24 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28101001/beavers_sneak_past_battling_indians/ Newspapers.com November 8 UCLA Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR L 7-27 30,870 Bruins Batter Beavers, 27 to 7 Eugene Register-Guard November 9, 1947 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28101151/bruins_batter_beavers_27_to_7/ Newspapers.com November 15 Washington State Bell Field Corvallis, OR L 13-14 14,000 Cougars Clip State, 14-13 Eugene Register-Guard November 16, 1947 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28101335/cougars_clip_state_1413/ Newspapers.com November 22 at Oregon Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War) L 6-14 20,211 Oregon Ends Great Season, 14-6: Big Victory Gives a Tie for Second Eugene Register-Guard November 23, 1947 1, 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28097639/oregon_ends_great_season_146_big/ Newspapers.com November 29 at Nebraska<ncg> Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 27-6 20,000 Beavers Overwhelm Cornhuskers 27-6 Sunday Journal and Star Norris Anderson November 30, 1947 1B, 4B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28099060/beavers_overhwhelm_cornhuskers_276/ Newspapers.com http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/oregonstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/9/7/2016_Oregon_State_Media_Guide.pdf?id=4146#page=155 Oregon State University Athletics 2016 Football media guide 153 2016 October 24, 2020 September 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160922212730/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/oregonstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/9/7/2016_Oregon_State_Media_Guide.pdf?id=4146#page=155 dead References Oregon State Category:Oregon State Beavers football seasons Oregon State Beavers football