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1938 Oregon State Beavers football team

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1938 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–3–1 (4–3–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24IdahoL 0–134,000[4]
October 1at USCL 0–735,000
October 8Portland*
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 19–0[5]
October 15at WashingtonW 13–619,966
October 22Washington StateW 7–610,000
October 29at CaliforniaL 7–1325,000
November 12Stanford
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 6–010,000
November 26vs. Oregon
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR (rivalry)
W 14–027,000
December 10at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
T 6–615,000
  • *Non-conference game

1938 cumulative statistics

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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

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  1. ^ "1938 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b 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.Open access icon
  5. ^ "Beavers drop Pilots 19 to 0". The Oregon Statesman. October 9, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon

Further reading

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