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1956 Oregon State Beavers football
1956 Oregon State Beavers football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 19–35 vs. Iowa
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 10
Record	7–3–1 (6–1–1 PCC)
Head coach	Tommy Prothro (2nd season);
Captains	Dick Corrick; Gerry Laird;
Home stadium	Parker Stadium; Multnomah Stadium
	Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

1956 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Oregon State $	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
No. 18 USC	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Washington	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	3	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
California	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College as a member the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1956 college football season. In the regular season, the Beavers outscored their opponents 184 to 131 on their way to a 7–2–1 record (6–1–1 in PCC, first). They played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, with one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland. The team captains were center Dick Corrick and quarterback Gerry Laird.

Led by second-year head coach Tommy Prothro, Oregon State won the PCC title and were ranked tenth in the final AP poll, released in early December. In the Rose Bowl, they met third-ranked Iowa of the Big Ten Conference. The teams had met in early October in Iowa City, and the home team won by a point. In the rematch in southern California on New Year's Day, OSC lost again and finished at 7–3–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Missouri*		Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO		W 19–13	22,000
September 28	at No. 6 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		L 13-21	53,714
October 6	at No. 20 Iowa*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 13–14	41,027	^[1]
October 13	California		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	NBC	W 21–13	14,125
October 20	at Washington State		Rogers Field Pullman, WA		W 21–0	14,500
October 27	UCLA		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 21–7	17,080
November 3	Washington	No. 17	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR		W 28–20	32,890
November 10	at No. 20 Stanford	No. 14	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 20–19	65,000
November 17	at Idaho	No. 11	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID		W 14–10	5,000	^[2]^[3]
November 24	Oregon	No. 11	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)		T 14–14	17,300
January 1, 1957	vs. No. 3 Iowa*	No. 10	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	L 19–35	97,126	^[4]^[5]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game