1942 Oregon State Beavers football team

1942 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–5–1 (4–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field, Multnomah Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 UCLA $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Washington State 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
No. 12 Stanford 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
USC 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Oregon State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Washington 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 3 – 3
California 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Idaho 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Montana 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College (OSC) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1942 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 4–5–1 record (4–4 against PCC opponents), finished in fifth place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 157 to 142.[1]

Oregon State was ranked at No. 70 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon.

Due to World War II, this would be the last season of OSC football until 1945.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Idaho
W 32–07,000[3]
October 3California
W 13–812,000
October 10at UCLA
L 7–3036,000
October 17 No. 15 Santa Clara*
L 0–78,000[4]
October 24Washington State
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 13–2621,786
October 31at Washington
L 0–137,000
November 7Montana
W 33–0
November 14at Stanford
L 13–4915,000
November 21Oregon
W 39–2
November 28at Michigan State*
T 7–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1942 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Thomas, Jim (September 27, 1942). "Vandals lose to heavier OSC eleven, 32–0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 11. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Google News Archive.Open access icon
  4. ^ "Santa Clara Wins From Oregon State By Score of 7-0". Nevada State Journal. October 18, 1942. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.


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