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

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.[1]


Due to World War II, this was season of Oregon State football until 1945.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at IdahoW 32–07,000[2]
October 3CaliforniaW 13–812,000
October 10at UCLAL 7–3036,000
October 17 No. 15 Santa Clara*L 0–78,000[3]
October 24Washington State
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 13–2621,786
October 31at WashingtonL 0–137,000
November 7MontanaW 33–0
November 14at StanfordL 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

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References

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Santa Clara Wins From Oregon State By Score of 7-0". Nevada State Journal. October 18, 1942. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1942 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.