1939 Oregon State Beavers football team

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1939 Oregon State Beavers football
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Pineapple Bowl champion
Pineapple Bowl, W 39–6 vs. Hawaii
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record9–1–1 (6–1–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Bell Field
Seasons
  1938
1940  
1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 USC $ 5 0 28 0 2
No. 7 UCLA 5 0 36 0 4
Oregon State 6 1 19 1 1
Washington 4 4 04 5 1
Oregon 3 3 13 4 1
Washington State 3 5 04 5 0
Montana 1 2 03 6 0
California 2 5 03 7 0
Stanford 0 6 11 7 1
Idaho 0 3 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the 1939 college football season.

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The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon and Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

The Beavers ended this season with nine wins, one loss, and one tie. The Beavers scored 186 points and allowed 77 points. Oregon State won the inaugural Pineapple Bowl, 39–6. The team was led by head coach Lon Stiner.

Oregon State was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 16 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings, [1] No. 18 according to the Azziratem System favored by Illustrated Football Annual magazine, [2] and at No. 53 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Stanford W 12–020,000
October 7 Idaho W 7–68,000 [4]
October 14at Portland *W 14–12 [5]
October 21at Washington W 13–714,000
October 28 Washington State No. 15W 13–08,000
November 4vs. No. 7 USC No. 11L 7–1932,611 [6]
November 11at Oregon W 19–1422,000
November 18 California No. 19W 21–09,000
November 25at No. 13 UCLA T 13–1340,000
December 25at Hawaii All-Stars*W 28–012,000
January 1, 1940at Hawaii *
W 39–615,000 [7]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Elbie SchultzTackle428 Philadelphia Eagles
Morris KohlerBack16145 Cleveland Rams
Johnny HackenbruckTackle17156 Detroit Lions

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References

  1. Paul Williamson (December 8, 1941). "Texas Aggies Ranked Nation's Top". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 26 via Newspapers.com.
  2. William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1940 Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1940. New York: Fiction House, 1936; p. 91.
  3. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Beavers barely able to defeat Vandals 7 to 6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. October 8, 1939. p. 12. Retrieved April 29, 2021 via Google News Archive. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. "Mighty Staters Hustled To Beat Lowly Portland". Medford Mail Tribune. October 15, 1939. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. Paul Zimmerman (November 5, 1939). "Trojans Aerial Attack Bombs Beavers, 19 to 7". The Los Angeles Times. pp. II-13, II-14 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Oregon State ambles to 39–6 win over Hawaii; Dow scores thrice". Corvallis Gazette-Times. January 2, 1942. Retrieved April 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Oregon State University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  9. "1940 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.

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