1945 Oregon State Beavers football team

1945 Oregon State Beavers football
Head Coach Lon Stiner
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–4–1 (4–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
Seasons
← 1942
1946 →
1945 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 USC $ 5 1 0 7 4 0
Washington State 6 2 1 6 2 1
Washington 6 3 0 6 3 0
Oregon State 4 4 0 4 4 1
UCLA 2 3 0 5 4 0
California 2 4 1 4 5 1
Oregon 3 6 0 3 6 0
Idaho 1 5 0 1 7 0
Montana 0 1 0 1 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1945 college football season. Led by eleventh-year head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 4–4–1 record (4–4 in PCC, fourth), and were outscored 131 to 100.[1] OSC played its five home games on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis.

The season marked the resumption of play after the conclusion of World War II; the Beavers last fielded a team in 1942.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 292:00 p.m.Camp BealeT 14–14  7,000[2][3]
October 6at Washington StateL 0–33  9,000
October 13Oregon
W 19–618,000–20,000[4]
October 20WashingtonL 0–1322,600
November 32:00 p.m.Idaho
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 34–0  4,500[5][6]
November 10at WashingtonW 7–620,000–28,000[7][8]
November 17Washington State
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
L 6–13  7,000
November 24at USCL 7–3430,000–42,000
December 1at OregonW 13–1220,000

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References

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  1. ^ "1945 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Underdog Tag Hung on Both". The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Associated Press. September 29, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Rallies by Beavers Gain Tie in Opener". The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Associated Press. September 30, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Huskies defeat OSC Beavers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 21, 1945. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Oregon State overwhelms Vandals 34-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 4, 1945. p. 9.
  6. ^ "Beavers beat Vandals, 34-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. November 4, 1945. p. 20.
  7. ^ Maclean, James A. (November 11, 1945). "Oregon State Beavers wreck Husky bowl hopes with 7-6 win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. p. 18.
  8. ^ "Beavers put finishing touches to Rose Bowl Hopes of Huskies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 11, 1945. p. 9.
  9. ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 153. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
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