1956 Oregon State Beavers football team
1956 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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PCC champion | |
Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 13 |
AP | No. 10 |
1956 record | 7–3–1 (6–1–1 PCC) |
Head coach | Tommy Prothro |
Home stadium | Parker Stadium |
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#10 Oregon State $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the 1956 NCAA college football season. The Beavers ended the season with a record of 7–3–1. The team captains were Dick Corrick and Gerry Laird. The Beavers scored 203 points and allowed 166 points. Led by head coach Tommy Prothro, Oregon State won the Pacific Coast Conference championship and represented the conference in the Rose Bowl.
Schedule
The Beavers finished the season with a 7–3–1 record, 6–1–1 in the Pacific Coast Conference. Ranks are based on the time the game was played.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Beaver points | Opponents | Attendance | Record |
September 22 | @ Missouri | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO | 19 | 13 | 22,000 | 1-0 | |
September 28 | @ #6 Southern California | Los Angeles Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | 13 | 21 | 53,714 | 1-1 | |
October 6 | @ #20 Iowa | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA | 13 | 14 | 41,027 | 1-2 | |
October 13 | California | Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR | 21 | 13 | 14,125 | 2-2 | |
October 20 | @ Washington State | Rogers Field • Pullman, WA | 21 | 6 | 14,500 | 3-2 | |
October 27 | UCLA | Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR | 21 | 7 | 17,080 | 4-2 | |
November 3 | vs. Washington | #17 | Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR | 28 | 20 | 32,890 | 5-2 |
November 10 | @ Stanford | #14 | Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA | 20 | 9 | 65,000 | 6-2 |
November 17 | @ Idaho | #11 | Neale Stadium • Moscow, ID | 14 | 10 | 5,000 | 7-2 |
November 24 | Oregon | #11 | Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR | 14 | 14 | 17,300 | 7-2-1 |
January 1 | vs. #3 Iowa | #10 | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA | 19 | 35 | 100,000 | 7-3-1 |
Team players drafted into the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
Vern Ellison | Guard | 12 | 138 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Sam Wesley | Back | 30 | 359 | Chicago Bears |
References
- ↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/OregonState.htm
- ↑ http://www.osubeavers.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/orst/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-mg-sec15
- ↑ 50 Years of College Football: A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport
- ↑ "1957 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
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