1939 Oregon State Beavers football
Pineapple Bowl champion
Pineapple Bowl, W 39–6 vs. Hawaii
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record9–1–1 (6–1–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 USC $ 5 – 0 – 2 8 – 0 – 2
No. 7 UCLA 5 – 0 – 3 6 – 0 – 4
Oregon State 6 – 1 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
Washington 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Oregon 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Washington State 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Montana 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
California 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Stanford 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Idaho 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 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.

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 7Idaho
W 7–68,000[4]
October 14at Portland*
W 14–12[5]
October 21at WashingtonNo. 15
W 13–714,000
October 28Washington StateNo. 15
W 13–08,000
November 4vs. No. 7 USCNo. 11
L 7–1932,611[6]
November 11at Oregon
W 19–1422,000
November 18CaliforniaNo. 19
W 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
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Elbie Schultz Tackle 4 28 Philadelphia Eagles
Morris Kohler Back 16 145 Cleveland Rams
Johnny Hackenbruck Tackle 17 156 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 icon
  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 icon
  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 Historical Scores". Archived from the original on June 6, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  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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