1940 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–3–1 (4–3–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Washington 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Oregon State 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Washington State 3 – 4 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Oregon 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
California 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
USC 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Montana 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
UCLA 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the 1940 college football season. The team was led by head coach Lon Stiner.

The Beavers ended this season with five wins, three losses, and one tie. The Beavers scored 128 points and allowed 80 points. Home games were played at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon and Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

The 1940 Oregon State squad finished the season ranked at No. 36 (out of 697 college football teams) under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940[1] and at No. 51 according to the Azziratem System favored by Illustrated Football Annual magazine.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Idaho
W 41–06,500–7,000[3][4]
October 5at USC
T 0–050,000
October 11Portland
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 26–06,000[5]
October 19at No. 16 WashingtonNo. 18
L 0–1936,000[6]
October 26at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 7–025,000
November 2at California
W 19–1320,000
November 9Washington State
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 21–08,000
November 16at No. 4 StanfordNo. 19
L 14–2835,000
November 30Oregon
L 0–2020,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Vic Sears Tackle 5 33 Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Kisselburgh Back 6 44 Cleveland Rams
Len Younce Guard 8 67 New York Giants
Ken Dow Fullback 16 150 Washington Redskins

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References

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1941 Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1941. New York: Fiction House, 1941; p. 90.
  3. ^ Strite, Dick (September 29, 1940). "OSC romps over hapless Vandals". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 15.
  4. ^ "OSC wallops Idaho, 41 to 0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 29, 1940. p. 1, sports.
  5. ^ "Oregon State's Machine Rolls Over Portland". The Oregon Statesman. October 12, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Gail Fowler (October 20, 1940). "Huskies Shatter Oregon State Rose Bowl Hopes". The Register-Guard. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.


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