| 1939 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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Pineapple Bowl champion | |
Pineapple Bowl, W 39–6 vs. Hawaii | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 9–1–1 (6–1–1 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Bell Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 30 | at Stanford | W 12–0 | 20,000 | |||||
| October 7 | Idaho | W 7–6 | 8,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 14 | at Portland* | W 14–12 | [5] | |||||
| October 21 | at Washington | No. 15 | W 13–7 | 14,000 | ||||
| October 28 | Washington State | No. 15 | W 13–0 | 8,000 | ||||
| November 4 | vs. No. 7 USC | No. 11 | L 7–19 | 32,611 | [6] | |||
| November 11 | at Oregon | W 19–14 | 22,000 | |||||
| November 18 | California | No. 19 | W 21–0 | 9,000 | ||||
| November 25 | at No. 13 UCLA | T 13–13 | 40,000 | |||||
| December 25 | at Hawaii All-Stars* | W 28–0 | 12,000 | |||||
| January 1, 1940 | at Hawaii* |
| W 39–6 | 15,000 | ||||
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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 |
References
- ↑ Paul Williamson (December 8, 1941). "Texas Aggies Ranked Nation's Top". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1940 Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1940. New York: Fiction House, 1936; p. 91.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Mighty Staters Hustled To Beat Lowly Portland". Medford Mail Tribune. October 15, 1939. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Oregon State Historical Scores". Archived from the original on June 6, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
- ↑ "Oregon State University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
- ↑ "1940 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
Further reading
- Bud Forester (ed.), 1939 Oregon State Football Information, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College Athletic News Bureau, 1939.
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