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1936 Oregon State Beavers football team

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1936 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–6 (3–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Washington $ 7 0 1 7 2 1
Washington State 6 2 1 6 3 1
USC 3 2 2 4 2 3
California 4 3 0 6 5 0
UCLA 4 3 1 6 3 1
Stanford 2 3 2 2 5 2
Oregon State 3 5 0 4 6 0
Montana 1 3 0 6 3 0
Oregon 1 6 1 2 6 1
Idaho 0 4 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1936 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 4–6 record (3–5 against PCC opponents), finished in seventh place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 151 to 116.[1]

The Beavers tallied 1,254 yards from scrimmage and held opponents to 862 yards from scrimmage.[2] Joe Gray, dubbed the "Gray Ghost", was described as "the chief cog in Oregon State's backfield and "one of the outstanding performers in recent Orange history."[3]

For the 1936 season, Hal Moe replaced Laurie Walquist as the team's backfield coach. Howard Maple took over as the freshmen coach.[3]

The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon and Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

The 1936 OSC squad finished the season ranked #69 nationally.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at USCL 7–3845,000
October 3Willamette*W 13–0
October 10CaliforniaL 0–715,000
October 17at WashingtonL 7–1915,665
October 24at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 13–2226,563
October 31Montana
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 11–74,000
November 7at No. 17 Washington StateW 16–613,000
November 14Stanford
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 14–2014,000
November 21Oregon
W 18–015,000
November 28 No. 10 Nebraska*
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 14–3212,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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References

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  1. ^ "1936 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ The Beaver 1937, p. 165.
  3. ^ a b The Beaver 1937, p. 164.
  4. ^ William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1937 Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1937. New York: Fiction House, 1937; p. 93.
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