The 1942 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College (OSC) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1942 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 4–5–1 record (4–4 against PCC opponents), finished in fifth place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 157 to 142.[1]
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (4–4 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Bell Field, Multnomah Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 UCLA $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Stanford | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oregon State was ranked at No. 70 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]
The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon.
Due to World War II, this would be the last season of OSC football until 1945.
Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | at Idaho | W 32–0 | 7,000 | [3] | |||
| October 3 | California | W 13–8 | 12,000 | ||||
| October 10 | at UCLA | L 7–30 | 36,000 | ||||
| October 17 | No. 15 Santa Clara* | L 0–7 | 8,000 | [4] | |||
| October 24 | Washington State |
| L 13–26 | 21,786 | |||
| October 31 | at Washington | L 0–13 | 7,000 | ||||
| November 7 | Montana | W 33–0 | |||||
| November 14 | at Stanford | L 13–49 | |||||
| November 21 | Oregon |
| W 39–2 | ||||
| November 28 | at Michigan State* | T 7–7 | |||||
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References edit
- ^ "1942 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Thomas, Jim (September 27, 1942). "Vandals lose to heavier OSC eleven, 32–0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 11. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Santa Clara Wins From Oregon State By Score of 7-0". Nevada State Journal. October 18, 1942. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
External links edit
- George B. Cox (photographer), "Oregon State College vs. Washington State College, 1942," [Multnomah Stadium, Portland, OR] Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, via YouTube.com, 2013. (Video. OSC are in orange (dark) uniforms.)
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