The 1945 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1945 college football season. Led by eleventh-year head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 4–4–1 record (4–4 in PCC, fourth), and were outscored 131 to 100.[1] OSC played its five home games on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis.
| 1945 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 4–4–1 (4–4 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Bell Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 USC $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The season marked the resumption of play after the conclusion of World War II; the Beavers last fielded a team in 1942.
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 29 | 2:00 p.m. | Camp Beale | T 14–14 | 7,000 | [2][3] | |||
| October 6 | at Washington State | L 0–33 | 9,000 | |||||
| October 13 | Oregon |
| W 19–6 | 18,000–20,000 | [4] | |||
| October 20 | Washington | L 0–13 | 22,600 | |||||
| November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Idaho |
| W 34–0 | 4,500 | [5][6] | ||
| November 10 | at Washington | W 7–6 | 20,000–28,000 | [7][8] | ||||
| November 17 | Washington State |
| L 6–13 | 7,000 | ||||
| November 24 | at USC | L 7–34 | 30,000–42,000 | |||||
| December 1 | at Oregon | W 13–12 | 20,000 | |||||
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References edit
- ^ "1945 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Underdog Tag Hung on Both". The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Associated Press. September 29, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Rallies by Beavers Gain Tie in Opener". The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Associated Press. September 30, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Huskies defeat OSC Beavers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 21, 1945. p. 9.
- ^ "Oregon State overwhelms Vandals 34-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 4, 1945. p. 9.
- ^ "Beavers beat Vandals, 34-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. November 4, 1945. p. 20.
- ^ Maclean, James A. (November 11, 1945). "Oregon State Beavers wreck Husky bowl hopes with 7-6 win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. p. 18.
- ^ "Beavers put finishing touches to Rose Bowl Hopes of Huskies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 11, 1945. p. 9.
- ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 153. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
External links edit
- "Oregon State College vs. Washington State College, game one, 1945," [Rogers Field, Pullman, WA] Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, via YouTube.com, 2013. (Video. OSC are in orange (dark) uniforms.)
- George B. Cox (photographer), Idaho vs. Oregon State, 1945, University of Idaho Library: Vandal Video Collection, via YouTube.com, 2012. (Video.)
- Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – October 6, 1945
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