1956 Oregon State Beavers football team
| 1956 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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PCC champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 13 |
| AP | No. 10 |
| Record | 7–3–1 (6–1–1 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Parker Stadium Multnomah Stadium |
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| No. 10 Oregon State $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 USC | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stanford | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Oregon State Beavers football team represented
. The team captains were center Dick Corrick and quarterback Gerry Laird.Led by second-year head coach Tommy Prothro, Oregon State won the PCC title and were ranked tenth in the final AP poll, released in early December. In the Rose Bowl, they met third-ranked Iowa of the Big Ten Conference. The teams had met in early October in Iowa City, and the home team won by a point. In the rematch in southern California on New Year's Day, OSC lost again and finished at 7–3–1.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | at Missouri* | W 19–13 | 22,000 | ||||
| September 28 | at No. 6 USC | L 13-21 | 53,714 | ||||
| October 6 | at No. 20 Iowa* | L 13–14 | 41,027 | [1] | |||
| October 13 | California | NBC | W 21–13 | 14,125 | |||
| October 20 | at Washington State | W 21–0 | 14,500 | ||||
| October 27 | UCLA |
| W 21–7 | 17,080 | |||
| November 3 | Washington | No. 17 | W 28–20 | 32,890 | |||
| November 10 | at No. 20 Stanford | No. 14 | W 20–19 | 65,000 | |||
| November 17 | at Idaho | No. 11 | W 14–10 | 5,000 | [2][3] | ||
| November 24 | Oregon | No. 11 |
| T 14–14 | 17,300 | ||
| January 1, 1957 | vs. No. 3 Iowa* | No. 10 | NBC | L 19–35 | 97,126 | [4][5] | |
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References
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Outplayed Beavers rally to nip dominating Vandals 14-10". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 18, 1956. p. 12.
- ^ Strite, Dick (November 18, 1956). "Beavers win 14-10 chiller". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ Strite, Dick (January 2, 1957). "Hawks hammer Beavers 35-19, in Rose Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
- Newspapers.com.
External links
- Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – October 20, 1956
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