1936 Oregon State Beavers football team

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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]

Record4–6 (3–5 PCC)
Headcoach
HomestadiumBell Field
Quick facts Oregon State Beavers football, Conference ...
1936 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–6 (3–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
Seasons
 1935
1937 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1936 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Washington $701721
Washington State621631
USC322423
California430650
UCLA431631
Stanford232252
Oregon State350460
Montana130630
Oregon161261
Idaho040370
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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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[5]
October 3Willamette*W 13–0[6]
October 10CaliforniaL 0–715,000[7]
October 17at WashingtonL 7–1912,000[8]
October 24at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 13–2226,563[9]
October 31Montana
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 11–74,000[10]
November 7at No. 17 Washington StateW 16–613,000[11]
November 14Stanford
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 14–2014,000[12]
November 21Oregon
W 18–018,000[13]
November 28 No. 10 Nebraska*
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 14–3212,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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