1938 Oregon State Beavers football team
American college football season
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The 1938 Oregon State Beavers football team season represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1938 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 5â3â1 record (4â3â1 against PCC opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 72 to 51.[1] The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon and Multnomah Stadium in Portland.
- Lon Stiner (6th a season)
| 1938 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 5â3â1 (4â3â1 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Bell Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 USC + | 6 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 California + | 6 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 10 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 7 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | â | 7 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 8 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coming into the 1938 season, Oregon State College head football coach Lon Stiner was forced with the task of replacing virtually his entire starting backfield, having lost three of the previous year's regulars to graduation.[2] Twenty newcomers were added to the varsity squad for the 1938 campaign, who were brought up to speed over the course of 30 spring practices.[2]
The 1938 OSC squad finished the season with a ranking of #33 nationally.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | Idaho | L 0â13 | 4,000 | [4] | |||
| October 1 | at USC | L 0â7 | 35,000 | [5] | |||
| October 8 | Portland* |
| W 19â0 | [6] | |||
| October 15 | at Washington | W 13â6 | 20,000 | [7] | |||
| October 22 | Washington State | W 7â6 | 10,000 | [8] | |||
| October 29 | at California | L 7â13 | 25,000 | [9] | |||
| November 12 | Stanford |
| W 6â0 | 10,000 | [10] | ||
| November 26 | vs. Oregon |
| W 14â0 | 25,000 | [11] | ||
| December 10 | at UCLA |
| T 6â6 | 10,000 | [12] | ||
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1938 cumulative statistics
Source: Bud Forrester (ed.), 1939 Oregon State Football Information, pg. 9.
| Oregon State | Opponents | |
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| Points scored | 72 | 51 |
| Total yards gained | 1,771 | 2,141 |
| Total plays | 423 | 438 |
| First downs | 87 | 108 |
| Passing | 43-106 (40.6%) | 47-119 (39.5%) |
| Passing yards | 490 (11.4 ave.) | 681 (14.5 ave.) |
| Interceptions thrown | 15 | 14 |
| Fumble recoveries | 16 | 30 |
| Penalties | 20â140 | 25-221 |
| Punts-Average | 81â35.8 | 73â36.0 |
