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1953 Oregon State Beavers football team

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The 1953 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1953 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Kip Taylor, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 3–6 record with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the PCC. The team was outscored 187 to 39 on the season. Oregon State opened with five shutout losses, then visited and shut out the Idaho Vandals, 19–0, for their first points and win.

Record3–6 (3–5 PCC)
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1953 Oregon State Beavers football
Head coach Kip Taylor
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6 (3–5 PCC)
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Home stadiumMultnomah Stadium
Parker Stadium
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← 1952
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1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 UCLA $6–1–08–2–0
No. 19 Stanford5–1–16–3–1
USC4–2–16–3–1
California2–2–24–4–2
Washington State3–4–04–6–0
Oregon State3–5–03–6–0
Washington2–4–13–6–1
Oregon2–5–14–5–1
Idaho0–3–01–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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The Beavers played two home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland and opened the new Parker Stadium in Corvallis on November 14 with a 7–0 homecoming win over Washington State, then won their fifth consecutive Civil War game over Oregon, this year on the road, in Eugene.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at No. 4 UCLAL 0–4139,209[1]
September 26No. 14 CaliforniaL 0–2613,442[2]
October 3at WashingtonL 0–2828,000[3]
October 10Stanford
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 0–218,005[4]
October 17at No. 13 USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–3734,163[5]
October 24at IdahoW 19–09,200[6][7]
October 31at No. 6 Michigan State*L 6–3451,108[8]
November 14Washington StatedaggerW 7–013,500[9][10]
November 21at OregonW 7–018,500[11][12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [13][14][15]
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