1937 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season

1937 Oregon State Beavers football

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Record| 3–3–3 (2–3–3 PCC)
Head coach|

* Lon Stiner (5th season)

Home stadium| Bell Field

Seasons

<- 1936

1938 ->

1937 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 2 California $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 1
Stanford | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 2
Washington | 4  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 2
Washington State | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 3
Idaho | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Oregon State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 3 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 3
USC | 2  | - | 3  | - | 2 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 2
Oregon | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
UCLA | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Montana | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1937 college football season.

In their fifth season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 3–3–3 record (2–3–3 against PCC opponents), finished in sixth place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 69 to 60.[1]

The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon.

Despite playing only three of their nine games at home, the 1937 OSC squad finished the season ranked #52 nationally.[2]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 25| at Idaho|

* Neale Stadium
* Moscow, ID

| L 6–7| 7,000| [3]
October 2| at California|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| L 6–24| 25,000| [4]
October 9| at Washington|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| W 6–3| 19,137|
October 16| UCLA|

* Bell Field
* Corvallis, OR

| T 7–7| 10,000|
October 23| at Oregon |

* Hayward Field
* Eugene, OR (rivalry)

| W 14–0| 18,000|
October 30| at Stanford|

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA

| T 0–0| 20,000| [5]
November 6| Willamette*|

* Bell Field
* Corvallis, OR

| W 20–0| 3,500|
November 13| at USC|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| T 12–12| 35,000|
November 20| Washington State|

* Bell Field
* Corvallis, OR

| L 0–7| 12,000|

* *Non-conference game

## Roster

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* HB Joe Gray, Sr.

## References

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1. ^ "1937 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. ^ William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1938 Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1938. New York: Fiction House, 1938; p. 91.
3. ^ "New stadium at Idaho dedicated with victory". Spokesman-Review. September 27, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved April 29, 2021 - via Google News Archive.
4. ^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 165.
5. ^ Russell J. Newland, "Oregon State Battles Stanford to Tie; Lose Gray: Beavers Threaten Often But Lack Punch for Score," Eugene Register-Guard, Oct. 31, 1937, p. 6.

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Oregon State Beavers football

Venues|

* Bell Field (1909–1952)
* Reser Stadium (1953–present)
* Multnomah Stadium (alternate)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Oregon
* Platypus Trophy
* Northwest Championship

Culture & lore|

* History
* Benny Beaver
* "Hail to Old OSU"
* Marching band
* Pyramid Play
* "The Toilet Bowl"
* 1985 Washington game

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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