1950 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season

1950 Oregon State Beavers football

Head coach Kip Taylor

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Record| 3–6 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach|

* Kip Taylor (2nd season)

Home stadium| Bell Field
Multnomah Stadium

Seasons

← 1949

1951 →

1950 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 5 California $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 1
No. 11 Washington | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
UCLA | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Stanford | 2  | – | 2  | – | 2 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 2
Idaho | 1  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Washington State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 2 |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 2
USC | 1  | – | 3  | – | 2 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 2
Oregon State | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Oregon | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1950 college football season. In their second season under head coach Kip Taylor, the Beavers compiled a 3–6 record (2–5 in PCC, eighth), and were outscored 183 to 114.[1] The team played two home games on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis and four at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

Media guide for the 1950 OSC football season.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 23| at No. 19 Michigan State*|

* Macklin Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| L 13–38| 32,500| [2]
October 7| No. 8 Stanford|

* Multnomah Stadium
* Portland, OR

| L 7–21| 16,000|
October 14| No. 11 Washington|

* Multnomah Stadium
* Portland, OR

| L 6–35| 27,876|
October 21| No. 5 California|

* Multnomah Stadium
* Portland, OR

| L 0–27| 37,000|
October 28| Montana*|

* Bell Field
* Corvallis, OR

| W 20–0| 4,000| [3]
November 4| at No. 19 UCLA|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 13–20| 15,323|
November 11| Idaho|

* Bell Field
* Corvallis, OR

| W 34–19| 8,000–9,000| [4][5]
November 18| at Washington State|

* Rogers Field
* Pullman, WA

| L 7–21| 13,000|
November 25| vs. Oregon|

* Multnomah Stadium
* Portland, OR (Civil War)

| W 14–2| 26,800|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Game summaries

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### Oregon

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* Bob Cornelison 23 Rush, 122 Yds [7]

## Coaching staff

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* Bump Elliott, backs
* Pete Elliott, ends
* Len Younce, line
* Hal Moe, freshmen

## References

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1. ^ "1950 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. ^ George S. Alderton (September 24, 1950). "MSC Unleashes Early Attack to Thump Oregon State, 38-13: Bob Carey, Grandelius Earn Offensive Honors As Spartans Win Opener". Lansing State Journal. pp. 1, 2 (sports) – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Oregon State's Beavers overpower Grizzlies there 20–0". Great Falls Tribune. October 29, 1951. Retrieved May 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Oregon State tumbles Idaho 34-19". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 12, 1950. p. 10.
5. ^ "Beavers snare first PCC victory - stop Idaho 34-19". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. November 12, 1950. p. 10.
6. ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 153. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
7. ^ 2018 Oregon State Beavers Football Media Guide. Retrieved 2018-Dec-12.

## External links

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* Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – November 18, 1950

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