1955 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season

1955 Oregon State Beavers football

Head coach Tommy Prothro

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

* Tommy Prothro (1st season)

Offensive scheme| Single-wing
Home stadium| Parker Stadium
Multnomah Stadium

Seasons

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1956 ->

1955 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 4 UCLA $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Oregon State | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 16 Stanford | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Oregon | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Washington | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
No. 13 USC | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
California | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 1
Washington State | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 2
Idaho | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1955 college football season. In their first season under head coach Tommy Prothro, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 6–3 record with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing second in the OCC, and outscored their opponents 126 to 120.[1] They played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

Hired in February at age 34, Prothro had been an assistant under Red Sanders for nine seasons; at UCLA (1949–54) and Vanderbilt (1946–48).[2][3][4] He led OSU for ten seasons, compiling an overall record of 63–37–2 (.627), and was 25–9–1 (.729) against PCC opponents.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 17| BYU*| |

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| W 33–0| 8,000|
September 24| Stanford| |

* Multnomah Stadium
* Portland, OR

| W 10–0| 24,748|
October 7| at No. 7 UCLA| |

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 0–38| 57,664|
October 15| at Pacific (CA)*| |

* Pacific Memorial Stadium
* Stockton, CA

| L 7–13| 22,500|
October 22| Washington State| |

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| W 14–6| 17,000|
October 29| at No. 19 Washington| |

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| W 13–7| 28,204|
November 5| Idaho| |

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| W 33–14| 9,000| [5]
November 12| at California| |

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 16–14| 35,000|
November 19| at Oregon| No. 19|

* Hayward Field
* Eugene, OR (Civil War)

| L 0–28| 22,000| [6][7]

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

## References

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1. ^ "1955 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. ^ "OSC picks Prothro head football coach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 2, 1955. p. 2B.
3. ^ "Tommy Prothro new football coach at OSC". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). United Press. February 2, 1955. p. 2.
4. ^ "Prothro Returns Single Wing to Oregon State: 34 Year Old Prothro Gets 3-Year Term". Corvallis Gazette-Times. February 2, 1955. p. 9.
5. ^ "Idaho's Vandals swamped 33-14 by late Beaver scores". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 6, 1955. p. 1B.
6. ^ Strite, Dick (November 20, 1955). "A muddy delight! Oregon 28, Oregon State 0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
7. ^ "Webfoots steamroller OSC 28 to 0 in muddy classic". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). United Press. November 21, 1955. p. 3.

## Further reading

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* John Eggers (ed.), A New Look at Oregon State Football, 1955. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College, Athletic News Bureau, 1955.

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