The 1937 Oregon State Beavers football team represented

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in the

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(PCC) during the

1937 college football season The 1937 college football season ended with the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh being named the nation's No. 1 team (and "mythical national champion") by 30 of the 33 voters in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in it ...

. In their fifth season under head coach

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, 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. The team played its home games at

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. Despite playing only three of their nine games at home, the 1937 OSC squad finished the season ranked #52 nationally.William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1938 Schedules," ''Illustrated Football Annual, 1938.'' New York: Fiction House, 1938; p. 91.

Schedule

Roster

*HB Joe Gray, Sr.

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