The 1938 Oregon State Beavers football team represented
Oregon State University
Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...
in the
Pacific Coast Conference
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(PCC) during the
1938 college football season
The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University (TCU) being named the nation's No. 1 team by 55 of the 77 voters in the final Associated Press writers' poll in early December. Tennessee was also chosen b ...
. In their sixth season under head coach
Lon Stiner
Alonzo L. "Lon" Stiner (June 20, 1903 – March 8, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Oregon State College—now Oregon State University—from 1933 to 1948, compiling a record of 74–49–17. Stiner led th ...
, the Beavers compiled a 5–3–1 record (4–3–1 against PCC opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 72 to 51.
The team played its home games at
Bell Field
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in
Corvallis, Oregon
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.
History
Coming into the 1938 season, Oregon State College head football coach
Lon Stiner
Alonzo L. "Lon" Stiner (June 20, 1903 – March 8, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Oregon State College—now Oregon State University—from 1933 to 1948, compiling a record of 74–49–17. Stiner led th ...
was forced with the task of replacing virtually his entire starting backfield, having lost three of the previous year's regulars to graduation.
[Bud Forester (ed.)]
''1939 Oregon State Football Information,''
Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College Athletic News Bureau, 1939; pg. 3. Twenty newcomers were added to the varsity squad for the 1938 campaign, who were brought up to speed over the course of 30 spring practices.
1938 results
Source:''
Sportsreference.com.
Schedule
1938 cumulative statistics
Source: Bud Forrester (ed.), ''1939 Oregon State Football Information,'' pg. 9.
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References
Further reading
* Bud Forester (ed.)
''1939 Oregon State Football Information,''Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College Athletic News Bureau, 1939.
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The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team first fielded an organized football team in 1893 and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Jonathan Smith has been the he ...