1934 Oregon State Beavers football team

1934 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6–2 (0–5–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
1934 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 5 0 0 9 1 1
Washington State 4 0 1 4 3 1
Washington 5 1 1 6 1 1
Oregon 4 2 0 6 4 0
California 3 2 0 6 6 0
UCLA 2 3 0 7 3 0
USC 1 4 1 4 6 1
Idaho 1 4 0 3 5 0
Oregon State 0 5 2 3 6 2
Montana 0 4 1 2 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1934 college football season. In their second season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 3–6–2 record (0–5–2 against PCC opponents), finished in ninth place in the PCC, and were outscored by their opponents, 131 to 104.[1]

The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon and Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

The OSC squad finished the 1934 season with a national ranking of #119.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Willamette*W 13–0[3]
September 22Pacific (OR)*
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 19–0[3]
September 28San Francisco*
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
L 0–10[4]
October 6StanfordL 0–1712,000[5]
October 12Columbia (OR)*
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 39–12[6]
October 20at USCT 6–640,000[7]
October 27at Washington StateL 0–3113,000[8]
November 3at WashingtonL 7–1412,000[9]
November 10vs. Oregon
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR (rivalry)
L 6–922,000[10]
November 17Montana
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
T 7–73,500[11]
November 24at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 7–2515,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

Roster

References

  1. ^ "1934 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1935 Football Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1935. New York: Fiction House, 1935; p. 93. The source notes that "1934 National Ranking was determined by the Azzi-Ratem System."
  3. ^ a b "Norm Franklin leads Beavers to double win in Saturday games". The Eugene Register-Guard. September 23, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Dons defeat OSC gridders, 10 to 0". The Eugene Register-Guard. September 29, 1934. p. 6. Retrieved April 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Stanford whips Oregon State". The Fresno Bee. October 7, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Orange Rolls Up 39 Points But Lets Columbia Achieve Two Touchdowns by Passes". The Oregon Statesman. October 13, 1934. p. 7. Retrieved April 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Oregon State rallies to tie So. California". The Tacoma Sunday Ledger. October 21, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Cougars run wild over Oregon State, 31 to 0". The Oregon Sunday Journal. October 28, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "'Lady Luck' aids Washington to defeat O.S.C., 14 to 7". The San Francisco Examiner. November 4, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Webfooters register third over Beavers; Lose rally in closing seconds to score". The Oregon Daily Journal. November 11, 1934. Retrieved June 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Grizzlies tie Oregon in final Conference game". The Hill County Sunday Journal. November 18, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "California Bruins wallop Oregon State". The San Bernardino Daily Sun. November 25, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.