1936 Oregon State Beavers football team

1936 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–6 (3–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
1936 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Washington $ 7 0 1 7 2 1
Washington State 6 2 1 6 3 1
USC 3 2 2 4 2 3
California 4 3 0 6 5 0
UCLA 4 3 1 6 3 1
Stanford 2 3 2 2 5 2
Oregon State 3 5 0 4 6 0
Montana 1 3 0 6 3 0
Oregon 1 6 1 2 6 1
Idaho 0 4 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1936 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 4–6 record (3–5 against PCC opponents), finished in seventh place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 151 to 116.[1]

The Beavers tallied 1,254 yards from scrimmage and held opponents to 862 yards from scrimmage.[2] Joe Gray, dubbed the "Gray Ghost", was described as "the chief cog in Oregon State's backfield and "one of the outstanding performers in recent Orange history."[3]

For the 1936 season, Hal Moe replaced Laurie Walquist as the team's backfield coach. Howard Maple took over as the freshmen coach.[3]

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

The 1936 OSC squad finished the season ranked #69 nationally.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at USCL 7–3845,000[5]
October 3Willamette*W 13–0[6]
October 10CaliforniaL 0–715,000[7]
October 17at WashingtonL 7–1912,000[8]
October 24at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 13–2226,563[9]
October 31Montana
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 11–74,000[10]
November 7at No. 17 Washington StateW 16–613,000[11]
November 14Stanford
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 14–2014,000[12]
November 21Oregon
W 18–018,000[13]
November 28 No. 10 Nebraska*
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 14–3212,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

References

  1. ^ "1936 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ The Beaver 1937, p. 165.
  3. ^ a b The Beaver 1937, p. 164.
  4. ^ William F. Boand (ed.), "Official 1937 Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1937. New York: Fiction House, 1937; p. 93.
  5. ^ "Trojan eleven smashes Oregon State, 38 to 7". The San Bernardino Daily Sun. September 27, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Beavers blank Bearcats, 13–0". The Sunday Oregonian. October 4, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bears score in first perios to beat Oregon 7–0". The Humboldt Times. October 11, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Huskies smash Oregon State". The Sunday Olympian. October 18, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bruins overpower Beavers, 22 to 13, at Coliseum". The Los Angeles Times. October 25, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Oregon State team scores over Grizzly". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. November 1, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Beavers trample on Cougers 16–6 in hectic upset". Medford Mail Tribune. November 8, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Stanford defeats O.S.C." The Modesto Bee. November 15, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Gray leading Ace, Beavers beat Oregon". The Pasadena Post. November 22, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Nebraska parades over Oregon State gridmen, 32 to 14". Wichita Falls Times. November 29, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.