1945 Oregon State Beavers football team

1945 Oregon State Beavers football
Head Coach Lon Stiner
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–4–1 (4–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
1945 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 USC $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Washington State 6 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Washington 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Oregon State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
UCLA 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
California 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Oregon 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Idaho 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Montana 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1945 college football season. Led by eleventh-year head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 4–4–1 record (4–4 in PCC, fourth), and were outscored 131 to 100.[1] OSC played its five home games on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis.

The season marked the resumption of play after the conclusion of World War II; the Beavers last fielded a team in 1942.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 292:00 p.m.Camp Beale
T 14–147,000[2][3]
October 6at Washington State
L 0–339,000[4]
October 13Oregon
W 19–618,000–20,000[5]
October 20Washington
L 0–1322,600[6]
November 32:00 p.m.Idaho
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 34–0  4,500[7][8]
November 10at No. 18 Washington
W 7–620,000–28,000[9][10]
November 17Washington State
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
L 6–138,000[11]
November 24at USC
L 7–3430,500[12]
December 1at Oregon
W 13–1211,000[13]

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References

  1. ^ "1945 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Underdog Tag Hung on Both". The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Associated Press. September 29, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  3. ^ "Rallies by Beavers Gain Tie in Opener". The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Associated Press. September 30, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  4. ^ "WSC smashes Beavers". The Idaho Statesman. October 7, 1945. Retrieved January 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Huskies defeat OSC Beavers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 21, 1945. p. 9.
  6. ^ "U.W. wins 13–0; Sandy scores". The Bellingham Herald. October 21, 1945. Retrieved January 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Oregon State overwhelms Vandals 34-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 4, 1945. p. 9.
  8. ^ "Beavers beat Vandals, 34-0". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. November 4, 1945. p. 20.
  9. ^ Maclean, James A. (November 11, 1945). "Oregon State Beavers wreck Husky bowl hopes with 7-6 win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. p. 18.
  10. ^ "Beavers put finishing touches to Rose Bowl Hopes of Huskies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 11, 1945. p. 9.
  11. ^ "Cougars trim OSC Beavers in another upset". The Sunday Olympian. November 18, 1945. Retrieved January 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Trojans roll over Oregon State, 34 to 7". Pasadena Star-News. November 25, 1945. Retrieved January 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Beavers edge Oregon, 13–12". The Salt Lake Tribune. December 2, 1945. Retrieved January 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 153. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
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