1952 Oregon State Beavers football team
| 1952 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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Head coach Kip Taylor | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 2–7 (1–6 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Bell Field Multnomah Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 USC $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 UCLA | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1952 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Kip Taylor, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the PCC, and were outscored 267 to 123.[1]
The team played four home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland and one on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis, a 27–6 homecoming loss to Idaho in the last varsity game at the venue.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | at Utah* | W 14–7 | 15,000 | [2] | |
| October 4 | No. 1 Michigan State* | L 14–17 | 22,595 | [3] | |
| October 11 | at Stanford | L 28–41 | 28,000 | [4] | |
| October 18 | No. 7 USC |
| L 6–28 | 17,438 | [5] |
| October 25 | at Washington State | L 20–33 | 14,000 | [6] | |
| November 1 | Washington |
| L 13–38 | 19,243 | [7] |
| November 8 | at No. 5 UCLA | L 0–57 | 22,585 | [8] | |
| November 15 | Idaho | L 6–27 | 8,000 | [9][10] | |
| November 22 | vs. Oregon |
| W 22–19 | 21,333 | [11] |
Coaching staff
- Len Younce, line
- Ward Cuff, backs
- Butch Morse, ends
- Fred Sutherland
- Hal Moe, freshmen
References
- ^ "1952 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Beavers pushed to limit in beating Redskins 14–7". Great Falls Tribune. September 21, 1952. Retrieved May 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ George S. Alderton (October 5, 1952). "Gene Lekenta's Last-Play Field Goal Earns 'S' 17 to 14 Hair-Raiser Over Oregon State". Lansing State Journal. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Stanford tops OSC". San Bernardino Sun-Telegram. October 12, 1952. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sears sparks Troy over Oregon, 28–6". Pasadena Star-News. October 19, 1952. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Furious five minutes gives Cougars victory". The Spokesman-Review. October 26, 1952. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Heinrich ups TD pass record by 3 as Huskies slap Beavers". The San Francisco Examiner. November 2, 1952. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UCLA scores lop-sides win over Beavers". The Idaho Statesman. November 9, 1952. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Idaho cracks OSC defense for 27–6 win". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. November 16, 1952. p. 1, sports.
- ^ "Brilliant Idaho second half routs Oregon State 27–6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 16, 1952. p. 10.
- ^ "Beavers subdue Webfoots 22–19 in wild tilt". The Oregon Statesman. November 23, 1952. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 153. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
External links
- Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – October 25, 1952
- Hutchison Motion Pictures, "Oregon State College vs. Washington State College, 1952," Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, via YouTube.com, July 2013. (Color video.)