1955 Oregon State Beavers football team
| 1955 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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Head coach Tommy Prothro | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (5–2 PCC) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Home stadium | Parker Stadium Multnomah Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 UCLA $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Stanford | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 USC | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1955 college football season. In their first season under head coach Tommy Prothro, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 6–3 record with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing second in the OCC, and outscored their opponents 126 to 120.[1] They played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.
Hired in February at age 34, Prothro had been an assistant coach under Red Sanders for nine seasons, at Vanderbilt from 1946 to 1948 and UCLA from 1949 to 1954.[2][3][4] He led OSU for ten seasons, compiling an overall record of 63–37–2 (.627), and was 25–9–1 (.729) against PCC opponents.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | BYU* | W 33–0 | 8,000 | [5] | ||
| September 24 | Stanford | W 10–0 | 24,748 | [6] | ||
| October 7 | at No. 7 UCLA | L 0–38 | 57,664 | [7] | ||
| October 15 | at Pacific (CA)* | L 7–13 | 22,500 | [8] | ||
| October 22 | Washington State |
| W 14–6 | 17,000 | [9] | |
| October 29 | at No. 19 Washington | W 13–7 | 25,000 | [10] | ||
| November 5 | Idaho |
| W 33–14 | 9,000 | [11] | |
| November 12 | at California | W 16–14 | 35,000 | [12] | ||
| November 19 | at Oregon | No. 19 | L 0–28 | 22,000 | [13][14] | |
References
- ^ "1955 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "OSC picks Prothro head football coach". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. February 2, 1955. p. 2B.
- ^ "Tommy Prothro new football coach at OSC". Bend Bulletin. Oregon. United Press. February 2, 1955. p. 2.
- ^ "Prothro Returns Single Wing to Oregon State: 34 Year Old Prothro Gets 3-Year Term". Corvallis Gazette-Times. February 2, 1955. p. 9.
- ^ "OSC bumps BYU 33–0". The Sacramento Union. September 18, 1955. Retrieved April 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Indians upset, 10–0, by Beavers". The San Francisco Examiner. September 25, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UCLA smothers Oregon State, 38–0". The Honolulu Advertiser. October 8, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oregon State suffers 13–7 defeat by COP". The Los Angeles Times. October 16, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Washington State fumbles help Oregon State to a 14–6 victory". The Montana Standard. October 23, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "OSC downs Huskies, 13–7". Tri-City Herald. October 30, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Idaho's Vandals swamped 33–14 by late Beaver scores". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. November 6, 1955. p. 1B.
- ^ "OSC tips California in thriller". Herald and News. November 13, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strite, Dick (November 20, 1955). "A muddy delight! Oregon 28, Oregon State 0". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
- ^ "Webfoots steamroller OSC 28 to 0 in muddy classic". Bend Bulletin. United Press. November 21, 1955. p. 3.
- ^ "Schedule/Results (1955 Oregon State)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
Further reading
- John Eggers (ed.), A New Look at Oregon State Football, 1955. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College, Athletic News Bureau, 1955.