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.
| 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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Hired in February at age 34, Prothro had been an assistant under Red Sanders for nine seasons; at UCLA (1949–54) and Vanderbilt (1946–48).[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
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | BYU* | W 33–0 | 8,000 | |||
| September 24 | Stanford | W 10–0 | 24,748 | |||
| October 7 | at No. 7 UCLA | L 0–38 | 57,664 | |||
| October 15 | at Pacific (CA)* | L 7–13 | 22,500 | |||
| October 22 | Washington State |
| W 14–6 | 17,000 | ||
| October 29 | at No. 19 Washington | W 13–7 | 28,204 | |||
| November 5 | Idaho |
| W 33–14 | 9,000 | [5] | |
| November 12 | at California | W 16–14 | 35,000 | |||
| November 19 | at Oregon | No. 19 | L 0–28 | 22,000 | [6][7] | |
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Conference opponent not played this season: USC
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Idaho's Vandals swamped 33-14 by late Beaver scores". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 6, 1955. p. 1B.
- ^ Strite, Dick (November 20, 1955). "A muddy delight! Oregon 28, Oregon State 0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ "Webfoots steamroller OSC 28 to 0 in muddy classic". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). United Press. November 21, 1955. p. 3.
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