1947 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1947 Oregon State Beavers football team was an American football team that represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. Led by thirteenth-year head coach Lon Stiner, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–4 in PCC, sixth), and outscored their opponents 171 to 136.^[1]

1947 Oregon State Beavers football
Head Coach Lon Stiner
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	5–5 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach	Lon Stiner (13th season)
Home stadium	Bell Field Multnomah Stadium
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
No. 15 California	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Oregon	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Montana	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Stanford	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Oregon State was ranked at No. 52 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[2]

The Beavers played three home games on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

No Oregon State players were named to the All-Coast team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Utah*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 6–7	22,175	[3]
October 4	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 14–7	39,000	[4]
October 11	Idaho	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 33–6	10,000	[5]
October 18	at No. 11 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–48	61,301	[6]
October 25	Portland*	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 46–0	6,657	[7]
November 1	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 13–7	9,000	[8]
November 8	UCLA	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 7–27	30,870	[9]
November 15	Washington State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 13–14	14,000	[10]
November 22	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War)	L 6–14	20,211	[11]
November 29	at Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 27–6	20,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "1947 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Underdog Utah Downs OSC, 7-6". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 28, 1947. pp. A1, B6 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Beavers Top Huskies, 14-7". The Statesman (Salem, Oregon). October 5, 1947. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "OSC drops Vandals 33-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 12, 1947. p. 8.
6. Braven Dyer (October 19, 1947). "Trojans Trounce Beavers, 48-6". Los Angeles Times. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Staters Rout Pilots, 46-0". The Statesman (Salem, Oregon). October 26, 1947. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Harry Borba (November 2, 1947). "Beavers Sneak Past Battling Indians, 13-7". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 21, 24 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Bruins Batter Beavers, 27 to 7". Eugene Register-Guard. November 9, 1947. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Cougars Clip State, 14-13". Eugene Register-Guard. November 16, 1947. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Oregon Ends Great Season, 14-6: Big Victory Gives a Tie for Second". Eugene Register-Guard. November 23, 1947. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Norris Anderson (November 30, 1947). "Beavers Overhwhelm Cornhuskers 27-6". Sunday Journal and Star. p. 1B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
13. "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 153. Retrieved October 24, 2020.