1959 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1959 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College as an independent during the 1959 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Tommy Prothro, the Beavers compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 178 to 166.^[1] Oregon State played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

1959 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–7
Head coach	Tommy Prothro (5th season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium Multnomah Stadium
Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

1959 NCAA University Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Syracuse			–					11	–	0	–	0
No. 12 Penn State			–					9	–	2	–	0
Oregon			–					8	–	2	–	0
Detroit			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					6	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State			–					6	–	4	–	0
No. 20 Pittsburgh			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					5	–	4	–	0
Air Force			–					5	–	4	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	4	–	1
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
No. 17 Notre Dame			–					5	–	5	–	0
Boston University			–					4	–	5	–	0
Florida State			–					4	–	6	–	0
San Jose State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech			–					4	–	6	–	0
Dayton			–					3	–	7	–	0
Marquette			–					3	–	7	–	0
Oregon State			–					3	–	7	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	7	–	0
Idaho			–					1	–	9	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Earlier in the year, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) disbanded; this was the first of five years that Oregon State and Oregon competed as independents.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	USC	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 6–27	23,895
September 26	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 14–15	20,000
October 3	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 6–7	27,961
October 10	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–18	74,693	[2]
October 17	Idaho	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 66–18	10,628	[3][4]
October 24	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 24–20	41,000
October 31	Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 0–14	17,601	[5][6]
November 7	at No. 12 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 6–13	45,317	[7][8]
November 14	Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 22–39	10,900	[9]
November 21	at No. 15 Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War)	W 15–7	22,500	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game