1953 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1953 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1953 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Kip Taylor, the Beavers compiled a 3–6 record (3–5 against PCC opponents), finished in sixth place in the PCC, and were outscored by their opponents, 187 to 39.[1] The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland and opened the new Parker Stadium in Corvallis on November 14 with a 7–0 homecoming win over Washington State.

1953 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1953 record3–6 (3–5 PCC)
Head coachKip Taylor (5th season)
Home stadiumMultnomah Stadium (Portland)
Parker Stadium
1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 UCLA $ 6 1 0  8 2 0
No. 19 Stanford 5 1 1  6 3 1
USC 4 2 1  6 3 1
California 2 2 2  4 4 2
Washington State 3 4 0  4 6 0
Oregon State 3 5 0  3 6 0
Washington 2 4 1  3 6 1
Oregon 2 5 1  4 5 1
Idaho 0 3 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 18at No. 4 UCLAL 0–41
September 26No. 14 California
L 0–26
October 3at WashingtonL 0–28
October 10Stanford
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 0–21
October 17at No. 13 USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–37
October 24at IdahoW 19–0
October 31at No. 6 Michigan State*
L 6–34
November 14Washington State
W 7–0
November 21at OregonW 7–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1953 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.


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