1953 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6 (3–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMultnomah Stadium
Parker Stadium
1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 UCLA $ 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
No. 19 Stanford 5 –1 –16 –3 –1
USC 4 –2 –16 –3 –1
California 2 –2 –24 –4 –2
Washington State 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Oregon State 3 –5 –03 –6 –0
Washington 2 –4 –13 –6 –1
Oregon 2 –5 –14 –5 –1
Idaho 0 –3 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1953 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Kip Taylor, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 3–6 record with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the PCC. The team was outscored 187 to 39 on the season. Oregon State opened with five shutout losses, then visited and shut out the Idaho Vandals, 19–0, for their first points and win.

The Beavers played two 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, then won their fifth consecutive Civil War game over Oregon, this year on the road, in Eugene.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at No. 4 UCLA
L 0–4139,209
September 26No. 14 California
L 0–2613,422
October 3at Washington
L 0–2828,000
October 10Stanford
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 0–218,005
October 17at No. 13 USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–3734,163
October 24at Idaho
W 19–09,200[1][2]
October 31at No. 6 Michigan State*
L 6–3451,108
November 14Washington Statedagger
W 7–013,500[3][4]
November 21at Oregon
W 7–018,500[5][6]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "Withrow sparks OSC to 19-0 win over Idaho". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. October 25, 1953. p. 1C.
  2. ↑ Boni, Bill (October 25, 1953). "303-minute drought finally ends as OSC tops Idaho, 19-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  3. ↑ "Oregon State surprises WSC with 7-0 upset". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 15, 1953. p. 1, sports.
  4. ↑ Cornacchia, Pete (November 15, 1953). "Oregon State defeats Cougars 7-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  5. ↑ Strite, Dick (November 22, 1953). "Battling Bevos stop Ducks 7-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  6. ↑ "Kip Taylor elated after win over UO". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). United Press. November 23, 1953. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "1953 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 153. Retrieved October 24, 2020.


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