The 1941 Oregon State Beavers football

Oregon State Beavers football

The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I-A college football. The team first fielded an organized football team in 1893 and is currently a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. The head coach is Mike Riley, with Danny Langsdorf as the offensive...

 team represented Oregon State College

Oregon State University

Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...

 in the 1941 college football season

1941 college football season

The 1941 college football regular season ended with the Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota repeating as the AP Poll national champion. This was Minnesota's fifth national championship in eight years...

. The Beavers ended this season with eight wins and two losses. They were the Pacific Coast Conference

Pacific Coast Conference

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 champions and won the 1942 Rose Bowl

1942 Rose Bowl

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 over Duke

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. Because of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Attack on Pearl Harbor

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, the Rose Bowl was held in Durham, North Carolina

Durham, North Carolina

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. Oregon State thus became the only team to win a Rose Bowl outside of Pasadena, California

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. The Beavers scored 143 points and allowed 49 points. The team was led by head coach Lon Stiner

Lon Stiner

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.

Schedule

The Beavers finished the season with an 8–2 record, 7–2 in the Pacific Coast Conference

Pacific Coast Conference

The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pacific-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis...

. Ranks are based on the time the game was played.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Beaver points	Opponents	Attendance	Record
September 27	@ Southern California 1941 USC Trojans football team The 1941 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 1941 college football season. The season was the only one coached by Sam Barry who took over for Howard Jones, who died during the previous off-season. Barry also coached USC's basketball and baseball...		Los Angeles Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	7	13	35,000	0-1
October 4	vs. Washington Washington Huskies football College football has a long history at the University of Washington. The Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference championships, seven Rose Bowl titles, and three national championships. Washington's all-time record of 653-398-50 ranks 20th by all-time winning percentage and 21st by...		Multnomah Stadium PGE Park Jeld-Wen Field is an outdoor sports stadium located in Portland, Oregon, United States that is used primarily for soccer and American football...  • Portland, OR	9	6	17,000	1-1
October 11	Stanford Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...		Bell Field Bell Field Bell Field, originally known as College Field , was a stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. It hosted the Oregon State University Beavers football team until they moved to Parker Stadium in 1953. The stadium held 21,000 people at its peak and was opened in 1910. The stadium is named...  • Corvallis, OR	10	0	22,000	2-1
October 25	@ Washington State Washington State Cougars football The Washington State Cougars football team is the intercollegiate football team of Washington State University. The team is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference...	#16	Rogers Field Rogers Field (Washington State) Rogers Field was an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. It was the home venue of the WSU Cougars football and track teams until severely damaged by a fire in April 1970...  • Pullman, WA	0	7	9,000	2-2
November 1		#18	Bell Field Bell Field Bell Field, originally known as College Field , was a stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. It hosted the Oregon State University Beavers football team until they moved to Parker Stadium in 1953. The stadium held 21,000 people at its peak and was opened in 1910. The stadium is named...  • Corvallis, OR	33	0	5,000	3-2
November 8			Bell Field Bell Field Bell Field, originally known as College Field , was a stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. It hosted the Oregon State University Beavers football team until they moved to Parker Stadium in 1953. The stadium held 21,000 people at its peak and was opened in 1910. The stadium is named...  • Corvallis, OR	19	0	10,000	4-2
November 15	@ California California Golden Bears football The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...		California Memorial Stadium California Memorial Stadium California Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley. Commonly known as Memorial Stadium, it is the home field for the University of California Golden Bears of the Pacific-12 Conference...  • Berkeley, CA	6	0	20,000	5-2
November 22	vs. Montana		Multnomah Stadium PGE Park Jeld-Wen Field is an outdoor sports stadium located in Portland, Oregon, United States that is used primarily for soccer and American football...  • Portland, OR	27	0	6,000	6-2
November 29	@ Oregon Oregon Ducks football The Oregon Ducks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Oregon located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Known as the Ducks, the...	#17	Hayward Field Hayward Field Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, is one of the best-known historic track and field stadiums in the United States. Nearly a century in age, it was the home of the University of Oregon's football team from 1919 through 1966, and has been the home to the Ducks' track and field teams since 1921...  • Eugene, OR	12	7	20,500	7-2
January 1	@ #2 Duke	#12	Duke Stadium Wallace Wade Stadium Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Primarily used for American football, it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils. It opened in 1929 with a game against Pitt, as the first facility in Duke's new west campus. The...  • Durham, NC (Rose Bowl Rose Bowl Game The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2... )	20	16	56,000	8-2

Team players drafted into in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Bob Dethman	Back	3	20	Detroit Lions 1942 Detroit Lions season The 1942 Detroit Lions season resulted in the Lions having the first winless season since Cincinnati went 0-8 in 1934. It would remain the only imperfect season for the Lions until 2008.-Schedule:-Standings:-Roster:-References:***...
Bill Halverson	Guard	8	63	Philadelphia Eagles 1942 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1942 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 10th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–8–1, losing nine games...
George Peters	Back	8	66	Washington Redskins 1942 Washington Redskins season The 1942 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 6-5 record from 1941. They would end the season by winning the NFL Championship against the Chicago Bears, 14-6.-Schedule:-Standings:-NFL Championship Game:-All-Star Game:...