The 1960 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 1960 college football season. The Beavers ended this season with six wins, three losses, and a tie. The Gotham Bowl

Gotham Bowl

The Gotham Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game that was played in New York City, United States, in 1961 and 1962. The game was initially created as a fund raising attempt for the March of Dimes....

 was scheduled to premiere at Yankee Stadium in 1960 with Holy Cross as the host team. However, after Oregon State was invited, Holy Cross was uninvited in hopes of finding a better match-up. The game was eventually canceled when no opponent could be found for Oregon State. The Beavers scored 197 points and allowed 145 points. The team was led by head coach Tommy Prothro

Tommy Prothro

James Thompson "Tommy" Prothro, Jr. was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Oregon State University from 1955 to 1964 and at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1965 to 1970, compiling a career college football record of 104–55–5...

. The 1960 season was the last for Oregon State College. The university's current title, Oregon State University, was adopted on March 6, 1961 by a legislative act signed into law by Governor Mark Hatfield

Mark Hatfield

Mark Odom Hatfield was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States Senator from Oregon, and also as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee...

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Schedule

The Beavers finished the season with a 6–3–1 record. Ranks are based on the time the game was played.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Beaver points	Opponents	Attendance	Record
September 16	@ #6 Southern California		Los Angeles Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	14	0	32,928	1-0-0
September 24	@ #19 Iowa Iowa Hawkeyes football The Iowa Hawkeyes football team is the interscholastic football team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have competed in the Big Ten Conference since 1900, and are currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...	# 10	Kinnick Stadium Kinnick Stadium Kinnick Stadium, formerly known as Iowa Stadium, and known in the area simply as Kinnick, is a stadium located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the home stadium of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, in the sport of college football...  • Iowa City, IA	12	22	43,000	1-1-0
October 1	vs. Houston		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	29	20	22,537	2-1-0
October 8	@ Indiana Indiana Hoosiers football The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference.-Bowl games:...		Memorial Stadium Memorial Stadium, Bloomington Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of the Indiana Hoosiers. The stadium opened in 1960 as part of a new athletics area at the university and currently has a capacity of 52,929...  • Bloomington, IN	20	6	25,000	3-1-0
October 15	@	#17	Neale Stadium Neale Stadium Neale Stadium was an outdoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the west end of the campus of the University of Idaho. Opened in 1937 for college football , it was used for over three decades, through the 1968 season...  • Moscow, ID	28	8	10,500	4-1-0
October 22	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...	#18	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	29	30	36,833	4-2-0
October 29	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...	#15	Parker Stadium Reser Stadium Reser Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. on the campus of Oregon State University. It is the home of the Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific-12 Conference. Originally opened in 1953 as Parker Stadium, the stadium was renamed in 1999, and its current...  • Corvallis, OR	6	14	15,745	4-3-0
November 5	@ 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...		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	20	10	15,600	5-3-0
November 12	@ 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...		Stanford Stadium Stanford Stadium Stanford Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the Stanford University campus, the home of Stanford Cardinal college football team. It originally opened in 1921 as a football and track stadium, an earthen horseshoe with wooden bleacher seating and flooring upon a steel frame...  • Stanford, CA	25	21	7,500	6-3-0
November 19	#19 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...		Parker Stadium Reser Stadium Reser Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. on the campus of Oregon State University. It is the home of the Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific-12 Conference. Originally opened in 1953 as Parker Stadium, the stadium was renamed in 1999, and its current...  • Corvallis, OR	14	14	27,009	6-3-1

Team players drafted into in the AFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Art Gilmore	Back	11	85	New York Titans 1961 New York Titans season The 1961 New York Titans season was the second season for the team in the American Football League . The Titans finished with a record of 7–7.-Draft Picks:-Schedule:-External links:*...
Neil Plumley	Back	20	157	New York Titans 1961 New York Titans season The 1961 New York Titans season was the second season for the team in the American Football League . The Titans finished with a record of 7–7.-Draft Picks:-Schedule:-External links:*...

Team players drafted into in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Aaron Thomas	End	4	47	San Francisco 49ers 1961 San Francisco 49ers season The 1961 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's 12th year with the National Football League. The 49ers won seven games and lost six, with one game ending in a tie. As a result, the team finished in fifth-place in the NFL Western Conference. The 49ers had three first round picks in the NFL...
Art Gilmore	Back	7	86	Dallas Cowboys 1961 Dallas Cowboys season The 1961 Dallas Cowboys season was their second in the National Football League. The team finished with 4 wins, 9 losses, and 1 tie, placing them 6th in the Eastern Conference.-Offseason:...