1956 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1956 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The Beavers ended the season with a record of 7–3–1. The team captains were Dick Corrick and Gerry Laird. The Beavers scored 203 points and allowed 166 points. Led by head coach Tommy Prothro, Oregon State won the Pacific Coast Conference championship and represented the conference in the Rose Bowl.

1956 Oregon State Beavers football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 19–35 vs. Iowa
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 10
1956 record7–3–1 (6–1–1 PCC)
Head coachTommy Prothro
Home stadiumParker Stadium
1956 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Oregon State $ 6 –1 –1  7 –3 –1
No. 18 USC 5 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
UCLA 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Washington 4 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Oregon 3 –3 –2  4 –4 –2
Stanford 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –5 –1  3 –6 –1
California 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 22at Missouri*
W 19–13 22,000
September 28at No. 6 USC
L 13–21 53,714
October 6at No. 20 Iowa*
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 13–14 41,027
October 13California
W 21–13 14,125
October 20at Washington State
W 21–0 14,500
October 27UCLA
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
W 21–7 17,080
November 3WashingtonNo. 17
W 28–20 32,890
November 10at No. 20 StanfordNo. 14
W 20–19 65,000
November 17at IdahoNo. 11
W 14–10 5,000
November 24OregonNo. 11
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)
T 14–14 17,300
January 1vs. No. 3 Iowa*No. 10
L 19–35 100,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References
  1. "1957 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-08.


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