1952 Oregon State Beavers football team
| 1952 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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 Head coach Kip Taylor | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 2–7 (1–6 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Bell Field Multnomah Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 USC $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 UCLA | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1952 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Kip Taylor, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the PCC, and were outscored 267 to 123.[1]
The team played four home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland and one on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis, a 27–6 homecoming loss to Idaho in the last varsity game at the venue.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | at Utah* | W 14–7 | 15,000 | ||
| October 4 | No. 1 Michigan State* | L 14–17 | 22,595 | [2] | |
| October 11 | at Stanford | L 28–41 | 28,000 | ||
| October 18 | No. 7 USC |
| L 6–28 | 17,438 | |
| October 25 | at Washington State | L 20–33 | 15,000 | ||
| November 1 | Washington |
| L 13–38 | 19,243 | |
| November 8 | at No. 5 UCLA | L 0–57 | 22,585 | ||
| November 15 | Idaho | L 6–27 | 8,000 | [3][4] | |
| November 22 | vs. Oregon |
| W 22–19 | 21,333 | |
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Coaching staff[edit]
- Len Younce, line
- Ward Cuff, backs
- Butch Morse, ends
- Fred Sutherland
- Hal Moe, freshmen
References[edit]
- ^ "1952 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ George S. Alderton (October 5, 1952). "Gene Lekenta's Last-Play Field Goal Earns 'S' 17 to 14 Hair-Raiser Over Oregon State". Lansing State Journal. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Idaho cracks OSC defense for 27-6 win". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 16, 1952. p. 1, sports.
- ^ "Brilliant Idaho second half routs Oregon State 27-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 16, 1952. p. 10.
- ^ "2016 Football media guide" (PDF). Oregon State University Athletics. 2016. p. 153. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – October 25, 1952
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