The 1931 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1931 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Paul J. Schissler, the Beavers compiled a 6–3–1 record (1–3–1 against PCC opponents), finished in seventh place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 198 to 62.[1]
| 1931 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 6–3–1 (1–3–1 PCC) |
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| Captain | None |
| Home stadium | Bell Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 USC $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Under Coach Schissler, from 1925 to 1932, no team captains were elected.[2] The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon and at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.
The OSC squad finished the season ranked #42 nationally.[3]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | Willamette* | W 76–0 | [4] | ||||
| September 26 | Colorado* | W 16–0 | 23,000 | [5] | |||
| October 3 | at USC | L 0–30 | 50,000 | [6] | |||
| October 9 | Linfield* |
| W 25–0 | [7] | |||
| October 17 | at Stanford | L 7–25 | 18,000 | [8] | |||
| October 24 | Oregon Normal* |
| W 37–0 | [9] | |||
| October 31 | Washington State |
| L 6–7 | [10][11] | |||
| November 7 | Montana |
| W 19–0 | [12] | |||
| November 14 | at Oregon | T 0–0 | 20,000 | [13] | |||
| December 5 | Utah* |
| W 12–0 | 15,000 | [14] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "1931 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Oregon State University. p. 186. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ "Official 1932 Game Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1932. (New York: Fiction House, 1932); p. 94.
- ^ "Oregon State smashes way to 76–0 victory over W.U." The Oregon Statesman. September 20, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oregon State defeats Colorado 16 to 0". Albuquerque Journal. September 27, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Paul Lowry (October 4, 1931). "Trojans score 30–0 win over Oregon State: Losers unable to show much". The Los Angeles Times. p. VI-a-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Many present at charity contest". Daily Gazette-Times. October 10, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Last period drive gives Cards game". The Chattanooga Times. October 18, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Staters swamp Oregon Normal". Medford Mail Tribune. October 25, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cougars beat Oregon State". The Billings Gazette. November 1, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Frank G. Gorrie, "Oregon State College Loses to Washington State with Score of 6 to 7," Eugene Guard, Nov. 1, 1931, p. 10.
- ^ "Oregon State slops through rain and mud to defeat Montana 19–0". The Independent-Record. November 8, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oregon and O.S.C. in scoreless tie". The Sunday Missoulian. November 15, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oregon State plows through mud to gain victory over Utah, 12–0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. December 6, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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