1931 Oregon State Beavers football team

1931 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record6–3–1 (1–3–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadiumBell Field
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

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]

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Willamette*
W 76–0[4]
September 26Colorado*
W 16–023,000[5]
October 3at USC
L 0–3050,000[6]
October 9Linfield*
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 25–0[7]
October 17at Stanford
L 7–2518,000[8]
October 24Oregon Normal*
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 37–0[9]
October 31Washington State
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 6–7[10][11]
November 7Montana
  • Bell Field
  • Corvallis, OR
W 19–0[12]
November 14at Oregon
T 0–020,000[13]
December 5Utah*
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
W 12–015,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1931 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Oregon State University. p. 186. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Official 1932 Game Schedules," Illustrated Football Annual, 1932. (New York: Fiction House, 1932); p. 94.
  4. ^ "Oregon State smashes way to 76–0 victory over W.U." The Oregon Statesman. September 20, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Oregon State defeats Colorado 16 to 0". Albuquerque Journal. September 27, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Many present at charity contest". Daily Gazette-Times. October 10, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Last period drive gives Cards game". The Chattanooga Times. October 18, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Staters swamp Oregon Normal". Medford Mail Tribune. October 25, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Cougars beat Oregon State". The Billings Gazette. November 1, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Frank G. Gorrie, "Oregon State College Loses to Washington State with Score of 6 to 7," Eugene Guard, Nov. 1, 1931, p. 10.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Oregon and O.S.C. in scoreless tie". The Sunday Missoulian. November 15, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "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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