1939 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1939 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the 1939 college football season.

1939 Oregon State Beavers football
Pineapple Bowl champion
Pineapple Bowl, W 39–6 vs. Hawaii
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	9–1–1 (6–1–1 PCC)
Head coach	Lon Stiner (7th season)
Home stadium	Bell Field
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 USC $	5	–	0	–	2			8	–	0	–	2
No. 7 UCLA	5	–	0	–	3			6	–	0	–	4
Oregon State	6	–	1	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
Washington	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Oregon	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Montana	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Stanford	0	–	6	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon and Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

The Beavers ended this season with nine wins, one loss, and one tie. The Beavers scored 186 points and allowed 77 points. Oregon State won the inaugural Pineapple Bowl, 39–6. The team was led by head coach Lon Stiner.

Oregon State was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 16 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,^[1] No. 18 according to the Azziratem System favored by Illustrated Football Annual magazine,^[2] and at No. 53 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 12–0	20,000
October 7	Idaho		Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 7–6	8,000	[4]
October 14	at Portland*		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 14–12		[5]
October 21	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 13–7	14,000
October 28	Washington State	No. 15	Bell Field Portland, OR	W 13–0	8,000
November 4	vs. No. 7 USC	No. 11	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 7–19	32,611	[6]
November 11	at Oregon		Hayward Field Eugene, OR (rivalry)	W 19–14	22,000
November 18	California	No. 19	Bell Field Portland, OR	W 21–0	9,000
November 25	at No. 13 UCLA		Los Angeles Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 13–13	40,000
December 25	at Hawaii All-Stars*		Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 28–0	12,000
January 1, 1940	at Hawaii*		Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (Pineapple Bowl)	W 39–6	15,000	[7]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Elbie Schultz	Tackle	4	28	Philadelphia Eagles
Morris Kohler	Back	16	145	Cleveland Rams
Johnny Hackenbruck	Tackle	17	156	Detroit Lions

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