1963 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1963 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as an independent during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season In their ninth season under head coach Tommy Prothro, the Beavers compiled a 5–5 record and were outscored 198 to 192.^[1] The team played two home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, and two at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

1963 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–5
Head coach	Tommy Prothro (9th season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium Multnomah Stadium
Seasons ← 1962 1964 →

1963 NCAA University Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Memphis State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Navy			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	0
Utah State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Oregon			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Army			–					7	–	3	–	0
Air Force			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss			–					5	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					5	–	4	–	0
Oregon State			–					5	–	5	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Xavier			–					5	–	4	–	1
West Texas State			–					4	–	4	–	1
Florida State			–					4	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Mexico State			–					3	–	6	–	1
Colorado State			–					3	–	7	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					3	–	7	–	0
Texas Western			–					3	–	7	–	0
Detroit			–					2	–	6	–	1
Holy Cross			–					2	–	6	–	1
Notre Dame			–					2	–	7	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					2	–	8	–	0
Houston			–					2	–	8	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	1
Dayton			–					1	–	7	–	2
Rankings from Coaches Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 29–14	17,381	[2]
September 28	Colorado	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 41–6	18,721
October 5	Baylor	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 22–15	24,342
October 12	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–34	53,700
October 19	Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 30–6	17,810
October 26	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 8–31	30,000
November 2	Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 10–7	13,697–17,697
November 9	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 15–20	25,846–25,895	[3]
November 15	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 22–28	30,846
November 30	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War)	L 14–31	20,700	[4]
Homecoming

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Roster

• E Vern Burke, Sr.
• OL Rich Koeper, Jr.
• QB Gordon Queen