1956 Oregon State Beavers football team

1956 Oregon State Beavers football
Rose Bowl, L 19-35 vs. Iowa
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#13
AP	#10
1956 record	7-3-1 (6-1-1 PCC)
Head coach	Tommy Prothro
Home stadium	Parker Stadium

1956 PCC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Oregon State $	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
#18 USC	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Washington	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	3	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
California	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the 1956 NCAA college football season. The Beavers ended this season with seven wins, three losses, and a tie. The team captains were Dick Corrick and Gerry Laird. The Beavers scored 203 points and allowed 166 points. Led by head coach Tommy Prothro, Oregon State won the Pacific Coast Conference championship and represented the conference in the Rose Bowl.

Schedule

The Beavers finished the season with a 7–3–1 record, 6–1–1 in the Pacific Coast Conference. Ranks are based on the time the game was played.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Beaver points	Opponents	Attendance	Record
September 22	@ Missouri		Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	19	13	22,000	1-0
September 28	@ #6 Southern California		Los Angeles Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	13	21	53,714	1-1
October 6	@ #20 Iowa		Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	13	14	41,027	1-2
October 13	California		Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	21	13	14,125	2-2
October 20	@ Washington State		Rogers Field • Pullman, WA	21	6	14,500	3-2
October 27	UCLA		Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	21	7	17,080	4-2
November 3	vs. Washington	#17	Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	28	20	32,890	5-2
November 10	@ Stanford	#14	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	20	9	65,000	6-2
November 17	@ Idaho	#11	Neale Stadium • Moscow, ID	14	10	5,000	7-2
November 24	Oregon	#11	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	14	14	17,300	7-2-1
January 1	vs. #3 Iowa	#10	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	19	35	100,000	7-3-1

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Vern Ellison	Guard	12	138	Pittsburgh Steelers
Sam Wesley	Back	30	359	Chicago Bears

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References

↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/OregonState.htm
↑ http://www.osubeavers.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/orst/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-mg-sec15
↑ 50 Years of College Football: A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport
↑ "1957 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-08.

Oregon State Beavers football

Venues	Bell Field (1909–1952) Reser Stadium (1953–present) Multnomah Stadium (alternate)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oregon: Civil War (Platypus Trophy)

Culture & lore	History Benny Beaver "Hail to Old OSU" Marching band Pyramid Play "The Toilet Bowl" 1985 Washington game

People	Head coaches Notable players NFL draftees

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Stanford & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015)

National championships in bold

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