1940 Oregon State Beavers football team

1940 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–3–1 (4–3–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
No. 10 Washington 7 1 0 7 2 0
Oregon State 4 3 1 5 3 1
Washington State 3 4 2 4 4 2
Oregon 3 4 1 4 4 1
California 3 4 0 4 6 0
USC 2 3 2 3 4 2
Montana 1 2 0 4 4 1
UCLA 1 6 0 1 9 0
Idaho 0 4 0 1 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College—now known as Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 4–3–1 in conference play, placing third in the PCC. Oregon State scored 128 points and allowed 80 points on the season. The team played home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon.

The 1940 Oregon State squad finished the season ranked at No. 36 (out of 697 college football teams) under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940 and at No. 51 according to the Azziratem System favored by Illustrated Football Annual magazine.