1948 Oregon State Beavers football team

1948 Oregon State Beavers football
Head Coach Lon Stiner
Pineapple Bowl, W 47–27 vs. Hawaii
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–4–3 (2–3–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
Multnomah Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 California ^ + 6 0 0 10 1 0
No. 9 Oregon + 7 0 0 9 2 0
USC 4 2 0 6 3 1
Washington State 4 3 1 4 5 1
Stanford 3 4 0 4 6 0
Oregon State 2 3 2 5 4 3
Washington 2 5 1 2 7 1
UCLA 2 6 0 3 7 0
Idaho 1 5 0 3 6 0
Montana 0 3 0 3 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1948 college football season. In their fourteenth season under head coach Lon Stiner, the Beavers compiled a 5–4–3 record (2–3–2 in PCC, sixth), defeated Hawaii in the Pineapple Bowl on New Year's Day, and outscored their opponents 249 to 236.[1]

Oregon State was ranked at No. 54 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

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

  1. ^ "1948 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ E.E. Litkenhous, Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings," Wilmington Morning News, Dec. 15, 1948, p. 32.