1949 Oregon State Beavers football team

1949 Oregon State Beavers football
Head coach Kip Taylor
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record7–3 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBell Field
Multnomah Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 California $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
UCLA 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Stanford 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
USC 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Oregon State 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Washington 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Washington State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Idaho 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Montana 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1949 college football season. In their first season under head coach Kip Taylor, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placed fifth in the PCC, and outscored their opponents 232 to 188.[1] The team played one home game on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis and three at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

Taylor, a Michigan State assistant, was hired in late March,[2][3] following the resignation of longtime head coach Lon Stiner a month earlier.[4][5] Taylor was a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and played for the Michigan Wolverines in the late 1920s.[6] At the time of his hiring, he told the press: "I'm a Michigan man and I like the Michigan system. We'll have the single wingback, in all probability, with my own variations."[7]

Program for the October 22 game visiting the Stanford Indians.
Halfback Ken Carpenter was the offensive star of the 1949 OSC team.
  1. ^ "1949 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Taylor chosen OSC grid coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 30, 1949. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Kip Taylor new OSC grid (coach)". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. March 30, 1949. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Lon Stiner quits grid post at State". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 8, 1949. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Stiner resigns post as coach of OSC eleven". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 8, 1949. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Taylor takes over, recalls playing days". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 8, 1949. p. 10.
  7. ^ Bruce K. Myers (April 7, 1949). "Kip Taylor Finds New Grid Post 'Beautiful', Plans Hard Work". Corvallis Gazette-Times. pp. 1, 4.