1955 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1955 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1955 college football season. In their first season under head coach Tommy Prothro, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 6–3 record with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing second in the OCC, and outscored their opponents 126 to 120. They played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

1955 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record6–3 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach
  • Tommy Prothro (1st season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumParker Stadium
Multnomah Stadium
1955 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 UCLA $ 6 0 09 2 0
Oregon State 5 2 06 3 0
No. 16 Stanford 3 2 16 3 1
Oregon 4 3 06 4 0
Washington 4 3 15 4 1
No. 13 USC 3 3 06 4 0
California 1 5 12 7 1
Washington State 1 5 11 7 2
Idaho 0 4 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Hired in February at age 34, Prothro had been an assistant under Red Sanders for nine seasons; at UCLA (194954) and Vanderbilt (194648). He led OSU for ten seasons, compiling an overall record of 63–37–2 (.627), and was 25–9–1 (.729) against PCC opponents.

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