1953 Oregon State Beavers football team

1953 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1953 record	3–6 (3–5 PCC)
Head coach	Kip Taylor (5th season)
Home stadium	Multnomah Stadium (Portland) Parker Stadium
Seasons

1953 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 UCLA †	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
#19 Stanford	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
USC	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Washington	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Oregon	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1953 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Kip Taylor, the Beavers compiled a 3–6 record (3–5 against PCC opponents), finished in sixth place in the PCC, and were outscored by their opponents, 187 to 39. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland and opened the new Parker Stadium in Corvallis on November 14 with a 7–0 homecoming win over Washington State.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 18	at No. 4 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–41
September 26	No. 14 California	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 0–26
October 3	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–28
October 10	Stanford	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 0–21
October 17	at No. 13 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–37
October 24	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID	W 19–0
October 31	at No. 6 Michigan State*	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 6–34
November 14	Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 7–0
November 21	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War)	W 7–0
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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