1955 Oregon State Beavers football team

1955 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1955 record	6–3 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach	Tommy Prothro (1st season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium
Seasons

1955 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 UCLA †	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
#16 Stanford	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
#13 USC	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
California	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Washington State	1	–	5	–	1			1	–	7	–	2
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1955 college football season. In their first season under head coach Tommy Prothro, the Beavers compiled a 6–3 record (5–2 against PCC opponents), finished in second place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 126 to 120. The team played its home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

On February 1, 1955, Tommy Prothro was hired as Oregon State's head football coach. Prothro had been an assistant coach under Red Sanders at UCLA from 1949 to 1954 and at Vanderbilt from 1946 to 1948. Prothro remained at Oregon State for 10 seasons, compiling a record of 63–37–2 (25–9–1 against PCC opponents).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 17	BYU*		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 33–0
September 24	Stanford		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 10–0
October 7	at No. 7 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–38
October 15	at Pacific*		Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	L 7–13
October 22	Washington State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 14–6
October 29	at No. 19 Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 13–7
November 5	Idaho		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 33–14
November 12	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 16–14
November 19	at Oregon	No. 19	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War)	L 0–28
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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