1947 Oregon State Beavers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Oregon State Beavers
| sport = football
| image = Stiner-Lon-1947.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Head Coach Lon Stiner
| conference = Pacific Coast Conference
| short_conf = PCC
| record = 5–5
| conf_record = 3–4
| head_coach = Lon Stiner
| hc_year = 13th
| captain =
| stadium = Bell Field
Multnomah Stadium
}}
{{1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
The 1947 Oregon State Beavers football team was an American football team that represented Oregon State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. Led by thirteenth-year head coach Lon Stiner, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–4 in PCC, sixth), and outscored their opponents 171 to 136.{{cite web|title=1947 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=September 7, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oregon-state/1947-schedule.html}}
Oregon State was ranked at No. 52 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.{{cite news|title=Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=Times|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 18, 1947|page=47|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123152970/michigan-national-champion-in-final/|via=Newspapers.com}}
The Beavers played three home games on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.
No Oregon State players were named to the All-Coast team.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1947
| poll = AP
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 27|at|Utah
|October 4|at|Washington|Husky Stadium|Seattle, WA|W 14-7|39,000|{{cite news|title=Beavers Top Huskies, 14-7|newspaper=The Statesman (Salem, Oregon)|date=October 5, 1947|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28100247/beavers_top_huskies_147/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 11||Idaho|Bell Field|Corvallis, OR|W 33-6|10,000|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZbFeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1i8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2181%2C897320 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=OSC drops Vandals 33-6 |date=October 12, 1947 |page=8}}
|October 18|at|No. 11 USC|Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Los Angeles, CA|L 6-48|61,301|{{cite news|title=Trojans Trounce Beavers, 48-6|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Braven Dyer|date=October 19, 1947|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28100436/trojans_trounce_beavers_486/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 25||Portland
|November 1|at|Stanford|Stanford Stadium|Stanford, CA|W 13-7|9,000|{{cite news|title=Beavers Sneak Past Battling Indians, 13-7|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|author=Harry Borba|date=November 2, 1947|pages=21, 24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28101001/beavers_sneak_past_battling_indians/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 8||UCLA|Multnomah Stadium|Portland, OR|L 7-27|30,870|{{cite news|title=Bruins Batter Beavers, 27 to 7|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=November 9, 1947|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28101151/bruins_batter_beavers_27_to_7/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 15||Washington State|Bell Field|Corvallis, OR|L 13-14|14,000|{{cite news|title=Cougars Clip State, 14-13|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=November 16, 1947|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28101335/cougars_clip_state_1413/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 22|at|Oregon|Hayward Field|Eugene, OR (Civil War)|L 6-14|20,211|{{cite news|title=Oregon Ends Great Season, 14-6: Big Victory Gives a Tie for Second|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=November 23, 1947|pages=1, 22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28097639/oregon_ends_great_season_146_big/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 29|at|Nebraska
}}