The 1960 Oregon State Beavers football team represented
Oregon State College
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as an independent during the
1960 college football season
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. In their sixth season under head coach
Tommy Prothro
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, the Beavers compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored their opponents 197 to 145. They played two home games on campus at
Parker Stadium
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in
Corvallis and two at
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in
Portland
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.
The
Pacific Coast Conference
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(PCC) disbanded in 1959; this was the second of five years that Oregon State and
Oregon
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competed as independents. The
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game was played in Corvallis and ended in a tie.
The
Gotham Bowl
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The game was not a success financially: the two games ...
was scheduled to premiere at
Yankee Stadium
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in
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in 1960 with
Holy Cross
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as the host team. However, after Oregon State was invited, Holy Cross was uninvited in hopes of finding a better match-up. The game was canceled when no opponent could be found for Oregon State.
After this season, the university's current title, Oregon State University, was adopted by a legislative act signed into law by
Governor
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Mark Hatfield on March 6, 1961, and became effective that summer.
Schedule
Roster
*HB
Terry Baker
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, So.
*HB
Rich Brooks
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, So.
*HB Art Gilmore Sr.
*QB Marne Palmateer Jr.
* T Neil Plumley Jr.
*QB Bill Sullivan
* E Aaron Thomas Sr.
:
Professional football drafts
NFL draft
AFL draft
References
Further reading
''Oregon State 1960 Football.''Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, Department of Sports Information, 1960.
External links
Game program: Oregon State at Washington State– November 5, 1960
WSU Libraries: Game video– Oregon State at Washington State – November 5, 1960
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