1963 Oregon State Beavers football team

1963 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–5
Head coach	Tommy Prothro (9th season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium

1963 NCAA University Division independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Memphis State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Navy			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	0
Utah State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Oregon			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Army			–					7	–	3	–	0
Air Force			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss			–					5	–	3	–	1
Idaho			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	4	–	0
Oregon State			–					5	–	5	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Xavier			–					5	–	4	–	1
West Texas State			–					4	–	4	–	1
Florida State			–					4	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Mexico State			–					3	–	6	–	1
Colorado State			–					3	–	7	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					3	–	7	–	0
Texas Western			–					3	–	7	–	0
Detroit			–					2	–	6	–	1
Holy Cross			–					2	–	6	–	1
Notre Dame			–					2	–	7	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					2	–	8	–	0
Houston			–					2	–	8	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	1
Dayton			–					1	–	7	–	2
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1963 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as an independent during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In their ninth season under head coach Tommy Prothro, the Beavers compiled a 5–5 record and were outscored by their opponents, 198 to 192. The team played its home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 29–14
September 28	Colorado	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 41–6
October 3	Baylor	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 22–15
October 12	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–34
October 19	Washington State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 30–6
October 26	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 8–31
November 2	Stanford	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 10–7
November 9	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 15–20
November 15	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 22–28
November 30	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War)	L 14–31
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

• E Vern Burke, Sr.
• OL Rich Koeper, Jr.
• QB Gordon Queen