in omaha, nebraska, members of the university of nebraska's n club gave stiner a good luck horseshoe. on december 22, 1941, three days after leaving corvallis, the beaver express arrived in chicago. the university of chicago had stopped playing football in 1939, so oregon state used chicago's stagg field. the train with the beavers' equipment and uniforms did not arrive by practice time, so oregon state players wore maroon warmups borrowed from the university of chicago during kicking and passing drills. the equipment and uniform train arrived just in time for martin chaves, bob dethman, donald durdan, and joe day to dress in full pads for press pictures.