[1] Beals scored 46 touchdowns in four seasons with the team (1939 to 1943) and he was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in 1964.

[2] Beals was given a letter by the Chicago Bears to gauge his interest in playing for them in his senior season in 1942, but he served in World War II instead.

[3] When the war ended, he was recruited to play for the newly formed San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and play for Buck Shaw, his former coach at Santa Clara, bolstered by a $4,500 contract that dwarfed his $275 a month when in the Army.

[4] When the AAFC folded at the end of the 1949 season, he was the league's all-time scoring leader with 278 points.

[6] The dawn of a heightened passing game in the half century since his retirement has meant that he ranks in the top 140 in touchdowns as of 2025.