Santa Clara at Stanford
Saturday, October 3, 1931 Share
Stanford beat Santa Clara 6–0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 10–2.
FinalHigh 71°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, California, October 5, 1931, page 3 (results column)
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TROJANS STAGE COMEBACK WITH OREGON ELEVEN Jones Men Hit Stride And Indicate They Are Up To Standard. ! Southern CALIFORNIA; smashing 80 to defeat of a potentially DOW erful Oregon state eleven restored the Trojans today as the team TO beat for the Pacific coast intercollegiate football championship. Coach Jones man were favorites but the big score perhaps was the real upset of a weekend in which all other favorites passed and ran Ito victory. st. Mary’S clipped Cali fornia, IA to O; Washington State college beat U. c. L. A., l3 to 0; DOC” Spears Oregon team showed latent possibilities in taking Idaho, g to 0, and Washington easily whipped Montana, 25 to 0. Stanford was barely able to defeat Santa Clara, 6 to 0. Apparently st. Marys made” Southern California. The Trojans came back after the beating of a much chastened team and bat tered oregon state mercilessly under a midsummer sun at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The loss of Baker in the st. Mary’s game neces- STATED moving Arnold Rosy” Rosenberg, big Jewish sophomore, to the important running guard post. This boy cut down the Oregon state big defense as wheat before a harveSter. Gus Shaver, Jim Sweet” Musick and Mohler followed Rosenberg and ripped States line to shreds. Arbelbide and Pinckert also starred, while Hal Moe, States fine blocking back, was easily Coach Schissler’S outstanding player. At Moraga they acclaimed Ed ward Slip” Madigan as a second Rockne. This crusading, rapier like personality took his second confer ence eleven on successive Saturdays. The Gaels beat California as they did Southern California–With in telligent, timely passes. In the first period two aerials brought the ball to the tWo-yard line and Quarter back Fletcher scored on a line plunge. Bruins Tough Three long passes netted so yards in the third period. Charles Baird made 10 yards on a dash off tackle and then passed five yards over the Bears goal to George Canrinus for a second score. Fletcher converted both tries. Washington State, last years champions, found U. G. L. A. stub born but had the punch to get two fnitnlNdn IN, t1n cnnnyaI y,orinl Dahlen. Davis and Colburn alter mated in thrusts and Dahlen scored the first touchdown. Colburn slaShed two yards for the second score. Fletcher, Duncan and Kebbic starred for the Bruins. The Cougars play Southern California next Saturday. Oregon showed a quartet of fine, promising backs in beating Idaho, 9 to O. Joe Lillard colored star; Mark Temple, Leighton Gee and Bud Pozzo scintillated. Lillard scored a touchdown late in the fourth period on an eight-yard, wide sweep around Idahos left end. Moeller converted. oregon scored a safety in the second period when Sather was downcd behind his own goal following bad pass from CEN ter. Oregon probably will be match for Washington next Saturday. Washington used reserves plentifully in beating Montana, 25 to 0. Hufford and Franklin ran so and 65 yards for touchdowns. The drive started from the Santa Clara Az yard line after three previous scoring threats had been halted

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1931, page 1 (results column)
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Gridiron Results Continued From First Page Northeastern Teachers, 10; Arkansas Teachers, 7. Morris Brown. Al: Claf1n, 0. Tuskegee Institute, 40; Lane Col lege, 0. Middle West. Notre Dame, Is; Indiana, 0. Pittsburgh 20; Iowa, O. Purdue, 49, Western Reserve, q. Purdue, 10; Coe. 0. Northwestern, 10; Nebraska, z. Minnesota. Q; Oklahoma A. M, U. Illinois, 20; st. Louis, 6. Iowa State, 81; Morningslde. 90: Ohio state, 81; University OF Gin cinnati, g. Michigan State, At; Cornell College Michigan, 81; Central State Teach ers, 0. Michigan, “a; State Normal, 0. Wisconsin, II; North Dakota. 8. Ohio University. 40; Butler. 0. GrinneI, -; Iowa State Teachers, o. Creighton, g. Wyoming, 0. Elmhurst 10: Milwaukee Teachers, g. Northland College, 6; Eau Claire Teachers, o. Capital, 0: Urbana, 0. Rolla Miners. &c; University OF Missouri, “B” team, 0. Baldwin Wallace, s; Case, 8. Albion, 7: Detroit City College, o.. Wooster, d: Ashland, o. Hillsdale 8: Dennison, 6. Otterbein. %; Hiram, o. Bowling Green. 6; Mount Union, 0. Hope, 10; Ferris. 0. De PAW, 81: Manchester, IA. Oshkosh Teachers, 6; Northern State Teachers, 0. Manchester, 10; Stout, 6. Corcordia, %; Hibbing Junior, s. st. Johns, z Hamline, o. Augustana, 6: Carthage, 6. Rose Poly, Is; Eearlham, 0. Aurora. IA: Illinois Military 0. st Olaf. So: Augsburg, 0. Valparaiso, 10; Central Normal, 0. State Teachers. ~; River Falls Nor Oakland City, 10; Indiana State St, cloud Teachers, 81; 1tasca Junior. 0. St. viator 6: Illinois Wesleyan, o. st. Marys. 10: Luther, Z. Monmouth. IS: North Central II. Wisconsin Normal. G; Columbia, 0. Eureka. AZ; Culver-Stockton. ID. Wilberforcc. 81; Kentucky State, 0. Ambrose. 80; Dubuque, 0. Rio Grarde, 6; Marietta, 0. Oberlin. IL: Kent State 6. Defiance, 26; Olivet, 6. Lacrosse Teachers, 6; Columbia Col lege, 6. Ohio Northern, g; Bluffton, 0. Wabash, Of: Evansville, 2. University of Wichita, 7; College OF Emporia, s. illinois College, Z; Washington, 18. Baker, 0; Washburn, ID. Far West. st. Mary’s, IA; University of Cali fornia, 0. Southern California, 80; oregon State, O. Washington State IS; University Of California. at Los Angeles, 0. Stanford 6; Santa Clara, 0. University Of Utah, So; College of Idaho. 0. Utah Aggies, 81 Montana State, 6. Oregon. 9; Idaho, 0. Carleton, 80; South Dakota, II. Brigham Young, ID: Nevada, Ia. Eastern oregon, 2; Spokane Universty, 0.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Stanford 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Santa Clara–Stanford gameStanford leads 19–9–2 in 30 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.
| 1952 | Stanford 28, Santa Clara 13 | |
| 1951 | Stanford 21, Santa Clara 14 | |
| 1950 | Stanford 23, Santa Clara 13 | |
| 1949 | Santa Clara 7, Stanford 7 | |
| 1948 | Santa Clara 27, Stanford 14 | |
| 1947 | Santa Clara 13, Stanford 7 |
Around this game
Santa Clara
- Next gamevs. Saint Mary’s (CA)Oct. 31, 1931
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1931
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
Stanford
- Next gamevs. MinnesotaOct. 10, 1931
- SeasonStanford in 1931
- ProgramStanford history and records
