Santa Clara at California
Saturday, September 23, 1933 Share
Santa Clara beat California 7–0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, California led the series 10–2.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 52°FAttendance 60,000
In the newspapers

The Bismarck tribune, North Dakota, September 25, 1933, page 6
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Santa Clara Beats California Again Broncos Strike Hard When Op. portunity Offers to Score 10 Triumph Berkeley. Calf. Sept. c5.-(P,- Striking fast when 4 break Of the game put them in possession OF the hall 20 yards from the goal. Santa Clara’s Broncos galloped down the touchdown trail Saturday to score q 20 victory over California’s Bears and start the season on its way with an upset. Santa Clara. however. had done It before. It took California down the line last year. II to 0. Some $4,000 fans. largest opening day crowd ever assembled here. saw Coach Clipper Smiths fleet-footed SQUAD defeat the Golden Bear team which Coach Bill Ingram had predicted would be the best he had develOped here.

The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, September 25, 1933, page 1
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SANTA CLARA BEATS CAL. u. IN BIG UPSET Sixty Thousand Fans Wit ness Bears Defeat by Broncs’ Machine BERKELEY, Cal, Sept. rs. = Santa Clara’s well-oiled football machine moved into action las’ Saturday afternoon and ground ou’ a 7 to 0 victory over the University of California. The Bronchos scored the only touchdown of the game as the gun sounded at the end of the first quarter, a Bronc halfback driving through, after bad Bear kick, to put the ball in a scoring positon. The Bears threatened only in the last quarter. Sixty thousand fans, the largest crowd ever to turn out on an opening day contest, saw the up set game.
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)
California 72% to win. Santa Clara pulled the upset.
The series
Every Santa Clara–California gameCalifornia leads 17–5 in 22 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
Around this game
Santa Clara
- Next gamevs. Olympic ClubSept. 30, 1933
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1933
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
California
- Next gamevs. UC DavisSept. 29, 1933
- SeasonCalifornia in 1933
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
