Santa Clara at Portland

Sunday, October 4, 1936

Santa Clara beat Portland 26–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Santa Clara led the series 3–⁠0.

AwaySanta Clara8–⁠1 in 1936
26
HomePortland0–⁠4 in 1936
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: SANTA CLARA WALLOPS PORTLAND

    Imperial Valley press, October 5, 1936, page 2

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    SANTA CLARA WALLOPS PORTLAND SANTA CLARA. Cal, Oct. S. W.H Santa Clara University. playing on its home field for the first time in ten years, swamped University of Portland 27–⁠0 yesterday. The Broncos used a variety of power plays, combined with decepton, in defeating the pilots The issue never was in doubt. Buck Shaw’s proteges scored after the first three minutes of play, then pounded the northerners’ line for three more touchdowns, tallying in every quarter but the third.

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)

Santa Clara 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Santa Clara leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1949Santa Clara 26, Portland 13
1946Santa Clara 6, Portland 0
1937Santa Clara 27, Portland 0
1936Santa Clara 26, Portland 0
1935Santa Clara 20, Portland 7
1934Santa Clara 12, Portland 6

Around this game

Santa Clara

Portland