Santa Clara at Portland
Sunday, October 4, 1936 Share
Santa Clara beat Portland 26–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Santa Clara led the series 3–0.
Final
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Santa Clara–Portland gameSanta Clara leads 6–0 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1949 | Santa Clara 26, Portland 13 | |
| 1946 | Santa Clara 6, Portland 0 | |
| 1937 | Santa Clara 27, Portland 0 | |
| 1936 | Santa Clara 26, Portland 0 | |
| 1935 | Santa Clara 20, Portland 7 | |
| 1934 | Santa Clara 12, Portland 6 |
Around this game
Santa Clara
- Next gamevs. San FranciscoOct. 10, 1936
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1936
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
Portland
- Next gameat San FranciscoNov. 1, 1936
- SeasonPortland in 1936
- ProgramPortland history and records