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Auburn at Santa Clara

Friday, October 30, 1936

No. 19 Santa Clara beat No. 16 Auburn 12–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

Away16Auburn7–⁠2–⁠2 in 1936
0
Home19Santa Clara8–⁠1 in 1936
12

FinalAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: SANTA CLARA BEATS AUBURN TWELvE-zERO Win Keeps University in Ranks of Those Unde- feated and United

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 2, 1936, page 5

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    SANTA CLARA BEATS AUBURN TWELvE-zERO Win Keeps University in Ranks of Those Unde- feated and United SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov T. The only surviving undefeated and united major team west of the Rockies is the University of Santa Clara which turned in a convincing 12 to victory over Alabama Poly, better known as Auburn, last Saturday afternoon. The intersectional game revealed Santa Clara’s superior football abil- ity throughout over one of the most outstanding te S of the Old South.

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)

Auburn 54% to win. Santa Clara pulled the upset.

The series

Every Auburn–Santa Clara game

Santa Clara leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

Auburn

Santa Clara