Santa Clara at Stanford
Saturday, November 4, 1939 Share
Santa Clara beat Stanford 27–7. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 13–6–1.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 43°FAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 6, 1939, page 5
Read the text
Stanford Is Defeated by Santa Clara PALO ALTO, Cal, Nov. 6. = The powerful Santa Clara football team overwhelmed Stanfords oft-beaten eleven Saturday afternoon 27 to ‘. Stanford’s linesmen seemed unable to fathom the tricky reverses the Broncos threw at them in wholesale lots,
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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Santa Clara–Stanford gameStanford leads 19–9–2 in 30 meetings, counting the 10 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. Michigan StateNov. 11, 1939
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1939
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
Stanford
- Next gameat USCNov. 11, 1939
- SeasonStanford in 1939
- ProgramStanford history and records