Oklahoma at Santa Clara

Saturday, November 30, 1940

No. 15 Santa Clara beat Oklahoma 33–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, Santa Clara led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayOklahoma6–⁠3 in 1940
13
Home15Santa Clara6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1940
33

FinalAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Santa Clara's Broncs Defeat Oklahoma 33.l,

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, December 1, 1940, page 1

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    Santa Clara’s Broncs Defeat Oklahoma 33.l, SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, N’ 3O.-R-Santa Clara’s Bronco found a scoring punch through TIL air lanes today and whipped fighting University Of ohIaH’fn’ team 33 to 10. Orv Mathews, brilliant oSI’og ma halfback, did all of Oklahoma scoring in the first period Before the 10000 customers D a. settled in their seats. ne ran u. opening kickoff back 80 yaIos a Touchdown, and a short [lJ later grabbed a pass and ran no. way down the field to the g0al.

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 2–⁠2 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1949Oklahoma 28, Santa Clara 21
1948Santa Clara 20, Oklahoma 17
1941Oklahoma 16, Santa Clara 6
1940Santa Clara 33, Oklahoma 13

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