Oklahoma at Santa Clara
Saturday, November 30, 1940 Share
No. 15 Santa Clara beat Oklahoma 33–13. It was their first meeting; after it, Santa Clara led the series 1–0.
FinalAttendance 5,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Oklahoma–Santa Clara gameTied 2–2 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1949 | Oklahoma 28, Santa Clara 21 | |
| 1948 | Santa Clara 20, Oklahoma 17 | |
| 1941 | Oklahoma 16, Santa Clara 6 | |
| 1940 | Santa Clara 33, Oklahoma 13 |
Around this game
Oklahoma
- Next gamevs. Oklahoma StateSept. 27, 1941
- SeasonOklahoma in 1940
- ProgramOklahoma history and records
Santa Clara
- Next gamevs. San FranciscoSept. 27, 1941
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1940
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
