Stanford at Santa Clara
Saturday, October 3, 1942 Share
Santa Clara beat Stanford 14–6. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 15–7–1.
FinalAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 4, 1942, page 38
Read the text
Long Passes, 5prints By Santa Clara Nip Stanford, f, 14–6 BY the Associated freSS. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 3.-Two swift passes, two flashing runs and Santa Clara charged to a 14-to-6 victory over its old rival. Stanford, today in a football game played before approximately $4,000 fans. Santa Clara, pre-game favorite, turned the tables on the T-formaton exponents with two doses of the same pitching and throwing combination and the same kind of pass. 1t was Left Halfback Jesse Freitas to Left End AL Beals in the opening quarter and again in the last period. The first touchdown play tailed off 19-yard throw and a 40-yard run by Beals. The Indians, who chalked up vic tories over the Broncos the last two years, scored their touchdown in the final period. Randall Fawcett, fullback, raced around right end for IS yards to score.
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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Stanford–Santa Clara gameStanford leads 19–9–2 in 30 meetings, counting the seven 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
Stanford
- Next gameat Notre DameOct. 10, 1942
- SeasonStanford in 1942
- ProgramStanford history and records
Santa Clara
- Next gameat CaliforniaOct. 10, 1942
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1942
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
