Santa Clara at UCLA

Saturday, October 26, 1946

No. 5 UCLA beat Santa Clara 33–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2–⁠1.

AwaySanta Clara2–⁠5–⁠1 in 1946
7
Home5UCLA10–⁠1 in 1946
33

FinalHigh 83°F, low 53°FAttendance 36,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: UCLA DEFEATS SANTA CLARA

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 27, 1946, page 1

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    UCLA DEFEATS SANTA CLARA LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26.-P)- The Bruins of the University of California at Los Angeles today defeated Santa Clara, 33 to z, and remained in the unbeaten college football ranks.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 28, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Notre Dame, still immune to the upset epidemic, led the parade today as the college football cam paign headed into it’s final month With UCLA, Pennsylvania. Georgia and Harvard they remained the cnly undefeated, united major el- eyens. Army made it “A straight with a l9–⁠0 win over stubborn Duke team; Notre Dame cracked it’s Iowa jinx by blasting the Hawk eyes 4l-6; powerful Penn rolled over Navy 32–⁠19; UCLA’s Bruins moved a step nearer to the Rose Bowl with a 33–⁠7 romp over Santa Clara; Georgia pulverized Fuman 7C-7 and Harvard squeezed by Holy Cross 1876. Three Teams Fall Three teams -- Texas, Tennessee and North Carolina State-boasting untarnished records up to last Sat uday, fell by the wayside North western, Oregon and North Caro- lima U., each tied once, remained unbeaten. Unless they are bitJen Dy the up- set hug next week, Army and Notre Dame will present spotless slates when they meet at the Yankee Sta diunl Nov g. Each enjoys com parative breather next Saturday, the West Pointers tuning up with twice-beaten West Virginia and the Ramblers engaging the below-stap- dard Navy Midshipmen, who have dropped four in a rew since their openng game triumph Army has won six games and Notre Dame 1cur., Pigskin Spotlight The pigskin in spotlight next week Will center on the south where the Georgia Bulldogs take on Ala bama. The Crimson Tide, Rose Bowl champions, bounding back from an unexpected defeat by Ten nessee with a 21–⁠7 win over Ken lucky last Saturday, will provide the stenest test yet encountered by Georgia, which has knocked off five foes in a row. Southeastern fans also will be treated to line games in Durham, N. C.. where 1ast-rising Georgia Tech tangles with the Duke team which gave Army some anxious moments and in Knoxville, Tenn., where the cnce-beaten Tennessee Vols attempt to hang the first de- feat on North Carolina. Tied For Conference In the southwest, Rice and Texas A&M, tied for the conference lead, take en Texas Tech and Arkansas, respectively. in pair of games that may scramble the standings. Texas, victim of a stunning 18-l3 upset by Rices fighting Owls, tries to regain some of it’s fading glory against formidable Southern Meth cdist. Little Cincinnati, the David of the football goliaths, seeks it’s fifth win in six games at the ex- pense of highly favored Tulsa. Big Nine News The Big Nine dominates the mid western section. Illinois, aiming at the conference championship after a dismal start, takes on Iowa Michigan attempts to return to the win column against Minnesota Ohio State, finally looking like the powerful team it had been cracked up to be, meets Northwestern, with only tie to mar it’s otherwise spotless five-game record, and Wis consin plays Purdue Indiana clash es with Pittsburgh in an intersec- tional game Unbeaten Penn tackles Princeton in an Ivy League game in the cast, and Harvard hopes to remain in the select class by knocking oli stubborn Rutgers.

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Roundup (By JOE REICHLER)

    The Nome nugget, October 28, 1946, page 4 (results column)

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    Football Roundup (By JOE REICHLER) New YORK, (P) - Army and Notre Dame, still immune to the upset epidemic” led the parade today as the college football cam paign headed into its final month. With UCLA, Pennsylvania, Geor- gia and Harvard they remained the only undcfcatei, united major eieVenS. Amy made it 24 straight WICh a l9–⁠0 win over a stubborn Duke team; Notre Dame cracked it’s Iowa jinx by blasting the Hawk eyes 4l-6; powerful Penn rolled over Navy 32-l9; UCLA’s Bruins moved a step nearer to the Rose bowl with a 33–⁠7 romp over Santa Clara; Georgia pulverized. Thurman TOT and Harvard squeezed by Holy Cross 1916. Three teamS-TeXas, Tennessee and North Carolina State-boaSt- ing untarnished records up to las~ Saturday, fell by the wayside. Northwestern, Oregon and North Carolina U., each tied once, re- mained unbeaten. Unless they are bitten by the upset bug next week, Army and Notre Dame will present spotless slates when they meet at the Yan kee Stadium Nov. g. Each enjoys a comparative breather next Sat urday, the West Pointers tuning up with twice-beaten West Vir- ginia and the Ramblers engaging the below-standard Navy Mid shipment. .who have dropped four in a row since their opening game triumph. Army has won six games and Notre Dame four. The pigskin spotlight next week will center on the South where the Georgia Bulldogs take on Ala bama. Georgia Tech tangleS with the Duke team, and Tennessee will attempt to hang the first de- feat on North Carolina. Rice and Texas A. & M., tied for the con ference lead, take on Texas Tech and Arkansas respectively. Texas will try to regain some of its fad ing lory again formidable South ern Methodist. Little Cincinnati

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)

UCLA 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 3–⁠3–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1951UCLA 44, Santa Clara 17
1949Santa Clara 14, UCLA 0
1946UCLA 33, Santa Clara 7
1942UCLA 14, Santa Clara 6
1941Santa Clara 31, UCLA 13
1940Santa Clara 9, UCLA 6

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