Oklahoma at Santa Clara

Saturday, September 25, 1948

Santa Clara beat Oklahoma 20–⁠17. It was their third meeting; after it, Santa Clara led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayOklahoma10–⁠1 in 1948
17
HomeSanta Clara7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1948
20

FinalAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Sonto Clara Comes Back To Beut Oklahoma, 20-l7

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 26, 1948, page 44

    Read the text

    Sonto Clara Comes Back To Beut Oklahoma, 20-l7 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.- Coming from behind with a 56-yard touchdown pass in the last period, the University of Santa Clara Broncos scored 20–⁠17 football upset over the University of Oklahoma today. A crowd of about 5000 saw the game which was fast and well played. The sooners outplayed Santa Clara for the first two periods. scoring two touchdowns and completing a field goal to lead 17–⁠7, at halftime. In the last half. however, the Bron. COS dominated the contest.

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)

Oklahoma 61% to win. Santa Clara won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 2–⁠2 in four meetings, counting the one 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

Around this game

Oklahoma

Santa Clara