Oklahoma at Santa Clara
Saturday, September 25, 1948 Share
Santa Clara beat Oklahoma 20–17. It was their third meeting; after it, Santa Clara led the series 2–1.
FinalAttendance 5,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Oklahoma–Santa Clara gameTied 2–2 in four meetings, counting the one 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. Texas A&MOct. 2, 1948
- SeasonOklahoma in 1948
- ProgramOklahoma history and records
Santa Clara
- Next gameat Fresno StateOct. 2, 1948
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1948
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
