Kentucky vs. Santa Clara
Monday, January 2, 1950, Orange Bowl Share
No. 14 Santa Clara beat No. 20 Kentucky 21–13. It was their only meeting on record.
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FinalAttendance 64,816Referee: Fred Koster (SEC; split crew: SEC, Pacific Coast)The game on Wikipedia
On the newsreel
- THE ORANGE BOWLRecord Florida crowd of 65,000 sees Santa Clara Broncos come from behind to upset the Kentucky Wildcats 21-13. The Broncos climax thrilling second half by scoring in the last 30 seconds
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Kentucky 59% to win. Santa Clara won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Kentucky–Santa Clara gameSanta Clara leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. North TexasSept. 16, 1950
- SeasonKentucky in 1949
- ProgramKentucky history and records
Santa Clara
- Next gameat CaliforniaSept. 23, 1950
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1949
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records