Santa Clara at Stanford
Saturday, September 20, 1952 Share
Stanford beat Santa Clara 28–13. It was their 30th meeting; Stanford leads the series 19–9–2.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 58°FAttendance 27,500
In the newspapers
Evening star, September 21, 1952, page 68
Read the text
Olympic Ace Leads Way as Santa Clara Finally Bows, 1913 PALO ALTO. Calf. Sept. 90 Bob Matthias. two-time Olympic |decathlon champion, stepped back into his football role at Stanford today and helped lead his team TO p 28–13’ victory over the Santa Clara Broncos. A crowd estimated at close to $4,000 saw Matthias provide the
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)
Stanford 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Santa Clara–Stanford gameStanford leads 19–9–2 in 30 meetings.
| 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
Santa Clara
- Next gameat KansasSept. 27, 1952
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1952
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
Stanford
- Next gameat Washington StateSept. 27, 1952
- SeasonStanford in 1952
- ProgramStanford history and records