Fresno State vs. Santa Clara

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Fresno State’s biggest win1977: Fresno State 35, Santa Clara 7by 28 points
2. Santa Clara’s biggest win1949: Santa Clara 53, Fresno State 0by 53 points
3. Upset1946: Fresno State 20, Santa Clara 7Fresno State had a 9% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1976: Santa Clara 20, Fresno State 17Santa Clara had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 6, 1947

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Fresno State vs. San José State71 meetings, Fresno State 40–⁠31
• Fresno State vs. Pacific41 meetings, Fresno State 25–⁠15–⁠1
• Fresno State vs. Hawai’i40 meetings, Fresno State 19–⁠20–⁠1
• Fresno State vs. Utah State34 meetings, Fresno State 19–⁠14–⁠1
• Santa Clara vs. Stanford30 meetings, Santa Clara 9–⁠19–⁠2
• Santa Clara vs. California22 meetings, Santa Clara 5–⁠17
• Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)18 meetings, Santa Clara 10–⁠7–⁠1
• Santa Clara vs. San José State17 meetings, Santa Clara 4–⁠12–⁠1