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Gonzaga vs. San Francisco

Gonzaga and San Francisco have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1930; San Francisco leads the series 6–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s San Francisco 6–⁠3, and San Francisco has won the last 2.

Gonzaga wins
3
San Francisco wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1930
Longest streak
3 San Francisco
Current streak
2 San Francisco
Last 10 meetings
San Francisco 6–⁠3
Most recent
1938

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s3–⁠6
Average margin
11.2 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Gonzaga
1–⁠3 Gonzaga’s record at home
At San Francisco
3–⁠2 San Francisco’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Gonzaga’s biggest win1931: Gonzaga 21, San Francisco 6by 15 points
  2. San Francisco’s biggest win1934: San Francisco 28, Gonzaga 0by 28 points
  3. Upset1930: San Francisco 13, Gonzaga 12San Francisco had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1933: San Francisco 6, Gonzaga 0San Francisco had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1936: Gonzaga 17, San Francisco 7Gonzaga had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Gonzaga and San Francisco, 1930 on130015001700193019351940

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1935 game: GONZAGA LOSES TO SAN FRANCISCO U

    1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 21, 1935

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1938 game: San Francisco U. Wins

    1938 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Nov 21, 1938

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

Nov 19, 1938San Francisco 8, Gonzaga 0at San Francisco
Oct 24, 1937San Francisco 7, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Oct 25, 1936Gonzaga 17, San Francisco 7at San Francisco
Oct 19, 1935San Francisco 20, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Dec 8, 1934San Francisco 28, Gonzaga 0at San Francisco
Oct 28, 1933San Francisco 6, Gonzaga 0at San Francisco
Oct 15, 1932Gonzaga 6, San Francisco 0at Gonzaga
Sep 19, 1931Gonzaga 21, San Francisco 6at San Francisco
Oct 11, 1930San Francisco 13, Gonzaga 12at Gonzaga

Every game is listed as played on the field.