Oklahoma vs. Santa Clara

Oklahoma and Santa Clara first met in 1940 and have played 4 times; the series is tied 2–⁠2. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2.

Oklahoma wins
2
Santa Clara wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1940
Longest streak
1 Santa Clara
Current streak
1 Oklahoma
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
1949

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s2–⁠2
Both ranked
1 meeting: Oklahoma 1, Santa Clara 0
Average margin
10 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oklahoma
2–⁠0 Oklahoma’s record at home
At Santa Clara
2–⁠0 Santa Clara’s record at home

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oklahoma and Santa Clara, 1940 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Santa Clara's Broncs Defeat Oklahoma 33.l,

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Dec 1, 1940

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game: Sonto Clara Comes Back To Beut Oklahoma, 20-l7

    1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 26, 1948

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, 19492Oklahoma 28, 19Santa Clara 21at Oklahoma
Sep 25, 1948Santa Clara 20, Oklahoma 17at Santa Clara
Oct 25, 1941Oklahoma 16, 8Santa Clara 6at Oklahoma
Nov 30, 194015Santa Clara 33, Oklahoma 13at Santa Clara

Every game is listed as played on the field.