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. Share
- 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
- 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
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

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

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, 1949 | 2Oklahoma 28, 19Santa Clara 21 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Sep 25, 1948 | Santa Clara 20, Oklahoma 17 | at Santa Clara | ||
| Oct 25, 1941 | Oklahoma 16, 8Santa Clara 6 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Nov 30, 1940 | 15Santa Clara 33, Oklahoma 13 | at Santa Clara |
Every game is listed as played on the field.