San Francisco vs. St. Mary’s (Texas)

San Francisco and St. Mary’s (Texas) first met in 1936 and have played 4 times; San Francisco leads the series 2–⁠1–⁠1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s San Francisco 2–⁠1.

San Francisco wins
2
St. Mary’s (Texas) wins
1
Ties
1
First meeting
1936
Longest streak
2 San Francisco
Current streak
1 St. Mary’s (Texas)
Last 10 meetings
San Francisco 2–⁠1
Most recent
1939

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠1–⁠1
Average margin
9.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At San Francisco
2–⁠1 San Francisco’s record at home
At St. Mary’s (Texas)
0–⁠0–⁠1 St. Mary’s (Texas)‘s record at home
Shutouts
2

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 San Francisco and St. Mary’s (Texas), 1936 on130015001700194019451950

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 Imperial Valley press's story of the 1936 game: San Francisco u, Texas EIeuen Tie

    1936 · Imperial Valley press, Sep 21, 1936

  • The Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Dixie Colleges Hur| Main Forces Into Early Fights Important Scraps Also Slated in Southwest, Coast Sectors

    1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 18, 1939

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

Sep 17, 1939St. Mary’s (Texas) 7, San Francisco 6at San Francisco
Sep 18, 1938San Francisco 31, St. Mary’s (Texas) 0at San Francisco
Sep 19, 1937San Francisco 7, St. Mary’s (Texas) 0at San Francisco
Sep 20, 1936St. Mary’s (Texas) 6, San Francisco 6at St. Mary’s (Texas)

Every game is listed as played on the field.