Santa Clara vs. TCU

Santa Clara and TCU first met in 1934 and have played 3 times; TCU leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s TCU 3–⁠0, and TCU has won the last 3.

Santa Clara wins
0
TCU wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1934
Longest streak
3 TCU
Current streak
3 TCU
Last 10 meetings
TCU 3–⁠0
Most recent
1936

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠3
Average margin
5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Santa Clara
0–⁠3 Santa Clara’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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 Santa Clara and TCU, 1934 on13001500170019401950196019701980

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 1934 game: BRONCOS LOSE TO TEXAS TEAM Santa Clara Beaten on Grid by Fourth Quarter Field Goal

    1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Dec 10, 1934

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

Dec 5, 1936TCU 9, Santa Clara 0at Santa Clara
Dec 7, 1935TCU 10, Santa Clara 6at Santa Clara
Dec 8, 1934TCU 9, Santa Clara 7at Santa Clara

Every game is listed as played on the field.