Santa Clara vs. UCLA

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

1. Santa Clara’s biggest win1941: Santa Clara 31, UCLA 13by 18 points
2. UCLA’s biggest win1951: UCLA 44, Santa Clara 17by 27 points
3. Ranked showdown1942: UCLA 14, Santa Clara 6No. 9 Santa Clara at No. 14 UCLA
4. Ranked showdown1939: Santa Clara 0, UCLA 0 (tie)No. 14 Santa Clara at No. 11 UCLA

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Santa Clara’s side (Shaw 2–⁠1–⁠1 against Horrell). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1939 · The Nome nugget, Alaska, Nov 20, 1939

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  1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 27, 1946

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Santa Clara vs. Stanford30 meetings, Santa Clara 9–⁠19–⁠2
• Santa Clara vs. California22 meetings, Santa Clara 5–⁠17
• Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)18 meetings, Santa Clara 10–⁠7–⁠1
• Santa Clara vs. San José State17 meetings, Santa Clara 4–⁠12–⁠1
• UCLA vs. Stanford95 meetings, UCLA 49–⁠43–⁠3
• UCLA vs. California95 meetings, UCLA 59–⁠35–⁠1
• UCLA vs. USC95 meetings, UCLA 34–⁠54–⁠7
• UCLA vs. Washington78 meetings, UCLA 42–⁠34–⁠2