Santa Clara vs. Utah
Santa Clara and Utah first met in 1939 and have played 4 times; Santa Clara leads the series 2–1–1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Santa Clara 2–1. Share
- Santa Clara wins
- 2
- Utah wins
- 1
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1939
- Longest streak
- 2 Santa Clara
- Current streak
- 1 Utah
- Last 10 meetings
- Santa Clara 2–1
- Most recent
- 1952
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 9 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Santa Clara
- 1–0 Santa Clara’s record at home
- At Utah
- 0–1–1 Utah’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Santa Clara first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Coach against coach
| Years | Santa Clara | Series | Utah |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939–1942 | Buck Shaw | 2–0–1 | Ike Armstrong |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Santa Clara’s side (Shaw 2–0–1 against Armstrong). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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 · Imperial Valley press, California, Sep 30, 1940
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 15, 1952 | Utah 16, Santa Clara 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Sep 26, 1942 | Santa Clara 12, Utah 0 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 28, 1940 | Santa Clara 34, Utah 13 | at Santa Clara | ||
| Sep 30, 1939 | Utah 7, Santa Clara 7 | at Utah |
Every game is listed as played on the field.