Santa Clara Broncos
Santa Clara has played football since at least 1919 and is 106–106–11 in the 223 games on record. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 6, in 1936. Since 1937, the NFL Draft has taken 14 players from here in its first seven rounds, 1 of them in the first round. The AAFC draft also took one player from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 3 players and 2 coaches from Santa Clara. Buck Shaw (1937–1942) won more games here than any other coach: 39. The most-played rival is Stanford: 30 meetings, Stanford leads 19–9–2. This season, they’re 0–1.
On this date in 1946Santa Clara lost to Stanford 33–26 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 106–106–11 .500; how we count
- Postseason
- 3–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 37 ranked
- Elo now
- 1177
- Seasons
- 47 since 1919, 223 games
1982 season 0–1
RosterFull 1982 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6 | at San José State | L 0–40 | 8% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
Players
The 1982 rosterProgram greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Santa Clara.
- Nello FalaschiHall of Fame, 1971
- Brent JonesHall of Fame, 2002
Tom FearsHall of Fame, 1976- John SchiechlConsensus All-American, 1939
- Alvord WolffConsensus All-American, 1938
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1919
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Len Casanova | 1946–1949 | 21–13–3 |
 Buck Shaw | 1937–1942 | 39–9–4 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Stanford
9–19–2 in 30
- 1940 L 6–7
- 1941 L 7–27
- 1942 W 14–6
- 1946 L 26–33
- 1947 W 13–7
- 1948 W 27–14
- 1949 T 7–7
- 1950 L 13–23
- 1951 L 14–21
- 1952 L 13–28
Lost the last three.
- California
5–17 in 22
- 1934 W 20–0
- 1935 L 0–6
- 1941 W 13–0
- 1942 W 7–6
- 1947 L 7–33
- 1948 L 19–41
- 1949 L 7–21
- 1950 L 9–27
- 1951 L 0–34
- 1952 L 7–27
Lost the last six.
- Saint Mary’s (CA)
10–7–1 in 18
- 1938 L 0–7
- 1939 W 7–0
- 1940 W 19–7
- 1941 W 35–13
- 1942 W 20–7
- 1946 L 19–28
- 1947 W 33–9
- 1948 W 10–7
- 1949 W 19–6
- 1950 W 9–0
Won the last four.
| Opponent | Games | SC record |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford | 30 | 9–19–2 |
| California | 22 | 5–17 |
| Saint Mary’s (CA) | 18 | 10–7–1 |
| San José State | 17 | 4–12–1 |
| San Francisco | 17 | 13–3–1 |
| Loyola Marymount | 13 | 12–1 |
| Pacific | 10 | 3–7 |
| Fresno State | 8 | 6–2 |
Every opponent (46)
Every program Santa Clara has played, A to Z, with Santa Clara’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Arizona 1–0–1
- Arkansas 2–0
- Auburn 1–0
- Cal State Fullerton 0–2
- California 5–17
- California–Santa Barbara 2–1
- Detroit Mercy 0–1
- Fresno State 6–2
- Gonzaga 1–0
- Hardin Simmons 0–0–1
- Hawai’i 2–3
- Hawaii All-Stars 1–0
- Idaho 1–0
- Kansas 0–1
- Kentucky 1–0
- Long Beach State 0–1
- Loyola Marymount 12–1
- LSU 2–0
- Marquette 2–1
- Michigan State 3–1–2
- Nevada 3–1
- Oklahoma 2–2
- Olympic Club 3–0
- Oregon 0–2
- Oregon State 1–0
- Pacific 3–7
- Portland 6–0
- Purdue 1–0
- Rice 1–1
- Saint Mary’s (CA) 10–7–1
- Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 0–1
- San Diego Marines 1–1
- San Francisco 13–3–1
- San José State 4–12–1
- SMU 0–3
- Stanford 9–19–2
- TCU 0–3
- Texas A&M 1–1
- Tulane 0–1
- UCLA 3–3–1
- USC 0–3
- Utah 2–1–1
- Villanova 0–2
- Washington 0–1
- Washington State 0–1
- Wyoming 1–0
Consensus All-Americans 2
| 1939 | John Schiechl C |
| 1938 | Alvord Wolff OT |
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 3
- Coaches
- 2
| 2002 | Brent Jones TE |
| 1977 | Len Casanova coach here, 1946–1949 |
| 1976 | Tom Fears E |
| 1972 | Buck Shaw coach here, 1937–1942 |
| 1971 | Nello Falaschi QB |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 14 since 1937
- First-round picks
- 1
- AAFC picks
- 1 1949
| 1971 | Dan Pastorini QB | No. 3, Houston Oilers |
On the newsreel
- THE ORANGE BOWL
- SANTA CLARA TRIPS ST. MARY’S ELEVEN IN PIGSKIN CLASSIC
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 0–1 | 1177 | |||||
| 1981 | 0–1 | 1173 | |||||
| 1980 | 0–1 | 1169 | |||||
| 1979 | 0–2 | 1161 | |||||
| 1978 | 0–2 | 1163 | |||||
| 1977 | 0–2 | 1171 | |||||
| 1976 | 1–2 | 1172 | |||||
| 1975 | 0–2 | 1183 | |||||
| 1974 | 1–1 | 1202 | |||||
| 1973 | 0–3 | 1172 | |||||
| 1972 | 0–1 | 1182 | |||||
| 1971 | 0–2 | 1180 | |||||
| 1970 | 1–2 | 1231 | |||||
| 1969 | 1–3 | 1252 | |||||
| 1968 | 0–1 | 1297 | |||||
| 1964 | 1–0 | 1369 | |||||
| 1962 | 0–1 | 1431 | |||||
| 1952 | 2–6–1 | 1438 | |||||
| 1951 | 3–5–1 | 1486 | |||||
| 1950 | 3–7 | 1480 | |||||
| 1949 | 8–2–1 | 15 | Len Casanova | 1635 | |||
| 1948 | 7–2–1 | Len Casanova | 1568 | ||||
| 1947 | 4–4 | Len Casanova | 1439 | ||||
| 1946 | 2–5–1 | Len Casanova | 1447 | ||||
| 1942 | 7–2 | 15 | 15 | Buck Shaw | 1636 |
Every season back to 1919 (22 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 6–3 | 9 | Buck Shaw | 1646 | |||
| 1940 | 6–1–1 | 11 | Buck Shaw | 1700 | |||
| 1939 | 5–1–3 | 14 | Buck Shaw | 1676 | |||
| 1938 | 6–2 | 6 | Buck Shaw | 1698 | |||
| 1937 | 9–0 | 14 | 9 | Buck Shaw | 1711 | ||
| 1936 | 8–1 | 6 | 1644 | ||||
| 1935 | 3–6 | 1466 | |||||
| 1934 | 7–2–1 | 1542 | |||||
| 1933 | 6–2–1 | 1470 | |||||
| 1932 | 6–3 | 1367 | |||||
| 1931 | 1–3 | 1235 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–3 | 1212 | |||||
| 1929 | 1–1 | 1245 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–2 | 1204 | |||||
| 1927 | 1–2 | 1224 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–3 | 1173 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–3 | 1173 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–2 | 1174 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–2 | 1169 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–2 | 1170 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–1 | 1169 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–1 | 1186 |
No season on file for 1921, 1943–45, 1953–61, 1963, 1965–67: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 47 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.