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1939 Santa Clara

5–⁠1–⁠3, coached by Buck Shaw, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Santa Clara in 1939, game by game: tied at Utah 7–7; lost vs. Texas A&M 3–7; won at Loyola Marymount 41–0; tied vs. San Francisco 13–13; won vs. Purdue 13–6; won at Stanford 27–7; won vs. Michigan State 6–0; tied at No. 11 UCLA 0–0; won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 7–0+41−4Tied 7–7 at Utah0UtahLost 3–7 vs. Texas A&M-4Texas A&MWon 41–0 at Loyola Marymount+41Loyola MarymountTied 13–13 vs. San Francisco0San FranciscoWon 13–6 vs. Purdue+7PurdueWon 27–7 at Stanford+20StanfordWon 6–0 vs. Michigan State+6Michigan StateTied 0–0 at No. 11 UCLA0No. 11 UCLAWon 7–0 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+7Saint Mary’s (C…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30atUtahT 7–⁠750%
Oct 7vsTexas A&ML 3–⁠765%
Oct 14atLoyola MarymountW 41–⁠069%
Oct 21vsSan FranciscoT 13–⁠1386%
Oct 28vsPurdueW 13–⁠663%
Nov 4atStanfordW 27–⁠770%
Nov 11vsMichigan StateW 6–⁠073%
Nov 18at11UCLAT 0–⁠051%
Nov 25vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 7–⁠074%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Saint Mary’s (CA) 7–⁠0; No. 14 in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 16
  2. Wk 5: 14
  3. Wk 6: 17
  4. Wk 7: 20
  5. Wk 8: 16
  6. Final: 14

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1939.

Consensus All-AmericanJohn Schiechl, C

Record
5–⁠1–⁠3
Conference
—
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 14
Points
117–⁠40
Coach
Buck Shaw
Elo
1676 +44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.3 No. 24 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1940

The 1940 draft
Rd 2John Schiechl CPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jim JohnsonRBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).