1941 Santa Clara
6–3, coached by Buck Shaw. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat San Francisco 32–7Sep 27
By 25 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | vsSan Francisco | W 32–7 | 82% |
| Oct 4 | vsLoyola Marymount | W 20–6 | 87% |
| Oct 11 | at California | W 13–0 | 64% |
| Oct 18 | vs Michigan State | W 7–0 | 77% |
| Oct 25 | at Oklahoma | L 6–16 | 56% |
| Nov 1 | at 12Stanford | L 7–27 | 44% |
| Nov 11 | at Oregon | L 19–21 | 60% |
| Nov 22 | at UCLA | W 31–13 | 67% |
| Nov 29 | vsSaint Mary’s (CA) | W 35–13 | 71% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Saint Mary’s (CA) 35–13; unranked in the final AP poll.
In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 9
- Wk 2: 8
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 1941.
- Record
- 6–3
- Conference
- —
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 8
- Points
- 170–103
- Coach
- Buck Shaw
- Elo
- 1646 +13 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 12.7 No. 22 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1942
The 1942 draft| Rd 3 | Ken Casanega B | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Rd 7 | Rupe Thornton OG | Chicago Cardinals |
All-Pacific Coast
3 second teamSecond team
- Ken CasanegaBUP-2
- Alyn BealsEAP-2; UP-2
- Rupert ThorntonOGAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).