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1950 Santa Clara

3–⁠7.

Schedule and results

Santa Clara in 1950, game by game: lost at California 9–27; lost at Rice 7–27; lost at San José State 10–14; lost at No. 6 Stanford 13–23; won vs. Nevada 55–0; lost vs. Marquette 14–21; lost at Pacific 14–33; lost at San Francisco 6–27; won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 9–0; won vs. No. 20 Loyola Marymount 28–26+55−21Lost 9–27 at California-18CaliforniaLost 7–27 at Rice-20RiceLost 10–14 at San José State-4San José StateLost 13–23 at No. 6 Stanford-10No. 6 StanfordWon 55–0 vs. Nevada+55NevadaLost 14–21 vs. Marquette-7MarquetteLost 14–33 at Pacific-19PacificLost 6–27 at San Francisco-21San FranciscoWon 9–0 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+9Saint Mary’s (C…Won 28–26 vs. No. 20 Loyola Marymount+2No. 20 Loyola Marymount
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atCaliforniaL 9–⁠2733%
Sep 30atRiceL 7–⁠2731%
Oct 7atSan José StateL 10–⁠1477%
Oct 14at6StanfordL 13–⁠2331%
Oct 22vsNevadaW 55–⁠070%
Oct 28vsMarquetteL 14–⁠2168%
Nov 4atPacificL 14–⁠3348%
Nov 11atSan FranciscoL 6–⁠2734%
Nov 18vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 9–⁠072%
Nov 25vs20Loyola MarymountW 28–⁠2650%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Loyola Marymount 28–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
165–⁠198
Coach
—
Elo
1480 −110 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−0.1 No. 65 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Marte FormicoBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).