1951 Santa Clara

3–⁠5–⁠1.

Schedule and results

Santa Clara in 1951, game by game: lost at California 0–34; lost at Washington State 20–34; lost at UCLA 17–44; won vs. Loyola Marymount 20–16; lost at No. 13 Stanford 14–21; won at No. 19 Arkansas 21–12; lost at No. 20 San Francisco 7–26; tied at San José State 7–7; won at Marquette 27–14+13−34Lost 0–34 at California-34CaliforniaLost 20–34 at Washington State-14Washington StateLost 17–44 at UCLA-27UCLAWon 20–16 vs. Loyola Marymount+4Loyola MarymountLost 14–21 at No. 13 Stanford-7No. 13 StanfordWon 21–12 at No. 19 Arkansas+9No. 19 ArkansasLost 7–26 at No. 20 San Francisco-19No. 20 San FranciscoTied 7–7 at San José State0San José StateWon 27–14 at Marquette+13Marquette
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Marquette 27–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).

Record
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
133–⁠208
Coach
—
Elo
1486 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.2 No. 66 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Gern NaglerEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).