1948 Santa Clara Broncos football team

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1948 Santa Clara Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
1948 record7–2–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Western college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nevada   –   9 – 2 – 0
Santa Clara   –   7 – 2 – 1
Hawaii   –   7 – 4 – 1
Idaho State   –   6 – 1 – 1
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   6 – 4 – 0
Pepperdine   –   4 – 5 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   4 – 6 – 0
Loyola (CA)   –   3 – 5 – 1
La Verne   –   3 – 5 – 0
Portland   –   2 – 5 – 1
San Francisco   –   2 – 7 – 0

The 1948 Santa Clara Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Santa Clara University during the 1948 college football season. In their third season under head coach Len Casanova, the Broncos compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 228 to 153.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at California
L 19–41
September 25Oklahoma
W 20–17
October 2at Fresno State
W 45–712,081
October 9at Stanford
W 27–14
October 15at Loyola (CA)
W 47–0
October 23at No. 11 SMU
L 0–3350,000
October 31vs. San Francisco
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 25–13
November 7vs. No. 11 Nevada
W 14–0
November 13vs. Saint Mary's
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 10–735,000[2]
November 27 No. 11 Michigan State
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
T 21–21
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1948 Santa Clara Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Curley Grieve (November 15, 1948). "Broncos Win on Gael Miscues, 10-7! Field Goal, Blocked Kick Brings Scores". San Francisco Examiner. pp. 25, 27 – via Newspapers.com.
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