1938 Santa Clara Broncos football team

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The 1938 Santa Clara Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their third season under head coach Buck Shaw, the Broncos compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 97 to 26. They were ranked as high as No. 5 in the AP Poll before losing the last two games of the season.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Headcoach
HomestadiumKezar Stadium
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1938 Santa Clara Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1938 Western college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
San Jose State â€“ 11–1–0
Cal Poly â€“ 7–2–0
Santa Clara â€“ 6–2–0
Saint Mary's â€“ 6–2–0
San Francisco â€“ 5–2–1
Humboldt State â€“ 4–2–0
Idaho Southern Branch â€“ 4–3–0
Portland â€“ 5–3–0
Hawaii â€“ 4–4–0
Loyola (CA) â€“ 4–5–0
San Francisco State â€“ 2–5–0
La Verne â€“ 1–4–0
Santa Barbara State â€“ 2–8–0
Gonzaga â€“ 1–7–0
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Santa Clara tackle Alvord Wolff was a consensus first-team selection for the 1938 College Football All-America Team.[2] Wolff was selected by the Chicago Cardinals with the 16th overall pick of the 1939 NFL Draft.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at StanfordW 22–050,000[3]
October 8Texas A&MW 7–035,000[4]
October 15vs. Arizona
W 27–013,000[5]
October 22ArkansasNo. 6W 21–6[6]
October 29at Michigan StateNo. 5W 7–6[7]
November 6vs. San FranciscoNo. 8
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 7–030,000[8]
November 13vs. Saint Mary'sNo. 8
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 0–760,000[9]
November 272:00 p.m.vs. DetroitNo. 19
L 6–716,000[10][11]
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After the season

NFL draft

The following Broncos were selected in the 1939 NFL draft following the season.[12][13][14]

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Round Pick Player Position NFL team
316Alvord WolffTackleChicago Cardinals
650Jerry GinneyGuardNew York Giants
12107Jim CoughlanEndDetroit Lions
15131Russ ClarkeGuardChicago Cardinals
22199Bill GuntherBackGreen Bay Packers
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