1947 Santa Clara Broncos football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Santa Clara Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach Len Casanova, the team compiled a 4–4 record and was outscored by a total of 158 to 109.[1]
| 1947 Santa Clara Broncos football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–4 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Kezar Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara was ranked at No. 73 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
The team played its three home games at Kezar Stadium at San Francisco.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | at California | L 7–33 | 40,000 | [3] | |
| September 27 | SMU | L 6–22 | 5,000 | [4] | |
| October 4 | at Fresno State | W 20–19 | [5] | ||
| October 11 | at Stanford | W 13–7 | 25,000 | [6] | |
| October 18 | at Pacific (CA) |
| W 21–20 | [7] | |
| November 1 | vs. San Francisco |
| L 9–20 | 25,000 | [8] |
| November 8 | at Michigan State | L 0–28 | 21,000 | [9] | |
| November 15 | vs. Saint Mary's |
| W 33–9 | 40,000 | [10] |