1948 Santa Clara Broncos football team
American college football season
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The 1948 Santa Clara Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Santa Clara University as an independent 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. They played a schedule that included elite programs of the era, defeating Oklahoma and Stanford and playing a tie against Michigan State. (Oklahoma won 31 straight games after the loss to Santa Clara.) Santa Clara's sole losses in 1948 were to California and No. 10 SMU featuring Doak Walker.[1]
| 1948 Santa Clara Broncos football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 7–2–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Kezar Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | – | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara was ranked at No. 26 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 18 | at California | L 19–41 | 45,000 | [3] | ||||
| September 25 | Oklahoma | W 20–17 | 5,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 2 | at Fresno State | W 45–7 | 12,081 | [5] | ||||
| October 9 | at Stanford | W 27–14 | 35,000 | [6] | ||||
| October 15 | at Loyola (CA) | W 47–0 | 10,000 | [7] | ||||
| October 23 | at No. 11 SMU | L 0–33 | 50,000 | [8] | ||||
| October 31 | vs. San Francisco |
| W 25–13 | 18,000 | [9] | |||
| November 7 | vs. No. 11 Nevada | W 14–0 | 24,876 | [10][11] | ||||
| November 13 | vs. Saint Mary's |
| W 10–7 | 35,000 | [12] | |||
| November 27 | No. 11 Michigan State |
| T 21–21 | 20,000 | [13] | |||
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