1936 Santa Clara Broncos football team

1936 Santa Clara Broncos football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 21–14 vs. LSU
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 6
Record	8–1
Head coach	Buck Shaw (1st season)
Home stadium	Kezar Stadium
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Santa Clara			–					8	–	1	–	0
Humboldt State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Loyola (CA)			–					6	–	3	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					6	–	3	–	1
Gonzaga			–					5	–	3	–	0
Pomona			–					6	–	4	–	0
Cal Poly			–					5	–	4	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Idaho Southern Branch			–					4	–	4	–	0
San Francisco			–					4	–	4	–	2
Portland			–					3	–	4	–	0
San Francisco State			–					2	–	3	–	1
Hawaii			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented

released in late November, Santa Clara was sixth.

The Broncos' victories included a 13–0 besting of Stanford,^[2][3] a 19–0 victory over Saint Mary's^[4] and a 21–14 victory over undefeated and second-ranked LSU in the third Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day.^[5][6][7][8] The team's lone setback was a 9–0 shutout loss to #16 TCU (with Sammy Baugh) at Kezar Stadium on December 12.^[9][10][11]

Two Broncos received honors on the 1936 All-Pacific Coast football team: fullback Nello Falaschi (INS-1, UP-1); and guard Dick Bassi (AP-1, INS-1, UP-1).^[12][13][14]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 13–0	25,000	[2][3]
October 4	Portland		Santa Clara, CA	W 26–0	8,000	[15]
October 11	vs. San Francisco		Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 15–7	35,000	[16]
October 17	at San Jose State		Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	W 20–0		[17]
October 31	No. 16 Auburn	No. 19	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 12–0	25,000	[18][19]
November 15	vs. Saint Mary's	No. 9	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 19–0	60,000	[4]
November 22	at Loyola (CA)	No. 9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 13–6	30,000	[20]
December 12	No. 16 TCU	No. 6	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 0–9	45,000	[9]
January 1, 1937	vs. No. 2 LSU	No. 6	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 21–14	38,483	[21]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

NFL draft

The following Broncos were drafted into the National Football League following the season.^[22][23][24]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
2	16	Nello Falaschi	Back	Washington Redskins
4	36	Dick Bassi	Guard	Washington Redskins

References