1947 Santa Clara Broncos football team

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1947 Santa Clara Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pepperdine     9 0 0
Hawaii     8 5 0
Nevada     7 2 0
San Francisco     7 3 0
Cal Poly San Dimas     4 4 1
Santa Clara     4 4 0
La Verne
    3 4 0
Idaho State     3 5 1
Loyola (CA)     3 7 0
Saint Mary's     3 7 0
Portland     1 7 0

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]

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at CaliforniaL 7–3340,000[3]
September 27SMUL 6–225,000[4]
October 4at Fresno StateW 20–19[5]
October 11at StanfordW 13–725,000[6]
October 18at Pacific (CA)
W 21–20[7]
November 1vs. San Francisco
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 9–2025,000[8]
November 8at
Macklin Field
  • East Lansing, MI
  • L 0–2821,000[9]
    November 15vs. Saint Mary's
    • Kezar Stadium
    • San Francisco, CA
    W 33–940,000[10]

    References

    1. ^ "1947 Santa Clara Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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