1948 Santa Clara Broncos football team information
American college football season
1948Santa Clara Broncos football
Conference
Independent
Record
7–2–1
Head coach
Len Casanova (3rd season)
Home stadium
Kezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Western college football independents records
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Nevada
–
9
–
2
–
0
Santa Clara
–
7
–
2
–
1
Hawaii
–
7
–
4
–
1
Idaho State
–
6
–
1
–
1
Cal Poly San Dimas
–
6
–
4
–
0
Pepperdine
–
4
–
5
–
0
Saint Mary's
–
4
–
6
–
0
Loyola (CA)
–
3
–
5
–
1
La Verne
–
3
–
5
–
0
Portland
–
2
–
5
–
1
San Francisco
–
2
–
7
–
0
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]
Santa Clara was ranked at No. 26 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]
^"1948 Santa Clara Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
^"Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
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