1938 Santa Clara Broncos football team

1938 Santa Clara Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State     11 1 0
Cal Poly     7 2 0
Santa Clara     6 2 0
Saint Mary's     6 2 0
San Francisco     5 2 1
Humboldt State     4 2 0
Idaho Southern Branch     4 3 0
Portland     5 3 0
Hawaii     4 4 0
Loyola (CA)     4 5 0
San Francisco State     2 5 0
La Verne     1 4 0
Santa Barbara State     2 8 0
Gonzaga     1 7 0

The 1938 Santa Clara Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their third season under head coach Buck Shaw, the Broncos compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 97 to 26. They were ranked as high as No. 5 in the AP Poll before losing the last two games of the season.[1]

Santa Clara tackle Alvord Wolff was a consensus first-team selection for the 1938 College Football All-America Team.[2] Wolff was selected by the Chicago Cardinals with the 16th overall pick of the 1939 NFL Draft.

  1. ^ "1938 Santa Clara Broncos Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.