1939 Santa Clara Broncos football team

1939 Santa Clara Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 14
Record5–1–3
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium, Seals Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Diego Marines     11 0 0
No. T–14 Santa Clara     5 1 3
Gonzaga     6 2 0
Humboldt State     5 2 0
Idaho Southern Branch     5 2 0
Cal Poly     4 4 1
San Francisco     4 3 3
La Verne     3 3 0
Saint Mary's     3 4 1
Hawaii     3 6 0
Loyola (CA)     2 6 1
San Francisco State     2 4 2
Portland     1 5 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Buck Shaw, the Broncos compiled a 5–1–3 record, outscored opponents by a total of 117 to 40, and were ranked No. 14 in the final AP Poll.[1] They ranked at No. 25 in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

After going winless in its first three games (one loss and two ties), the team went undefeated in the final six games, including victories over Purdue, Stanford, and Michigan State, and a scoreless tie with No. 11 UCLA.

Santa Clara center John Schiechl was a consensus pick on the 1939 College Football All-America Team. End Bill Anahu was named to the second team by the International News Service. Schiechl and Anahu were also both first-team picks on the 1939 All-Pacific Coast football team.

  1. ^ "1939 Santa Clara Broncos Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.