1941 Santa Clara Broncos football team

1941 Santa Clara Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hawaii     8 1 0
Santa Clara     6 3 0
San Francisco     6 4 0
Idaho Southern Branch     5 1 2
Cal Poly     5 3 1
Saint Mary's     5 4 0
Loyola (CA)     5 5 0
Nevada     3 5 1
Portland     3 5 0
Gonzaga     3 7 0
San Francisco State     2 4 1
Humboldt State     2 5 1
La Verne     0 6 0

The 1941 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Buck Shaw, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 170 to 103.[1]

After winning its first four games, including shutout victories over California and Michigan State, Santa Clara rose to No. 8 in the AP Poll released on October 20. The team then fell from the rankings, losing three consecutive games against Oklahoma, Stanford, and Oregon. The team rebounded with victories over UCLA and rival Saint Mary's to conclude the season.[1]

Santa Clara was ranked at No. 36 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

  1. ^ a b "1941 Santa Clara Broncos Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.