1941 Santa Clara Broncos football team

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]

1941 Santa Clara Broncos football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Buck Shaw (6th season)
Home stadium	Kezar Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Western college football independents records

v t e	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

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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	San Francisco		Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 32–7	25,000	[3]
October 5	Loyola (CA)		Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 20–6	7,500	[4]
October 11	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 13–0	56,000	[5]
October 18	Michigan State	No. 9	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 7–0	18,000	[6]
October 25	at Oklahoma	No. 8	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 6–16	22,000	[7]
November 1	at No. 12 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 7–27	65,000	[8]
November 11	at Oregon		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 19–21	15,854	[9]
November 16	Saint Mary's		Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 35–13	40,000	[10]
November 22	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 31–13	25,000	[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1941 college football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	9 (1)	8	—	—	—	—	—	—