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Santa Clara

FBSI · 1939 Season · Final

Developing −
Record
5–1–3
0.722 Win %
Conference
—
0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
18
1932–1952
All-Time Record
98–54–11
0.635 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#6
1936
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 0 · Top 10: 3 · Top 25: 8
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 14 seasons · 3 Top 10
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 4 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Santa Clara head-to-head · History & Eras

1939 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 3Utah (UTAH)H2HIND SKY6–1–2T 7–7
7Week 7 · Oct 10Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)H2HIND SWC11–0L 3–7
8Week 8 · Oct 17Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)H2HIND FBSI2–6–1W 41–0
9Week 9 · Oct 24SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)H2HIND FBSI4–3–3T 13–13
10Week 10 · Oct 31Purdue (PURDUE)H2HB103–3–2W 13–6
11Week 11 · Nov 7Stanford (STANFORD)H2HPAC1–7–1W 27–7
12Week 12 · Nov 14Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)H2HIND FBSI4–4–1W 6–0
13Week 13 · Nov 21UCLAH2HPAC6–0–4T 0–0
14Week 14 · Nov 28ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)H2HIND FBSI3–4–1W 7–0

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
1.778
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+13
0+13
  • Michigan State +4
  • Purdue +3
  • ST. Mary's +3
  • Loyola Marymount +2
  • Stanford +1
  • Utah 0
  • Texas A&M 0
  • SAN Francisco 0
  • UCLA 0

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #17Better than 88%
Win % Place 34thBetter than 76%

0.722 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#28W13#18W14#18Regular Season Final#18Post-Season W1#17Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
0
-4
+41
0
+7
+20
+6
0
+7

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#361934#891935#61936#71937#291938

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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