1946 Santa Clara Broncos football team

1946 Santa Clara Broncos football
1946 Santa Clara Broncos football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–1
Head coach	Len Casanova (1st season);
Home stadium	Kezar Stadium
	Seasons ← 1942 1947 →

The 1946 Santa Clara Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Len Casanova, the Broncos compiled a 2–5–1 record and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 181 to 112.^[1]

1946 Western major college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Nevada		–		7	–	2	–	0
Saint Mary's		–		6	–	3	–	0
San Francisco		–		3	–	6	–	0
Santa Clara		–		2	–	5	–	1
Portland		–		1	–	4	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Fresno State	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 7–20	14,694	^[2]
October 5	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 7–33	6,000	^[3]
October 13	at Portland	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 6–0	3,500–5,354	^[4]^[5]
October 19	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 26–33	20,000	^[6]
October 26	at No. 5 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–33	36,000	^[7]
November 2	vs. San Francisco	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 19–13	30,000	^[8]
November 9	at Arizona	Varsity Stadium Tucson, AZ	T 21–21	11,500	^[9]^[10]
November 16	Saint Mary's	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 19–28	55,000	^[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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