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San Francisco vs Santa Clara Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between San Francisco and Santa Clara.

PROGRAM ONESan Francisco3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–13–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOSanta Clara13 recorded wins
17Recorded meetings
1932Earliest documented
1951Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

17 games
  1. 1932
    San Francisco0 — 7Santa Clara
    Nov 12, 1932Santa Clara won
  2. 1933
    San Francisco0 — 7Santa Clara
    Nov 11, 1933Santa Clara won
  3. 1934
    San Francisco0 — 6Santa Clara
    Nov 10, 1934Santa Clara won
  4. 1935
    San Francisco7 — 20Santa Clara
    Sep 28, 1935Santa Clara won
  5. 1936
    San Francisco7 — 15Santa Clara
    Oct 10, 1936Santa Clara won
  6. 1937
    San Francisco0 — 13Santa Clara
    Oct 10, 1937Santa Clara won
  7. 1938
    San Francisco0 — 7Santa Clara
    Nov 6, 1938Santa Clara won
  8. 1939
    San Francisco13 — 13Santa Clara
    Oct 21, 1939Tie
  9. 1940
    San Francisco0 — 27Santa Clara
    Nov 9, 1940Santa Clara won
  10. 1941
    San Francisco7 — 32Santa Clara
    Sep 27, 1941Santa Clara won
  11. 1942
    San Francisco6 — 8Santa Clara
    Oct 31, 1942Santa Clara won
  12. 1946
    San Francisco13 — 19Santa Clara
    Nov 2, 1946Santa Clara won
  13. 1947
    San Francisco20 — 9Santa Clara
    Nov 1, 1947San Francisco won
  14. 1948
    San Francisco13 — 25Santa Clara
    Oct 31, 1948Santa Clara won
  15. 1949
    San Francisco7 — 13Santa Clara
    Nov 5, 1949Santa Clara won
  16. 1950
    San Francisco27 — 6Santa Clara
    Nov 11, 1950San Francisco won
  17. 1951
    San Francisco26 — 7Santa Clara
    Nov 4, 1951San Francisco won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1951San Francisco vs Santa Clara26–7San Francisco won
1950San Francisco vs Santa Clara27–6San Francisco won
1949San Francisco vs Santa Clara7–13Santa Clara won
1948San Francisco vs Santa Clara13–25Santa Clara won
1947San Francisco vs Santa Clara20–9San Francisco won
1946San Francisco vs Santa Clara13–19Santa Clara won
1942San Francisco vs Santa Clara6–8Santa Clara won
1941San Francisco vs Santa Clara7–32Santa Clara won
1940San Francisco vs Santa Clara0–27Santa Clara won
1939San Francisco vs Santa Clara13–13Tie
1938San Francisco vs Santa Clara0–7Santa Clara won
1937San Francisco vs Santa Clara0–13Santa Clara won
1936San Francisco vs Santa Clara7–15Santa Clara won
1935San Francisco vs Santa Clara7–20Santa Clara won
1934San Francisco vs Santa Clara0–6Santa Clara won
1933San Francisco vs Santa Clara0–7Santa Clara won
1932San Francisco vs Santa Clara0–7Santa Clara won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.