1986 Santa Clara Broncos football team

The 1986 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season. Santa Clara competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC).

1986 Santa Clara Broncos football
ConferenceWestern Football Conference
1986 record4–7 (2–4 WFC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBuck Shaw Stadium
(Capacity: 6,800)
1986 Western Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Sacramento State $ 5 –1 –0  6 –4 –1
No. 9 Cal State Northridge 4 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Portland State 4 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
Southern Utah State 3 –3 –0  8 –3 –0
Cal Poly 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Santa Clara 2 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Cal Lutheran 0 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Division II Football Committee poll

The Broncos were led by second-year head coach Terry Malley. They played home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Santa Clara finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 2–4 WFC). The Broncos were outscored by their opponents 230–334 for the season.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13Southern Utah State[note 1]
W 31–18
September 20at Chico State[note 2]*
L 8–35
September 27UC Davis*
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
L 18–42
October 4at Cal State Hayward[note 3]*
L 12–31
October 11at Sacramento State[note 4]
L 7–385,500[1]
October 18at California Lutheran
W 33–9
October 25San Francisco State*
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
W 27–24
November 1Cal State Northridge
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
L 32–3814,058[2]
November 8at Portland State
L 14–41
November 15at Saint Mary's (CA)*
W 24–22
November 22Cal Poly[note 5]
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
L 24–362,834[3]
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No Santa Clara Broncos players were selected in the 1987 NFL Draft.[5][6][7]

The following finished their college career in 1986, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
John FaylorDefensive back1987 San Francisco 49ers

Notes
  1. Southern Utah University was known as Southern Utah State College from 1969 to 1990.
  2. The official name of Chico State has been California State University, Chico since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Chico State.
  3. California State University, East Bay was known as California State University, Hayward from 1972 to 2004.
  4. The official name of Sacramento State has been California State University, Sacramento since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.
  5. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.

References
  1. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Santa Clara)" (PDF). Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  2. "Saturday's Late Results". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 3, 1986. p. III-18. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 23, 1986. p. III-19. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1986 - Santa Clara (CA)". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  5. "1987 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  6. "Santa Clara Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  7. "Draft History: Santa Clara". Retrieved March 30, 2017.
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