1983 Santa Clara Broncos football team

1983 Santa Clara Broncos football
WFC co-champion
Conference	Western Football Conference
1983 record	6–4 (2–1 WFC)
Head coach	Pat Malley (25th season)
Home stadium	Buck Shaw Stadium (Capacity: 6,800)

1983 Western Football Conference standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
CalState Northridge +	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara +	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Cal Poly	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Portland State	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1983 NCAA Division II football season.

Santa Clara competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The Broncos were led by head coach Pat Malley in his twenty-fifth year at the helm. They played home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The team finished the season as WFC co-champion, with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4, 2–1 WFC). The Broncos outscored their opponents 173–144 for the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	at Humboldt State*	Redwood Bowl • Arcata, CA	W 17–7
September 24	at Cal State Hayward^{[note 1]}*	Pioneer Stadium • Hayward, CA	L 15–17
October 1	at San Francisco State*	Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA	L 16–17
October 8	California Lutheran*	Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	W 22–20	4,417^[1]
October 15	UC Davis*	Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	L 6–24
October 22	Portland State	Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	W 20–6
October 29	Saint Mary's (CA)*	Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	W 18–9
November 5	at Cal State Northridge	North Campus Stadium • Northridge, CA	L 22–24	4,808^[2]
November 12	Sonoma State*	Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	W 10–0
November 19	at Cal Poly (SLO)	Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA	W 27–20
*Non-conference game.

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Team players in the NFL

The following Santa Clara Broncos players were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
Gary Hoffman	Tackle	10	267	Green Bay Packers

Notes

↑ California State University, East Bay was known as California State University, Hayward from 1972–2004. See: Cal State Hayward

References

↑ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. October 9, 1983. p. III-17. Retrieved April 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Southland Summaries". The Los Angeles Times. November 6, 1983. p. III-12. Retrieved April 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "1983 - Santa Clara (CA)". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
↑ "1984 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
↑ "Santa Clara Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 30, 2017.
↑ "Draft History: Santa Clara". Retrieved March 30, 2017.

Santa Clara Broncos football
Venues	Mission Field (?–1961) Buck Shaw Stadium (1962–1992)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Big Game (Stanford; 1915–1917) Little Big Game (Saint Mary's)
Culture & lore	"Cheer, Cheer, Cheer" "Fight for Santa Clara" Death of Van Dokkelen
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

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