Op-Ed: The loss of football led to apathetic crowds
Annika Tiña “Sports were a big deal. People wore fan gear,” describes my father, Paul Tiña, of his experience as a student at Santa Clara in the early 1990s.
The Santa Clara
November 1, 2018
On New Year’s Day, Santa Clara’s football team—ranked No. 15 during the 1949 season—upset favored Kentucky 21-13 in the 1950Orange Bowl hosted in Miami, Fla. Above, members of the team, many of whom veterans of WWII, gather around their trophy.