1949 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team
American college football season
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Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
Record | 2–7 (1–3 CCAA) |
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Home stadium | La Playa Stadium |
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San Jose State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1949 college football season.
Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by first-year head coach Roy Engle and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7, 1–3 CCAA).
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 23 | 8:15 p.m. | Whittier* |
| L 6–20 | 5,500 | [1][2][3] |
September 30 | at Pomona* |
| L 13–21 | |||
October 7 | Occidental* |
| L 12–31 | |||
October 14 | Fresno State |
| W 14–7 | |||
October 21 | at San Jose State | L 14–55 | ||||
October 29 | vs. Cal Aggies[note 2]* | W 40–6 | ||||
November 5 | Pepperdine* |
| L 12–33 | 4,500 | [4] | |
November 11 | at Cal Poly | L 0–7 | [5] | |||
November 24 | San Diego State |
| L 0–22 | 6,000 | [6] | |
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Team players in the NFL
No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1950 NFL draft.[7][8][9]
The following finished their Santa Barbara Gauchos career in 1949, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
Player | Position | First NFL team |
Royal Cathcart | Halfback | 1950 San Francisco 49ers |
Notes
- ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
- ^ The game against the Cal Aggies was part of an "All-UC Doubleheader" that was held annually from 1948 to 1963. The other game of the double-header was California vs. UCLA. The games were always held at the home stadium of either Cal or UCLA.
References
- ^ Cummings, Clover (September 23, 1949). "Gauchos Meet Whittier Tonight". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. B4. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Cummings, Clover (September 24, 1949). "Whittier Poets Defeat Gauchos". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. A1. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Cummings, Clover (September 24, 1949). "Overpowered In Line Colorful Locals Yield to Whittier, 20 to 6 (continued)". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. A3. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Pepperdine Wallops Santa Barbara, 33-12". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 7, 1949. p. 15. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cal Poly Wins". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. November 11, 1949. p. 45. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Howard Hagen (November 25, 1949). "Aztecs Close With 22-0 Win". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
- ^ "1950 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.