1951 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

The 1951 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1951 college football season.

1951 Santa Barbara Gauchos football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4 (1–3 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
1951 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
San Diego State $ 4 0 010 0 1
Cal Poly 2 1 15 4 1
Pepperdine 2 1 15 4 1
Santa Barbara 1 3 05 4 0
Los Angeles State 0 4 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by third-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 five wins and four losses (5–4, 1–3 CCAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Pomona*
W 48–20
October 5Occidental*
W 27–25
October 12at Fresno State*W 23–226,152[1]
October 20Whittier
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 19–12
November 3vs. Cal Aggies[note 2]L 7–13
November 10at Cal Poly*L 7–14
November 16Los Angeles State*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 26–0[2]
November 22at San Diego StateL 0–407,000[3]
November 30Pepperdine*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 6–26
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
  2. 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

  1. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. "L.A. State Beaten by Flying Gauchos". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 17, 1951. p. III-3. Retrieved January 24, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. Howard Hagen (November 23, 1951). "Aztecs End Unbeaten Campaign With 40 to 0 Rout of Gauchos". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
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