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
1951 record5–4 (1–3 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
1951 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
San Diego State $ 4 0 0  10 0 1
Cal Poly 2 1 1  5 4 1
Pepperdine 2 1 1  5 4 1
Santa Barbara 1 3 0  5 4 0
Los Angeles State 0 4 0  1 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 29at Pomona-Claremont[note 2]*
W 48–20
October 5Occidental*W 27–25
October 12at Fresno State[note 3]*W 23–226,152[1]
October 20Whittier
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, California
W 19–12
November 3vs. Cal Aggies[note 4][note 5]L 7–13
November 10at Cal Poly[note 6]*L 7–14
November 16Los Angeles State[note 7]*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, California♣MARK♣]
W 26–0[2]
  • *Non-conference game

|November 22at San Diego State[note 8]

L 0–407,000[3] |November 30Pepperdine[note 9]*

  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, California

L 6–26 }} [4]

Team players in the NFL

No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft.[5][6][7]

Notes

  1. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
  2. What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona-Claremont from 1950 to 1961. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
  3. California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
  4. 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.
  5. University of California, Davis was known as Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture from 1922 to 1959. In common usage, the sports teams were called the "Cal Aggies" from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  6. 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.
  7. California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
  8. San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
  9. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.

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.
  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.
  4. "1951 - California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  5. "1952 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  6. "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  7. "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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