1956 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team
The 1956 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season.
| 1956 Santa Barbara Gauchos football | |
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Citricado Bowl, L 14–25 vs. San Diego Marines | |
| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1956 record | 5–5 (1–1 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | La Playa Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles State | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by first-year head coach Ed Cody, and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5, 1–1 CCAA). At the end of the season, but Gauchos accepted an invitation to play in a charity bowl game. The game was the first and only Citricado Bowl,[1] played at Escondido High School in Escondido, California against a military team from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 22 | at Whittier* |
| W 34–0 | |
| September 28 | Occidental* |
| W 31–6 | |
| October 6 | Long Beach State[note 2]* |
| W 13–6 | |
| October 12 | at Los Angeles State[note 3] | W 33–14 | ||
| October 20 | vs. Cal Aggies[note 4][note 5]* | L 6–14 | ||
| October 27 | Pomona-Claremont[note 6]* |
| L 14–15 | |
| November 3 | at Pepperdine[note 7]* |
| L 9–21 | |
| November 10 | San Diego State[note 8] |
| L 7–30 | 4,000[2] |
| November 16 | Sacramento State[note 9]* |
| W 33–0 | |
| December 1 | vs. San Diego Marines[note 10]* |
| L 14–25 | |
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Team players in the NFL
No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1957 NFL Draft.[4][5][6]
Notes
- University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
- California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
- California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
- San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
- California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.
- The Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams from 1922 to 1964.
References
- Ron Kenney. "Escondido Reflections: The year Escondido hosted a bowl game". Archived from the original on 2017-02-06. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- Howard Hagen (November 11, 1956). "Magee Leads Aztecs To Fourth Win, 30-7". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-1.
- "1956 - California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- "1957 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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