1949 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

1949 Santa Barbara Gauchos football
Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association
1949 record 2–7 (1–3 CCAA)
Head coach Roy Engle (1st season)
Home stadium La Playa Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
1949 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
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
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1949 College Division 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 Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 23 Whittier* La Playa Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA L 6–20  
September 30 at Pomona[note 2]* Claremont Alumni Field • Claremont, CA L 13–21  
October 7 Occidental* La Playa Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA L 12–31  
October 14 Fresno State[note 3] La Playa Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA W 14–7  
October 21 at San Jose State Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CA L 14–55  
October 29 at Northern Branch[note 4]* Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA W 40–6  
November 8 Pepperdine* La Playa Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA L 12–33  
November 11 at Cal Poly Mustang StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA L 0–7  
November 24 San Diego State La Playa Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA L 0–22   6,000[1]
*Non-conference game.

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Team players in the NFL

No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

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

  1. UC Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944–1956. See: Santa Barbara College
  2. The football team played using just the Pomona College name from 1893–1949. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963. See: Pomona College
  3. California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949–1971. See: Fresno State
  4. UC Davis was known as Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture from 1922–1959. See: UC Davis

References

  1. Howard Hagen (November 25, 1949). "Aztecs Close With 22-0 Win". The San Diego Union. p. B-3.
  2. "1949 - California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  3. "1950 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  4. "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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