1949 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

1949 Santa Barbara Gauchos football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record2–7 (1–3 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
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
1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College—now known as—University of California, Santa Barbara—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1949 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Roy Engle, the Gauchos compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie at the bottom of the CCAA standings. The team played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 238:15 p.m.Whittier*
L 6–205,500[1][2][3]
September 308:00 p.m.at Pomona*
L 13–214,000[4][5]
October 88:15 p.m.Occidental*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 12–31[6][7]
October 14Fresno State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 14–7[8][9][10]
October 218:00 p.m.at San Jose State
L 14–556,000[11][12]
October 29vs. Cal Aggies[note 1]*
W 40–6[13]
November 58:15 p.m.Pepperdine*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 12–334,500[14][15][16]
November 11at Cal Poly
L 0–74,000[17]
November 24at San Diego State
L 0–225,500–6,000[18][19]

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Team players in the NFL

No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1950 NFL draft.[21][22][23] 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. ^ 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. ^ 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 .
  2. ^ 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 .
  3. ^ 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 .
  4. ^ Addicott, Warren (September 30, 1949). "Sagehens Primed For Clash With Gauchos Tonight". Progress-Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 4, section 2. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  5. ^ Addicott, Warren (October 1, 1949). "Hens Topple Gauchos, 21 to 13". Progress-Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 8, section 1. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  6. ^ "Spirited Gauchos Face Favored Oxy". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. October 8, 1949. p. A5. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. ^ Cummings, Clover (October 9, 1949). "Occidental Might Rolls Over Gauchos, 31 to 12". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. E1. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  8. ^ "Even Game Looms In FSC, Gaucho Tussle Tonight". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. October 14, 1949. p. 2B. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  9. ^ Piston, Ed (October 15, 1949). "Santa Barbara Beats Fresno State, 14 To 7". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. pp. 6A–7A. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  10. ^ "91-Yard Runback Beats Fresno, 14-7". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. October 15, 1949. p. 11 D. Retrieved January 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "San Jose Spartans Play Santa Barbara; Open CCAA League". Los Gatos Daily Times. Los Gatos, California. October 21, 1949. pp. 4, 6. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  12. ^ Cummings, Clover (October 22, 1949). "San Jose State Crushes Gauchos, 55 to 14". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. A3. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  13. ^ Cummings, Clover (October 30, 1949). "Gauchos Hope for Successful Year After Whipping Aggies". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. E1. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  14. ^ "Gauchos 'Fired-Up' For Wave Invasion". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. November 5, 1949. p. A3. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  15. ^ Cummings, Clover (November 6, 1949). "Johnson Runbacks Provide Only Two Gaucho Scores". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. E1. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Cal Poly Wins". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. November 11, 1949. p. 45. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Cummings, Clover (November 25, 1949). "Gauchos Defeated 22-0 by Aztecs in Season's Finale". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. B5. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  19. ^ Howard Hagen (November 25, 1949). "Aztecs Close With 22-0 Win". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
  20. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1949 Santa Barbara)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  21. ^ "1950 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  22. ^ "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  23. ^ "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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