1949 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 2–7 (1–3 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | La Playa Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1949 college 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 | Source |
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| September 23 | Whittier* |
| L 6–20 | ||
| September 30 | at Pomona* |
| L 13–21 | ||
| October 7 | Occidental* |
| L 12–31 | ||
| October 14 | Fresno State |
| W 14–7 | ||
| October 21 | at San Jose State | L 14–55 | |||
| October 29 | vs. Cal Aggies[note 2]* | W 40–6 | |||
| November 5 | Pepperdine* |
| L 12–33 | 4,500 | [1] |
| November 11 | at Cal Poly | L 0–7 | [2] | ||
| November 24 | San Diego State |
| L 0–22 | 6,000 | [3] |
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Team players in the NFL
No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft.[4][5][6]
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
- ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Peperdine 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.
- ^ "Cal Poly Wins". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. November 11, 1949. p. 45. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Howard Hagen (November 25, 1949). "Aztecs Close With 22-0 Win". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
- ^ "1950 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
