| 1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football | |
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| Conference | Southern California Conference |
| Record | 5–2–2 (3–1–1 SCC) |
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| Home stadium | Peabody Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Redlands | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whittier | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occidental | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State during the 1937 college football season.
Santa Barbara State competed in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The Gauchos were led by fourth-year head coach Theodore "Spud" Harder and played home games at Peabody Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins, two losses and two ties (5–2–2, 3–1–1 SCIAC). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 138–49 for the season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 24 | Occidental |
| T 0–0 | ||
| October 8 | Arizona State* |
| W 27–7 | ||
| October 15 | at Redlands |
| W 31–0 | ||
| October 22 | Texas Mines* |
| T 13–13 | ||
| October 29 | at Whittier |
| W 20–0 | ||
| November 6 | La Verne |
| W 20–0 | ||
| November 13 | Nevada* |
| W 20–7 | ||
| November 20 | San Diego State |
| L 0–13 | 8,000 | |
| December 4 | at New Mexico A&M* |
| L 7–9 | ||
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Team players in the NFL
No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1938 NFL draft.
The following finished their Santa Barbara career in 1937, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
| Player | Position | First NFL team |
| Howie Yeager | Wingback | 1941 New York Giants |
Notes
- University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara State College from 1921 to 1943.
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season
References
- "Miners Feted In Hollywood". El Paso Times. October 24, 1937. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- Ted Steinmann (November 21, 1937). "Aztecs Win 13-0; Keep League Title". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California.
- "1938 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. 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.
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