| 1949 Santa Barbara Gauchos football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 2–7 (1–3 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | La Playa Stadium |
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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 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 | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | 8:15 p.m. | Whittier* | L 6–20 | 5,500 | ||
| 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* | W 40–6 | ||||
| November 5 | Pepperdine* |
| L 12–33 | 4,500 | ||
| November 11 | at Cal Poly | L 0–7 | ||||
| November 24 | San Diego State |
| L 0–22 | 6,000 | ||
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Team players in the NFL
No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1950 NFL draft.
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
- 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
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- 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 .
- 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 .
- "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.
- "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.
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