1936 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team

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1936 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football
Conference Southern California Conference
Record9–1 (4–1 SCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumPeabody Stadium
Seasons
←  1935
1937  →
1936 Southern California Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
San Diego State $ 5 –0 –06 –1 –1
Santa Barbara State 4 –1 –09 –1 –0
Whittier 3 –2 –05 –5 –0
Redlands 2 –3 –02 –6 –0
Occidental 1 –4 –03 –5 –1
La Verne 0 –5 –01 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State [note 1] during the 1936 college football season.

Contents

Santa Barbara State competed in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The Gauchos were led by third-year head coach Theodore "Spud" Harder and played home games in Santa Barbara, California, some at Peabody Stadium and others at Pershing Field. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1, 4–1 SCIAC), with the only blemish a one-point loss to San Diego State. Overall, the team outscored its opponents 223–43 for the season. The Gauchos had five shutouts, and held the other team to a touchdown or less in 8 of 10 games.

Four Santa Barbara players were selected as first-team players on the All-Southern Conference football team for 1936: guard Doug Oldershaw, tackle Claire Busby, end Al Young, and halfback Howard Yeager. Center D. Hart and halfback Bob Morelli received second-team honors. Yeager averaged 10.7 yards per carry in 1936. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Caltech *
W 37–6 [2]
October 3 Arizona State–Flagstaff *
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 13–7
October 9 Redlands
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 13–0 [3]
October 18 La Verne
  • Pershing Field
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 24–0 [4]
October 23 Whittier
  • Pershing Park
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 26–06,000 [5]
October 31at Nevada *
W 13–03,500 [6]
November 7 San Francisco State *
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 37–7 [7]
November 13 Occidental
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 27–0 [8]
November 21at San Diego State
L 8–99,000 [9]
December 25 New Mexico A&M *
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 25–146,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. ↑ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara State College from 1921 to 1943.
  2. ↑ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season. "University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay Stadium" . Retrieved January 4, 2017.

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References

  1. ↑ "Four Places Awarded Gauchos on All-Star Team". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 6, 1936. p. II-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Santa Barbara Beats Caltech". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. September 26, 1936. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Redlands Beaten by Last Half Scores of Santa Barbara Team". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 10, 1936. p. 16.
  4. ↑ "Gauchos Depend On Running Attack Against La Verne". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 16, 1936. p. II-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Santa Barbara Grids Crush Whittier Poets, 26-0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 24, 1936. pp. 13, 16.
  6. ↑ "Santa Barbara 11 Beats Nevada by Score of 13 to 0". Reno Evening Gazette. Reno, Nevada. November 2, 1936. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Santa Barbara Whips S.F., 37-7". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. November 8, 1936. p. 17.
  8. ↑ "Santa Barbara in 27 to 0 Victory". The Times and Daily News Leader. San Mateo, California. November 14, 1936. p. 6.
  9. ↑ "Aztecs Shade Gauchos, 9-8". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 22, 1936. pp. II-9, II-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Gauchos Rally to Trim New Mexico Team, 25 to 14". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 26, 1936. pp. 7, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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