1936 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team

1936 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football
Conference	Southern California Conference
Record	9–1 (4–1 SCC)
Head coach	Spud Harder (3rd season)
Home stadium	Peabody Stadium
Seasons ←  1935 1937  →

1936 Southern California Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego State $	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Santa Barbara State	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Whittier	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Redlands	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Occidental	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
La Verne	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Caltech *	Pershing Field Santa Barbara, CA	W 37–6		[2]
October 3	at Arizona State–Flagstaff *	Skidmore Field Flagstaff, AZ	W 13–6		[3]
October 9	Redlands	Peabody Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 13–0		[4]
October 18	La Verne	Pershing Field Santa Barbara, CA	W 24–0		[5]
October 23	Whittier	Pershing Park Santa Barbara, CA	W 26–0	6,000	[6]
October 31	at Nevada *	Mackay Field [note 2] Reno, NV	W 13–0	3,500	[7]
November 7	San Francisco State *	Peabody Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 37–7		[8]
November 13	Occidental	Peabody Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 27–0		[9]
November 21	at San Diego State	Aztec Bowl San Diego, CA	L 8–9	9,000	[10]
December 25	New Mexico A&M *	Peabody Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 25–14	6,000	[11]
*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.

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. "Santa Barbara victorious". The Los Angeles Times. October 4, 1936. Retrieved June 10, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Redlands Beaten by Last Half Scores of Santa Barbara Team". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 10, 1936. p. 16.
5. "Gauchos Depend On Running Attack Against La Verne". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 16, 1936. p. II-17 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Santa Barbara Grids Crush Whittier Poets, 26-0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 24, 1936. pp. 13, 16.
7. "Santa Barbara 11 Beats Nevada by Score of 13 to 0". Reno Evening Gazette. Reno, Nevada. November 2, 1936. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Santa Barbara Whips S.F., 37-7". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. November 8, 1936. p. 17.
9. "Santa Barbara in 27 to 0 Victory". The Times and Daily News Leader. San Mateo, California. November 14, 1936. p. 6.
10. "Aztecs Shade Gauchos, 9-8". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 22, 1936. pp. II-9, II-12 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "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.