1947 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

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1947 Santa Barbara Gauchos football
Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record4–3–1 (1–3–1 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
Seasons
←  1946
1948  →
1947 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pacific (CA) $ 5 –0 –010 –1 –0
San Jose State 3 –2 –09 –3 –0
Fresno State 2 –1 –23 –6 –2
San Diego State 2 –2 –17 –3 –1
Santa Barbara 1 –3 –14 –3 –1
Cal Poly 0 –5 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College [note 1] during the 1947 college football season.

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Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by third-year head coach Stan Williamson and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins, three losses and one tie (4–3–1, 1–3–1 CCAA).

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Santa Barbara was ranked at No. 198 out of 500 college football teams. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 Pomona *
W 26–13
October 10 Occidental *
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 17–14
October 17at San Jose State
L 0–39
October 25 Cal Aggies
W 26–14 [2]
November 1 Cal Poly *
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 53–14
November 7 Pacific (CA) *
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 19–44
November 15 Fresno State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
T 7–7
November 29at San Diego State
L 0–1910,000 [3] [4]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. ↑ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.

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References

  1. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Cathcart Sparks Gaucho Triumph". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 26, 1947. p. 8. Retrieved March 13, 2018– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ "Aztecs, Gauchos In 0-0 Deadlock". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. November 30, 1947. p. 3-B.
  4. ↑ "Saturday's Late Sports". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. December 1, 1947. p. 4-B.
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