1948 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

1948 Santa Barbara Gauchos football
Potato Bowl, W 46–7 vs. Willamette
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	6–5 (2–3 CCAA)
Head coach	Stan Williamson (4th season)
Home stadium	La Playa Stadium
Seasons ←  1947 1949  →

1948 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Jose State $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Pacific (CA)	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	2
Santa Barbara	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Fresno State	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
San Diego State	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Cal Poly	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1948 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College ^{[note 1]} during the 1948 college football season.

Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by fourth-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 six wins and five losses (6–5, 2–3 CCAA). At the end of the season, the Gauchos played in the first Potato Bowl, in Bakersfield, California. ^{[note 2]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Oregon *	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	L 7–55
September 25	at Whittier *	Hadley Field Whittier, CA	W 21–19
October 1	Pomona *	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 32–14
October 9	Occidental *	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 7–8
October 16	at Fresno State	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 7–28		[1]
October 22	San Jose State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 13–43
November 6	vs. Cal Aggies [note 3] *	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 27–6		[2]
November 11	Cal Poly *	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 35–19
November 20	at Pacific (CA)	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	L 14–46
November 27	San Diego State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 27–6	4,500	[3]
December 4	vs. Willamette	Griffith Stadium Bakersfield, CA (Potato Bowl)	W 46–7		[4]
*Non-conference game

Team players in the NFL

No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1949 NFL draft. ^{[5] [6] [7]} The following finished their Santa Barbara Gauchos career in 1948, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player	Position	First NFL team
Sam Cathcart	Defensive back, halfback	1949 San Francisco 49ers

Notes

1. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
2. The Potato Bowl was played as a charity benefit in Bakersfield from 1948–1967. In later years, instead of four-year institutions it was played between Junior College teams. This Bowl game has no relation to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl which was founded in 1997.
3. 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

1. "Ventura Ties West Loop". The Bakersfield Californian. Bakersfield, California. October 18, 1948. p. 23. Retrieved March 13, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Compton College Takes Lead as Little Rose Bowl Selectee". The Bakersfield Californian. Bakersfield, California. November 8, 1948. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
3. Howard Hagen (November 28, 1948). "Gauchos Was Aztecs, 27 To 6". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. 3-B.
4. "Shrine Grid Game Becomes Bowl Tilt". The Bakersfield Californian. Bakersfield, California. December 1, 1948. p. 32. Retrieved February 5, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
5. "1949 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
6. "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni" . Retrieved February 2, 2017.
7. "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.