1949 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

1949 Santa Barbara Gauchos football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	2–7 (1–3 CCAA)
Head coach	Roy Engle (1st season)
Home stadium	La Playa Stadium
Seasons ←  1948 1950  →

1949 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion

The 1949 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College ^{[note 1]} 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
September 23	8:15 p.m.	Whittier *	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 6–20	5,500	[1] [2] [3]
September 30		at Pomona *	Claremont Alumni Field Claremont, CA	L 13–21
October 7		Occidental *	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 12–31
October 14		Fresno State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 14–7
October 21		at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 14–55
October 29		vs. Cal Aggies [note 2] *	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 40–6
November 5		Pepperdine *	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 12–33	4,500	[4]
November 11		at Cal Poly	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 0–7		[5]
November 24		San Diego State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 0–22	6,000	[6]
*Non-conference game All times are in Pacific time

Team players in the NFL

No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1950 NFL draft. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

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

1. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
2. 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. 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 .
2. 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 .
3. 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 .
4. "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.
5. "Cal Poly Wins". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. November 11, 1949. p. 45. Retrieved March 13, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
6. Howard Hagen (November 25, 1949). "Aztecs Close With 22-0 Win". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
7. "1950 NFL Draft" . Retrieved February 2, 2017.
8. "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni" . Retrieved February 2, 2017.
9. "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.