1969 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

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1969 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football
Conference Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record6–4 (1–3 PCAA)
Head coach
Home stadium Campus Stadium
Seasons
  1968
1970  
1969 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
San Diego State $ 6 0 011 0 0
Long Beach State 3 1 08 3 0
Pacific (CA) 2 2 07 3 0
San Jose State 1 1 02 8 0
UC Santa Barbara 1 3 06 4 0
Fresno State 1 3 06 4 0
Cal State Los Angeles 0 4 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1969 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. [1] Led by Jack Curtice in his seventh and final season as head coach, the Gauchos compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the PCAA. The team played home games at Campus Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Long Beach State L 16–325,000 [2]
September 27 Nevada *
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 21–64,500 [3]
October 4at Whittier *
W 21–191,500 [4]
October 118:00 p.m.at Pacific (CA) L 0–389,206 [5]
October 18 Valley State *
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 26–26,000 [6]
October 25at San Diego State L 13–5347,605 [7]
November 1 Santa Clara *
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 7–275,000 [8]
November 8 Cal State Los Angeles
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 28–64,000–4,500 [9] [10]
November 15at Cal Poly *W 9–75,100 [11]
November 22at Hawaii *W 21–1615,290 [12]

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References

  1. "NCAA Statistics" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  2. "Long Beach rips Gauchos". The Fresno Bee. September 21, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Santa Barbara eleven trips up Wolf Pack". Nevada State Journal. September 28, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "UCSB holds on for 21–19 win over Whittier". Santa Barbara News-Press. October 5, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Powerful UOP hands Gauchos 38–0 setback". The Fresno Bee. October 12, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Gaucho team effort clobbers Matadors". Santa Barbara News-Press. October 19, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Aztecs, 53–13". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. October 26, 1969. p. S2 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. "Stowers leads Broncs by UCSB". The San Francisco Chronicle. November 2, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "UCSB Downs Diablos". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. November 9, 1969. p. S-3 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  10. "Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Cal State Los Angeles)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  11. "Rapanut's field goal stuns Cal Poly, 9–7". Santa Barbara News-Press. November 16, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Gauchos – from adversity to victory in Hawaii, 21–16". Santa Barbara News-Press. November 23, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Cumulative Football Statistics Report (UC Santa Barbara)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 20, 2022.