The 1951 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1951 college football season.
| 1951 Santa Barbara Gauchos football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 5–4 (1–3 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | La Playa Stadium |
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| San Diego State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by third-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 five wins and four losses (5–4, 1–3 CCAA).
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | at Pomona* |
| W 48–20 | |||
| October 5 | 8:15 p.m. | Occidental* |
| W 27–25 | 6,000 | [1][2][3] |
| October 12 | at Fresno State* | W 23–22 | 6,152 | [4] | ||
| October 20 | Whittier |
| W 19–12 | |||
| November 3 | vs. Cal Aggies[note 2] | L 7–13 | ||||
| November 10 | at Cal Poly* | L 7–14 | ||||
| November 16 | Los Angeles State* |
| W 26–0 | [5] | ||
| November 22 | at San Diego State | L 0–40 | 7,000 | [6] | ||
| November 30 | Pepperdine* |
| L 6–26 | |||
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Notes edit
- ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
- ^ 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 edit
- ^ Tuckwiler, Francis (October 5, 1951). "Gaucho Grids Open Home Schedule Against Oxy Tonight". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. B4. Retrieved February 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Tuckwiler, Francis (October 6, 1951). "Gauchos Edge Oxy, 27 To 25". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. A1. Retrieved February 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Tuckwiler, Francis (October 6, 1951). "Conversion Kicks Give Guachos 27-25 Victory Over Oxy Eleven (continued)". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. A5. Retrieved February 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "L.A. State Beaten by Flying Gauchos". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 17, 1951. p. III-3. Retrieved January 24, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Howard Hagen (November 23, 1951). "Aztecs End Unbeaten Campaign With 40 to 0 Rout of Gauchos". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
