1950 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

The 1950 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1950 college football season.

1950 Santa Barbara Gauchos football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
1950 record	7–3 (3–1 CCAA)
Head coach	Roy Engle (2nd season)
Home stadium	La Playa Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

1950 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego State $	3	–	0	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Santa Barbara	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Pepperdine	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Fresno State	1	–	2	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Cal Poly	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by second-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 seven wins and three losses (7–3, 3–1 CCAA).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	Caltech*	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 47–7
September 30	Pomona-Claremont[note 2]*	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 35–7
October 6	at Occidental*	D.W. Patterson Field Los Angeles, CA	L 10–14
October 13	at Fresno State[note 3]	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	W 13–7
October 20	Idaho State[note 4]*	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 12–0
October 28	Cal Poly[note 5]	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 20–7
November 4	at Pepperdine[note 6]	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles, CA	W 16–7	5,000
November 11	at Cal Aggies[note 7][note 8]*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 26–0
November 18	at Whittier*	Hadley Field Whittier, CA	L 6–18
November 25	San Diego State[note 9]	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 12–28
*Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1951 NFL Draft.[2][3][4]

Notes

1. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
2. What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona-Claremont from 1950 to 1961. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
3. California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
4. Idaho State University was known as Idaho State College from 1947 to 1963.
5. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
6. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
7. 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.
8. University of California, Davis was known as Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture from 1922 to 1959. In common usage, the sports teams were called the "Cal Aggies" from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
9. San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

1. "1950 - California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved February 1, 2017.
2. "1951 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
3. "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
4. "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved March 18, 2017.