1951 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

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
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
1951 record	5–4 (1–3 CCAA)
Head coach	Roy Engle (3rd season)
Home stadium	La Playa Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

1951 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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
$ – Conference champion

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	at Pomona-Claremont[note 2]*	Claremont Alumni Field Claremont, California	W 48–20
October 5	Occidental*	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, California	W 27–25
October 12	at Fresno State[note 3]*	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, California	W 23–22	6,152[1]
October 20	Whittier	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, California	W 19–12
November 3	vs. Cal Aggies[note 4][note 5]	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	L 7–13
November 10	at Cal Poly[note 6]*	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	L 7–14
November 16	Los Angeles State[note 7]*	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, California♣MARK♣]	W 26–0	[2]
*Non-conference game

|November 22at San Diego State[note 8]

• Aztec Bowl
• San Diego

L 0–407,000[3] |November 30Pepperdine[note 9]*

• La Playa Stadium
• Santa Barbara, California

L 6–26

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Team players in the NFL

No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft.[5][6][7]

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. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
8. San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
9. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.

References

1. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
2. "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.
3. 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.
4. "1951 - California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved February 1, 2017.
5. "1952 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
6. "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
7. "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved March 18, 2017.