1936 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team

1936 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football
ConferenceSouthern California Conference
Record9–1 (4–1 SCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumPeabody Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Southern California Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Diego State $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Santa Barbara State 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Whittier 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Redlands 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Occidental 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
La Verne 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State[note 1] during the 1936 college football season.

Santa Barbara State competed in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The Gauchos were led by third-year head coach Theodore "Spud" Harder and played home games in Santa Barbara, California, some at Peabody Stadium and others at Pershing Field. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1, 4–1 SCIAC), with the only blemish a one-point loss to San Diego State. Overall, the team outscored its opponents 223–43 for the season. The Gauchos had five shutouts, and held the other team to a touchdown or less in 8 of 10 games.

Four Santa Barbara players were selected as first-team players on the All-Southern Conference football team for 1936: guard Doug Oldershaw, tackle Claire Busby, end Al Young, and halfback Howard Yeager. Center D. Hart and halfback Bob Morelli received second-team honors. Yeager averaged 10.7 yards per carry in 1936.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Caltech*
W 37–6[2]
October 3Arizona State–Flagstaff*
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 13–7
October 9Redlands
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 13–0[3]
October 18La Verne
  • Pershing Field
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 24–0[4]
October 23Whittier
  • Pershing Park
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 26–06,000[5]
October 31at Nevada*
W 13–03,500[6]
November 7San Francisco State*
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 37–7[7]
November 13Occidental
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 27–0[8]
November 21at San Diego State
L 8–99,000[9]
December 25New Mexico A&M*
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 25–146,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara State College from 1921 to 1943.
  2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season."University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay Stadium". Retrieved January 4, 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Four Places Awarded Gauchos on All-Star Team". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 6, 1936. p. II-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Santa Barbara Beats Caltech". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. September 26, 1936. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Redlands Beaten by Last Half Scores of Santa Barbara Team". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 10, 1936. p. 16.
  4. ^ "Gauchos Depend On Running Attack Against La Verne". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 16, 1936. p. II-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Santa Barbara Grids Crush Whittier Poets, 26-0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 24, 1936. pp. 13, 16.
  6. ^ "Santa Barbara 11 Beats Nevada by Score of 13 to 0". Reno Evening Gazette. Reno, Nevada. November 2, 1936. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Santa Barbara Whips S.F., 37-7". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. November 8, 1936. p. 17.
  8. ^ "Santa Barbara in 27 to 0 Victory". The Times and Daily News Leader. San Mateo, California. November 14, 1936. p. 6.
  9. ^ "Aztecs Shade Gauchos, 9-8". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 22, 1936. pp. II-9, II-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Gauchos Rally to Trim New Mexico Team, 25 to 14". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 26, 1936. pp. 7, 11 – via Newspapers.com.