1952 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

1952 Santa Barbara Gauchos football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record8–2 (3–1 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cal Poly $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Santa Barbara 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
San Diego State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Los Angeles State 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Pepperdine 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1952 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1952 college football season.

Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by head coach Stan Williamson in the first year of his second tenure as head coach. He had coached the team from 1941 to 1948, before taking a sabbatical and serving in the Navy. While in the Navy, Williamson coached the San Diego Naval Air Station[note 2] football team, including leading the team to the naval championship in 1951. The Gauchos played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2, 3–1 CCAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19La Verne*
W 34–6
September 27at Whittier*
L 6–7
October 3at Occidental*
W 14–12
October 10Cal Poly
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 0–19
October 17at Los Angeles State
  • Los Angeles State Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 21–20
October 25San Francisco State*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 20–6
November 1vs. Cal Aggies[note 3]*
W 48–0
November 7at Pepperdine
W 27–6
November 14at Pomona*
W 26–7
November 21San Diego State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 21–205,500[1]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
  2. ^ Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.
  3. ^ 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

  1. ^ Howard Hagen (November 22, 1952). "Gaucho Theft Up-Ends Aztecs". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.