1956 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

1956 Santa Barbara Gauchos football
Citricado Bowl, L 14–25 vs. San Diego Marines
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record5–5 (1–1 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fresno State 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
San Diego State 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 2
Santa Barbara 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Los Angeles State 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Cal Poly 0 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
  • No champion named for the 1956 season

The 1956 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1956 college football season.

Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by first-year head coach Ed Cody, and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5, 1–1 CCAA). At the end of the season, but Gauchos accepted an invitation to play in a charity bowl game. The game was the first and only Citricado Bowl,[1] played at Escondido High School in Escondido, California against a military team from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Whittier*
W 34–0
September 28Occidental*
W 31–6
October 6Long Beach State*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 13–6
October 12at Los Angeles State
W 33–14
October 20vs. Cal Aggies[note 2]*
L 6–14
October 27Pomona-Claremont*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 14–15
November 3at Pepperdine*
L 9–21
November 10San Diego State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 7–304,000[2]
November 16Sacramento State*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 33–0
December 1vs. San Diego Marines[note 3]*
L 14–25
  • *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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ The Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams from 1922 to 1964.

References

  1. ^ Ron Kenney. "Escondido Reflections: The year Escondido hosted a bowl game". Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Howard Hagen (November 11, 1956). "Magee Leads Aztecs To Fourth Win, 30-7". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-1.