1953 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team
| 1953 Santa Barbara Gauchos football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 2–6–1 (1–4 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | La Playa Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1953 college football season.
Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by sixth-year head coach Stan Williamson, and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins, six losses and one tie (2–6–1, 1–4 CCAA).
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | Whittier* |
| T 7–7 | ||
| October 2 | Occidental* |
| L 0–6 | ||
| October 10 | at Cal Poly | L 6–59 | |||
| October 17 | Los Angeles State |
| W 21–12 | ||
| October 24 | at Fresno State | L 0–20 | 7,188 | [1] | |
| October 31 | vs. Cal Aggies[note 2]* | W 20–6 | |||
| November 6 | Pepperdine |
| L 12–13 | ||
| November 14 | at San Francisco State* | L 13–26 | |||
| November 21 | at San Diego State | L 0–72 | 7,000 | [2] | |
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Notes[edit]
- ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
- ^ 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[edit]
- ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ Howard Hagen (November 22, 1953). "Aztecs Crack Scoring Mark, Smash Gauchos, 72-0". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-2.