1940 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team

1940 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record5–5 (0–3 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State $ 3 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Fresno State 1 – 1 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
San Diego State 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Santa Barbara State 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State College—now known as the University of California, Santa Barbara as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1940 college football season. Led by Spud Harder in his seventh and final season as head coach, Santa Barbara State compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 0–3 in conference play, placing last out of four teams in the CCAA.

Santa Barbara was ranked at No. 235 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

The Gauchos played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Pomona*
W 19–0[2]
September 28Occidental*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 27–13[3]
October 5at Fresno State
L 0–207,596[4][5]
October 11Cal Poly*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 18–14
October 19California JV*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 7–6
October 25San Jose State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 6–33
November 2at San Diego Marines[note 1]*
L 0–19
November 9Cal Aggies*
L 6–14
November 15La Verne*
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 14–0
November 23San Diego State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 7–94,000[6]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. ^ 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. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Bob Moore (September 21, 1940). "Sagehens Lose to Gauchos: Lucky Blues Lack Reserves; Santa Barbara is Classy in 19 to 0 Conquest Over Merritt's Eleven". The Progress-Bulletin. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Santa Barbara Beats Oxy, 27-13". The San Bernardino Sun. September 29, 1940. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Ed Orman (October 6, 1940). "FSC Bulldogs Wallop Gauchos, 20 To 0". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 1C. Retrieved February 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Charles Byrne (November 24, 1940). "Aztecs Win, 9 to 7, on Sims' Field Goal". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. 1-E.