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1938 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team

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1938 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–8
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State     11 1 0
Cal Poly     7 2 0
Santa Clara     6 2 0
Saint Mary's     6 2 0
San Francisco     5 2 1
Humboldt State     4 2 0
Idaho Southern Branch     4 3 0
Portland     5 3 0
Hawaii     4 4 0
Loyola (CA)     4 5 0
San Francisco State     2 5 0
La Verne     1 4 0
Santa Barbara State     2 8 0
Gonzaga     1 7 0

The 1938 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State[note 1] as an independent during the 1938 college football season. The following year, the Gauchos and San Diego State join Fresno State and San Jose State as charter members of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).

The Gauchos were led by fifth-year head coach Theodore "Spud" Harder and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 0–3 SCIAC). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 47–109 for the season. That included the Gauchos being shut out in six of the ten games.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23OccidentalL 0–6
September 30at Colorado State–Greeley
W 13–0
October 7at San FranciscoL 0–14[1]
October 14Willamette
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 3–6
October 21Whittier
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 0–3
October 29at Arizona StateL 0–10
November 5San Jose State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 0–20
November 12Cal Aggies
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, California
W 18–6
November 19San Diego State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 13–16[2]
November 24at Fresno StateL 0–286,756[3][4]

Team players in the NFL

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The following Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1939 NFL draft.[5][6][7]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Doug Oldershaw Guard, end 11 98 New York Giants

Notes

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  1. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara State College from 1921 to 1943.

References

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  1. ^ "Spartans Win Game 48 To 0; U.S.F. 14-0". Santa Cruz Evening News. Santa Cruz, California. October 8, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ Ted Steinmann (November 12, 1938). "Aztecs Rally To Win, 16-13". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. 1-E.
  3. ^ "Fresno Ruins Gauchos, 28-0". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 25, 1938. p. 16. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "1939 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 2, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  6. ^ "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  7. ^ "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.