1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team
American college football season
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The 1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State[note 1] during the 1937 college football season.
- Spud Harder (4th season)
| 1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football | |
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| Conference | Southern California Conference |
| Record | 5â2â2 (3â1â1 SCC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Peabody Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State $ | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara State | 3 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Redlands | 2 | â | 1 | â | 2 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whittier | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 6 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occidental | 1 | â | 2 | â | 2 | 2 | â | 2 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 9 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Barbara State competed in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The Gauchos were led by fourth-year head coach Theodore "Spud" Harder and played home games at Peabody Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins, two losses and two ties (5â2â2, 3â1â1 SCIAC). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 138â49 for the season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 24 | Occidental |
| T 0â0 | ||
| October 8 | Arizona State* |
| W 27â7 | 6,000 | [1] |
| October 15 | at Redlands |
| W 31â0 | ||
| October 22 | Texas Mines* |
| T 13â13 | [2] | |
| October 29 | at Whittier |
| W 20â0 | ||
| November 6 | La Verne |
| W 20â0 | ||
| November 13 | Nevada* |
| W 20â7 | ||
| November 20 | San Diego State |
| L 0â13 | 8,000 | [3] |
| December 4 | at New Mexico A&M* |
| L 7â9 | 6,000 | [4] |
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Team players in the NFL
No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1938 NFL draft.[5][6][7]
The following finished their Santa Barbara career in 1937, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
| Player | Position | First NFL team |
| Howie Yeager | Wingback | 1941 New York Giants |
Notes
- University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara State College from 1921 to 1943.
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season