1938 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team

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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).

ConferenceIndependent
Record2–8
Headcoach
HomestadiumLa Playa Stadium
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1938 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–8
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 â†’
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1938 Western college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
San Jose State â€“ 11–1–0
Cal Poly â€“ 7–2–0
Santa Clara â€“ 6–2–0
Saint Mary's â€“ 6–2–0
San Francisco â€“ 5–2–1
Humboldt State â€“ 4–2–0
Idaho Southern Branch â€“ 4–3–0
Portland â€“ 5–3–0
Hawaii â€“ 4–4–0
Loyola (CA) â€“ 4–5–0
San Francisco State â€“ 2–5–0
La Verne â€“ 1–4–0
Santa Barbara State â€“ 2–8–0
Gonzaga â€“ 1–7–0
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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[2]
November 5San Jose State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 0–20
November 12Cal Aggies
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 18–6
November 19San Diego State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 13–16[3]
November 24at Fresno StateL 0–286,756[4][5]
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Team players in the NFL

The following Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1939 NFL draft.[6][7][8]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Doug OldershawGuard, end1198New York Giants

Notes

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

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