1952 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team
American college football season
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The 1952 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1952 college football season.
| 1952 Santa Barbara Gauchos football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 8–2 (3–1 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | La Playa Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by head coach Stan Williamson in the first year of his second tenure as head coach. He had coached the team from 1941 to 1948, before taking a sabbatical and serving in the Navy. While in the Navy, Williamson coached the San Diego Naval Air Station[note 2] football team, including leading the team to the naval championship in 1951. The Gauchos played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2, 3–1 CCAA).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | La Verne* | W 34–6 | |||
| September 27 | at Whittier* |
| L 6–7 | ||
| October 3 | at Occidental* |
| W 14–12 | ||
| October 10 | Cal Poly |
| L 0–19 | ||
| October 17 | at Los Angeles State |
| W 21–20 | ||
| October 25 | San Francisco State* |
| W 20–6 | ||
| November 1 | vs. Cal Aggies[note 3]* | W 48–0 | |||
| November 7 | at Pepperdine |
| W 27–6 | ||
| November 14 | at Pomona* |
| W 26–7 | ||
| November 21 | San Diego State |
| W 21–20 | 5,500 | [1] |
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Notes
- University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
- Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.
- 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.