1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team

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1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football
ConferenceSouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1937 record5–2–2 (3–1–1 SCIAC)
Head coach
  • Theodore "Spud" Harder (4th season)
Home stadiumPeabody Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southern California Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Diego State $ 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Santa Barbara State 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Redlands 2 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Whittier 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 6 – 2
Occidental 1 – 2 – 2 2 – 2 – 3
La Verne 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State[note 1] during the 1937 college football season.

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 (5–2–2, 3–1–1 SCIAC). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 138–49 for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24Occidental
T 0–0
October 8Arizona State[note 2]*
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 27–7
October 15at Redlands
W 31–0
October 22Texas Mines[note 4]*
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
T 13–13
October 29at Whittier
W 20–0
November 6La Verne
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 20–0
November 13Nevada*
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 20–7
November 20San Diego State[note 5]
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 0–138,000[1]
December 4at New Mexico A&M[note 6]*
L 7–9
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL[]

No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1938 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

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[]

  1. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara State College from 1921 to 1943.
  2. ^ Arizona State University was known as Arizona State Teachers College from 1929 to 1944.
  3. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season
  4. ^ University of Texas at El Paso was known as College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas from 1920 to 1948.
  5. ^ San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
  6. ^ New Mexico State University was known as New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (New Mexico A&M) from 1890 to 1959.

References[]

  1. ^ Ted Steinmann (November 21, 1937). "Aztecs Win 13-0; Keep League Title". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California.
  2. ^ "1937 - California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "1938 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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