1971 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

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1971 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
1971 record3–8 (2–3 PCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumCampus Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
Seasons
← 1970
1986 →
1971 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Long Beach State $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
San Jose State 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 6 – 1
Fresno State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
San Diego State 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
UC Santa Barbara 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Pacific (CA) 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Cal State Los Angeles 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1971 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.

The Gauchos competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.[note 1] The team was led by second-year head coach Andy Everest, and played home games at Campus Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses (3–8, 2–3 PCAA).

At the end of the 1971 season, citing financial problems the school decided to drop football as an intercollegiate sport.[1] UCSB would not field another football team until 1983, when a student-run team was formed. "Official" NCAA games did not restart until the 1986 season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11at Washington*
L 7–6556,180[2]
September 18at Tennessee*
L 6–4865,114
October 2at Pacific (CA)
W 21–7
October 9at Valley State[note 3]*
L 14–15
October 16San Diego State[note 4]
L 23–275,500[3]
October 23Cal State Long Beach[note 5]
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, California
L 10–318,500[4]
October 30at Hawaii*
L 14–2312,624[5]
November 6at Cal State Los Angeles
W 26–01,500[6]
November 13at Cal Poly[note 6]*
L 3–9
November 20Santa Clara*
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, California
W 28–226,500[7]
November 27San Jose State[note 7]
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, California
L 10–55
  • *Non-conference game

[8]

Team players in the NFL[]

The following Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft.[9][10][11]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Kent Pederson Tight end 11 261 Cincinnati Bengals

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.
  2. ^ Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
  3. ^ California State University, Northridge was known as San Fernando Valley State College from 1958 to 1971.
  4. ^ San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
  5. ^ California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach State) was known as California State College, Long Beach from 1964 to 1971.
  6. ^ The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
  7. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References[]

  1. ^ "Santa Barbara Drops Football". Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California). December 8, 1971. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ "Washington 2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved February 14, 2007.
  3. ^ "Metcalf Leads 49ers Past Diablos". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 10, 1971. p. D-16. Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. ^ "Long Beach St. Beats Santa Barbara, 31-10". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 24, 1971. p. D-14. Retrieved February 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  5. ^ "Hawaii Rainbow Warrior Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 131. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  6. ^ "UCSB 26, Cal State (LA) 0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 7, 1971. p. D-18. Retrieved February 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  7. ^ "Cal Lutheran Wins, Awaits NAIA Bid". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 21, 1971. p. D-14. Retrieved March 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  8. ^ "1971 - California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved February 1, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "1972 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  10. ^ "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  11. ^ "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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