1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team

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

1937 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football
ConferenceSouthern California Conference
Record5–2–2 (3–1–1 SCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumPeabody Stadium
1937 Southern California Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
San Diego State $ 4 –1 –07 –1 –0
Santa Barbara State 3 –1 –15 –2 –2
Redlands 2 –1 –23 –3 –2
Whittier 2 –2 –12 –6 –2
Occidental 1 –2 –22 –2 –3
La Verne 0 –5 –00 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Occidental
T 0–0
October 8Arizona State*
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 27–7
October 15at Redlands
W 31–0
October 22Texas Mines*
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
T 13–13[1]
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
  • Peabody Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 0–138,000[2]
December 4at New Mexico A&M*
L 7–9
  • *Non-conference game

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.

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Howie YeagerWingback1941 New York Giants

Notes
  1. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara State College from 1921 to 1943.
  2. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season

References
  1. "Miners Feted In Hollywood". El Paso Times. October 24, 1937. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Ted Steinmann (November 21, 1937). "Aztecs Win 13-0; Keep League Title". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California.
  3. "1938 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  4. "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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