1939 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team

1939 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4–1 (1–2 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLa Playa Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State $ 3 0 0 13 0 0
Fresno State 1 1 0 10 1 0
Santa Barbara State 1 2 0 5 4 1
San Diego State 0 2 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State[note 1] during the 1939 college football season.

Santa Barbara was ranked at No. 120 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

1939 was the inaugural year for the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Santa Barbara State was one of four charter members of the conference, along with Fresno State Normal School, San Diego State College and San Jose State College. The Gauchos were led by sixth-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 five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1, 1–2 CCAA).


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  1. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.