1971 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

1971 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
Record3–8 (2–3 PCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumCampus Stadium
1971 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
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 the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by Andy Everest in his second and final season as head coach, the Gauchos compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the PCAA. The team played home games at Campus Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.

Citing financial problems, UCSB dropped football as an intercollegiate sport after the 1971 season.[1] The school did not field another football team until 1983, when a student-run club team was formed. Competition sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) did not resume until 1986.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11at Washington*
L 7–6556,000[2]
September 18at Tennessee*
L 6–4865,114[3]
October 27:45 p.m.at Pacific (CA)
W 21–712,350[4]
October 9at Valley State*
L 14–154,500[5]
October 16San Diego State
L 23–275,500[6]
October 23Long Beach State
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 10–318,500[7]
October 30at Hawaii*
L 14–2312,624[8]
November 6at Cal State Los Angeles
W 26–01,500[9]
November 13at Cal Poly*
L 3–93,250[10]
November 20Santa Clara*
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 28–226,500[11]
November 271:30 p.m.San Jose State
  • Campus Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 10–554,800[12]

[13]

Team players in the NFL

The following Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1972 NFL draft.[14][15][16]

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

References

  1. ^ "Santa Barbara Drops Football". Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California). December 8, 1971. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Huskies shelter Sixkiller, still gouge Gauchos 65–7". Tri-City Herald. September 12, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tennessee wallops Gauchos". The San Francisco Examiner. September 19, 1971. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Running QB beats UOP". San Francisco Chronicle. October 3, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bird carries Valley State". Independent Press-Telegram. October 10, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Hawaii dumps California foe". The Lincoln Journal & Star. November 1, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "San Jose logs 55–10 victory". Independent Press-Telegram. November 28, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (UC Santa Barbara)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
  14. ^ "1972 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  15. ^ "California-Santa Barbara Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  16. ^ "Draft History: California-Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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