The 1948 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College

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was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957. during the

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. Santa Barbara competed in the

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(CCAA). The team was led by fourth-year head coach

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and played home games at La Playa Stadium in

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. They finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 2–3 CCAA). At the end of the season, the Gauchos played in the first Potato Bowl, in

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.The Potato Bowl was played as a charity benefit in Bakersfield from 1948–1967. In later years, instead of four-year institutions it was played between Junior College teams. This Bowl game has no relation to the

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which was founded in 1997.

Schedule

Team players in the NFL

No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1949 NFL Draft. The following finished their Santa Barbara Gauchos career in 1948, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

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References

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