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1960 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

1960 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Fresno State $ 5 0 0 9 1 0
Long Beach State 3 1 1 5 3 1
Los Angeles State 3 1 1 4 3 1
UC Santa Barbara 2 3 0 2 5 1
Cal Poly 1 4 0 1 5 0
San Diego State 0 5 0 1 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Cal Poly forfeited cancelled conference games to Los Angeles State and UC Santa Barbara, but this forfeit did not affect overall records of the teams.
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1960 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1960 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Bill Hammer, the Gauchos compiled an overall record of 2–5–1 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the CCAA. UC Santa Barbara's game with Cal Poly was cancelled following the California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash. The Gauchos were awarded a forfeit from the Mustangs in the CCAA standings, but this result was not reflected in the overall records for the teams.[1] UC Santa Barbara played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16San Francisco State*L 0–147,500[2]
September 24at Whittier*
L 8–14
September 30Fresno State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
L 15–33
October 8at Los Angeles StateL 6–14
October 14at Long Beach StateL 8–233,749[3]
October 22San Diego State
  • La Playa Stadium
  • Santa Barbara, CA
W 8–6
October 28at Occidental*
W 26–8
November 5vs. UC Davis[note 1]*T 6–6
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. ^ The game against UC Davis was part of an "All-UC Doubleheader" that was held annually from 1948 to 1963. The other game of the double-header was California vs. UCLA. The games were always held at the home stadium of either Cal or UCLA.

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