| 1939Santa Barbara State Gauchos football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 5–4–1 (1–2 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | La Playa Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1939 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team representedSanta Barbara State[note 1] during the1939 college football season.
Santa Barbara was ranked at No. 120 (out of 609 teams) in the finalLitkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]
1939 was the inaugural year for theCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Santa Barbara State was one of four charter members of the conference, along withFresno State Normal School,San Diego State College andSan Jose State College. The Gauchos were led by sixth-year head coach Theodore "Spud" Harder and played home games at La Playa Stadium inSanta Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1, 1–2 CCAA).
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | Occidental* | W 20–0 | [2] | ||
| September 29 | Willamette* |
| W 20–14 | ||
| October 6 | Fresno State |
| L 6–13 | [3] | |
| October 14 | San Diego Marines* |
| L 0–7 | [4] | |
| October 21 | San Francisco* |
| T 0–0 | [5] | |
| October 27 | atSan Jose State | L 7–23 | |||
| November 3 | atCalifornia JV* |
| W 22–0 | ||
| November 17 | Colorado State–Greeley* |
| W 19–0 | ||
| November 25 | atSan Diego State | W 19–0 | 4,000 | [6] | |
| December 1 | atWhittier* |
| L 0–10 | 4,000 | [7][8] |
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