1957 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

1957 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football
1957 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	6–2 (1–1 CCAA)
Head coach	Ed Cody (2nd season);
Home stadium	La Playa Stadium
	Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

1957 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Cal Poly	3	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
UC Santa Barbara	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Fresno State	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Los Angeles State	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
San Diego State	0	–	1	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Long Beach State	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

No champion named for the 1957 season

The 1957 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) during the 1957 college football season.

UCSB competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by second-year head coach Ed Cody, and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and two losses (6–2, 1–1 CCAA).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	Whittier*	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 13–0
October 4	at Occidental*	D.W. Patterson Field Los Angeles, CA	L 6–21
October 12	Los Angeles State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 39–0
October 18	Long Beach State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 28–7
November 2	vs. Cal Aggies^{[note 1]}*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 39–0
November 9	Pepperdine*	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 32–14	8,500
November 16	at Redlands*	Redlands Stadium^{[note 2]} Redlands, CA	W 20–0
November 27^{[note 3]}	at Cal Poly	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 20–40
*Non-conference game

The following UC Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1958 NFL draft.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Johnny Morris	Flanker, halfback	12	137	Chicago Bears

^ The game against the Cal Aggies 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.
^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season
^ Postponed from October 27