The 1952 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara CollegeUniversity of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957. during the 1952 college football season.
Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by head coach Stan Williamson in the first year of his second tenure as head coach. He had coached the team from 1941 to 1948, before taking a sabbatical and serving in the Navy. While in the Navy, Williamson coached the San Diego Naval Air StationNaval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997. football team, including leading the team to the naval championship in 1951. The Gauchos played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2, 3–1 CCAA).
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