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When students at UC Santa Barbara revived the school’s football in 1983 as a club team, all they wanted to do was play football. And they got to do just that after years of not having a team. The issue for the Gauchos is that in a few seasons, they went from being too good to not nearly big enough to survive.
The 1991 season would be their last. Nearly 20 years after pulling the plug on their first football stint, the reboot would suffer the same result.
Dusting off football at Santa Barbara was done so with good intentions and student support but would ultimately lead to the most unfortunate Revival in College Football. The team was undone by something, not of its own doing.
In 1971, after an ill-fated stint in the University Division of College Football, the highest rank there was, UC Santa Barbara axed its football team. Performances on the field had declined, with the jump in competition leading to some pretty embarrassing blowouts. Spending money on this was not seen as a priority for the university.
A club team was formed in 1983. In 1986, UC Santa Barbara became a full-fledged DIII playing school, although most of those club players were kicked to the curb.
By 1987, UCSB finished with an 8-2 record and was one of the best DIII college football teams in the country. Two of those wins came against Division II programs in the form of Sonoma State and St. Mary’s. Despite clearly being good enough to make the 16-team DII playoff field, they found themselves left out.
Things would get odd from here. This is the unfortunate revival of UC Santa Barbara football.
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11 сен 2024