1960 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team

The 1960 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) during the 1960 college football season.

1960 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	2–5–1 (1–3 CCAA)
Head coach	Bill Hammer (1st season)
Home stadium	La Playa Stadium

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	2	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Cal Poly	1	–	2	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
UC Santa Barbara	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
San Diego State	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from UPI small college poll

UCSB competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by first-year head coach Bill Hammer, and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins five losses and one tie (2–5–1, 1–3 CCAA). A game that had been scheduled to be played vs. Cal Poly was cancelled due to the plane crash involving the Cal Poly football team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	San Francisco State*	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 0–14	7,500
September 24	at Whittier*	Hadley Field Whittier, CA	L 8–14
September 30	Fresno State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 15–33
October 8	at Los Angeles State	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	L 6–14
October 15	at Long Beach State	Veterans Stadium Long Beach, CA	L 8–23
October 22	San Diego State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 8–6
October 28	at Occidental*	D.W. Patterson Field Los Angeles, CA	W 26–8
November 5	vs. UC Davis*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	T 6–6
*Non-conference game