The 1949 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1949 college football season.
Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).
The team was led by first-year head coach Roy Engle and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.
No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1950 NFL draft.
[7][8][9] The following finished their Santa Barbara Gauchos career in 1949, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.