The 1954 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College[note 1] during the 1954 college football season.
Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).
The team was led by seventh-year head coach Stan Williamson, and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.
They finished the season with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5, 1–3 CCAA).