Santa Barbara City College football struggled on both sides of the ball in Saturday’s season-ending 31-7 loss to Bakersfield at La Playa Stadium.
The loss rounded out the Vaqueros’ 4-6 season, including a 2-5 record in conference play.
It was dominated from start to finish by the Renegades, as they held a 14-0 lead after the first quarter, a 28-0 advantage at halftime and held SBCC scoreless for the first three quarters of the game.
The defensive clinic by Bakersfield included holding the Vaqueros to just 12 first downs compared to the 29 first downs by the Renegades. On top of that, the Bakersfield offense outgained SBCC by a margin of 386 to 217.
After Bakersfield’s Jordan Norwood rushed in an 11-yard touchdown to open the scoring, they got a pair of passing touchdowns by Carson Woods to Jalen Hankins and Sebastian Solis to jump out to a 21-0 lead halfway through the second.
Woods rounded out the scoring in the first half on the ground with a 3-yard rushing touchdown to expand the advantage to 28-0.
The third quarter was a quiet one, with the only points coming off a 27-yard field goal by Bakersfield’s Evan Siffing.
With the rout on, the Vaqueros finally got on the scoreboard with 12:45 left in the game after Shaun Smith punched in a 1-yard rushing touchdown.
That brought the score to 31-7, which held for the rest of the game.
