2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2015 record 4–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach Tim Walsh (7th year)
Offensive coordinator Saga Tuitele
Defensive coordinator Josh Brown
Home stadium Alex G. Spanos Stadium
(Capacity: 11,075)
2015 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#18 Southern Utah $^   7 1         8 4  
#10 Portland State ^   6 2         9 3  
#14 Montana ^   6 2         8 5  
North Dakota   5 3         7 4  
Northern Arizona   5 3         7 4  
Eastern Washington   5 3         6 5  
Weber State   5 3         6 5  
Northern Colorado   3 5         6 5  
Montana State   3 5         5 6  
Cal Poly   3 5         4 7  
UC Davis   2 6         2 9  
Idaho State   1 7         2 9  
Sacramento State   1 7         2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by seventh year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
Non-Conference Schedule
September 5 6:00 PM at #13 Montana* Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT KWCA W 20–19   26,065
September 12 8:00 PM at Arizona State* #18 Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ P12N L 21–35   46,500
September 19 7:30 PM #9 Northern Iowa* #17 Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA ASN L 20–34   11,075
Conference Schedule
September 26 12:35 PM at #15 Montana State #20 Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT KWCA L 28–45   19,707
October 3 6:05 PM Idaho State Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA WBS W 58–26   7,523
October 10 1:05 PM at #7 Eastern Washington Roos FieldCheney, WA WBS L 41–42 OT  10,352
October 24 6:05 PM #14 Portland State Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA WBS L 35–38   11,075
October 31 2:00 PM at Southern Utah Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT WBS L 37–54   4,506
November 7 6:05 PM Sacramento Statedagger Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA WBS W 36–14   6,543
November 14 2:00 PM at UC Davis Aggie StadiumDavis, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe) WBS W 55–38   6,197
November 21 6:05 PM North Dakota Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA WBS L 21–45   5,746
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Montana on September 5 is considered a non conference game.

Game notes

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 7 7 3 3 20
#13 Grizzlies 7 7 0 5 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–15 2014 POLY, 41–21

at Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Mustangs 0 14 7 0 21
Sun Devils 7 14 0 14 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 1947 ASU, 33–6

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Panthers 21 7 0 6 34
#17 Mustangs 0 7 0 13 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–5 2002 UNI, 29–26

at Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Mustangs 7 14 0 7 28
#15 Bobcats 21 10 14 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–4 2014 POLY, 35–27

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 20 6 0 26
Mustangs 14 14 24 6 58
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–7 2014 ISU, 30–28

at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4OT Total
Mustangs 7 14 7 76 41
#7 Eagles 6 7 0 227 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 2013 EWU, 35–22

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Vikings 13 0 15 10 38
Mustangs 14 0 14 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–10 2014 POLY, 42–14

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 3 21 7 6 37
Thunderbirds 10 23 7 14 54
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–3 2014 POLY, 42–39

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 7 7 14
Mustangs 7 7 12 10 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–16 2014 POLY, 56–27

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 21 13 7 14 55
Aggies 14 0 17 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–20–2 2014 UCD, 48–35

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 7 21 7 10 45
Mustangs 0 0 14 7 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2012 POLY, 35–17

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV 18 17 20 RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches RV 20 18 22 RV RV RV RV NR NR NR RV NR NR

References

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