1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

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1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–8
Head coach
Home stadiumMustang Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Hofstra ^       11 2  
No. 21 Elon       9 2  
Davidson       8 3  
Southern Utah       8 3  
No. 23 South Florida       7 4  
Samford       7 4  
St. Johns (NY)       7 4  
Morehead State       5 5  
Charleston Southern       4 6  
Liberty       4 7  
Jacksonville       3 6  
Cal Poly       3 8  
Austin Peay       3 8  
Saint Mary's       2 9  
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University[note 1] during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

Cal Poly competed as an NCAA Division I-AA independent in 1999. The Mustangs were led by third-year head coach Larry Welsh and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The Mustangs finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses (3–8) for the second consecutive year. Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 246–345 for the season.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9at No. 21 Northern ArizonaL 21–556,821[1]
September 18No. 18 Montana StateW 40–376,723[2]
September 25at No. 6 HofstraL 3–383,628[3]
October 2Southern Utah
  • Mustang Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
W 38–105,798[4]
October 9at No. 9 Northern IowaL 21–4214,292[5]
October 16at No. 10 Youngstown StateL 7–1019,682[6]
October 23at UC DavisL 24–319,225[7]
October 30No. 17 Portland State
  • Mustang Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
L 28–427,058[8]
November 6No. 5 Montana
  • Mustang Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
L 14–285,720[9]
November 13at Saint Mary's
W 24–211,127[10]
November 20Sacramento State
  • Mustang Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
L 26–314,826[11]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The official name of Cal Poly is California Polytechnic State University. However, it has been more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly since 1947.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Toby, Al (September 10, 1999). "NAU Runs Over Mustangs". Arizona Republic. p. 46 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Montana State falls to Cal-Poly SLO, 40-37". The Montana Standard. Associated Press. September 19, 1999.
  3. ^ "Hofstra 38, Cal Poly-SLO 3". The Sacramento Bee. September 26, 1999. p. 46. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cal Poly 38, Southern Utah 10". Santa Maria Times. October 3, 1999. p. 22. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Cal Poly vs Northern Iowa". Archived from the original on February 26, 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Youngstown State 10, Cal Poly 7". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 38. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ O'Sullivan at his best in Davis win Voet, Gary. The Sacramento Bee. 24 October 1999. Pg. 41. via newspapers.com
  8. ^ Wallner, Peter J. (October 31, 1999). "21-Point Lead Evaporates and Turns into Loss". The Tribune. p. 25. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Wallner, Peter J. (November 14, 1999). "Mustangs Road Troubles Forgotten for a Day". The Tribune. p. 25. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Cal Poly)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  12. ^ "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.