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American college football season
The 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented
California Polytechnic State University in the
2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by eighth-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 7–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the
FCS Playoffs where they lost to
San Diego in the first round.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:30 pm | at
Nevada* | | |
Campus Insiders | L 27–30 OT | 19,138 |
September 10 | 6:05 pm |
San Diego* | | |
GoPoly | W 38–16 | 6,251 |
September 17 | 4:00 pm | at No. 9
South Dakota State* | | |
ESPN3 | W 38–31 | 16,887 |
September 24 | 12:00 pm | No. 6
Montana | | - Alex G. Spanos Stadium
- San Luis Obispo, CA
|
RTNW | W 42–41 | 8,156 |
October 1 | 11:00 am | at
North Dakota | No. 16 | |
Midco SN | L 24–31 | 10,097 |
October 15 | 2:30 pm | at
Portland State | No. 19 | | GoPoly | W 55–35 | 4,019 |
October 22 | 6:05 pm |
UC Davis | No. T–17 | | GoPoly | W 21–16 | 11,075 |
October 29 | 6:00 pm | at
Sacramento State | No. 14 | | GoPoly | W 59–47 | 5,334 |
November 5 | 6:05 pm | No. 3
Eastern Washington | No. 14 | - Alex G. Spanos Stadium
- San Luis Obispo, CA
| GoPoly | L 21–42 | 9,722 |
November 12 | 11:00 am | at
Weber State | No. 16 | |
KJZZ | L 15–22 | 7,821 |
November 19 | 6:05 pm |
Northern Colorado | No. 21 | - Alex G. Spanos Stadium
- San Luis Obispo, CA
| GoPoly | W 55–48 | 6,863 |
November 26 | 4:00 pm | No. 24 San Diego* | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | L 21–35 | 3,356 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Pacific time
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Game summaries
At Nevada
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Mustangs
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
14 | 3 |
27 |
Wolf Pack
|
21
|
3
|
0
|
0 | 6 |
30 |
San Diego
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Toreros
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
3 |
16 |
Mustangs
|
10
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
38 |
At South Dakota State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mustangs
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
21 |
38 |
#9 Jackrabbits
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
14 |
31 |
Montana
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#6 Grizzlies
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
10 |
41 |
Mustangs
|
7
|
21
|
7
|
7 |
42 |
At North Dakota
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#16 Mustangs
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
10 |
24 |
Fighting Hawks
|
10
|
0
|
14
|
7 |
31 |
At Portland State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#19 Mustangs
|
13
|
14
|
14
|
14 |
55 |
Vikings
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
35 |
UC Davis
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
16 |
#17–T Mustangs
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
At Sacramento State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#14 Mustangs
|
14
|
3
|
21
|
21 |
59 |
Hornets
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
26 |
47 |
Eastern Washington
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#3 Eagles
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
42 |
#14 Mustangs
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
At Weber State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#16 Mustangs
|
0
|
7
|
8
|
0 |
15 |
Wildcats
|
12
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
22 |
Northern Colorado
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
17 |
48 |
#21 Mustangs
|
21
|
13
|
7
|
14 |
55 |
FCS Playoffs
First Round–San Diego
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#24 Toreros
|
14
|
0
|
7
|
14 |
35 |
#21 Mustangs
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | RV | RV | RV | 16 | 21 | 19 | 17–T | 14 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 24 |
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Coaches | — | RV | RV | RV | 18 | 22 | 20 | 18–T | 17 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 21–T |
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National championship seasons in bold |