1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–8
Head coach	Larry Welsh (3rd season)
Home stadium	Mustang Stadium
Seasons ←  1998 2000  →

1999 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at No. 21 Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 21–55	6,821	[1]
September 18	No. 18 Montana State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 40–37	6,723	[2]
September 25	at No. 6 Hofstra	James M. Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY	L 3–38	3,628	[3]
October 2	Southern Utah	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 38–10	5,798	[4]
October 9	at No. 9 Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 21–42	14,292	[5]
October 16	at No. 10 Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	L 7–10	19,682	[6]
October 23	at UC Davis	Toomey Field Davis, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)	L 24–31	9,225	[7]
October 30	No. 17 Portland State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 28–42	7,058	[8]
November 6	No. 5 Montana	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 14–28	5,720	[9]
November 13	at Saint Mary's	Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	W 24–21	1,127	[10]
November 20	Sacramento State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 26–31	4,826	[11]
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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Notes

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

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.