2005 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

2005 Cal Poly Mustangs football
GWFC co-champion
Division I-AA 1st Round, W 35–21 vs. Montana Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 7–14 vs. Texas State
Conference	Great West Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 6
Record	9–4 (4–1 GWFC)
Head coach	Rich Ellerson (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ian Shields (2nd season)
Home stadium	Mustang Stadium
Seasons ←  2004 2006  →

2005 Great West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Cal Poly +^		4	–	1					9	–	4
UC Davis +		4	–	1					6	–	5
North Dakota State		3	–	2					7	–	4
South Dakota State		3	–	2					6	–	5
Southern Utah		1	–	4					1	–	9
Northern Colorado		0	–	5					4	–	7
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University ^{[note 1]} during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

Cal Poly competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC). The Mustangs were led by fifth-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The team finished the regular season as co-champion of the GWFC, with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3, 4–1 GWFC).

At the end of the season, the Mustangs qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs. In the first playoff game they defeated Montana. In the quarterfinal playoff game they were defeated by Texas State. That brought their final record to nine wins and four losses (9–4, 4–1 GWFC). The Mustangs outscored their opponents 354–232 for the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Troy *	No. 17	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, Alabama	L 10–27
September 10	Sacramento State [note 2] *	No. 19	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 37–13	6,786 [1]
September 17	No. 11 Montana State *	No. 18	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 38–10
September 24	at South Dakota State	No. 12	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, South Dakota	W 24–16
October 1	at Northern Colorado	No. 10	Nottingham Field Greeley, Colorado	W 31–14
October 8	No. 12 North Dakota State	No. 6	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 37–6	6,923	[2]
October 22	at No. 9 Montana *	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana	L 27–36	23,565 [3]
October 29	at UC Davis	No. 10	Toomey Field Davis, California (Rivalry)	L 13–20
November 5	No. 11 Eastern Washington *	No. 18	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 40–35
November 12	Southern Utah	No. 15	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 20–10
November 19	Idaho State *	No. 13	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 35–10
November 26	at No. 9 Montana*	No. 10	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana (FCS Playoffs First Round)	W 35–21
December 3	at No. 4 Texas State *	No. 10	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	L 7–14	15,411	[4]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2006 NFL Draft. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Chris Gocong	Defensive end	3	71	Philadelphia Eagles

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.
2. The official name of Sacramento State has been California State University, Sacramento since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.

References

1. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Cal Poly)" . Retrieved April 25, 2017.
2. "Making a statement". Santa Maria Times. October 9, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Poly's playoff run ends at Texas State". The Lompoc Record. December 4, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Yearly Results" . Retrieved January 12, 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide" . Retrieved January 12, 2017.
7. "2006 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
8. "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Players/Alumni" . Retrieved January 12, 2017.
9. "Draft History: Cal Poly – S.L.O." Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.