2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	Great West Football Conference
Record	7–4 (2–2 GWFC)
Head coach	Rich Ellerson (6th season)
Home stadium	Mustang Stadium
Seasons ←  2005 2007  →

2006 Great West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 North Dakota State $		4	–	0					10	–	1
No. 22 South Dakota State		3	–	1					7	–	4
No. 16 Cal Poly		2	–	2					7	–	4
UC Davis		1	–	3					6	–	5
Southern Utah		0	–	4					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University ^{[note 1]} during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

Cal Poly competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC). The Mustangs were led by sixth-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The team finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 2–2 GWFC). The Mustangs outscored their opponents 248–162 for the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	Fort Lewis *	No. 6	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 44–0
September 9	at Weber State *	No. 5	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, Utah	W 17–0
September 16	at Sacramento State [note 2] *	No. 3	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, California	W 17–10	8,143 [1]
September 23	at San Jose State *	No. 3	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California	L 7–17	15,684 [2]
September 30	Southern Utah	No. 5	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 18–14
October 7	No. 16 UC Davis	No. 5	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California (Rivalry)	W 23–17
October 21	South Dakota State	No. 4	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	L 28–29
October 28	at San Diego State *	No. 9	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego	W 16–14	20,974
November 4	at No. 2 Montana *	No. 6	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana	L 9–10	22,853 [3]
November 11	at No. 5 North Dakota State	No. 9	Fargodome Fargo, North Dakota	L 14–51	14,706	[4]
November 18	Savannah State *	No. 16	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 55–0	11,075
*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 2007 NFL Draft. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Courtney Brown	Defensive back	7	212	Dallas Cowboys

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 26, 2017.
2. "San Jose State - Game-by-Game Statistics". SJSU Spartans . June 30, 2016. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
3. Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Mustangs' playoff push ended in Bison stampede". Santa Maria Times. November 12, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2021– 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. "2007 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
8. "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved January 12, 2017.
9. "Draft History: Cal Poly – S.L.O." NFL.com . Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.