2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	Great West Football Conference
Record	7–4 (2–2 GWFC)
Head coach	Rich Ellerson (7th season)
Home stadium	Alex G. Spanos Stadium
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2007 Great West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 19 South Dakota State $		4	–	0					7	–	4
No. 9 North Dakota State		3	–	1					10	–	1
No. 24 Cal Poly		2	–	2					7	–	4
UC Davis		1	–	3					5	–	6
Southern Utah		0	–	4					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University ^{[note 1]} during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

Cal Poly competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC). The Mustangs were led by seventh-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). In this very high scoring season, the Mustangs outscored their opponents 432–278, scoring an average of almost 40 points a game.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	at Texas State *	No. 15	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas	L 35–38	13,007	[1]
September 8	at Idaho *	No. 22	Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho	L 13–20	9,820
September 15	Weber State *		Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 47–19
September 22	Western Oregon *	No. 24	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 24–17
September 29	Northern Colorado *		Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 56–21
October 13	at UC Davis	No. 22	Aggie Stadium Davis, California (Rivalry)	W 63–28
October 20	at South Dakota State	No. 19	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, South Dakota	L 35–48
October 27	at Idaho State *		Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho	W 48–28
November 3	at Southern Utah		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, Utah	W 28–21
November 10	No. 2 North Dakota State	No. 24	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	L 28–31	10,899	[2]
November 17	Iona *	No. 25	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	W 55–7
*Non-conference game 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. "Mustangs show youth in surprising start to season". The Tribune. September 2, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Mustangs cough up shot at upset win". Santa Maria Times. November 11, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Yearly Results". Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
4. "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide" . Retrieved January 12, 2017.