1986 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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Conference | Western Football Conference |
Record | 5–5 (3–3 WFC) |
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Home stadium | Mustang Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Cal State Northridge | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Utah State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Lutheran | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University[note 1] during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season.
Cal Poly competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The WFC added one new member for the 1986 season, Southern Utah. The Mustangs were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Sanderson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5, 3–3 WFC). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 233–246 for the season.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 13 | Chico State[note 2]* | W 26–18 | 4,330[1] | |
September 20 | at UC Davis* | L 21–32 | 8,700[2] | |
October 4 | California Lutheran |
| W 33–9 | 3,290[3] |
October 11 | Cal State Hayward[note 3]* |
| L 14–17 | |
October 18 | at Cal State Northridge | L 20–21 | 4,206[4] | |
October 25 | Central Connecticut* |
| W 17–10 | |
November 1 | at Portland State | L 7–66 | 3,489[5] | |
November 8 | Sacramento State[note 4] |
| W 26–6 | 2,014[6] |
November 15 | Southern Utah State[note 5] |
| L 33–43 | 2,877[7] |
November 22 | at Santa Clara | W 36–24 | 2,834[8] | |
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