2014 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

American college football season

2014 Cal Poly Mustangs football

Conference| Big Sky Conference
Record| 7–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach|

* Tim Walsh (6th season)

Offensive coordinator| Saga Tuitele
Defensive coordinator| Josh Brown
Home stadium| Alex G. Spanos Stadium

Seasons

<- 2013

2015 ->

2014 Big Sky Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 4 Eastern Washington $^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 3  |
No. 13 Montana ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 5  |
No. 20 Montana State ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
No. 25 Idaho State |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Cal Poly |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Northern Arizona |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Sacramento State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
North Dakota |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Southern Utah |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Northern Colorado |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Portland State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Weber State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 10  |
UC Davis |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant

Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by sixth year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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August 28| 5:00 pm| at New Mexico State*| |

* Aggie Memorial Stadium
* Las Cruces, NM

| ESPN3| L 10–28| 13,772
September 6| 4:00 pm| at No. 12 South Dakota State*| |

* Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
* Brookings, SD

| | L 18–44| 12,219
September 20| 6:05 pm| Portland State*| |

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

| BSTV| W 42–14| 8,834
September 27| 4:00 pm| at Northern Arizona| |

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| BSTV| L 35–38| 11,545
October 4| 6:05 pm| Southern Utah| |

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

| BSTV| W 42–39| 6,086
October 11| 12:00 pm| at Weber State| |

* Stewart Stadium
* Ogden, UT

| KSBY| W 30–24| 8,613
October 18| 6:00 pm| at Sacramento State| |

* Hornet Stadium
* Sacramento, CA

| BSTV| W 56–27| 10,934
October 25| 6:05 pm| No. 7 Montana| |

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

| KSBY| W 41–21| 10,775
November 1| 6:05 pm| No. 8 Montana State| |

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

| KSBY| W 35–27| 8,909
November 8| 1:35 pm| at Idaho State| No. 21|

* Holt Arena
* Pocatello, ID

| BSTV| L 28–30| 9,323
November 15| 6:05 pm| UC Davis| |

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)

| BSTV| L 35–48| 10,121
November 22| 4:00 pm| at San Diego*| |

* Torero Stadium
* San Diego, CA

| | W 34–3| 4,333

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Pacific time

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Portland State on September 20 is considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

## Ranking movements[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| Final
Sports Network| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| —| RV| RV| RV| RV| 21| RV| RV| RV| RV
Coaches| RV| RV| —| —| RV| —| —| RV| RV| RV| 23| RV| —| RV| RV

## References[edit]

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Cal Poly Mustangs football

Venues|

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium (1935–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* UC Davis: Battle for the Golden Horseshoe

Culture & lore|

* Musty the Mustang
* "Ride High You Mustangs"
* Mustang Band
* Cal Poly football team C-46 crash

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* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

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