2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

The 2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by seventh-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 4–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place.

2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2015 record4–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSaga Tuitele
Defensive coordinatorJosh Brown
Home stadiumAlex G. Spanos Stadium
(Capacity: 11,075)
2015 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 18 Southern Utah $^  7 1     8 4  
No. 10 Portland State ^  6 2     9 3  
No. 14 Montana ^  6 2     8 5  
North Dakota  5 3     7 4  
Northern Arizona  5 3     7 4  
Eastern Washington  5 3     6 5  
Weber State  5 3     6 5  
Northern Colorado  3 5     6 5  
Montana State  3 5     5 6  
Cal Poly  3 5     4 7  
UC Davis  2 6     2 9  
Idaho State  1 7     2 9  
Sacramento State  1 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 pmat No. 13 Montana*KWCAW 20–1926,065
September 128:00 pmat Arizona State*No. 18P12NL 21–3546,500
September 197:30 pmNo. 9 Northern Iowa*No. 17ASNL 20–3411,075
September 2612:35 pmat No. 15 Montana StateNo. 20KWCAL 28–4519,707
October 36:05 pmIdaho State
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
WBSW 58–267,523
October 101:05 pmat No. 7 Eastern WashingtonWBSL 41–42 OT10,352
October 246:05 pmNo. 14 Portland State
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
WBSL 35–3811,075
October 312:00 pmat Southern UtahWBSL 37–544,506
November 76:05 pmSacramento State
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
WBSW 36–146,543
November 142:00 pmat UC DavisWBSW 55–386,197
November 216:05 pmNorth Dakota
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
WBSL 21–455,746

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Montana on September 5 is considered a non conference game.

Coaching staff

NamePositionYears at
Cal Poly
Tim WalshHead Coach7
Jim CraftWide receivers3
Saga TuiteleOffensive coordinator
Offensive Line
7
Josh BrownDefensive coordinator
Linebackers
6
Juston WoodQuarterbacks7
Aristotle ThompsonRunning backs7
Eti EnaDefensive Line3
Allen BrownDefensive Secondary
(Cornerbacks)
1
Dorian KellerFullbacks/Tight ends1
Jacob YoroDefensive Secondary (Safeties)1
Pat JohnstonDefensive Assistant5
Joe HarperOffensive Quality Control Coach5
James EmmaDefensive Quality Control Coach1
Russell OkaDefensive Quality Control Coach2

Game summaries

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 7 7 3 3 20
#13 Grizzlies 7 7 0 5 19

at Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Mustangs 0 14 7 0 21
Sun Devils 7 14 0 14 35

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Panthers 21 7 0 6 34
#17 Mustangs 0 7 0 13 20

at Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Mustangs 7 14 0 7 28
#15 Bobcats 21 10 14 0 45

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 20 6 0 26
Mustangs 14 14 24 6 58

at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4OT Total
Mustangs 7 14 7 76 41
#7 Eagles 6 7 0 227 42

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Vikings 13 0 15 10 38
Mustangs 14 0 14 7 35

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 3 21 7 6 37
Thunderbirds 10 23 7 14 54

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 7 7 14
Mustangs 7 7 12 10 36

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 21 13 7 14 55
Aggies 14 0 17 7 38

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 7 21 7 10 45
Mustangs 0 0 14 7 21

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV 18 17 20 RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches RV 20 18 22 RV RV RV RV NR NR NR RV NR NR

References

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