2014 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

2014 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2014 record 7–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach Tim Walsh (6th year)
Offensive coordinator Saga Tuitele
Defensive coordinator Josh Brown
Home stadium Alex G. Spanos Stadium
(Capacity: 11,075)
2014 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#4 Eastern Washington †^   7 – 1         11 – 3  
#13 Montana ^   6 – 2         9 – 5  
#20 Montana State ^   6 – 2         8 – 5  
#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 FCS 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

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
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 #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 #7 Montana Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA KSBY W 41–21   10,775
November 1 6:05 PM #8 Montana Statedagger Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA KSBY W 35–27   8,909
November 8 1:35 PM at Idaho State #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. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to 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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
Sports Network RV RV RV RV RV NR RV RV RV RV 21 RV RV RV RV 
Coaches RV RV NR NR RV NR NR RV RV RV 23 RV NR RV RV

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