1959 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
| 1959 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1959 record | 6–3 (3–2 CCAA) |
| Head coach | LeRoy Hughes (10th season) |
| Home stadium |
Mustang Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University[note 1] during the 1959 College Division football season. Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).
The team was led by tenth-year head coach LeRoy Hughes and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3, 3–2 CCAA).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 19 | San Diego* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 36–14 | ||||||
| September 26 | at No. 13 Montana State* | No. 12 | Gatton Field • Bozeman, MT | L 18–35 | |||||
| October 3 | at San Diego State | Aztec Bowl • San Diego, CA | W 13–6 | 8,500[1] | |||||
| October 10 | Eastern New Mexico* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 55–0 | ||||||
| October 17 | Long Beach State[note 2] | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 6–3 | ||||||
| October 24 | Fresno State[note 3] | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | L 13–28 | 8,000[2] | |||||
| November 7 | at Los Angeles State[note 4] | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA | L 28–29 | 4,000[3] | |||||
| November 14 | Lewis & Clark* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 20–10 | ||||||
| November 20 | UC Santa Barbara | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 48–20 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from UPI Small College football poll. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustangs were selected in the 1960 NFL Draft. [6]
Notes
- ↑ The official name of Cal Poly is California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. However, it has been more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly since 1947. See: Cal Poly
- ↑ California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950–1963. See: Long Beach State
- ↑ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949–1971. See: Fresno State
- ↑ California State University, Los Angeles was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947–1963. See: Cal State LA
References
- ↑ Howard Hagen (October 4, 1959). "Cal Poly Rally Shades Aztecs". The San Diego Union. p. H-1.
- ↑ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Diablos Erupt in 4th For 29-28 Win". The Los Angeles Times. November 8, 1959. p. III-9. Retrieved January 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Yearly Results". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "1960 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
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