1978 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
| 1978 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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CCAA champion | |
NCAA Division II Quarterfinal, L 0–17 vs. Winston-Salem State | |
| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1978 record | 7–3 (2–0 CCAA) |
| Head coach | Joe Harper (11th season) |
| Home stadium |
Mustang Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) |
| 1978 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly $^ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University[note 1] during the 1978 NCAA Division II football season.
Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Mustangs were led by 11th-year head coach Joe Harper and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the regular season as champion of the CCAA, their third in what would be five consecutive conference championships. The team finished with a regular season record of seven wins and two losses (7–2, 2–0 CCAA). At the end of the season, Cal Poly qualified for the Division II championship tournament. They played the Winston-Salem State Rams in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 25, 1978. The Mustangs were shut out 0–17 in the game, bringing their record for the season to 7–3.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 16 | Sacramento State[note 2]* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 52–6 | ||||||
| September 23 | Cal State Fullerton* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 41–27 | 5,430[1] | |||||
| September 30 | at Fresno State[note 3]* | No. 9 | Ratcliffe Stadium • Fresno, CA | W 24–12 | 12,287[2] | ||||
| October 7 | Portland State* | No. 3 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 56–20 | |||||
| October 14 | at Northern Colorado* | No. 2 | Jackson Field • Greeley, CO | L 10–15 | |||||
| October 21 | Cal State Northridge | No. 4 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 38–17 | |||||
| November 4 | at Cal Poly Pomona | No. 4 | Kellogg Field • Pomona, CA | W 35–8 | 3,500[3] | ||||
| November 11 | at No. 6 UC Davis* | No. 3 | Toomey Field • Davis, CA (Rivalry) | L 22–29 | |||||
| November 18 | Boise State* | No. 8 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 7–3 | 7,430[4] | ||||
| 1978 Division II Playoffs | |||||||||
| November 25 | at Winston-Salem State* | No. 8 | Bowman Gray Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC (Division II Quarterfinal Playoff) | W 0–17 | 17,500[5] | ||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from NCAA Division II Rankings. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 1979 NFL Draft.[8][9]
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
- ↑ The official name of Sacramento State is California State University, Sacramento. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.. See: Sacramento State
- ↑ The official name of Fresno State is California State University, Fresno. However, it is still commonly known as Fresno State. See: Fresno State
References
- ↑ "Fullerton Defeated by Cal Poly (SLO)". The Los Angeles Times. September 24, 1978. p. III-20. Retrieved February 7, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Maglione Leads Cal State Northridge". The Los Angeles Times. November 5, 1978. p. III-20. Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "2015 Boise State Football Media Guide". Boise State University Athletics. 2015. p. 157. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Cal Poly SLO Loses". The Los Angeles Times. November 26, 1978. p. III-16. Retrieved February 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.
- ↑ "1979 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 12, 2017.