2005 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
| 2005 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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GWFC co-champion | |
| Conference | Great West Football Conference |
| 2005 record | 9–4 (4–1 GWFC) |
| Head coach | Rich Ellerson (5th season) |
| Home stadium |
Mustang Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly +^ | 4 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis + | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 0 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University[note 1] during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
Cal Poly competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC). The Mustangs were led by fifth-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The team finished the regular season as co-champion of the GWFC, with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3, 4–1 GWFC).
At the end of the season, the Mustangs qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs. In the first playoff game they defeated Montana. In the quarterfinal playoff game they were defeated by Texas State. That brought their final record to nine wins and four losses (9–4, 4–1 GWFC). The Mustangs outscored their opponents 354–232 for the season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 3 | at Troy* | No. 17 | Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, AL | L 10–27 | |||||
| September 10 | Sacramento State[note 2]* | No. 19 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 37–13 | 6,786[1] | ||||
| September 17 | No. 11 Montana State* | No. 18 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 38–10 | |||||
| September 24 | at South Dakota State | No. 12 | Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD | W 24–16 | |||||
| October 1 | at Northern Colorado | No. 10 | Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO | W 31–14 | |||||
| October 8 | No. 12 North Dakota State | No. 6 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 37–6 | 6,923 | ||||
| October 22 | at No. 9 Montana* | No. 3 | Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT | L 27–36 | 23,565[2] | ||||
| October 29 | at UC Davis | No. 10 | Toomey Field • Davis, CA (Rivalry) | L 13–20 | |||||
| November 5 | No. 11 Eastern Washington* | No. 18 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 40–35 | |||||
| November 12 | Southern Utah | No. 15 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 20–10 | |||||
| November 19 | Idaho State* | No. 13 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 35–10 | |||||
| 2005 I-AA Playoffs | |||||||||
| November 26 | at No. 9 Montana* | No. 10 | Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Division I-AA 1st Round Playoff) | W 35–21 | 16,162[2] | ||||
| December 3 | at No. 4 Texas State* | No. 10 | Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX (Division I-AA Quarterfinal Playoff) | L 7–14 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from Sports Network Division I-AA Poll. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2006 NFL Draft.[5][6][7]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
| Chris Gocong | Defensive End | 3 | 71 | Philadelphia Eagles |
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
References
- ↑ "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Cal Poly)". Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- 1 2 Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Yearly Results". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "2006 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Draft History: Cal Poly - S.L.O.". Retrieved March 18, 2017.