2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
| 2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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GWC champion | |
FCS 1st Round, L 35–49 vs. Weber State | |
| Conference | Great West Conference |
| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 3 (The Sports Network) |
| 2008 record | 8–3 (3–0 GWC) |
| Head coach | Rich Ellerson (8th season) |
| Home stadium |
Mustang Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 Cal Poly $^ | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University[note 1] during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
Cal Poly competed in the Great West Conference (GWC). The conference had previously been called the Great West Football Conference, but the new name reflected the addition of sports other than football to the conference. The 2008 Mustangs were led by eighth-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The team finished the season as champion of the GWC, with a regular season record of eight wins and two losses (8–2, 3–0 GWC).
At the end of the season, the Mustangs qualified for the Football Championship Division (FCS) playoffs. In the first playoff game they were defeated by Weber State. That brought their final record to eight wins and three losses (8–3, 3–0 GWC). The Mustangs averaged 44 points a game, outscoring their opponents 488–292 for the season. This was the final season for Rich Ellerson as head coach. In his eight seasons the Mustangs compiled a record of 56–34, a winning percentage of .622 .
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| August 30 | at San Diego State* | No. 14 | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA | W 29–27 | 26,851 | ||||
| September 6 | No. 5 Montana* | No. 11 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | L 28–30 | 10,035 | ||||
| September 13 | at No. 8 McNeese State* | No. 14 | Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA | Game Cancelled | |||||
| September 20 | at Northwestern State* | No. 13 | Harry Turpin Stadium • Natchitoches, LA | W 52–18 | |||||
| October 4 | South Dakota | No. 8 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 49–22 | |||||
| October 18 | at No. 21 South Dakota State* | No. 5 | Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD | W 42–28 | |||||
| October 25 | Southern Utah | No. 6 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 69–41 | |||||
| November 1 | Idaho State* | No. 4 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 49–10 | |||||
| November 8 | North Carolina Central* | No. 3 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 49–3 | |||||
| November 15 | UC Davis | No. 3 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA (Rivalry) | W 51–28 | |||||
| November 22 | at Wisconsin* | No. 3 | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | L 35–36 OT | 80,709 | ||||
| 2008 FCS Playoffs | |||||||||
| November 29 | No. 12 Weber State* | No. 3 | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | L 35–49 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision Poll. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
| Ramses Barden | Wide Receiver | 3 | 85 | New York Giants |
Notes
References
- ↑ "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Yearly Results". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "2009 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.