2011 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

2011 Cal Poly Mustangs football
2011 Cal Poly Mustangs football
GWC co-champion
Conference	Great West Conference
Record	6–5 (3–1 GWC)
Head coach	Tim Walsh;
Offensive coordinator	Brian Cook / Saga Tuitele
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Greg Lupfer
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Alex G. Spanos Stadium
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team's head coach was Tim Walsh. The Mustangs played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California and were football members of the Great West Conference.

2011 Great West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 23 North Dakota +	3	–	1	8	–	3
Cal Poly +	3	–	1	6	–	5
South Dakota	2	–	2	6	–	5
Southern Utah	1	–	3	6	–	5
UC Davis	1	–	3	4	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll

With a win over South Dakota on October 29, the Mustangs clinched a share of the conference championship which they shared with North Dakota. The title was Cal Poly's fourth conference title since the conference's creation in 2004. They finished the season with an overall record of 6–5, 3–1 in Great West play.

This was the Mustangs final season as a member of the Great West as they became a football-only member of the Big Sky Conference in the 2012 season.

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	at San Diego State*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego	The Mtn.	L 21–49	34,384
September 10	12:05 p.m.	at No. 15 Montana*	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana	KSBY/West Montana CW	L 23–37	25,855
September 17	4:05 p.m.	South Dakota State*	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California		W 48–14	11,075
September 24	12:30 p.m.	at Northern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois		L 30–47	14,321
October 8	4:05 p.m.	Central Oklahoma*	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California		W 44–25	7,426
October 15	6:05 p.m.	Southern Utah	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	KSBY	W 31–27	8,232
October 22	11:00 a.m.	at No. 20 North Dakota	Alerus Center Grand Forks, North Dakota	FSSN/FCS	W 23–19	9,930
October 29	6:05 p.m.	No. 17 South Dakota	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	KSBY	W 27–24	10,557
November 5	6:05 p.m.	at UC Davis	Aggie Stadium Davis, California (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)		L 17–24	9,460
November 12	6:05 p.m.	Eastern Washington*	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	KSBY	L 51–53 ^3OT	6,562
November 19	2:00 p.m.	at South Alabama*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama	WJTC/ESPN3	W 41–10	18,279
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	14	0	7	21
Aztecs	14	14	7	14	49

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	10	7	6	0	23
#15 Grizzlies	7	7	15	8	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jackrabbits	7	0	7	0	14
Mustangs	7	20	14	7	48

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	7	10	13	30
Huskies	13	21	0	13	47

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bronchos	10	9	0	6	25
Mustangs	10	0	14	20	44

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	10	0	10	27
Mustangs	3	7	7	14	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	3	13	7	0	23
#20 Fighting Sioux	6	0	3	10	19

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Coyotes	3	14	0	7	24
Mustangs	0	0	10	17	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
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2011 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

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Game summaries edit

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