1965 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

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1965 Cal Poly Mustangs football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
1965 record2–8 (1–4 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumMustang Stadium
(Capacity: 8,500)
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 AP / No. 2 UPI Cal St Los Angeles $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 9 UPI Cal State Long Beach 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
San Diego State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Fresno State 1 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Cal Poly 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Valley State 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from College Division poll

The 1965 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University[note 1] during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).

The team was led by fourth-year head coach Sheldon Harden and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 1–4 CCAA).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 18at San Francisco State[note 2]*
W 21–20
September 25Linfield*
L 7–10
October 2at San Diego State[note 3]
L 0–4112,371[1][2]
October 9at Valley State[note 4]
W 33–0
October 16Fresno State[note 5]
  • Mustang Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, California
L 14–207,000[3]
October 23Cal Western[note 6]*
  • Mustang Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, California
L 0–17
October 30Long Beach State[note 7]
  • Mustang Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, California
L 7–343,064[4]
November 6at Cal State Los Angeles
L 3–74,876[5]
November 13at Santa Clara*
L 2–63,500[6]
November 20UC Santa Barbara*
  • Mustang Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, California
L 6–35
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL[]

No Cal Poly Mustangs were selected in the 1966 NFL Draft.[9]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The official name of Cal Poly is California Polytechnic State University. However, it has been more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly since 1947.
  2. ^ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
  3. ^ San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
  4. ^ California State University, Northridge was known as San Fernando Valley State College from 1958 to 1971.
  5. ^ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
  6. ^ Alliant International University was formed in 2001 via the merger of United States International University (USIU) and California School of Professional Psychology. USIU had been known as California Western University (Cal Western) from 1952 to 1967.
  7. ^ California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach State) was known as California State College, Long Beach from 1964 to 1971.

References[]

  1. ^ Howard Hagen (October 3, 1965). "Aztecs Score Easy 41-0 Win Over Cal Poly". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. J-1.
  2. ^ Jeff Prugh (September 26, 1965). "Jone Runs 93 for Diablos, 41-0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D-13. Retrieved January 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Diablos Gallop by Hawaii, 37-7". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 1, 1965. p. III-10. Retrieved January 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  5. ^ "Diablos Hobble by Cal Poly (SLO), 7-3". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 7, 1965. p. D-10. Retrieved January 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  6. ^ Jeff Prugh (November 14, 1965). "Diablos Too Much for 49ers, 27-21". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D-11. Retrieved January 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  7. ^ "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Yearly Results". Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  8. ^ "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  9. ^ "1966 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
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