2017 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

2017 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2017 record	1–10 (1–7 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tim Walsh (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Saga Tuitele
Defensive coordinator	Josh Brown
Home stadium	Alex G. Spanos Stadium (Capacity: 11,075)
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Southern Utah +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 5 Weber State +^		7	–	1					11	–	3
Northern Arizona ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 21 Eastern Washington		6	–	2					7	–	4
Sacramento State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Montana		5	–	3					7	–	4
Montana State		5	–	3					5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5					5	–	6
Idaho State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	7
North Dakota		2	–	6					3	–	8
Cal Poly		1	–	7					1	–	10
Portland State		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by ninth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference.^[1][2] They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in 12th place.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	4:00 p.m.	Colgate*	No. 23	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	ESPNU	L 14–20	8,428
September 2	4:30 p.m.	at San Jose State*	No. 23	CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA		L 13–34	10,667
September 9	2:00 p.m.	at No. 21 Northern Iowa*		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	L 38–45 OT	10,246
September 23	6:05 p.m.	Northern Arizona		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	ELVN	L 10–28	7,726
September 30	1:30 p.m.	at Idaho State		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	L 34–38	7,105
October 7	5:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	Pluto TV	L 14–20	10,633
October 21	6:05 p.m.	No. 23 Weber State		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	Pluto TV	L 3–17	9,324
October 28	4:00 p.m.	at UC Davis		Aggie Stadium Davis, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)	Pluto TV	L 28–31	10,503
November 4	6:05 p.m.	Portland State		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	Pluto TV	W 35–28	5,393
November 11	6:05 p.m.	Sacramento State		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	Pluto TV	L 14–49	6,729
November 18	10:30 a.m.	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO		L 0–42	3,650
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

• Source: Official Schedule Archived 2017-03-13 at the Wayback Machine

Game summaries[]

Colgate[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	10	7	3	0	20
No. 23 Mustangs	0	0	0	14	14

at San Jose State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Mustangs	3	3	0	7	13
Spartans	0	7	13	14	34

at Northern Iowa[]

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mustangs	7	14	3	14	0	38
No. 21 Panthers	0	28	7	3	7	45

Northern Arizona[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	7	14	0	28
Mustangs	3	0	7	0	10

at Idaho State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	17	14	3	34
Bengals	10	7	7	14	38

at Southern Utah[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	7	0	0	7	14
Thunderbirds	10	7	0	3	20

Weber State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Wildcats	8	0	3	6	17
Mustangs	0	3	0	0	3

at UC Davis[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	7	7	7	7	28
Aggies	21	10	0	0	31

Portland State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	14	7	7	0	28
Mustangs	7	14	7	7	35

Sacramento State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	14	14	21	0	49
Mustangs	0	0	0	14	14

at Northern Colorado[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	0	0	0	0
Bears	0	21	21	0	42

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	23	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	23	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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