2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

American college football season

2007 Great West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 South Dakota State $	4	–	0	7	–	4
No. 9 North Dakota State	3	–	1	10	–	1
No. 24 Cal Poly	2	–	2	7	–	4
UC Davis	1	–	3	5	–	6
Southern Utah	0	–	4	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as member of the Great West Conference (GWC) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Rich Ellerson, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing third in the GWC. The team outscored its opponents 432 to 278 for the season, scoring an average of almost 40 points a game. The Mustangs played home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1	at Texas State*	No. 15	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	L 35–38	13,007
September 8	at Idaho*	No. 22	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	L 13–20	9,820
September 15	Weber State*		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 47–19
September 22	Western Oregon*	No. 24	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 24–17
September 29	Northern Colorado*		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 56–21
October 13	at UC Davis	No. 22	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)	W 63–28
October 20	at South Dakota State	No. 19	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	L 35–48
October 27	at Idaho State*		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 48–28
November 3	at Southern Utah		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	W 28–21
November 10	No. 2 North Dakota State	No. 24	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 28–31	10,899
November 17	Iona*	No. 25	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 55–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

"Mustangs show youth in surprising start to season". The Tribune. September 2, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"Mustangs cough up shot at upset win". Santa Maria Times. November 11, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Cal Poly Mustangs Schedule 2007". ESPN. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
"Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.

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