2011 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

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 Cal Poly Mustangs football
GWC co-champion
Conference	Great West Conference
2011 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 (Capacity: 11,075)

2011 Great West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
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

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 FCS Coaches Poll Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

See also: 2011 San Diego State Aztecs football team

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

See also: 2011 Montana Grizzlies football team

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

See also: 2011 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

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

See also: 2011 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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

See also: 2011 Central Oklahoma Bronchos football team

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

See also: 2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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

See also: 2011 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

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

See also: 2011 South Dakota Coyotes football team

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

See also: 2011 UC Davis Aggies football team

See also: Battle for the Golden Horseshoe

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs					0
Aggies					0

See also: 2011 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Mustangs					0

See also: 2011 South Alabama Jaguars football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs					0
Jaguars					0

See also

• 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

References