2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 16–18 vs. Sam Houston State
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 12
FCS CoachesNo. 12
Record9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBryan Cook/SagaTuitele
Defensive coordinatorGreg Lupfer
Home stadiumAlex G. Spanos Stadium
2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^  7 –1   11 –3  
No. 5 Montana State +^  7 –1   11 –2  
No. 12 Cal Poly +^  7 –1   9 –3  
No. 20 Northern Arizona  6 –2   8 –3  
Sacramento State  4 –4   6 –5  
Northern Colorado  4 –4   5 –6  
Southern Utah  4 –4   5 –6  
North Dakota  3 –5   5 –6  
Montana  3 –5   5 –6  
UC Davis  3 –5   4 –7  
Portland State  2 –6   3 –8  
Weber State  2 –6   2 –9  
Idaho State  0 –8   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by fourth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. This is their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to claim a share of the conference championship with Eastern Washington and Montana State. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Sam Houston State.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 14:05 pmSan Diego*
Big Sky TVW 41–146,022
September 153:00 pmat Wyoming*
W 24–2221,728
September 226:05 pmUC Davis
KSBY/Big Sky TVW 28–2011,075
September 294:00 pmat North DakotaNo. 23
Midco Sports Net/Big Sky TVW 35–179,531
October 55:00 pmat Weber StateNo. 20
Big Sky TVW 45–235,939
October 136:05 pmNorthern ColoradoNo. 15
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
KSBY/Big Sky TVW 56–289,382
October 206:05 pmPortland StatedaggerNo. 14
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
KSBY/Big Sky TVW 37–2510,025
October 276:05 pmat Sacramento StateNo. 11
Big Sky TVL 29–358,113
November 31:35 pmat No. 7 Eastern Washington*No. 16
Big Sky TVL 17–348,644
November 106:05 pmIdaho StateNo. 19
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
KSBY/Big Sky TVW 70–146,326
November 173:05 pmat No. 15 Northern ArizonaNo. 17
Big Sky TVW 42–346,119
December 11:00 pmat No. 5 Sam Houston State*No. 12
ESPN3L 16–187,073

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game against Eastern Washington on November 3 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

San Diego

1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 0 7 7 0 14
Mustangs 10 3 7 21 41

@ Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 14 0 7 3 24
Cowboys 0 15 0 7 22

UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 10 0 0 10 20
Mustangs 7 7 14 0 28

@ North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Mustangs 14 0 0 21 35
North Dakota 0 7 3 7 17

@ Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Mustangs 0 14 17 14 45
Wildcats 6 7 7 3 23

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 14 0 0 14 28
#15 Mustangs 14 14 14 14 56

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 14 3 8 0 25
#14 Mustangs 14 3 6 14 37

@ Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Mustangs 0 17 6 6 29
Hornets 7 21 0 7 35

@ Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Mustangs 3 7 0 7 17
#7 Eagles 14 10 7 3 34

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 7 7 0 14
#19 Mustangs 28 14 14 14 70

@ Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Mustangs 14 7 14 7 42
#15 Lumberjacks 7 6 7 14 34

@ Sam Houston State–FCS Playoffs Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Mustangs 0 0 6 10 16
#5 Bearkats 0 8 7 3 18

References

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