2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team


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

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

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–01959POLY, 36–14

@ Wyoming

UC Davis

Overall recordLast meetingResult
16–19–22011UCD, 24–17

@ North Dakota

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–22011POLY, 23–19

@ Weber State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–52009WSU, 47–14

Northern Colorado

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–22007POLY, 56–21

Portland State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–101999PSU, 42–28

@ Sacramento State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
16–152009POLY, 38–19

@ Eastern Washington

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–32011EWU, 53–51

Idaho State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–62008POLY, 49–10

@ Northern Arizona

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–82003NAU, 24–7

@ Sam Houston State–FCS Playoffs Second Round

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First meeting