2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team


The 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by eighth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to San Diego in the first round.

Schedule

at Nevada

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–61998NEV, 63–0

San Diego

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–02014POLY, 34–3

at South Dakota State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–32014SDSU, 44–18

Montana

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–152015POLY, 20–19

at North Dakota

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–52015UND, 45–21

at Portland State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–112015PSU, 38–35

UC Davis

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–20–22015POLY, 55–38

at Sacramento State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–162015POLY, 36–14

Eastern Washington

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–62015EWU, 42–41 OT

at Weber State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–52014POLY, 30–24

Northern Colorado

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–52013POLY, 42–14

FCS Playoffs

First Round–San Diego

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–09/10/16POLY, 38–16

Ranking movements