2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	Great West Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 16
Record	7–4 (2–2 GWC)
Head coach	Rich Ellerson (6th season)
Home stadium	Mustang Stadium

2006 Great West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 North Dakota State $		4	–	0					10	–	1
No. 22 South Dakota State		3	–	1					7	–	4
No. 16 Cal Poly		2	–	2					7	–	4
UC Davis		1	–	3					6	–	5
Southern Utah		0	–	4					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as member of the Great West Conference (GWC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-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 248 to 162 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	Fort Lewis*	No. 6	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 44–0
September 9	at Weber State*	No. 5	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	W 17–0
September 16	at Sacramento State*	No. 3	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 17–10	8,143	[1]
September 23	at San Jose State*	No. 3	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 7–17	15,684	[2]
September 30	Southern Utah	No. 5	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 18–14
October 7	No. 16 UC Davis	No. 5	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)	W 23–17	8,435
October 21	South Dakota State	No. 4	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 28–29
October 28	at San Diego State*	No. 9	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	W 16–14	20,974
November 4	at No. 2 Montana*	No. 6	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 9–10	22,853	[3]
November 11	at No. 5 North Dakota State	No. 9	Fargodome Fargo, ND	L 14–51	14,706	[4]
November 18	Savannah State*	No. 16	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 55–0	11,075
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2007 NFL draft.^[7][8][9]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Courtney Brown	Defensive back	7	212	Dallas Cowboys

References

1. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Cal Poly)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
2. "San Jose State - Game-by-Game Statistics". SJSU Spartans. June 30, 2016. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
3. Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Mustangs' playoff push ended in Bison stampede". Santa Maria Times. November 12, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Cal Poly Mustangs Schedule 2006". ESPN. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
6. "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
7. "2007 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
8. "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
9. "Draft History: Cal Poly – S.L.O." NFL.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.