1990 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
American college football season
The 1990 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University [note 1] during the 1990 NCAA Division II football season .
Cal Poly competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The Mustangs were led by fourth-year head coach Lyle Setencich and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California . They finished the regular season as co-champion of the WFC, with a record of nine wins and one loss.
At the end of the season, the Mustangs qualified for the Division II playoffs. In the first game, they defeated the other WFC co-champion, Cal State Northridge . In the quarterfinal game the Mustangs were defeated by North Dakota State . That brought their final record to ten wins and two losses (10–2, 4–1 WFC). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 304–167 for the season.
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 8 at West Texas State [note 2] * W 48–131,090[1]
September 15 Sonoma State * W 32–75,239[2]
September 22 at No. 4 Portland State No. 19 W 36–2314,733[3]
September 29 at Cal State Hayward [note 3] * No. 8 W 35–161,555[4]
October 6 at UC Davis * No. 8 W 19–0
October 13 Sacramento State [note 4] No. 7 Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California L 17–206,375[5]
October 20 at No. 18 Santa Clara No. 16 W 29–06,000[6]
October 27 Southern Utah State [note 5] No. 11 Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California W 42–214,438[7]
November 3 at No. 7 Cal State Northridge No. 10 W 6–37,127[8]
November 10 Millersville * No. 8 Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, California W 26–104,196[9]
November 17 No. 13 Cal State Northridge * No. 8 W 14–7
November 24 at No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 8 L 0–47
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
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Notes
References
^ "Southland" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. September 9, 1990. p. C25. Retrieved April 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southland" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. September 16, 1990. p. C23. Retrieved April 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southland" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. September 23, 1990. p. C18. Retrieved April 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southland" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. September 30, 1990. p. C20. Retrieved April 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Cal Poly (SLO))" (PDF) . Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
^ "Southland" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. October 21, 1990. p. C19. Retrieved April 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southland" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. October 28, 1990. p. C21. Retrieved April 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southland" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. November 4, 1990. p. C22. Retrieved April 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southland" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. November 11, 1990. p. C18. Retrieved April 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Yearly Results" . Retrieved January 12, 2017 .[permanent dead link ]
^ "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide" . Retrieved January 12, 2017 .
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