2009 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

The 2009 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University^{[note 1]} during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

2009 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	Great West Conference
Record	4–7 (1–3 GWC)
Head coach	Tim Walsh (1st season)
Home stadium	Alex G. Spanos Stadium
Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

2009 Great West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
UC Davis $		3	–	1					6	–	5
North Dakota		2	–	2					6	–	5
South Dakota		2	–	2					5	–	5
Southern Utah		2	–	2					5	–	6
Cal Poly		1	–	3					4	–	7
$ – Conference champion

Cal Poly competed in the Great West Conference (GWC). The 2009 Mustangs were led by first-year head coach Tim Walsh and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The team finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 1–3 GWC). The Mustangs were outscored by their opponents 258–303 for the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Sacramento State*	No. 12	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 38–19	10,381	^[1]
September 19	at Ohio*	No. 12	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 10–28
September 26	at San Jose State*	No. 16	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 9–19	13,510	^[2]
October 3	No. 16 South Dakota State*	No. 19	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 21–14
October 10	at No. 4 Montana*	No. 15	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 23–35	25,694
October 17	Southern Utah	No. 19	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 24–23
October 24	Dixie State*	No. 20	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 44–14
October 31	at North Dakota	No. 18	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	L 17–31
November 7	at UC Davis		Aggie Stadium Davis, CA (rivalry)	L 10–23
November 14	South Dakota		Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 48–50
November 21	at No. 19 Weber State*		Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	L 14–47	5,382	^[3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^[4]

Notes

1. The official name of Cal Poly is California Polytechnic State University. However, it has been more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly since 1947.

References

1. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Cal Poly)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
2. "Cal Poly Mustangs vs. San Jose State Spartans Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
3. "Cal Poly vs Weber State". November 21, 2009. from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
4. "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.