1957 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team

The 1957 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis Unit[note 1] during the 1957 NCAA College Division football season. Cal Poly Pomona played as an independent in 1957.

1957 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football
Conference	Independent
1957 record	7–1–1
Head coach	Don Warhurst (1st season)

1957 NCAA College Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Hofstra			–					9	–	1	–	0
Rose Poly			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona			–					7	–	1	–	1
Northern Michigan			–					6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi Southern			–					8	–	3	–	0
Sewanee			–					5	–	2	–	1
Tampa			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	2	–	1
Washington University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Abilene Christian			–					5	–	3	–	1
Delaware			–					4	–	3	–	0
Carthage			–					4	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	4	–	0
Wabash			–					5	–	4	–	0
Hawaii			–					4	–	4	–	1
Howard (AL)			–					4	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Pepperdine			–					3	–	6	–	0
La Verne			–					3	–	7	–	1
UC Riverside			–					1	–	4	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace			–					1	–	6	–	1
Drexel			–					1	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	7	–	0

Cal Poly Pomona was led by first-year head coach Don Warhurst. They played home games on campus in Pomona, California. The Broncos finished the season with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 254–139 for the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 15	Instituto Politécnico Nacional Águilas Blancas	El Centro, CA	T 21–21
September 28	Barstow Marines	Barstow, CA	W 24–20
October 5	at Arizona State, Flagstaff[note 2]	Lumberjack Stadium Flagstaff, AZ	L 7–34
October 11	at Occidental	D.W. Patterson Field Los Angeles, CA	W 20–14
October 19	San Diego Marines[note 3]	?	W 45–6
October 26	Caltech	Pomona, CA	W 24–7
November 2	Pomona-Claremont[note 4]	Pomona, CA	W 47–7
November 9	at La Verne	Bonita High School ? La Verne, CA	W 46–14
November 16	at Whittier	Hadley Field Whittier, CA	W 20–16

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Team players in the NFL

No Cal Poly Pomona players were selected in the 1958 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

Notes

1. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was known as Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis Unit from 1957 to 1965. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (Pomona).
2. Northern Arizona University was known as Arizona State College at Flagstaff from 1945 to 1957.
3. The Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams from 1922 to 1964.
4. What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona-Claremont from 1950 to 1961. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.

References

1. "1957 - Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
2. "Cal Poly Pomona football (1947‐1982)" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
3. "1958 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
4. "Cal Poly-Pomona Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
5. "Draft History: Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved March 18, 2017.