2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

The 2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by fifth 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 6–6, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2013 record	6–6 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tim Walsh (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bryan Cook/SagaTuitele
Defensive coordinator	Josh Brown
Home stadium	Alex G. Spanos Stadium (Capacity: 11,075)

2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Eastern Washington $^		8	–	0					12	–	3
No. 5 Northern Arizona ^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 8 Montana ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 21 Southern Utah ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 20 Montana State		5	–	3					7	–	5
Cal Poly		5	–	3					6	–	6
UC Davis		5	–	3					5	–	7
Sacramento State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5					6	–	6
North Dakota		2	–	6					3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Weber State		1	–	7					2	–	10
Northern Colorado		0	–	8					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	4:05 pm	San Diego*	No. 14	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	BSTV	W 38–16	5,840
September 7	7:00 pm	at Fresno State*	No. 12	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, California	ESPN3	L 25–41	33,260
September 14	12:30 pm	at Colorado State*	No. 14	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, Colorado		L 17–34	14,146
September 26	7:00 pm	at Portland State	No. 18	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon	RTNW	W 38–34	6,726
October 5	2:05 pm	Yale*	No. 18	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	BSTV	L 10–24	8,376
October 12	6:05 pm	Weber State		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	BSTV	W 47–0	5,824
October 19	12:30 pm	at No. 10 Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana	KCOY	L 14–21 ^OT	25,913
October 26	6:05 pm	No. 16 Northern Arizona		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	BSTV	L 13–17	9,882
November 2	4:00 pm	at UC Davis		Aggie Stadium Davis, California (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)	BSTV	W 34–16	7,768
November 9	6:05 pm	Sacramento State		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	BSTV	W 42–7	7,031
November 16	12:30 pm	No. 3 Eastern Washington		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, California	RTNW	L 22–35	6,847
November 23	11:30 am	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, Colorado	BSTV	W 42–14	2,774
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

• Source: Official Schedule

Game summaries

San Diego

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	3	7	0	6	16
#14 Mustangs	7	10	14	7	38

@ Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Mustangs	0	0	10	15	25
Bulldogs	10	24	7	0	41

@ Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Mustangs	3	7	7	0	17
Rams	13	14	0	7	34

@ Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Mustangs	0	7	14	17	38
Vikings	7	14	0	13	34

Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	0	10	7	24
#18 Mustangs	7	3	0	0	10

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Mustangs	6	14	14	13	47

@ Montana

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mustangs	7	7	0	0	0	14
#10 Grizzlies	7	0	0	7	7	21

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Lumberjacks	3	7	0	7	17
Mustangs	0	10	0	3	13

@ UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	13	7	14	34
Aggies	3	10	0	3	16

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	7	0	0	7
Mustangs	14	7	7	14	42

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	0	14	21	0	35
Mustangs	3	0	0	19	22

@ Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	21	7	14	42
Bears	0	0	7	7	14

Ranking Movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	14	12	14	18	18	18	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV
Coaches	11	10	14	19	19	19	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV

References