American college football season
The 2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Mustangs were led by fourth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium . This is their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to claim a share of the conference championship with Eastern Washington and Montana State . They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Sam Houston State .[1]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 4:05 pm San Diego * Big Sky TV W 41–146,022 September 15 3:00 pm at Wyoming * W 24–2221,728 September 22 6:05 pm UC Davis KSBY /Big Sky TVW 28–2011,075 September 29 4:00 pm at North Dakota No. 23 Midco Sports Net /Big Sky TVW 35–179,531 October 5 5:00 pm at Weber State No. 20 Big Sky TV W 45–235,939 October 13 6:05 pm Northern Colorado No. 15 Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA KSBY/Big Sky TV W 56–289,382 October 20 6:05 pm Portland State No. 14 Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA KSBY/Big Sky TV W 37–2510,025 October 27 6:05 pm at Sacramento State No. 11 Big Sky TV L 29–358,113 November 3 1:35 pm at No. 7 Eastern Washington * No. 16 Big Sky TV L 17–348,644 November 10 6:05 pm Idaho State No. 19 Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA KSBY/Big Sky TV W 70–146,326 November 17 3:05 pm at No. 15 Northern Arizona No. 17 Big Sky TV W 42–346,119 December 1 1:00 pm at No. 5 Sam Houston State * No. 12 ESPN3 L 16–187,073
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game against Eastern Washington on November 3 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky standings.
Game summaries [ edit ] San Diego [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Toreros 0 7 7 0 14 Mustangs 10 3 7 21 41
@ Wyoming [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 14 0 7 3 24 Cowboys 0 15 0 7 22
UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 10 0 0 10 20 Mustangs 7 7 14 0 28
@ North Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #23 Mustangs 14 0 0 21 35 North Dakota 0 7 3 7 17
@ Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #20 Mustangs 0 14 17 14 45 Wildcats 6 7 7 3 23
Northern Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 14 0 0 14 28 #15 Mustangs 14 14 14 14 56
Portland State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 14 3 8 0 25 #14 Mustangs 14 3 6 14 37
@ Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #11 Mustangs 0 17 6 6 29 Hornets 7 21 0 7 35
@ Eastern Washington [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #16 Mustangs 3 7 0 7 17 #7 Eagles 14 10 7 3 34
Idaho State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 0 7 7 0 14 #19 Mustangs 28 14 14 14 70
@ Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #17 Mustangs 14 7 14 7 42 #15 Lumberjacks 7 6 7 14 34
@ Sam Houston State–FCS Playoffs Second Round [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #12 Mustangs 0 0 6 10 16 #5 Bearkats 0 8 7 3 18
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
College Division / Division II I-AA/FCS Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana , Idaho , & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana , Montana State , & Idaho State (2002) Montana State , Montana , & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016) Southern Utah & Weber State (2017) Eastern Washington , UC Davis , & Weber State (2018) Sacramento State & Weber State (2019) Weber State (2020) Sacramento State (2021) Montana State & Sacramento State (2022) Montana (2023) National championships in bold
Champion – North Dakota State