The 2011 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented

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in the

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. The team's head coach was Tim Walsh. The Mustangs played their home games at

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and were football members of the

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. With a win over

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on October 29, the Mustangs clinched a share of the conference championship which they shared with

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. The title was Cal Poly's fourth conference title since the conference's creation in 2004. They finished the season with an overall record of 6–5, 3–1 in Great West play. This was the Mustangs final season as a member of the Great West as they became a football-only member of the

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in the 2012 season.

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