The 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented

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in the

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. The Mustangs were led by eighth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at

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. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the

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where they lost to

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in the first round.

Schedule

Game summaries

At Nevada

San Diego

At South Dakota State

Montana

At North Dakota

At Portland State

UC Davis

At Sacramento State

Eastern Washington

At Weber State

Northern Colorado

FCS Playoffs

First Round–San Diego

Ranking movements

References

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Cal Poly Mustangs football The Cal Poly Mustangs are the football team representing California Polytechnic State University located in San Luis Obispo, California. The team plays its home games at Mustang Memorial Field, at the NCAA Division I FCS level in the Big Sky Conf ...