1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

The 1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as an independent during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Larry Welsh, Cal Poly compiled a record of 3–8 for the second consecutive year.^[1] The team was outscored by its opponents 345 to 246 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California..

1999 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Hofstra ^		–		11	–	2
No. 21 Elon		–		9	–	2
Davidson		–		8	–	3
Southern Utah		–		8	–	3
No. 23 South Florida		–		7	–	4
Samford		–		7	–	4
St. Johns (NY)		–		7	–	4
Morehead State		–		5	–	5
Charleston Southern		–		4	–	6
Liberty		–		4	–	7
Jacksonville		–		3	–	6
Cal Poly		–		3	–	8
Austin Peay		–		3	–	8
Saint Mary's		–		2	–	9

^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at No. 21 Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 21–55	6,821	^[2]
September 18	No. 18 Montana State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 40–37	6,723	^[3]
September 25	at No. 6 Hofstra	James M. Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY	L 3–38	3,628	^[4]
October 2	Southern Utah	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 38–10	5,798	^[5]
October 9	at No. 9 Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 21–42	14,292	^[6]
October 16	at No. 10 Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	L 7–10	19,682	^[7]
October 23	at No. 8 (D-II) UC Davis	Toomey Field Davis, CA (rivalry)	L 24–31	9,225	^[8]
October 30	No. 17 Portland State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 28–42	7,058	^[9]
November 6	No. 5 Montana	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 14–28	5,720	^[10]
November 13	at Saint Mary's	Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	W 24–21	1,127	^[11]
November 20	Sacramento State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 26–31	4,826
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^ "Independents". The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois). November 30, 1999. p. B4. Retrieved February 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Toby, Al (September 10, 1999). "NAU Runs Over Mustangs". Arizona Republic. p. 46 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Montana State falls to Cal-Poly SLO, 40-37". The Montana Standard. Associated Press. September 19, 1999.
^ "Hofstra 38, Cal Poly-SLO 3". The Sacramento Bee. September 26, 1999. p. 46. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Cal Poly 38, Southern Utah 10". Santa Maria Times. October 3, 1999. p. 22. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Cal Poly vs Northern Iowa". Archived from the original on February 26, 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ "Youngstown State 10, Cal Poly 7". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 38. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
^ O'Sullivan at his best in Davis win Voet, Gary. The Sacramento Bee. 24 October 1999. Pg. 41. via newspapers.com
^ Wallner, Peter J. (October 31, 1999). "21-Point Lead Evaporates and Turns into Loss". The Tribune. p. 25. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
^ Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Wallner, Peter J. (November 14, 1999). "Mustangs Road Troubles Forgotten for a Day". The Tribune. p. 25. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.