1998 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

1998 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Morehead State		–		9	–	2
Davidson		–		8	–	2
No. 20 Hofstra		–		8	–	3
No. 22 South Florida		–		8	–	3
No. 19 Western Kentucky		–		7	–	4
Samford		–		6	–	5
Liberty		–		5	–	6
Southern Utah		–		5	–	6
Austin Peay		–		4	–	7
Buffalo		–		4	–	7
Jacksonville		–		4	–	5
La Salle		–		3	–	6
Cal Poly		–		3	–	8
Charleston Southern		–		3	–	8
Saint Mary's		–		2	–	8

Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1998 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as an independent during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Larry Welsh, Cal Poly compiled a record of 3–8.^[1] The team was outscored by its opponents 299 to 226 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California..

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5		Northern Arizona	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 0–9
September 12		at Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	L 14–22	5,011
September 19		at No. 11 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 14–37	17,325	^[2]
September 26		Saint Mary's	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 35–13
October 3		No. 7 (D-II) UC Davis	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA (rivalry)	L 24–34
October 17	11:30 a.m.	at Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 7–31	13,117
October 24		Western New Mexico	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 36–17
October 31		at Portland State	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	L 34–41	5,337	^[3]
November 7		at Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	L 17–27
November 14		at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 0–63	16,828	^[4]
November 21		Liberty	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 45–35		^[5]
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

^ "Independents". St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri). November 30, 1998. p. B7. Retrieved February 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Portland State 41, Cal Poly 34". The Missoulian. November 1, 1998. p. 29. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
^ "Nevada Information Guide" (PDF). p. 130. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
^ "Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo 45, Liberty 35". The Roanoke Times. November 22, 1998. Retrieved April 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.

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