1988 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
American college football season
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The 1988 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as a member of the Western Football Conference (WFC) during the 1988 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach Lyle Setencich, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the WFC.[1] The team outscored its opponents 238 to 145 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.
ConferenceWestern Football Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–3 WFC)
Headcoach
- Lyle Setencich (2nd season)
HomestadiumMustang Stadium
| 1988 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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| Conference | Western Football Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (3–3 WFC) |
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| Home stadium | Mustang Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Portland State $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Sacramento State ^ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Lutheran | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | Cameron* | L 14–20 | 6,765 | [2] | |
| September 17 | at Portland State | L 3–21 | 10,119 | [3] | |
| September 24 | Angelo State* |
| W 15–8 | 3,200 | |
| October 1 | at No. 5 Cal State Northridge | W 38–7 | 5,925 | [4] | |
| October 8 | Sacramento State |
| L 29–30 | 3,750 | [5] |
| October 15 | Cal Lutheran |
| W 42–6 | 2,300 | [6] |
| October 22 | Cal State Hayward* |
| W 40–6 | 2,135–2,305 | [7][8] |
| October 29 | at No. 17 UC Davis* | T 21–21 | 8,400 | ||
| November 5 | Southern Utah State |
| W 23–10 | 2,466–2,486 | [9] |
| November 12 | at Santa Clara | L 13–16 | 3,411 | ||
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Team players in the NFL
The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 1989 NFL draft.[12][13][14]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Chris Dunn | Linebacker | 9 | 229 | Atlanta Falcons |
