2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
American college football season
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The 2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as member of the Great West Conference (GWC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Rich Ellerson, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing third in the GWC. The team outscored its opponents 248 to 162 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.
ConferenceGreat West Conference
Sports NetworkNo. 16
Record7–4 (2–2 GWC)
Headcoach
- Rich Ellerson (6th season)
| 2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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| Conference | Great West Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 16 |
| Record | 7–4 (2–2 GWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joe DuPaix (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Triple option |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Mustang Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 North Dakota State $ | 4 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 South Dakota State | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Cal Poly | 2 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 1 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 0 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | Fort Lewis* | No. 6 | W 44–0 | |||
| September 9 | at Weber State* | No. 5 | W 17–0 | 8,519 | [1] | |
| September 16 | at Sacramento State* | No. 3 | W 17–10 | 8,143 | [2] | |
| September 23 | at San Jose State* | No. 3 | L 7–17 | 15,684 | [3] | |
| September 30 | Southern Utah | No. 5 |
| W 18–14 | ||
| October 7 | No. 16 UC Davis | No. 5 |
| W 23–17 | 8,435 | |
| October 21 | South Dakota State | No. 4 |
| L 28–29 | ||
| October 28 | at San Diego State* | No. 9 | W 16–14 | 20,974 | ||
| November 4 | at No. 2 Montana* | No. 6 | L 9–10 | 22,853 | [4] | |
| November 11 | at No. 5 North Dakota State | No. 9 | L 14–51 | 14,706 | [5] | |
| November 18 | Savannah State* | No. 16 |
| W 55–0 | 11,075 | |
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Team players in the NFL
The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2007 NFL draft.[8][9][10]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Courtney Brown | Defensive back | 7 | 212 | Dallas Cowboys |