Cal Poly at San Diego

Saturday, August 31, 2024

San Diego beat Cal Poly 27–⁠21. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Cal Poly led the series 8–⁠2.

AwayCal Poly3–⁠8 in 2024
21
HomeSan Diego8–⁠3 in 2024
27

Final at Torero Stadium, San DiegoAttendance 5,792

At kickoff
74°F, partly cloudy, wind 10 mph from the northwestWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; San Diego International Airport (KSAN), 4 km from the stadium
Official
Spencer MumfordGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Cal Poly077721
San Diego10071027

Player stats

Cal Poly

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Bo Kelly3/63200
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Giancarlo Woods117017
Kian Salehi112012
Michael Briscoe1303

San Diego

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Grant Sergent3/32400
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Matt Colombo545028
Isaiah Smith1606
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Josh Heverly110010
Matt Colombo1707
Cole Monach1707

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Cal PolySan Diego
32Total yards70
32Passing yards24
0Rushing yards46
5.3Yards per pass8.0
0.0Yards per rush6.6
2First downs4
1–⁠2Third downs1–⁠2
0–⁠0Fourth downs1–⁠1
0Turnovers0
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
2:07Possession00:00

Efficiency

Cal PolySan Diego
29%Success rate56%
−0.03EPA per play0.43
1.79Explosiveness1.16
−1.06Rushing EPA0.85
0.15Passing EPA−0.41
25%Passing-down success33%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

San Diego 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Play by play

1st quarter2 drives, then San Diego 10, Cal Poly 0
Cal Poly Punt, 7 plays
15:00Aidan Lehman kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:001st & 10 at own 25Bo Kelly pass incomplete
15:002nd & 10 at own 25Bo Kelly pass complete to Michael Briscoe for 3 yds to the CP 28
15:003rd & 7 at own 28Bo Kelly pass complete to Kian Salehi for 12 yds to the CP 40 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 40Bo Kelly pass complete to Giancarlo Woods for 17 yds to the USD 43 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 43Bo Kelly pass incomplete
15:002nd & 10 at opp 43Aiden Ramos run for no gain to the USD 43
15:003rd & 10 at opp 43Bo Kelly pass incomplete
12:534th & 10 at opp 43Ryan Collins punt for 41 yds, downed at the USD 2
San Diego Result not recorded, 9 plays
12:531st & 10 at own 2Matt Colombo run for 28 yds to the USD 30 for a 1ST down
12:531st & 10 at own 30Matt Colombo run for 1 yd to the USD 31
12:532nd & 9 at own 31Matt Colombo run for 7 yds to the USD 38
12:533rd & 2 at own 38Matt Colombo run for 5 yds to the USD 43 for a 1ST down
12:531st & 10 at own 43Grant Sergent sacked by Jordan Sanders for a loss of 5 yards to the USD 38
12:532nd & 15 at own 38Grant Sergent pass complete to Cole Monach for 7 yds to the USD 45
12:533rd & 8 at own 45Grant Sergent pass complete to Matt Colombo for 7 yds to the CP 48
12:534th & 1 at opp 48Matt Colombo run for 4 yds to the CP 44 for a 1ST down
12:531st & 10 at opp 44Isaiah Smith run for 6 yds to the CP 38

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

Cal Poly leads 9–⁠3 in 12 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2026San Diego 38, Cal Poly 35
2025Cal Poly 41, San Diego 17
2024San Diego 27, Cal Poly 21
2023Cal Poly 27, San Diego 10
2022Cal Poly 28, San Diego 27
2021Cal Poly 28, San Diego 17

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