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2005 Cal Poly

9–⁠4 (4–⁠1 Great West Conference).

Schedule and results

Cal Poly in 2005, game by game: lost at Troy 10–27; won vs. Sacramento State 37–13; won vs. Montana State 38–10; won vs. South Dakota State 24–16; won at Northern Colorado 31–14; won vs. North Dakota State 37–6; lost at Montana 27–36; lost at UC Davis 13–20; won vs. Eastern Washington 40–35; won vs. Southern Utah 20–10; won vs. Idaho State 35–10; won at Montana 35–21; lost vs. Texas State 7–14+31−17Lost 10–27 at Troy-17TroyWon 37–13 vs. Sacramento State+24Sacramento StateWon 38–10 vs. Montana State+28Montana StateWon 24–16 vs. South Dakota State+8South Dakota St…Won 31–14 at Northern Colorado+17Northern Colora…Won 37–6 vs. North Dakota State+31North Dakota St…Lost 27–36 at Montana-9MontanaLost 13–20 at UC Davis-7UC DavisWon 40–35 vs. Eastern Washington+5Eastern Washing…Won 20–10 vs. Southern Utah+10Southern UtahWon 35–10 vs. Idaho State+25Idaho StateWon 35–21 at Montana+14MontanaLost 7–14 vs. Texas State-7Texas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atTroyL 10–⁠2726%
Sep 10vsSacramento StateW 37–⁠1377%
Sep 17vsMontana StateW 38–⁠1065%
Sep 24vsSouth Dakota StateW 24–⁠1668%
Oct 1atNorthern ColoradoW 31–⁠1467%
Oct 8vsNorth Dakota StateW 37–⁠666%
Oct 22atMontanaL 27–⁠3649%
Oct 29atUC DavisL 13–⁠2057%
Nov 5vsEastern WashingtonW 40–⁠3553%
Nov 12vsSouthern UtahW 20–⁠1088%
Nov 19vsIdaho StateW 35–⁠1080%
Nov 26atMontanaIaa PlayoffsW 35–⁠2142%
Dec 3vsTexas StateIaa PlayoffsL 7–⁠1448%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas State 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Great West Conference champions.

In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Great West Conference champions4–⁠1 in the conference, shared with UC Davis

Record
9–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠1 shared first in Great West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
354–⁠232
Coach
—
Elo
1456 +75 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.1 No. 2 of 115 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
Ian Shields and Joe DuPaix
Offense
Triple option
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2006

The 2006 draft
Rd 3Chris Gocong DEPhiladelphia Eagles

2005 Great West Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Cal Poly4–⁠19–⁠4
UC Davis4–⁠16–⁠5
North Dakota State3–⁠27–⁠4
South Dakota State3–⁠26–⁠5
Southern Utah1–⁠41–⁠9
Northern Colorado0–⁠54–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.