1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

The 1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as an independent during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Larry Welsh, Cal Poly compiled a record of 3–8 for the second consecutive year.^[1] The team was outscored by its opponents 345 to 246 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California..

1999 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–8
Head coach	Larry Welsh (3rd season)
Home stadium	Mustang Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Hofstra ^			–						11	–	2
No. 21 Elon			–						9	–	2
Davidson			–						8	–	3
Southern Utah			–						8	–	3
No. 23 South Florida			–						7	–	4
Samford			–						7	–	4
St. Johns (NY)			–						7	–	4
Morehead State			–						5	–	5
Charleston Southern			–						4	–	6
Liberty			–						4	–	7
Jacksonville			–						3	–	6
Cal Poly			–						3	–	8
Austin Peay			–						3	–	8
Saint Mary's			–						2	–	9
^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at No. 21 Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 21–55	6,821	[2]
September 18	No. 18 Montana State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 40–37	6,723	[3]
September 25	at No. 6 Hofstra	James M. Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY	L 3–38	3,628	[4]
October 2	Southern Utah	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 38–10	5,798	[5]
October 9	at No. 9 Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 21–42	14,292	[6]
October 16	at No. 10 Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	L 7–10	19,682	[7]
October 23	at No. 8 (D-II) UC Davis	Toomey Field Davis, CA (rivalry)	L 24–31	9,225	[8]
October 30	No. 17 Portland State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 28–42	7,058	[9]
November 6	No. 5 Montana	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 14–28	5,720	[10]
November 13	at Saint Mary's	Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	W 24–21	1,127	[11]
November 20	Sacramento State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 26–31	4,826	[12]
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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