1929 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

1929 Cal Poly Mustangs football
ConferenceCalifornia Coast Conference
Record3–5 (0–2 CCC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1928
1931 →
1929 California Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sacramento $ 4 – 0 – 0 ? – ? – ?
San Mateo 4 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Menlo 4 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Marin 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Modesto 2 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Cal Poly 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Santa Rosa 0 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Southern Oregon Normal 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1929 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic School—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo—as a member of the California Coast Conference (CCC) during the 1929 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Al Agosti, Cal Poly compiled am overall record of 3–5 with a mark of 0–2 in conference play.[1] The team was outscored by its opponents 146 to 130 for the season. The Mustangs played home games in San Luis Obispo, California.

Cal Poly was a two-year school until 1941. The Mustangs did not field a team in 1930 due to the polio epidemic.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5Moran Junior College[note 1]*San Luis Obispo, CAW 70–6[4]
October 12at Santa Rosa
W 19–7[5][6]
October 19Taft*San Luis Obispo, CAW 21–0[7][8]
October 26at ModestoModesto, CAL 6–14[9]
November 2Santa Barbara State*San Luis Obispo, CAL 0–7
November 9at San MateoSan Mateo, CAL 2–26
November 16MenloSan Luis Obispo, CAL 12–32
November 22at San Jose State*
L 0–54
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes

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  1. ^ Moran Junior College was founded in 1914 in Bainbridge Island, Washington. A satellite campus was opened in 1928 in Atascadero, California. Records show that the California site fielded football teams from 1929 to 1935. The Washington campus closed in 1935 and the California campus closed shortly thereafter.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "California Coast Conference—Final Standing". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. November 29, 1929. p. 32. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Moran of California: Preparatory and Junior College : Official Catalog of Moran School of California, Inc., Atascadero, California". 1930. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "Atascadeno Historical Society: History of the Historic City Hall". Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  4. ^ Johnston, Everett (October 7, 1929). "Poly Gridders Take Both Games Here". San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram. San Luis Obispo, California. p. 5. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Cubs vs Cal-Poly". Santa Rosa Republican. Santa Rosa, California. October 12, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "College Gridders Are Defeated 10[sic]-7 Here On Saturday". Santa Rosa Republican. Santa Rosa, California. October 14, 1929. p. 5. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Cal. Poly Trounces Taft Junior College". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. October 20, 1929. p. 42. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. ^ Johnston, Everett (October 21, 1929). "Taft Is Loser To Mustangs". San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram. San Luis Obispo, California. p. 5. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Modesto Beats Cal Poly 14-6; Jackson Stars". Modesto News-Herald. Modesto, California. October 28, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "History (1915–2023)" (PDF). Cal Poly Athletics. p. 24. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
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