| 2005 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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GWFC co-champion | |
Division I-AA 1st Round, | |
| Conference | Great West Football Conference |
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| Sports Network | No. 6 |
| Record | 9–4 (4–1 GWFC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ian Shields (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Mustang Stadium |
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| No.6Cal Poly +^ | 4 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis + | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 0 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University[note 1] during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
Cal Poly competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC). The Mustangs were led by fifth-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played home games at Mustang StadiuminSan Luis Obispo, California. The team finished the regular season as co-champion of the GWFC, with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3, 4–1 GWFC).
At the end of the season, the Mustangs qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs. In the first playoff game they defeated Montana. In the quarterfinal playoff game they were defeated by Texas State. That brought their final record to nine wins and four losses (9–4, 4–1 GWFC). The Mustangs outscored their opponents 354–232 for the season.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 3 | 4:00 p.m. | atTroy* | No. 17 |
| L 10–27 | 18,536 | ||
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Sacramento State[note 2]* | No. 19 |
| W 37–13 | 6,786[1] | ||
| September 17 | 6:05 p.m. | No. 11Montana State* | No. 18 |
| W 38–10 | 8,043 | ||
| September 24 | 5:00 p.m. | atSouth Dakota State | No. 12 |
| W 24–16 | 10,633 | ||
| October 1 | atNorthern Colorado | No. 10 |
| W 31–14 | 9,142 | |||
| October 8 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 12North Dakota State | No. 6 |
| W 37–6 | 6,923 | [2] | |
| October 22 | 12:05 p.m. | at No. 9Montana* | No. 3 |
| KPAX | L 27–36 | 23,565[3] | |
| October 29 | 1:00 p.m. | atUC Davis | No. 10 |
| L 13–20 | 7,890 | ||
| November 5 | No. 11Eastern Washington* | No. 18 |
| W 40–35 | 7,901 | |||
| November 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Southern Utah | No. 15 |
| W 20–10 | 5,763 | ||
| November 19 | 6:00 p.m. | Idaho State* | No. 13 |
| W 35–10 | 6,339 | ||
| November 26 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 9 Montana* | No. 10 |
| KPAX | W 35–21 | 16,162 | |
| December 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 4Texas State* | No. 10 |
| L 7–14 | 15,411 | [4] | |
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The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2006 NFL Draft.[7][8][9]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Chris Gocong | Defensive end | 3 | 71 | Philadelphia Eagles |
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