CalCal Poly Athletics Communications Poly • (805) 756-6550 ph • (805) 756-2650Football fax • www.GoPoly.com • twitter.com/cpmustangs Cal Poly senior fullback Joe Protheroe, who rushed for Cal Poly 1,334 yards and 13 touch- downs in 2016, enters his final 2017 Football Scoreboard Mustang season No. 8 on the Record: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Big Sky: 0-0 all-time career rushing chart Date Opponent Time/Score with 2,297 yards. The Clayton Aug. 26 $COLGATE (ESPNU) 4:05 p.m. Valley Charter High School Sept. 2 at San Jose State 4:30 p.m. graduate is a two-time All-Big Sept. 9 at Northern Iowa (ESPN3) 2 p.m. Sky Conference first-team Sept. 16 Bye honoree and earned numer- Sept. 23 *%NO. ARIZONA (Eleven Sports) 6:05 p.m. ous preseason honors this Sept. 30 *at Idaho State 1:30 p.m. summer, including All- Oct. 7 *at Southern Utah 5 p.m. American praise from STATS, Oct. 14 Bye Hero Sports, Athlon Sports Oct. 21 *&WEBER STATE 6:05 p.m. and College Football America Oct. 28 *#at UC Davis 4 p.m. 2017 Yearbook. Protheroe is Nov. 4 *^PORTLAND STATE 6:05 p.m. among 22 players on the Nov. 11 *+SACRAMENTO STATE 6:05 p.m. Walter Payton Award watch Nov. 18 *at Northern Colorado (CET Sports) 10:30 a.m. list, which goes to the offen- &Parents and Family Weekend sive player of the year in the $Youth Day/Movie Night FCS. #Battle for the Golden Horseshoe %Hall of Fame Game +Hats off to Heroes Photo by J.J. Moothart *Big Sky game ^Homecoming All Times Pacific
August 21, 2017 Athletic Media Relations Mott Gym, Room 201 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Cal Poly Seeks Back-to-Back FCS Fax: (805) 756-7255 Press Box: (805) 756-6739 Website: GoPoly.com Playoff Berths for First Time in Team History Twitter: Twitter.com/CPMustangs With 13 Returning Starters -- Five on Offense, Eight on Defense -- Facebook: Facebook.com/CalPolyAthletics Mustangs Host Colgate on Saturday; Aim for Second Big Sky Title Cal Poly, armed with 13 returning starters -- five on offense and eight on defense -- and Eric Burdick -- Football Contact ranked No. 23 in both the STATS media and FCS coaches preseason polls, opens its 2017 Office: ...... (805) 756-6550 football season Saturday afternoon with a nationally televised non-conference Week Zero ...... (805) 756-6531 game against Patriot League member Colgate. Cell: ...... (805) 550-3427 Kickoff for the first meeting between the two schools is set for 4:05 p.m. PDT. The game E-mail: ...... [email protected] will be broadcast live on ESPNU (Paul Loeffler play-by-play and former Fresno State head coach Pat Hill serving as analyst) and streamed on Watch ESPN and ESPN3.com. ESPN Cal Poly Quick Facts: Radio (1280 am) also will provide live coverage with Chris Sylvester (play-by-play) and Alex Location: San Luis Obispo, CA Clupper (analyst). Pregame show starts at 3:30 p.m. Links for audio and video streams as Enrollment: 21,306 (Fall 2016) well as live stats are available on the football sched- President: Jeffrey D. Armstrong ule page at www.GoPoly.com. Athletics Director: Don Oberhelman Cal Poly earned its fourth FCS playoff berth in 12 Stadium: Alex G. Spanos Stadium seasons last fall, finishing with a 7-5 mark and tied (Capacity: 11,075) for fourth place with Southern Utah in the Big Sky. Nickname: Mustangs Colgate (0-0) Colgate posted a 5-5 overall mark and placed third Colors: Forest Green & Gold in the Patriot League at 4-2. A year earlier, the Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS at No. 23 Cal Poly (0-0) Raiders were 9-5, earned their eighth Patriot League Conference: Big Sky Saturday, Aug. 26, 4:05 p.m. PDT title and made a playoff run that reached the quarter- 2016 Record: 7-5 (5-3, Tie-4th in Big Sky) Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075) final round before a loss at Sam Houston State in (NCAA Division I FCS Quarterfinalist in 2005) Radio: ESPN (1280 am), 3:30 p.m. 2015. (NCAA Division I FCS First Round in 2008, 2016) Television: ESPNU Saturday’s matchup, one of just four involving an (NCAA Division I FCS Second Round in 2012) Internet: Audio -- www.GoPoly.com FCS school along with one more on Sunday -- fea- Video -- www.ESPN3.com tures the nation’s No. 1 team in rushing offense each THE TIM WALSH SHOW Live Stats -- www.GoPoly.com of the last four years against last year’s top squad The Tim Walsh Show will air at 6 p.m. on against the rush. Cal Poly averaged 343.5 yards per game on the ground in 2016 while ESPN Radio 1280 on the first and third Colgate surrendered just 69.4 yards a contest. Tuesdays each month at various locations Under fourth-year head coach Dan Hunt, Colgate welcomed back 44 letter winners, throughout San Luis Obispo County. including nine starters, to Fall Camp in late July. Heading the list of veterans is senior defen- sive end Pat Afriyie, the Buck Buchanan Award watch list member and Patriot League leader Live Radio Broadcast Chris Sylvester (PbP) in sacks and tackles for lost yardage each of the last two seasons. Also returning are senior Alex Clupper (Color) offensive lineman Ryan Paulish and a pair of defensive backs, junior Tyler Castillo and Pregame Show: 3:30 p.m. (Continued on Page 8) Cal Poly Record Book Update Mustang Notes Game PRESEASON HONORS: For the second straight year, Cal Poly senior fullback Joe Rushing Yards Protheroe earned a spot on the 2017 Big Sky Preseason All-Conference Team as selected 1. Craig Young, 1996 (Saint Mary's) ...... 283 2. Louis Jackson, 1978 (Portland State) ...... 267 by sports information directors and selected members of the media, one of a multitude of pre- 3. Paul Dickens, 1979 (Portland State) ...... 266 season honors for the Clayton Valley Charter graduate. He also was named to the Walter 15. Joe Protheroe, 2016 (South Dakota State) ...... 217 Payton Award watch list, STATS FCS Preseason All-American First Team and also honored Passing Yards by Hero Sports, Athlon Sports and College Football America 2017 Yearbook. Center Joey 1. Seth Burford, 2000 (Northern Iowa) ...... 566 Kuperman joined Protheroe on the All Big Sky Preseason Team. Protheroe, Kuperman and 2. Jonathan Dally, 2007 (Idaho State) ...... 453 3. David Lafferty, 1990 (Cal St. Hayward) ...... 421 safety B.J. Nard were named to the College Sports Madness Big Sky Preseason First Team. The second team includes offensive lineman Harry Whitson and defensive tackle Receiving Yards Augustino Elisaia while slot back Kyle Lewis and kicker Casey Sublette earned third-team 1. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Northern Iowa) ...... 376 2. Chris Thomas, 1991 (Sacramento St.) ...... 334 honors. 3. Ramses Barden, 2007 (Idaho State) ...... 268
Receptions MUSTANGS 11-12 IN SEASON OPENERS: Since beginning play in Division I FCS in 1994, 1. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Northern Iowa) ...... 17 Cal Poly has won 11 of 23 season openers, including nine of the last 14. A losing streak of 2. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Hofstra) ...... 15 five was snapped 13 years ago at Texas-El Paso, 34-13. The Mustangs beat Humboldt State 3. (tie) Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Youngstown St.) ...... 13 (tie) Ryan Thomas, 1996 (Idaho) ...... 13 42-7 in the 2004 opener and 23-17 in 2010, Fort Lewis 44-0 in the 2006 opener, San Diego State 29-27 in the 2008 opener, Sacramento State 38-19 in the 2009 lidlifter, the University Tackles 1. Jordan Beck, 2003 (Montana) ...... 23 of San Diego 41-14 in the 2012 opener and 38-16 in 2013 and Montana 20-19 in the initial 2. Jordan Beck, 2004 (Eastern Washington) ...... 22 2015 contest. New Mexico State beat the Mustangs 28-10 in the 2014 opener while Nevada 3. Kyle Shotwell, 2005 (Texas State) ...... 20 earned a 30-27 overtime win in 2016. Tim Walsh is 5-3 in season openers. Cal Poly is 16-6 4. (tie) Nick Dzubnar, 2014 (South Dakota State) ...... 19 (tie) Nick Dzubnar, 2014 (Sacramento State) ...... 19 in regular-season finales over the last 22 years -- Rich Ellerson was 7-1 -- snapping a three- (tie) Rich Bosselmann, 1986 (Cal State Hayward) ...... 19 year losing streak with a 41-10 victory at South Alabama in 2011. Ellerson won five straight (tie) Gary Swanson, 1983 (Idaho State) ...... 19 home openers prior to a 30-28 loss to Montana in 2008 and was 5-3 in eight seasons. Walsh Season is 5-3 in regular-season finales. Rushing Yards 1. James Noble, 2005 ...... 1,578 2. Deonte Williams, 2012 ...... 1,506 EARLY START: Cal Poly will play just its fifth game in August, all in the last 16 years, and 3. Louis Jackson, 1980 ...... 1,424 the second at home. The Mustangs opened the 2013 campaign at home Aug. 31 against San 4. Craig Young, 1999 ...... 1,380 Diego. The three road games in August were in 2002 at Toledo, 2008 at San Diego State and 5. Joe Protheroe, 2016 ...... 1,334 6. Chris Brown, 2014 ...... 1,265 2014 at New Mexico State. The Mustangs are 1-3 in August, defeating San Diego 38-16 in the 2013 season opener at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Passing Yards 1. Seth Burford, 2000 ...... 2,672 2. Mike Fisher, 1995 ...... 2,660 HOME ATTENDANCE: Cal Poly, which averaged 8,760 fans for five home games in 2010 3. Mike Fisher, 1994 ...... 2,536 and 8,770 for five more home games in 2011, completed the 2012 regular season with an 4. David Lafferty, 1990 ...... 2,525 5. Mike Fisher, 1993 ...... 2,298 8,566 average for five home dates. The Mustangs placed 37th among all Football Championship Subdivision schools in home attendance two straight years when they aver- Receiving Yards 1. Ramses Barden, 2007 ...... 1,467 aged 9,588 fans for five home games in 2009, just above the average of 9,574 fans for seven 2. Kassim Osgood, 1999 ...... 1,377 home games in 2008. Montana has led the FCS in home attendance for several years. Cal 3. Ramses Barden, 2008 ...... 1,257 Poly, which drew 11,075 for its 2011 home opener against South Dakota State, posted two 4. (tie) Darrell Jones, 2004 ...... 1,118 (tie) Kamil Loud, 1995 ...... 1,118 sellouts in 2015 (Northern Iowa and Portland State) and one more in 2016 (UC Davis), lifting the total number of sellouts since 2007 to nine. Cal Poly averaged 8,945 for five home dates Receptions in 2014, the third-highest average since Alex G. Spanos Stadium was renovated in 2007, and 1. Kassim Osgood, 2000 ...... 91 2. Ramses Barden, 2008 ...... 67 averaged 8,392 for five home games ln 2015. The Mustangs averaged 7,570 fans for six 3. (tie) Darrell Jones, 2004 ...... 62 home games last year. (tie) Jon Peck, 1995 ...... 62 5. Kamil Loud, 1995 ...... 58 6. Ramses Barden, 2007 ...... 57 CAL POLY AGAINST THE BIG SKY: Since moving to the Football Championship 7. Hitoshi Ono, 1995 ...... 55 Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) in 1994, Cal Poly is 54-52 against teams from the Big Tackles Sky Conference, including a 41-25 mark in the last 66 games over 13 seasons. The 1. Nick Dzubnar, 2014 ...... 167 Mustangs are 25-15 in Big Sky games since joining the conference in 2012. 2. Kyle Shotwell, 2005 ...... 158 3. Jordan Beck, 2004 ...... 135 4. Jordan Beck, 2003 ...... 128 ON STAGE: Stan Sheriff played in the 1954 East-West Shrine Classic and 51 years passed 15. Chris Santini, 2016 ...... 106 before a second Mustang was chosen to play in the contest. Linebacker Jordan Beck played Career in the 2005 game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Just one year later, defensive end Chris Rushing Yards Gocong became the third Mustang to play in the prestigious game, moved to the 1. Craig Young, 1996-99 ...... 4,205 AlamoDome in San Antonio, Texas. And linebacker Kyle Shotwell made it three in a row, 2. Antonio Warren, 1994-98 ...... 3,834 3. James Noble, 2005-08 ...... 3,678 playing in the East-West Shrine Game in 2007 at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Shotwell was 4. Louis Jackson, 1976-80 ...... 3,330 the leading tackler in the game with seven and earned the Pat Tillman Award. Wide receiver 5. Chris Brown, 2012-15 ...... 3,024 6. Kori Garcia, 2013-16 ...... 2,885 Ramses Barden played in the 2009 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama while Asa Jackson 7. Bob Trudeau, 1974-77 ...... 2,570 played in the 2012 Senior Bowl. Following the 2012 season, slotback Deonte Williams 8. Joe Protheroe, 2014-16 ...... 2,297 played in the Casino Del Sol All-Star Game in Tucson. Following the 2013 season, linebacker 9. Alex Bravo, 1951-53 ...... 2,238 Johnny Millard played in the inaugural Medal of Honor Bowl held in Charleston, S.C. as well Passing Yards as the East-West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cal Poly offensive lineman Ben 1. Mike Fisher, 1993-95 ...... 7,494 2. David Lafferty, 1988-91 ...... 5,422 Cobian played in the 2005 Las Vegas All-American Classic in Sam Boyd Stadium. 3. Seth Burford, 2000-01 ...... 4,282 Cornerback David Richardson and punter Gilbert Rocha played in the Las Vegas All- 4. Jonathan Dally, 2007-08 ...... 4,198 American Classic in 2004 while cornerback Vaughn Jarrett and tackle Brett Nichols played 5. Alli Abrew, 1996-97 ...... 4,009 in the 2003 event, then known as the Paradise Bowl, at Dixie College in St. George, Utah. Receiving Yards 1. Ramses Barden, 2005-08 ...... 4,203 2. Kamil Loud, 1994-97 ...... 3,144 MUSTANGS PICKED TO FINISH FOURTH: North Dakota was selected by the media and 3. Adam Herzing, 1998-2001 ...... 2,487 the head coaches to capture the 2017 Big Sky title. The polls were released July 18 during the Big Sky Conference Summer Football Kickoff in Park City, Utah. Top eight teams were Receptions 1. Ramses Barden, 2005-08 ...... 206 the same in both polls. Eastern Washington was No. 2, followed by No. 3 Northern Arizona. 2. Darrell Jones, 2001-04 ...... 177 Behind Cal Poly were Weber State, Montana, Southern Utah and Montana State. Only dif- 3. Kamil Loud, 1994-97 ...... 170 ference in the two polls was at the ninth and 10th spots. Portland State is ranked No. 9 and Tackles Northern Colorado No. 10 in the coaches poll and the two teams swap positions in the media 1. Jordan Beck, 2001-04 ...... 449 poll. Rounding out both polls are No. 11 UC Davis, No. 12 Sacramento State and No. 13 2. Nick Dzubnar, 2011-14 ...... 414 3. Kyle Shotwell, 2003-06 ...... 392 Idaho State. In 2012, the Mustangs were picked to finish fifth and ended up sharing the Big Sky title with Montana State and Eastern Washington. Cal Poly was picked to finish ninth last year but ended up tied for fourth with Southern Utah.
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 2 Mustang Notes MUSTANGS BY THE NUMBERS SEVEN ALL-BIG SKY HONOREES RETURN: Cal Poly placed 10 players on the 2016 All- First Year of Football ...... 1915 Big Sky Conference first, second and third teams and five return this fall -- first-team fullback Joe Protheroe, first-team center Joey Kuperman, second-team defensive tackle Augus- Number of Games Played ...... 921 tino Elisaia, third-team offensive guard Harry Whitson and third-team safety B.J. Nard. Number of Wins ...... 503 Honorable mention slot back Kyle Lewis and placekicker Casey Sublette also return. Number of Losses ...... 398 CROWDS FOR HOME OPENERS: Cal Poly drew a record crowd of 11,075 for its 2007 Number of Ties ...... 20 home opener against Weber State in newly renovated Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Prior to that game, the record crowd for a home opener was the 8,007 who showed up for Rich Winning Percentage ...... 55.7% Ellerson's debut as Mustang head coach on Sept. 1, 2001 against Montana. The 2008 home opener against Montana drew 10,035. A total of 143,094 fans saw Cal Poly in 2005, Home Record ...... 306-149-9 (66.9%) exceeding the 2003 record total of 109,910. Cal Poly drew 48,222 fans for its five home Road Record ...... 197-249-11 (44.3%) games in 2007, averaging 9,644.4 fans per game and broke the mark for home attendance in 2008 with 67,018 fans for seven dates (9,574 average). The 2009 home opener against First Year of FCS ...... 1994 Sacramento State drew 10,381 while the 2010 contest against Humboldt State drew 7,345. FCS Record ...... 142-117 (54.8%) The 2011 home opener against South Dakota State attracted 11,075 fans, the fifth sellout in Alex G. Spanos Stadium history. The Mustangs drew 8,834 for the 2014 home opener 2016 Total Home Attendance (6 Games) .45,423 against Portland State and 11,075, its seventh sellout, for the 2015 home opener against 2016 Average Home Attendance ...... 7,571 Northern Iowa. The two home openers prior to 2014, both against San Diego on Labor Day weekend and two or three weeks prior to the start of Fall Quarter, drew 6,022 in 2012 and 5,840 in 2013 while the 2016 home opener against the Toreros attracted 6,152. 2017 COACHING STAFF PLAYOFFS BY THE DOTS: Frisco, Texas, will be the host site for the NCAA Division I Head Coach: Tim Walsh Football Championship game for the eighth straight year. Frisco emerged from a pool of (9th year, UC Riverside ‘77) several cities that submitted bids to serve as the host site for the championship game for three years, beginning with the 2010 season, and the contract has been extended twice. Offensive Coordinator: Jim Craft Hosted by the Southland Conference, the 2017 championship game will be played at Toyota (Offensive Line) (5th, Portland State ‘98) Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. The championship game is the culmination of an expanded 24-team championship bracket. As a result of the expansion to 20 teams seven Running Backs: Aristotle Thompson years ago, the game is played a few weeks later than in years past. Cal Poly qualified for (Recruiting Coordinator) (9th, Boise State ‘01) the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs in 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Eastern Washington earned the 2010 title in the first game since the championship was moved from Wide Receivers: Dan Ferrigno Chattanooga, Tenn., while North Dakota State captured five straight crowns from 2011-15. (Special Teams Coor.) (1st, San Francisco St. ‘78) James Madison defeated Youngstown State 28-14 for the 2016 title. Big Sky teams have made 13 total appearances in the FCS national title game. The Big Sky has been repre- Quarterbacks: Dano Graves sented in the playoffs by at least two teams in 31 of the past 33 years.. (1st, Cal Poly ‘17) TEAM CAPTAINS: Cal Poly’s 2017 football team captains are led by senior fullback Joe Protheroe and center Joey Kuperman, both All-Big Sky Conference first-team selections Defensive Coordinator: Josh Brown a year ago, Protheroe for the second time. Quarterback Khaleel Jenkins, the lone junior in (Inside Linebackers) (8th, San Jose State ‘03) the group, rounds out the trio of offensive team captains. Defensive team captains include tackle Augustino Elisaia and linebackers R.J. Mazolewski and Charlie Davis. Defensive Line: Payam Saadat (9th, Washington State ‘94) WORKING OVERTIME: Cal Poly has played in nine overtime games since the FCS rule was adopted in 1994. The Mustangs are 1-8, beating host New Mexico State in one OT, 38- Defensive Backs: Randy Stewart 35, in 1997. Both of Cal Poly’s losses at home -- 29-26 to Northern Iowa in 2002 and 53-51 (Safeties) (6th, Boise State ‘82) to Eastern Washington in 2011 -- were in triple overtime. Cal Poly fell 35-32 in one OT at Idaho State on Sept. 7, 1996; 43-40 in four OTs at Weber State on Nov. 3, 2001; dropped Assistant Coach: Allen Brown a 36-35 single-overtime decision to Wisconsin of the Big Ten in 2008; fell 21-14 in one over- (Cornerbacks) (3rd, E. Washington ‘14) time at Montana in 2013; lost 42-41 in one OT at Eastern Washington in 2015; and fell 30- 27 in one OT at Nevada on Sept. 2, 2016. Assistant Coach: Eric Coleman (Fullbacks/Tight Ends) (4th, Fresno Pacific ‘12) NEW MENTORS: Three of Cal Poly's 11 foes this fall has a first-year head coach -- Brent Brennan (a former assistant at Cal Poly) at San Jose State, Rob Phenicie at Idaho State and Dan Hawkins at UC Davis. Demario Warren is in his second year at Southern Utah. Assistant Coach: James Emma (Outside Linebackers) (3rd, Cal Lutheran ‘13) BIG SKY VS. THE REST: Big Sky Conference members were 2-4 during the FCS playoffs in 2016 and were 20-27 for the year against non-conference foes. The 13 Big Sky teams Offensive Analyst: were 19-22 in 2015, including a 1-3 mark in the FCS playoffs. The Big Sky was 23-32 Joe Harper (7th, UCLA ‘59) against non-conference teams, including the FCS playoffs, in 2014. Big Sky teams were 23- 27 against non-conference teams in 2013. Five years ago, Cal Poly’s first year in the con- Defensive Analyst: ference, Big Sky schools were 23-22 in non-conference games for the year. Dan Atencio (1st, San Francisco State ‘69)
FAKE GRASS: Cal Poly lost 19 consecutive games on artificial turf before snapping the Director of Football Operations: streak with a 34-13 triumph at UTEP on Sept. 6, 2003. Prior to the win at UTEP, Cal Poly’s Travis Roth (2nd, Cal Lutheran ‘15) last win on artificial turf was Sept. 22, 1990 at Portland State, 36-23. The Mustangs have won 25 of their last 59 games on artificial turf. In 2015, the Mustangs were 2-3 on artificial Student Managers: turf with wins at Montana and UC Davis and losses at Montana State, Eastern Washington Kenneth McMillan, Sarah Qualle and Southern Utah. Last fall, all six Cal Poly games on the road were on artificial surfaces and the Mustangs went 3-3. Support Staff MUSTANG STADIUM OVERHAUL: Cal Poly held groundbreaking ceremonies for renova- Strength Coach: Chris Holder tion of Mustang Stadium on Sept. 10, 2005, at the Richard J. O'Neill Green. The project, Trainers: Elias Levanway, Chris Ritter, which included an expanded field, press box, donor suites, new lighting, a memorial plaza Neil Mc Ivor entrance and upgraded restrooms, has expanded seating capacity to 11,075 fans and cost Equipment: Rich Hodgkinson about $21 million to complete. The name of the facility, originally opened in 1935, is officially Team Doctors: Sean Devine, Steve Sainsbury Mustang Memorial Field at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 3 Mustangs at a Glance Mustang Notes (2016 Season) TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF FCS: This fall Cal Poly is playing its 99th season of football since 1915 and the 24th sea- son of playing at the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) level. The Mustangs played their 100th Longest Win Streak . . . .. 3 (Twice) game as an FCS member at UTEP on Sept. 6, 2003, earned their 100th win Oct. 9, 2010, at Old Dominion and played Longest Losing Streak ...... 2 their 200th FCS game Nov. 19, 2011, at South Alabama. The Mustangs, currently 142-117 as an FCS school, moved Current Streak ...... 1 Loss to Division I-AA from Division II in 1994 and were members of the now-defunct American West Conference (Southern Home Record ...... 4-2 Utah, Sacramento State, Cal State Northridge), before becoming an independent in 1996. After eight years as an FCS Road Record ...... 3-3 Independent, the Mustangs became a charter member of the Great West Football Conference in 2004. Following eight seasons in the Great West (four titles), Cal Poly moved to the Big Sky Conference in 2012.
Leading at the Half ...... 5-0 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Cal Poly’s lone Big Sky Conference player of the week for the 2016 season was junior full- Trailing at the Half ...... 2-5 back Joe Protheroe after he rushed 31 times for 217 yards, both career highs, and scored twice in the Mustangs’ 38- Tied at the Half ...... 0-0 31 win at then-No. 9/10 South Dakota State on Sept. 17. The only honoree in 2015 was redshirt freshman kicker Alex Leading After Three Quarters. . .6-0 Vega, who kicked a 49-yard field goal with four seconds remaining to lift the Mustangs to a 20-19 victory at Montana. Trailing After Three Quarters . . 0-4 CONFERENCE SWITCH: Cal Poly, along with UC Davis, joined the Big Sky Conference for foot- Tied After Three Quarters . . . . . 1-1 ball only, beginning with the 2012 season. The announcement was made Sept. 7, 2010. Southern Utah and North Dakota joined the Big Sky as full members. The Mustangs maintain membership Day Games ...... 3-3 in the Big West Conference for the majority of their other intercollegiate sports. The four former Night Games ...... 4-2 Great West members join Montana, Montana State, Idaho State, Eastern Washington, Northern Arizona, Sacramento State, Northern Colorado, Weber State and Portland State. The Big Sky Conference is in its 54th On Grass ...... 4-2 year of athletic competition and was a nine-team league for football from 2006-11 after Northern Colorado joined the On Turf ...... 3-3 conference.
Scoring First ...... 4-0 LOCAL FLAVOR: This year's roster features 10 Central Coast players: Grant Alton, Junior, Linebacker ...... Arroyo Grande, CA / Arroyo Grande HS Opponent Scores First ...... 3-5 Nate Avery, Freshman, Wide Receiver ...... Bradley, CA / Templeton HS Scoring 30 or More Points . . . . 6-0 David Chellsen, Sophomore, Offensive Lineman ...... San Luis Obispo, CA / San Luis Obispo HS Opp. Score 30 or More Points .4-4 CJ Cole, Freshman, Slot Back ...... Santa Maria, CA / St. Joseph HS Def./Special Teams Score . . . .0-1 Jack Ferguson, Senior, Linebacker ...... San Luis Obispo, CA / San Luis Obispo HS Opp. Def./Special Teams Score .3-0 Joshua Jeter, Junior, Slot Back ...... Paso Robles, CA / Paso Robles HS Bradley Mickey, Redshirt Freshman, Defensive Back ...... Nipomo, CA / Arroyo Grande HS Creating More Turnovers ...... 2-1 Matt Shotwell, Redshirt Freshman, Linebacker ...... Goleta, CA / Bishop Diego HS Having More Turnovers ...... 1-3 Fenton Will, Freshman, Linebacker ...... Santa Maria, CA / St. Joseph HS Turnovers are Equal ...... 4-1 Peyton Witcher, Sophomore, Defensive Back ...... Nipomo, CA / Nipomo HS
Having a 100-Yard Rusher . . . .6-3 STRETCHING THE TRUTH: Cal Poly's tallest player on the 2017 roster is redshirt freshman tight end Nick White at 6- 6. Shortest is junior slot back Joshua Jeter at 5-5. The lightest are a pair of redshirt freshmen -- defensive back Ben Opp. Have 100-Yard Rusher . . 2-2 Hakimi and wide receiver Ryan McNab, both at 160 pounds, while the heaviest is senior defensive lineman Augustino Having a 200-Yard Passer . . . . .0-0 Elisaia at 315, followed by cousin Tiasamo Savusa at 303. Freshman slot back Duy Tran-Sampson is the youngest Opp. Have 200-Yard Passer . . . 5-2 Cal Poly player -- he turns 18 on Sept. 22. Freshman offensive lineman Wade Willet is 12 days older. Oldest Mustang Having Over 400 Total Yards . . .6-2 is senior defensive back Aaryn Bouzos, who turned 25 on July 11. From 2007-11, the Mustangs had two players -- offen- Opp. Over 400 Total Yards . . . .3-2 sive lineman Art Munoz and wide receiver Jarred Houston -- who were born on August 8, 1988 (8-8-88). INDOOR FOOTBALL: The Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, Ariz., was the fifth indoor football facility in which Cal Poly had won a game, posting a 42-34 victory over Northern Arizona on Nov. 17, 2012. The Mustangs beat North Dakota State 13-10 in 2004 at the FargoDome, South Dakota 38-24 in the DakotaDome in 2010, earned wins over North Dakota in the Alerus Center in both 2011 and 2012 and have won four times in Idaho State's domed stadium. They are winless in How They Match Up domed stadiums at Idaho (0-1) and Northern Iowa (0-3). Overall, Cal Poly is 8-16 indoors following losses at Northern (2016 Statistics) Arizona and Idaho State in 2014 and at North Dakota in 2016. The Mustangs did not play indoors in 2015 and will play CP CU indoors at Northern Iowa and Idaho State this fall. Record 7-5 5-5 Scoring Offense . . . . .34.7 31.1 THE 200 CLUB: With 217 yards on 31 carries against South Dakota State on Sept. 17, 2016, Joe Protheroe recorded Scoring Defense . . . . 32.8 23.4 Cal Poly’s 20th 200-yard rushing game in program history. Chris Brown netted 226 yards on 21 carries against Rush Offense ...... 343.5 206.6 Montana on Oct. 25, 2014, while Mark Rodgers scampered for 235 yards on just 15 carries against South Dakota on Rush Defense . . . . . 134.6 69.4 Nov. 6, 2010. Brown’s performance is No. 12 on the all-time Cal Poly single-game rushing list. Prior to Rodgers’ feat, Pass Offense ...... 127.8 204.4 the last Mustang to exceed 200 yards on the ground was James Noble with 221 yards against Eastern Washington on Pass Defense . . . . . 270.9 274.7 Nov. 5, 2005. Two weeks later against Idaho State he rushed for 248 yards and broke a school record by scoring five Total Offense ...... 471.3 411.0 times. Craig Young holds the school single-game rushing record with 283 yards against Saint Mary's in 1996, followed by Louis Jackson (267 vs. Portland State in 1978) and Paul Dickens (266 vs. Portland State in 1979). Total Defense ...... 405.5 344.1 Kickoff Return ...... 20.3 20.4 FRIENDLY CONFINES: Following three straight 4-1 seasons in Alex G. Spanos Stadium and a 5-0 mark in 2012 and Punt Return ...... 3.9 8.6 4-1 in 2014, the Mustangs have won 60 of their last 78 home contests. They were 3-3 at home in 2013, 2-3 last fall and Punting Average . . . . .37.8 41.5 4-2 in 2016. Overall, the Mustangs have won 65 of their last 107 games (61 percent) and 98 of 161 contests (62 per- Fumbles-Lost ...... 22-12 7-4 cent) going back to the 2002 finale and have won 20 of their last 40 and 39 of 79 on the road (3-3 in 2010, 2-4 in 2011, Turnover Margin ...... -2 +6 4-3 in 2012, 3-3 in 2013, 3-4 in 2014, 2-4 in 2015, 3-3 in 2016). Sacks ...... 15-86 34-238 Penalties ...... 63-575 51-465 ZEROES ON THE BOARD: Cal Poly has scored in 206 consecutive games. Last time the Mustangs were shut out was First Downs ...... 277 199 in 1998 by Nevada, 63-0, in Reno. The Mustangs also were shut out by Northern Arizona in 1998, 9-0. Cal Poly's two Third-Down Conv. 96 of 179 50 of 139 shutouts to start the 2006 season were its first since a 31-0 shutout over Northern Colorado on Nov. 13, 2004. Rich Fourth-Down Conv. 20 of 31 9 of 18 Ellerson earned six shutouts in eight seasons as head coach at Cal Poly. Cal Poly was held to a single field goal twice Total Touchdowns ...... 57 40 during the current run and to a lone touchdown four times as well. TDs Rushing ...... 39 21 TDs Passing ...... 17 16 FAST STARTS: Cal Poly's 7-0 start in 2004 matched the performances of eight other Mustang teams with 5-0 starts or Pass Comp. Pct...... 623 .526 better. The list: Time of Possession . .33:29 31:33 1933 (started and finished 7-0) 1957 (started 5-0, finished 8-1) 1990 (started 5-0, finished 10-2) 1953 (started and finished 9-0) 1973 (started 8-0, finished 9-1) 1997 (started 7-0, finished 10-1) 1955 (started 5-0, finished 7-3) 1987 (started 6-0, finished 7-3) 2004 (started 7-0, finished 9-2)
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 4 2016 IndividualRushes Game Highs Mustang Notes 31, Joe Protheroe vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17 NEW RULES FOR 2017: New NCAA rules for the 2017 football season cover an early signing period, the end of two-a-day Yards Rushing 217, Joe Protheroe vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17 practices and the addition of one more assistant coach to a staff, raising the allowable total to 10. The first early signing period TD Rushes for football student-athlketes will be Dec. 20-23. Programs are allowed an extra week to practice after two-a-days were voted 2, Dano Graves vs. Nevada, Sept. 2 2, Joe Protheroe vs. San Diego, Sept. 10 out. as far as playing rules, two changes were adopted in April. Players are prohibited from jumping over offensive linemen to 2, Joe Protheroe vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17 block a kick and the nameplate is now included in the horse-collar tackle, which is a 15-yard penalty. Knee pads must be cov- 2, Kyle Lewis vs. Portland State, Oct. 15 2, Joe Protheroe vs. Portland State, Oct. 15 ered by the pants this fall, and pants and knee pads must cover the knees by 2018. 2, Dano Graves vs. UC Davis, Oct. 22 2, Dano Graves vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 5 NATIONAL RANKINGS: In statistics released by the NCAA following the FCS playoffs, Cal Poly finished No. 1 in the Football 2, DJ Peluso vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 19 2, Kori Garcia vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 19 Championship Subdivision in team rushing during the regular season for the fourth straight year with a 343.5 yards-per-game 2, Joe Protheroe vs. San Diego, Nov. 26 average. The Mustangs also were No. 3 in third-down conversions (53.6 percent) and team passing efficiency (183.86), No. 1 Long Rush 91, Kyle Lewis vs. UC Davis, Oct. 22 (TD) in blocked kicks allowed (0) and blocked punts allowed (0). In addition, the Mustangs were No. 6 in passing yards per comple- Pass Attempts tion (15.49), No. 9 in red zone offense (90.0 percent), No. 7 in time of possession (33:28), No. 22 in completion percentage 21, Dano Graves vs. North Dakota, Oct. 1 Pass Completions (62.3 percent), No. 4 in interceptions thrown (4), No. 21 in fourth-down conversions (64.5 percent), No. 34 in turnovers lost 15, Dano Graves vs. North Dakota, Oct. 1 (16), No. 5 in sacks allowed (7), No. 12 in total offense (471.30), No. 14 in scoring offense (34.7) and No. 33 in rushing defense Yards Passing (134.6). Individually, Joe Protheroe was No. 7 in rushing yards per game (121.3), No. 13 in scoring (8.2) and No. 53 in rushing 219, Dano Graves vs. North Dakota, Oct. 1 Touchdown Passes yards per carry (5.29). Casey Sublette was No. 1 in field goal percentage (100.0) while Dano Graves was No. 40 in passing 3, Dano Graves vs. Montana, Sept. 24 TDs (17), No. 22 in points responsible for (156) and would be No. 1 in passing efficiency if he had enough attempts per game. 3, Dano Graves vs. North Dakota, Oct. 1 3, Dano Graves vs. Portland State, Oct. 15 Kori Garcia was No. 10 in rushing yards per carry (6.53) while Kyle Lewis was No. 45 in yards per reception (17.05). 3, Dano Graves vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 Long Pass 57, Dano Graves to Kyle Lewis vs. San Diego, Sept. 10 (TD) CONFERENCE LEADERS: Four Mustang players led the Big Sky Conference in statistical categories last year -- Joe Receptions Protheroe in rushing (1,334 yards, 121.3 per game), Dano Graves in passing efficiency (176.4), B.J. Nard in forced fumbles 5, Kyle Lewis vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17 (3) and Casey Sublette in field goal percentage (100.0). Protheroe also was No. 2 in scoring (8.2) while Sublette was No. 8 in Yards Receiving 122, Kyle Lewis vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17 PAT percentage (96.4), 10th in field goals per game (0.50) and No. 6 in scoring by kicking (6.0). Chris Santini was No. 5 in tack- Touchdown Receptions les (8.8 per game) and No. 5 in tackles for lost yardage (1.04 per game). Kori Garcia was No. 12 in rushing (70.8 yards per 2, Carson McMurtrey vs. North Dakota, Oct. 1 Field Goals game) and Aaryn Bouzos was No. 11 with his two interceptions. As a team, Cal Poly topped the Big Sky in rushing offense 2, Casey Sublette vs. Nevada, Sept. 2 (343.5), field goal percentage (100.0), time of possession (33:28) and passing efficiency (173.6). The Mustangs also were No. Long Field Goal 39, Casey Sublette vs. San Diego, Sept. 10 1 in sacks allowed (7), No. 2 in third-down conversions (53.6 percent), No. 2 in rushing defense (134.6, No. 3 in scoring offense Punts (34.7), No. 5 in total defense (405.5) and No. 4 in total offense (471.3). 5, Casey Sublette vs. UC Davis, Oct. 22 5, Casey Sublette vs. Weber State, Nov. 12 5, Casey Sublette vs. San Diego, Nov. 26 AGAINST THE FBS: Cal Poly has played a Football Bowl Subdivision team each of the last 12 seasons (2005-16), including Long Punt two FBS teams in a season seven times during that stretch. The Mustangs lost to Nevada 30-27 in overtime in the 2016 season 61, Alex Vega vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 Long Punt Return opener. In 2002 Cal Poly played two FBS (formerly Division I-A) opponents in one season for the first time in school history 11, Kory Fox vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 19 (Toledo and Kent State), and did it again in 2003 (UTEP and Akron), 2006 (San Jose State and San Diego State), 2008 (San Long Kickoff Return 85, J.J. Koski vs. San Diego, Nov. 26 Diego State and Wisconsin), 2009 (Ohio and San Jose State), 2011 (San Diego State and Northern Illinois) and 2013 Tackles (Colorado State and Fresno State). Cal Poly is 4-12 in its last 16 games against FBS schools, defeating UTEP 34-13 in the 16, Chris Santini vs. Weber State, Nov. 12 2003 opener, San Diego State 16-14 in 2006 and 30-28 in 2008 and Wyoming 24-22 in 2012. The Mustangs, 5-29 against FBS Sacks 2.0, Kitu Humphrey vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 schools since 1980 following a 28-10 loss at New Mexico State three years ago, a 35-21 setback at Arizona State in 2015 and Interceptions last year’s overtime loss at Nevada, will face San Jose State in 2017, Oregon State in 2019 and Cal in 2020. Only 15 FCS 1, Aaryn Bouzos vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17 1, Aaryn Bouzos vs. Montana, Sept. 24 schools in the nation have more than five wins against FBS foes, led by Youngstown State with 20. 1, B.J. Nard vs. Portland State, Oct. 15 1, Kevin Griffin vs. UC Davis, Oct. 22 1, Carter Nichols vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 OPPOSING MARKS: Cal Poly’s 11 opponents this fall were 45-72 during the 2016 season, led by San Diego at 10-2. The 1, Jerek Rosales vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 5 Mustangs’ 11 foes last year (San Diego twice) were 5-5 in the postseason and 72-58 for the season, led by Eastern Washington 1, Kelly Shepard vs. San Diego, Nov. 26 at 12-2. In 2015, the Mustangs’ 11 foes were 64-64 overall, including a 3-4 mark in the FCS playoffs. The dozen opponents 1, Kitu Humphrey vs. San Diego, Nov. 26 Pass Breakups the Mustangs faced in 2014 were 70-78 for the year. The 12 foes on the 2013 schedule finished a combined 77-61, national 3, Kevin Griffin vs. San Diego, Sept. 10 semifinalist Eastern Washington leading the way at 12-3. The Mustangs’ 2012 foes were a combined 56-69. Eastern Quarterback Hurries 2, Chris Santini vs. Montana, Sept. 24 Washington was 11-3 and San Diego and Northern Arizona both were 8-3. Cal Poly’s 2011 opponents were 68-45, including Montana at 11-3, Northern Illinois at 9-3, North Dakota at 8-3 and San Diego State at 8-5. Cal Poly’s 11 foes in 2010 were 56- 56. The 2009 opponents were a combined 71-59, with Montana (14-1) posting the best record. Rushes:2016 71 vs. Nevada, Team Sept. Game2 Highs Yards Rushing: 527 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 A SACK JOB: Cal Poly's defense recorded a school-record 50 sacks in 11 games in 2004 and broke the mark again in 2005 Yards per Rush: 8.1 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 TD Rushes: 6 vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 19 with 62 sacks in 13 games. Meanwhile, the Mustang offense protected its quarterbacks well, surrendering just 11 sacks in 2004 Pass Attempts: 21 vs. North Dakota, Oct. 1 and 15 in 2005. The 2006 squad allowed just 11 sacks and the 2007 team allowed only 15 sacks (27th in the nation) but Pass Completions: 15 vs. North Dakota, Oct. 1 Yards Passing: 219 vs. North Dakota, Oct. 1 notched just 21 on defense; the zero sacks at Texas State marked the first time in 43 games the Mustangs did not have a sack Yards Per Catch: 26.2 vs. Montana, Sept. 24 in a game. in 2008, the Mustang defense notched 37 sacks -- No. 2 in the nation -- while the offensive line allowed nine. In TD Passes: 3 vs. Montana, Sept. 24 3 vs. North Dakota, Oct. 1 2009, Cal Poly recorded 17 sacks (six against Dixie State and five against Southern Utah) and allowed 17. In 2010, the 3 vs. Portland State, Oct. 15 Mustangs allowed just 10 sacks (16th in the nation) while notching 26 in 11 games (26th in the nation). Cal Poly had 22 sacks 3 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 in the 2011 season, all in the last nine games, while the offensive line allowed just 20 in 11 games. Averaging 51 sacks a year Total Plays: 83 vs. Nevada, Sept. 2 83 vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 19 during the Jordan Beck-Chris Gocong-Kyle Shotwell era (2004-06), Cal Poly has not been able to record 20 or more sacks in Total Offense: 674 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 a season since 2011. The 2015 team notched 16 sacks in 11 games and gave up just 11 while last year’s squad recorded 15 Yards Per Play: 8.6 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17 Points: 59 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 sacks -- three sacks against both UC Davis and Sacramento State, two against Nevada, South Dakota State and Portland Punts: 5 vs. Montana, Sept. 24 State and one more against San Diego, Montana and Northern Colorado -- while giving up just seven. 5 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 22 5 vs. Weber State, Nov. 12 5 vs. San Diego, Nov. 26 TRIPLE FIGURES: Cal Poly, which did not allow a 100-yard rusher in 19 straight games and just twice in a span of 33 contests, Kickoffs: 9 vs. Portland State, Oct. 15 allowed more than 100 yards to a running back in four of the first five games three years ago and four of the first six in 2014 9 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 9 vs. Northern Colorado, Nov. 19 (seven overall). The streak of 19 ended when Tim Flanders of Sam Houston State gained 101 yards in an FCS playoff game Sacks by: 3 vs. UC Davis, Oct. 22 Dec. 1, 2012. The 19-game streak began after Northern Illinois’ Jasmin Hopkins (143 yards) and Chandler Harnish (118) both 3 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 First Downs: 32 vs. Portland State, Oct. 15 rushed for over 100 yards on Sept. 24, 2011. No Cal Poly football opponent in 2010 produced a running back who rushed for Penalties: 10 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 100 or more yards against the Mustangs, but the streak of 11 such games was snapped in the 2011 opener as San Diego State’s Penalty Yards: 101 vs. Sacramento State, Oct. 29 Turnovers: 3 vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 5 Ronnie Hillman rushed for 189 yards on 28 carries and scored twice. In 2014, seven running backs surpassed the 100-yard 3 vs. San Diego, Nov. 26 mark, led by UC Davis’ Gabe Manzanares as he rambled for 230 yards. Four opposing running backs rushed for over 100 yards Fumbles: 5 vs. Nevada, Sept. 2 against the Mustangs in 2009, three in 2008 and six in 2007, including a pair of 200-yard games -- Deonte Jackson (214) of Fumbles Lost: 3 vs. San Diego, Nov. 26 Fumbles Recovered: 2, Three times Weber State and Cory Koenig (259) of South Dakota State. In 2002, each of Cal Poly's first eight opponents and nine of the 11 Interceptions: 2 vs. San Diego, Nov. 26 produced a 100-yard rusher. In 2015, Arizona State’s Demario Richard, Chad Newell of Montana State, Xavier Finney of Idaho Pass Breakups: 6 vs. Eastern Washington, Nov. 5 Opp. Interceptions: 2 by North Dakota, Oct. 1 State, Jabari Wilson of Eastern Washington, Alex Kuresa of Portland State and John Santiago of North Dakota all surpassed Quarterback Hurries: 6 vs. Montana, Sept. 24 the 100-yard rushing mark against the Mustangs. James Butler of Nevada rushed for 123 yards in Cal Poly’s 2016 opener and Time of Possession: 36:09 vs. Nevada, Sept. 2 North Dakota’s Brady Oliveira (127), UC Davis’ Manusamoa Luuga (118), Sacramento State’s Jordan Robinson (117) and San Diego’s Jonah Hodges (171) also broke the 100-yard mark last season. 2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 5 STATS Top 25 FCS Poll Mustang Notes 2017 Record 1960 LOGO: Cal Poly football players wore a “1960” helmet decal during the 2010 season honoring the 50th anniversary of the tragic 1. James Madison (134) .0-0 plane crash which occurred Oct. 29, 1960, shortly after takeoff from Toledo, Ohio, and claimed the lives of 16 players, the team man- 2. North Dakota St. (19) . .0-0 ager, a booster and four others hours after the Mustangs played Bowling Green. The 1960 football team was inducted into the Cal 3. Sam Houston St. (7) . . .0-0 Poly Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 29, 2006, hours after Mustang Memorial Plaza was dedicated at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. The 4. South Dakota St. (2) . .0-0 50th anniversary included a reception and program on Oct. 30, 2010, at Mustang Memorial Plaza, a moment of silence, a commemoration video 5. Eastern Washington . . .0-0 and participation in the coin toss prior to kickoff of the homecoming game against Saint Francis (Pa.). 6. Jacksonville State (1) . .0-0 7. Richmond ...... 0-0 MILESTONES: Among the Mustangs who achieved season or career statistical milestones in the Cal Poly record book last fall were Joe Protheroe 8. North Dakota ...... 0-0 with 2,297 career rushing yards (No. 8), 1,334 rushing yards in 2016 (No. 5) and 217 yards at South Dakota State (No. 15), Kori Garcia with 2,885 9. Youngstown State . . . .0-0 career rushing yards (No. 6) and Chris Santini with 106 tackles this season (No. 15). Protheroe became the 20th Mustang to notch 1,000 yards 10. Villanova ...... 0-0 rushing in a single season while Santini is the 16th Mustang to achieve 100 or more tackles in a single season. Casey Sublette’s 54 PAT kicks 11. Wofford ...... 0-0 made are No. 4 while his 56 PAT attempts are No. 3. 12. Chattanooga ...... 0-0 13. New Hampshire ...... 0-0 MUSTANGS BY THE DOTS: Tim Walsh, hired Jan. 9, 2009, is Cal Poly’s 16th head football coach and has a 28-11 record at home (73 percent) 14. Charleston Southern . .0-0 ... with his three interceptions against Montana in 2015, safety B.J. Nard was the first Mustang in 19 years to accomplish the feat and the 10th in 15. Central Arkansas . . . . .0-0 Cal Poly’s 98 seasons of playing football ... with his 160 yards against UC Davis in 2015, quarterback Chris Brown finished with 13 career 100- 16. The Citadel ...... 0-0 yard games ... slot back Kori Garcia had 10 after his 146 yards against Sacramento State in 2016, Joe Protheroe 13 after his 122 yards against 17. Lehigh ...... 0-0 San Diego in the 2016 FCS playoffs, Kyle Lewis three and Dano Graves four ... Cal Poly’s 24 points in the third quarter against Idaho State in 18. Northern Iowa ...... 0-0 2015 are the most since scoring 28 first-quarter points against the Bengals in 2012 ... the Mustangs’ four sacks against Portland State in 2015 were 19. Samford ...... 0-0 the most since notching four sacks against both San Diego and Eastern Washington in 2013; Cal Poly also notched four sacks against Sacramento 20. Illinois State ...... 0-0 State in 2015 ... Cal Poly has beaten Montana three straight seasons, but the Grizzlies still lead the series, 15-5 ... the 47-0 win over Weber State 21. Grambling State ...... 0-0 on Oct. 12, 2013, is Cal Poly’s lone shutout since the 2006 finale, a 55-0 triumph over Savannah State ... Weber State’s 173 total yards in the 2013 22. Fordham ...... 0-0 game are the fewest allowed in Walsh’s eight seasons at Cal Poly ... Vince Moraga’s 226 passing yards against San Diego in the 2013 opener 23. Cal Poly ...... 0-0 were the most by a Mustang quarterback since Tony Smith threw for 233 yards against St. Francis (Pa.) in 2010 ... Kristaan Ivory’s eight catches 24. Albany ...... 0-0 against Yale in 2013 are the most by a Cal Poly receiver in five years ... Willie Tucker’s three touchdown catches against UC Davis in 2015 are the 25. Western Illinois ...... 0-0 most since Dominique Johnson had five against South Dakota on Nov. 14, 2009 ... Fresno State’s Isaiah Burse returned two punts for touch- (Cal Poly opponents in bold) downs four years ago, the first in Tim Walsh’s eight years at Cal Poly ... Brown’s 226 yards rushing against Montana on Oct. 25, 2014, are the most ever in a single game by a Cal Poly quarterback; he rushed for 195 yards against UC Davis in 2013 ... against Weber State in 2014, Brown became the first Mustang in Cal Poly’s 24-year Division I history to run and pass for a touchdown and catch a scoring pass in the same game; he accom- FCS Coaches plished the same feat against UC Davis in 2015 ... Brown is the only Cal Poly quarterback to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season and he did it Top 25 Poll twice ... with 230 yards on 37 carries in 2014, Gabe Manzanares of UC Davis was the first in seven years to rush for over 200 yards against Cal 2017 Record Poly ... the Mustangs intercepted three passes in a game five times in the 2011 and 2012 seasons and made four interceptions against Northern 1. James Madison (134) .0-0 Colorado in the 2013 season finale, the most since nabbing five against Sonoma State in 1994 ... Nico Molino’s four interceptions in 2012 were 2. North Dakota St. (19) . .0-0 the most for a Mustang since 2009 (Scottie Cordier also had four) ... Sullivan Grosz’s block of a North Dakota field goal attempt in 2012 was Cal 3. Sam Houston St. (7) . . .0-0 Poly’s first since Mark Restelli blocked a Western Oregon three-point try in 2007 while his three sacks against Northern Colorado are the most 4. Eastern Washington . . .0-0 since Kyle Murphy sacked the South Dakota State quarterback three times in 2011 ... Cal Poly’s nine wins in 2012 are the most since the 2004 5. Jacksonville State (1) . .0-0 and 2005 squads both won nine games ... the Mustangs won four games on the road in 2012, the most since the 2004 team went 5-1 ... the 6. South Dakota St. (2) . .0-0 Mustangs won four of the eight Great West titles, including a share of the 2011 crown with North Dakota ... for the first time in the then-97-year his- 7. Richmond ...... 0-0 tory of the football program, Cal Poly produced four 100-yard rushers in a game as Kyle Lewis (121), Chris Brown (110), DJ Peluso (108) and 8. Youngstown State . . . .0-0 Jared Mohamed (107) all surpassed the century mark at Southern Utah on Oct. 31, 2015, the second time that has been done in the FCS 9. Villanova ...... 0-0 (Jacksonville State in 2013) ... the Mustangs have had at least two 100-yard rushers in a game 20 times over the last six seasons, five times last 10. North Dakota ...... 0-0 year (Dano Graves and Joe Protheroe against Nevada; Protheroe, Kori Garcia and Kyle Lewis against Portland State; Protheroe and Garcia 11. Wofford ...... 0-0 versus Sacramento State; Graves and Protheroe vs. Eastern Washington; Graves and Protheroe vs. Northern Colorado), five times in 2015 and 12. The Citadel ...... 0-0 three times in both 2013 and 2014 ... Kyle Lewis scored four times on the ground against Southern Utah, the first since Jonathan Dally accom- 13. Chattanooga ...... 0-0 plished the feat against Northern Colorado in 2007 ... Cal Poly trailed in six of its nine wins in 2012 ... the Mustangs have compiled a winning season 14. Charleston Southern . .0-0 12 times in the last 16 years, including last fall ... Cal Poly won all three games in which it led at halftime in 2011 (South Dakota State, North Dakota, 15. Central Arkansas . . . . .0-0 South Alabama) and was 7-0 in such games in 2012, but Yale turned a 10-7 deficit into a 24-10 win on Oct. 5, 2013 and Montana rebounded from 16. New Hampshire ...... 0-0 a 14-7 intermission deficit for a 21-14 overtime win on Oct. 19, 2013 ... Cal Poly’s four home wins in 2010 were by a total of 17 points; the Mustangs 17. Lehigh ...... 0-0 won four times in 2011 by a combined 61 points and five times by 131 points in 2012 ... Cal Poly scored in 41 of 44 quarters in 2008 and 40 of 48 18. Illinois State ...... 0-0 in 2012, but only 34 of 48 in 2013 (42 of 48 in 2014, a streak of 18 straight snapped in first quarter at Idaho State) ... Cal Poly, which scored 14 19. Samford ...... 0-0 points in each quarter against Northern Colorado (56-28 win) on Oct. 13, 2012, last accomplished the same feat in 2007, also against Northern 20. Northern Iowa ...... 0-0 Colorado (56-21 victory) ... in 2009 Cal Poly was winless (0-6) on the road for the first time since the 1998 team also went 0-6 on the road ... the 21. Grambling State ...... 0-0 Mustangs have gone winless on the road in a season eight times since becoming a four-year school in 1941 and snapped an eight-game losing 22. Weber State ...... 0-0 streak on the road with a win at McNeese State on Sept. 25, 2010 (the school record is 11 in 1995 and 1996) ... the Mustangs are 20-19 on the 23. Cal Poly ...... 0-0 road since that losing streak, winning four straight until the loss to Sacramento State on Oct. 27, 2012 ... prior to a 20-7 loss on Oct. 16, 2010, Cal 24. North Carolina Central .0-0 Poly had beaten Southern Utah nine straight times and the Mustangs haven’t lost to the Thunderbirds at home since 1986, going 14-1 ... the 25. North Carolina A&T . . .0-0 Mustangs beat Northern Arizona in 2012 for the first time in nine tries ... Cal Poly had beaten Montana State eight straight times until a 45-28 setback (Cal Poly opponents in bold) in 2015 ... the 80,709 at Wisconsin in 2008 is the largest crowd to see a Cal Poly football game; previous largest was 32,536 at Fresno State in 1985; the 46,500 at Arizona State on Sept. 12 is now No. 2 on the list, followed by the 37,069 at Fresno State on Oct. 2, 2010, the 34,384 at San Mustangs in 2017 Polls Diego State on Sept. 3, 2011 and 33,260 at Fresno State on Sept. 7, 2013 ... Colin Lockett’s 94-yard kickoff return for a San Diego State touchdown STATS FCS on Sept. 3, 2011, was the first given up by Cal Poly in four years and the Mustangs gave up another one the following week as Montana’s Jabin Preseason ...... 23 23 Sambrano opened the game with a 96-yarder ... Alex Hubbard’s 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Northern Colorado in 2013 was the After Colgate ...... Mustangs’ first since 2002 ... the Cal Poly-UC Davis series was all even at 16-16-2 until the Aggies won in 2009, 2010 and 2011; it is even once After San Jose State ...... again at 20-20-2 ... Cal Poly is now 20-16 against Sacramento State after winning its fourth straight last Oct. 29 (59-47) and nine of the last 10 ... After Northern Iowa ...... the cancellation of Cal Poly’s game at McNeese State due to Hurricane Ike in 2008 was its first postponement of a football game since Sept. 15, After Bye ...... 2001, against Saint Mary’s, due to the events of Sept. 11, 2001; that game was made up on Nov. 24 ... in 2013 the Mustangs lost three home games After Northern Arizona . . . . for the first time since 2002 and were 2-3 at home in 2015, below the .500 mark for the first time since the 2001 and 2002 teams both were 2-3 at After Idaho State ...... home ... overall, Cal Poly has won 98 of its last 161 contests going back to the 2002 finale and has won 39 of its last 79 games on the road (3-1 in After Southern Utah ...... 2008 but 0-6 in 2009, 3-3 in 2010 and 2016 and 2-4 in 2011 and 2015) ... the Mustangs have won 60 of their last 78 home contests (77 percent) After Bye ...... prior to 2009, the Mustangs won seven or more games six consecutive seasons, the longest such streak in school history (old mark of four was After Weber State ...... set by the 1955-58 teams) ... there have been 13 200-yard games by a receiver in Cal Poly football history and Ramses Barden has five of them After UC Davis ...... Cal Poly surpassed the 30-point mark nine times in 2008, one more than the school mark of eight set by the 1995 squad (5-6), and scored 30 or After Portland State ...... more points seven times in 2012 and nine times in 2014 to tie the mark ... since and including 2012, Cal Poly has turned six halftime deficits into After Sacramento State . . . victories (Wyoming in 2012, Portland State in 2013, Southern Utah and Montana State in 2014 and UC Davis and Sacramento State in 2016) ... After Northern Colorado . . . the Mustangs have won nine straight games against Division II schools and are 23-7 against such schools since moving to Division I in 1994; Cal After FCS Playoffs ...... Poly has not played a Division II team since the 2011 season.
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 6 SCORING THIEVES: In Mustang the first 10 seasons Notes at the NCAA Division I-AA level (now FCS), the Mustang defense returned just eight interceptions for scores. Cal Poly then returned 22 interceptions for touchdowns from 2004-12, including six in 2004, but had to wait four years before the next one (Kelly Shepard against San Diego in 2016): 2016 -- Kelly Shepard vs. San Diego (63 yards) 2012 -- Nick Dzubnar vs. Northern Arizona (40 yards) 2012 -- Alex Hubbard vs. Idaho State (15 yards) 2012 -- Barrett Wangara vs. Weber State (58 yards) 2011 -- Asa Jackson vs. Central Oklahoma (52 yards) 2011 -- Asa Jackson vs. South Dakota State (100 yards) 2011 -- Bijon Samoodi vs. South Dakota State (46 yards) 2010 -- Johnny Millard vs. McNeese State (24 yards) 2010 -- Scottie Cordier vs. Montana (45 yards) 2016 Standings 2009 -- Asa Jackson vs. South Dakota State (47 yards) Team Conference Overall 2009 -- Greg Francis vs. Ohio (60 yards) W L T Pct. W L T Pct. 2008 -- David Fullerton vs. UC Davis (38 yards) ^E. Washington . . . . .8 0 0 1.000 12 2 0 .857 2007 -- David Fullerton vs. Iona (95 yards) +North Dakota ...... 8 0 0 1.000 9 3 0 .750 2007 -- David Fullerton vs. North Dakota State (0 yards) +Weber State ...... 6 2 0 .750 7 5 0 .583 2006 -- Kenny Chicoine/Kyle Shotwell vs. Savannah State (73 yards) +Cal Poly ...... 5 3 0 .625 7 5 0 .583 2006 -- Mark Restelli vs. Weber State (42 yards) Southern Utah ...... 5 3 0 .625 6 5 0 .545 2005 -- Kenny Chicoine vs. UC Davis (59 yards) Northern Arizona . . . .4 4 0 .500 5 6 0 .454 2005 -- Courtney Brown vs. Montana State (28 yards) 2004 -- Jordan Beck vs. Humboldt State (36 yards) Northern Colorado . . .4 4 0 .500 6 5 0 .545 2004 -- Jordan Beck vs. Idaho State (40 yards) Montana ...... 3 5 0 .375 6 5 0 .545 2004 -- Joey Warren vs. Idaho State (24 yards) Portland State ...... 2 6 0 .250 3 8 0 .273 2004 -- Karl Ivory vs. Montana State (41 yards) Sacramento State . . .2 6 0 .250 2 9 0 .182 2004 -- Karl Ivory vs. North Dakota State (73 yards) UC Davis ...... 2 6 0 .250 3 8 0 .273 2004 -- Kenny Chicoine vs. Sacramento State (68 yards) Montana State ...... 2 6 0 .250 4 7 0 .364 2003 -- David Richardson vs. Sacramento State (71 yards) Idaho State ...... 1 7 0 .125 2 9 0 .182 2003 -- David Richardson vs. Southern Utah (16 yards) ^Automatic qualifier for NCAA FCS Playoffs 2001 -- Vaughn Jarrett vs. Montana State (79 yards) 1998 -- Kiko Griffin vs. Sacramento State (53 yards) +NCAA FCS Playoffs at-large selection 1995 -- David Lombardi vs. Eastern Washington (38 yards) ------1995 -- Alex Garwood vs. Western Montana (38 yards) Schedule for Saturday, August 26: 1995 -- Matt Panziera vs. Western Montana (52 yards) Colgate at Cal Poly, 4:05 p.m. 1994 -- David Brown vs. San Francisco State (31 yards) Portland State at Brigham Young, 12 noon. Schedule for Thursday, August 31: A SCORE FOR THE DEFENSE: Cal Poly's defense scored seven touchdowns in 2004, North Dakota at Utah, 4:30 p.m. exceeding the four scores the Mustang defense recorded in 2003. Those 11 scores in Western Oregon at Idaho State, 5:30 p.m. 2003 and 2004 matched the total of 11 defensive TDs in Cal Poly's first nine seasons at the NCAA FCS level. Cal Poly has won 30 of its last 36 games when its defense or spe- Schedule for Friday, Sept. 1: cial teams scores a TD, dating back to the 2002 season. The losses were to Idaho State Sacramento State at Idaho, 6 p.m.. in 2003, UC Davis in 2005, Texas State and North Dakota State in 2007, Wisconsin in 2016 Big Sky Statistical Leaders 2008 and Ohio in 2009. The 2005 Mustang defense scored three times -- Courtney (Through Games of December 17, 2016 -- Final) Brown's 28-yard interception return against Montana State, Chris Gocong's fumble Rushing (Yards per Game) recovery in the endzone against Montana State and Kenny Chicoine's 59-yard intercep- Player G Att. Yards Avg. TD tion return at UC Davis. Mark Restelli's game-clinching 42-yard interception return for a Joe Protheroe (CP) ...... 11 252 1,334 5.3 13 Manusamoa Luuga (UCD) ...... 11 213 1,077 5.1 11 score against Weber State was the first defensive TD in 2006 and the other was Kenny Malik Brown (SUU) ...... 11 182 1,027 5.6 7 Chicoine’s lateral of an interception to Kyle Shotwell covering 73 yards against Jordan Robinson (SAC) ...... 11 164 996 6.1 13 Savannah State. The 2007 Mustang defense scored three touchdowns -- a 75-yard fum- John Santiago (UND) ...... 12 183 983 5.4 7 ble recovery and run by nose tackle Justin Reece against Southern Utah and David 11. Kori Garcia (CP) ...... 12 130 849 6.5 6 Fullerton’s interceptions against North Dakota State and Iona. In 2008, Fullerton Passing (Efficiency Rating) stepped in front of a Southern Utah pitch and scampered 90 yards for a TD on Oct. 25; Player G PC-PA-I Pct. Yards TD he also returned an interception 38 yards for a score against UC Davis. Cal Poly returned Dano Graves (CP) ...... 12 97-153-4 .634 1,485 17 two interceptions for scores in 2009 along with a blocked punt (Ryan Taylor) and 32-yard Gabe Gubrud (EWU) ...... 14 386-570-14 .677 5,160 48 fumble recovery (Kennith Jackson). In 2010, Scottie Cordier and Johnny Millard Kyle Sloter (UNC) ...... 11 197-317-10 .621 2,665 29 Brady Gustafson (UM) ...... 9 260-396-8 .657 2,785 25 returned interceptions for scores. Asa Jackson and Bijon Samoodi both returned thefts Keaton Studsrud (UND) ...... 11 150-268-2 .560 2,027 14 for scores Sept. 17, 2011, against South Dakota State and Jackson returned another 52 yards for a score against Central Oklahoma on Oct. 8, 2011. Barrett Wangara, Alex Receiving (Receptions per Game) Hubbard and Nick Dzubnar returned interceptions for scores in 2012. Cal Poly’s Player G Cgt. Yards Rec/G TD defense scored its first touchdown since the 2012 season in the 2016 finale as Kelly Cooper Kupp (EWU) ...... 13 117 1,700 9.0 17 Mike Sharp (SUU) ...... 11 75 898 6.8 12 Shepard returned an interception 63 yards against San Diego in the FCS playoffs. Emmanuel Butler (NAU) ...... 11 69 1,003 6.3 9 MUSTANGS RANKED: Cal Poly, ranked as high as No. 3 in 2005, settled for a No. 6 Keenan Doss (UCD) ...... 11 66 911 6.0 10 KW Williams (ISU) ...... 11 64 694 5.8 11 final ranking by both ESPN/USA Today and The Sports Network. The Mustangs were ranked as high as No. 5 in 2004 and finished 15th in one poll (TSN) and 17th in the other Punting (ESPN/USA Today). The Mustangs opened the 2006 campaign ranked sixth by The Player G No. Yards Avg. LG Sports Network and were in the top 10 throughout the year before losing to Montana and Tate Lewis (SUU) ...... 11 78 3,545 45.4 70 Jacob DeMaio (WSU) ...... 12 61 2656 43.5 91 North Dakota State. The 2007 squad finished No. 24 in The Sports Network poll and the Colby Wadman (UCD) ...... 11 62 2,677 43.2 66 2008 Mustangs ended up No. 8 in the FCS Coaches Poll and No. 10 in The Sports Sean Cheney (ISU) ...... 11 52 2,224 42.8 62 Network media poll. Cal Poly was ranked as high as No. 12 in 2009 before losing its last Dylan Kegans (NAU) ...... 11 54 2,294 42.5 62 four games of the season. In 2010, Cal Poly reached No. 13, was ranked for the final 11 12. Casey Sublette (CP) ...... 12 29 1,067 36.8 61 weeks of the regular season and finished No. 24 in the media poll and No. 23 in the Tackles coaches poll. The Mustangs finished 2012 ranked No. 11 by the coaches and No. 12 by Player G Solo Asst. Total Avg. the media. In 2015 Cal Poly was ranked as high as No. 17 and was up to No. 14 in 2016 Kyle Newsom (UNC) ...... 11 59 62 121 11.0 before losing three of its last four games. Scott Anderson (SAC) . . . . .11 55 52 107 9.7 Mario Jenkins (ISU) ...... 10 33 60 93 9.3 TEAM THEFTS: Cal Poly's 25 interceptions in 11 games in 2004 were a school FCS Tyler Meteer (SAC) ...... 11 44 56 100 9.1 record and two short of the overall mark. The 2001 and 1995 Mustangs both intercepted Miquiyah Zamora (EWU) . . .12 46 63 109 9.1 20 passes. The season-by-season totals (FCS only) (11 in 2014, 7 in 2015, 7 in 2016): 6. Chris Santini (CP) . . . .12 68 38 106 8.8 41. Josh Letuligasenoa (CP) 12 41 24 65 5.4 1994 . . . .18 1998 . . . .13 2002 . . . .11 2006 . . . .12 2010 . . . .11 41. Joseph Gigantino III (CP)12 34 31 65 5.4 1995 . . . .20 1999 . . . . .9 2003 . . . .11 2007 . . . . .8 2011 . . . .12 50. B.J. Nard (CP) ...... 12 43 16 59 4.9 1996 . . . .16 2000 . . . .13 2004 . . . .25 2008 . . . .12 2012 . . . .14 1997 . . . .10 2001 . . . .20 2005 . . . .17 2009 . . . .15 2013 . . . .14
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 7 Mustang Notes ALL-BIG SKY: Senior slotback Deonte Williams and senior middle linebacker RECENT SUCCESS ON THE FIELD: Cal Poly produced nine winning sea- Kennith Jackson were Cal Poly's first-ever All-Big Sky Conference first-team sons in a 10-year span from 2003-12, and has been ranked in the top 25 11 of selections in 2012. Williams, who rushed for 1,506 yards in 12 games, and the last 12 campaigns, including 2015 and 2016. The Mustangs, who have Jackson, who recorded 97 tackles, led Cal Poly to a 9-3 record and, in its first won 98 of their last 161 games going back to the 2002 season finale, have season in the Big Sky, a share of the conference with Montana State and been ranked as high as No. 3, which occurred in the 2005 season and that Eastern Washington, all 7-1. Mustang head coach Tim Walsh shared Big Sky team settled for a No. 6 final ranking. The 2004 Mustangs were ranked as high Coach of the Year honors with Eastern Washington's Beau Baldwin. In 2013, as No. 5 and the 2008 club finished No. 8 in the coaches poll and No. 10 in the defensive tackle Sullivan Grosz was named Big Sky co-defensive player of media poll. Cal Poly was ranked as high as No. 11 in 2012, No. 10 in 2013 and the year and was joined on the first team by offensive lineman Lefi No. 21 in 2014. The Mustangs, unranked but receiving votes in both the media Letuligasenoa, fullback Akaninyene Umoh and safety Alex Hubbard. Senior and coaches poll entering the 2015 season, were No. 17 in the media poll and linebackers Nick Dzubnar and Cameron Ontko earned first-team honors in No. 18 in the coaches poll midway through the campaign before dropping 2014 while sophomore fullback Joe Protheroe landed on the first team in back. Last fall, Cal Poly was ranked as high as No. 14 (media) and No. 16 2015. Four Mustangsearned first-team All-Big Sky honors in 2016 -- (coaches) before losing three of its last four contests. The Mustangs begin the Protheroe, offensive linemen Matt Fisher and Joey Kuperman and line- 2017 season ranked No. 23 in both the media and coaches polls. backer Chris Santini. Walsh is 50-42 at Cal Poly and 167-124 in 26 seasons overall, including four years at Sonoma State and 14 at Portland State. STREAKING MUSTANGS: Cal Poly won seven straight games in 2012, 2008, 2004 and 1997. The 1973 Mustang squad won its first eight games while the IN THE PROS: Five former Cal Poly football players are competing in the pro- 1953 team posted a perfect 9-0 mark. Longest winning streak by Cal Poly is fessional ranks. Linebackers Josh Letuligasenoa, Nick Dzubnar and 13 games from 1932-34. Cameron Ontko are on the rosters of the Green Bay Packers, San Diego Chargers and Saskatchewan Roughriners, respectively. Cornerback Asa ALL-TIME ALL-GREAT WEST: Cal Poly football players named to the All- Jackson was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in April 2012 and made 30 tack- Time All-Great West Conference Football Team in December 2011 include les in four seasons. He played the last four games of the 2016 season with the Jordan Beck, Kyle Shotwell and Chris Gocong, all Buck Buchanan Award Detroit Lions and signed with the San Francisco 49ers in early August. Fifth winners, along with Asa Jackson, Kenny Chicoine, Ramses Barden, Mustang in the pro ranks is linebacker Burton De Koning, who played for the Stephen Field, James Noble, Jake Romanelli and Courtney Brown. Ottawa Redblacks in 2016 and is now in the German professional league. Former Mustang head coach Rich Ellerson was named coach of the team.
Continued from Page One ...... (Continued from Page 1) Lee, who combined for five starts a year ago, return as well, and Mason sophomore Abu Daramy. All four Raiders are members of the All-Patriot Montgomery and Darren Adjei each played at least 11 games last fall. League Preseason Team. The secondary features safeties B.J. Nard, Kitu Humphrey, Carter Senior fullback Joe Protheroe headlines another strong group of ball Nichols and Aaron Johnson and cornerbacks Dominic Frasch, Jerek carriers in Cal Poly’s Spread Triple Option. In becoming Cal Poly’s 20th Rosales, Kevin Griffin and Kam Dennis. All played at least 11 games in 1,000-yard rusher a year ago, Protheroe amassed 1,334 yards and 13 2016. Nickel back Aaryn Bouzos, who also played all 12 games with touchdowns on the ground and enters his final season as a Mustang two interceptions, returns as well. No. 8 on the career rushing chart with 2,297 yards. Jared Mohamed, Starters Jack Ferguson and Augustino Elisaia anchor the defensive also a senior, also returns to back up Protheroe after collecting 343 front and the end spot features a battle between L.J. Mealancon and yards in 2016. The group of slot backs features all-purpose player Kyle Miles Williams, both of whom played all 12 games in 2016. Lewis (591 rushing yards and six TDs, team-leading 22 catches for 375 The kicking game has both of last year’s kickers back -- Casey yards and four scores in 2016). Sublette and Alex Vega. Sublette handled most of the chores in 2016, While the Mustangs seem to be settled on junior Khaleel Jenkins -- averaging 36.8 yards over 29 punts and making 54 of 56 PATs and all who backed up Chris Brown in 2015 and Dano Graves in 2016 -- as six field goal attempts. Vega, who punted 10 times for a 40.7 average, their starting signal caller, Hunt has yet to decide who he will start when is best known for his 49-yard field goal with four seconds remaining in his squad visits the Golden State. A year ago, Sage Attwood backed up a 20-19 win over Montana in the 2015 opener. Jake Melville, who threw for 2,028 yards and rushed for 830 more. Coached by Tim Walsh (ninth season, 50-42, UC Riverside ‘77), Cal Attwood threw just two passes in 2016. Carmine Scarfone and Grant Poly began its 98th season of football by winning six of its first eight Breneman are challenging Attwood for the job as well. Breneman is a games before losing three of its final four contests, including a 35-21 freshman while the sophomore Scarfone can make plays with his feet setback at the hands of San Diego in the opening round of the FCS as well as his arm. Scarfone's athleticism keeps him in the hunt for the playoffs, almost three months after a 38-16 triumph in Week Two. starting nod as well. Cal Poly was No. 1 in the FCS in rushing offense (309.1) in 2013, “Khaleel made extraordinary growth this year in practice,” said duplicated the feat in 2014 by averaging 351.8 yards on the ground, Walsh, “and at 6-2 and 214 pounds, he’s big for a quarterback and one broke school and Big Sky records by averaging 387.3 yards per game of our best athletes. He needs game experience, no question about on the ground in 2015 and topped all 121 FCS teams during the regular that, but our expectations are that he can run our offense. He is a good season again last fall with a 343.5-yard average. runner and an efficient thrower.” Cal Poly, which captured the 2012 Big Sky title in its first year in the Jenkins started one game in 2015 against Portland State and conference, was picked by head coaches and media this summer to fin- appeared in four games last season with one incomplete pass and one ish fourth in the 13-team Big Sky. North Dakota and Eastern carry for two yards. "Jenkins is definitely ready to take over, from matu- Washington shared the conference title in 2016 with 8-0 marks. North rity, athletic and knowledge standpoints" said Walsh, "and he has high- Dakota was ranked No. 1 by both the media and coaches to repeat this er expectations for himself." season, followed by Eastern Washington and Northern Arizona. Two of last year’s five starting offensive linemen are back in junior The Mustangs have won 60 of their last 78 home contests (77 per- left guard Harry Whitson and center Joey Kuperman -- the other three cent) and, overall, Cal Poly has won 98 of its last 161 games (61 percent) probable starters played all 12 games a year ago -- and the Mustangs’ going back to the 2002 finale and has won 20 of its last 40 and 39 of 79 wide receiving corps is led by sophomores J.J. Koski (18 catches in on the road while producing 12 winning seasons in the last 16 years. 2016) and Jake Smeltzer (five). Protheroe and Kuperman landed on The Mustangs claimed four Great West Conference titles in the the 2017 All-Big Sky Preseason Team. eight-year history of the league (2004, 2005, 2008, 2011) before mov- On defense, Cal Poly returns all four starters in the secondary, but ing to the Big Sky in 2012 and have earned NCAA Division I FCS play- three of the four linebackers and one of the linemen need to be off berths in 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2016. replaced. The good news is that Charlie Davis and R.J. Mazolewski, Cal Poly plays the second of three non-conference games next both of whom played in the first three games of 2016 before suffering Saturday at San Jose State. Kickoff in CEFCU Stadium is set for 4:30 season-ending injuries, are back and healthy. Anders Turner and Jayson p.m. PDT.
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 8 2017 Cal Poly Depth Chart Offense Defense Special Teams Z-Back (Wide Receiver) Defensive Tackle Kickoffs 11 Jake Smeltzer 6-3 205 So. 55 Jack Ferguson 6-2 270 Sr. 88 Casey Sublette OR 5-10 180 Jr. 85 Victor Beglitsoff 6-1 205 Jr. 90 Caleb Melton 6-3 265 Sr. 87 Alex Vega 5-9 180 Jr. 80 Alex Egurbide 6-5 215 Jr. 97 Pouono Faaagi 6-1 280 Fr. 84 Daniel Sanchez 6-0 185 So. 56 Myles Cecil 6-3 245 Fr. Punter 81 Quentin Harrison 6-2 195 RFr. 88 Casey Sublette OR 5-10 180 Jr. Nose Tackle 87 Alex Vega 5-9 180 Jr. X-Back (Wide Receiver) 99 Augustino Elisaia 6-0 315 Sr. 6 J.J. Koski 6-2 200 So. 54 Tiasamo Savusa 6-1 303 Jr. Holder 19 Ryan McNab 5-10 160 RFr. 98 Saia Fonongaloa 6-3 260 RFr. 19 Ryan McNab 5-10 160 RFr. 82 Eli Shelton 5-10 165 Fr. 59 Stanton Manumaleuna 6-0 300 Fr. 20 Bradley Mickey 5-11 185 RFr. 86 Orlando Yepez 6-0 190 RFr. 93 Kain Su’a 6-0 290 Fr. 22 Malcolm Davis 5-8 175 Jr.
Left Tackle Defensive End Long/Short Snapper 65 Sam Ogee 6-4 280 Jr. 94 Leroy Mealancon 6-4 265 Sr. 34 Mason Montgomery 6-0 240 Sr. 66 Colin Goebel 6-4 273 Sr. 44 Miles Williams 6-1 255 Sr. 77 Sawyer Sobelman 6-3 270 RFr. 67 Junior Gaitan 6-4 275 RFr. 95 Sean Davitt 6-5 255 RFr. 77 Sawyer Sobelman 6-3 270 RFr. 96 Nickolas Figueroa 6-5 255 Fr. Punt Returns 70 Zack Hickman 6-2 265 Jr. 6 J.J. Koski 6-2 200 So. Rush Linebacker 20 Bradley Mickey 5-11 185 RFr. Left Guard 16 Charlie Davis OR 6-2 230 Sr. 19 Ryan McNab 5-10 160 RFr. 62 Harry Whitson 6-5 290 Jr. 14 Darren Adjei 6-3 220 Sr. 65 Sam Ogee 6-4 280 Jr. 41 Noah Thompson 6-2 215 So. Kickoff Returns (Left) 60 Tyler Whisenhunt 6-4 270 So. 22 Malcolm Davis 5-8 175 Jr. Will Linebacker 6 J.J. Koski 6-2 200 So. Center 37 Jayson Lee 6-0 205 So. 19 Ryan McNab 5-10 160 RFr. 63 Joey Kuperman 6-1 300 Sr. 41 Noah Thompson 6-2 215 So. 9 Dominic Frasch 5-10 185 Jr. 62 Harry Whitson 6-5 290 Jr. 15 Anders Turner 6-1 215 So. 61 Paul Trujillo-Langdon 6-1 285 So. 38 Lance Vecchio 6-2 215 RFr. Kickoff Returns (Right) 4 Kyle Lewis 6-0 207 Jr. Right Guard Mike Linebacker 28 Chuby Dunu 6-0 188 RFr. 60 Tyler Whisenhunt 6-4 270 So. 10 R.J. Mazolewski 6-0 225 Sr. 20 Alex Suchesk 5-10 190 Jr. 66 Colin Goebel 6-4 273 Sr. 35 Joey Ruiz 6-1 228 RFr. 61 Paul Trujillo-Langdon 6-1 285 So. 52 Fenton Will 6-0 220 Fr.
Right Tackle Sam Linebacker 71 Zach Shallcross 6-4 280 Jr. 34 Mason Montgomery 6-0 240 Sr. 66 Colin Goebel 6-4 273 Sr. 36 Patrick Walker 6-1 220 Jr. 79 David Chellsen 6-5 275 So. 42 Matt Shotwell 6-1 225 RFr. 40 Grant Alton 6-2 225 Jr. Quarterback 46 Nik Navarro 6-1 235 So. 10 Khaleel Jenkins 6-2 214 Jr. 18 Jake Jeffrey OR 6-0 180 RFr. Field Cornerback 12 Kyle Reid 6-1 205 Fr. 9 Dominic Frasch OR 5-10 185 Jr. 9 Daniel Prieto 6-0 180 So. 2 Jerek Rosales 6-0 188 Sr. 13 Conor Bruce 6-0 190 Fr. 25 Daniel Fox 5-11 175 RFr. 26 Peyton Witcher 5-9 180 So. H-Back (Fullback) 5 Joe Protheroe 6-0 230 Sr. Field Safety 35 Jared Mohamed 6-0 227 Sr. 8 Kitu Humphrey 5-10 185 So. 43 Reagan Enger 6-3 245 Sr. 29 Carter Nichols 5-11 185 So. 32 Trey Nahhas 6-2 215 So. 20 Bradley Mickey 5-11 185 RFr.
S-Back (Slot Back) Boundary Safety 4 Kyle Lewis 6-0 207 Sr. 1 B.J. Nard 6-2 212 Sr. 20 Alex Suchesk 5-10 190 So. 22 Aaron Johnson 6-2 190 Jr. 24 Tre Green 5-10 190 RFr. 18 Aaryn Bouzos 5-9 190 Sr. 33 CJ Cole 6-0 195 Fr. 5 Lepi Lataimua 5-8 195 RFr.
W-Back (Wing Back) Boundary Cornerback 28 Chuby Dunu 6-0 188 RFr. 21 Kam Dennis OR 5-11 191 So. 22 Malcolm Davis 5-8 175 Jr. 3 Kevin Griffin 6-1 190 Sr. 25 Broc Mortensen 6-1 195 Fr. 30 Kai Sheffie 5-10 185 Jr. 27 Drew Hernandez 5-9 180 RFr. 32 Cameron Crump 6-2 190 RFr.
Y-Back (Tight End) Nickel Back 43 Reagan Enger 6-3 245 Sr. 18 Aaryn Bouzos 5-9 190 Sr. 37 Will Gallo 6-1 215 So. 29 Carter Nichols 5-11 185 So. 80 Alex Egurbide 6-5 215 Jr.
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 9 2017 Cal Poly Football Opponents Scoreboard (All Times Pacific) COLGATE (0-0) UC DAVIS (0-0) Aug. 26 at Cal Poly 4 p.m. Sept. 2 at San Diego State 5:30 p.m. Sept. 9 Richmond 10 a.m. Sept. 9 San Diego 6 p.m. Sept. 16 at Buffalo 3 p.m. Sept. 16 at Portland State 2 p.m. Sept. 23 Furman 10 a.m. Sept. 23 *at Weber State 4 p.m. Sept. 30 at Cornell TBA Sept. 30 *North Dakota 6 p.m. Oct. 7 *Lehigh 10 a.m. Oct. 7 *Eastern Washington 6 p.m. Oct. 14 *Fordham 10 a.m. Oct. 21 *at Northern Arizona TBA Oct. 21 *at Holy Cross TBA Oct. 28 *Cal Poly 4 p.m. Oct. 28 *Bucknell 10 a.m. Nov. 4 *at Idaho State 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11 *at Lafayette 9:30 a.m. Nov. 11 *Southern Utah 4 p.m. Nov. 18 *at Georgetown TBA Nov. 18 *at Sacramento State TBA *Patriot League game * Big Sky Conference game
SAN JOSE STATE (0-0) PORTLAND STATE (0-0) Aug. 26 South Florida 4:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at BYU 12 noon Sept. 2 Cal Poly 4:30 p.m. IDAHO STATE (0-0) Sept. 2 at Oregon State 11 a.m. Sept. 9 at Texas 12:30 p.m. Aug. 31 Western Oregon 5:30 p.m. Sept. 16 UC Davis 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at Utah 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at Utah State 5 p.m. Sept. 30 *Montana 2 p.m. Sept. 23 Utah State 4:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Nevada 4 p.m. Oct. 7 *at Montana State 10 a.m. Sept. 30 *at UNLV TBA Sept. 23 *at Northern Colorado 12 noon Oct. 14 *Northern Arizona 2 p.m. Oct. 7 *Fresno State TBA Sept. 30 *Cal Poly 1:30 p.m. Oct. 21 *at Idaho State 1:30 p.m. Oct. 14 *at Hawai’i 9 p.m. Oct. 7 *Montana 1:30 p.m. Oct. 28 *North Dakota 4 p.m. Oct. 28 *at BYU TBA Oct. 14 *at Sacramento State 6 p.m. Nov. 4 *at Cal Poly 6:05 p.m. Nov. 4 *San Diego State TBA Oct. 21 *Portland State 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11 *Weber State 2 p.m. Nov. 11 *at Nevada TBA Oct. 28 *at Montana State 12:30 p.m. Nov. 18 *at Eastern Washington 3 p.m. Nov. 18 *at Colorado State 12:30 p.m. Nov. 4 *UC Davis 1:30 p.m. *Big Sky Conference game Nov. 25 *Wyoming TBA Nov. 18 *at Weber State 1 p.m. *Mountain West Conference game *Big Sky Conference game SACRAMENTO STATE (0-0) ^NCAA Division I FCS Playoff game Aug. 31 at Idaho 6 p.m. NORTHERN IOWA (0-0) Sept. 9 Incarnate Word 6 p.m. Sept. 2 at Iowa State 5 p.m. SOUTHERN UTAH (0-0) Sept. 16 Weber State 6 p.m. Sept. 9 Cal Poly 2 p.m. Sept. 2 at Oregon 5:15 p.m. Sept. 23 *Southern Utah 6 p.m. Sept. 16 at Southern Utah 5 p.m. Sept. 9 at Stephen F. Austin 4 p.m. Sept. 30 *at Eastern Washington 1:35 p.m. Sept. 30 *at Southern Illinois 4 p.m. Sept. 16 Northern Iowa 5 p.m. Oct. 14 *Idaho State 6 p.m. Oct. 7 *Western Illinois 2 p.m. Sept. 23 at Sacramento State 6 p.m. Oct. 21 *at North Dakota 10:30 a.m. Oct. 7 Cal Poly 5 p.m. Oct. 14 *at South Dakota State 12 noon Oct. 28 *at Northern Arizona TBA Oct. 14 at Weber State 5 p.m. Oct. 21 *Youngstown State 11 a.m. Nov. 4 *Northern Colorado 6 p.m. Oct. 21 Eastern Washington 4 p.m. Oct. 28 *at No. Dakota State 12:30 p.m. Nov. 11 *at Cal Poly 6:05 p.m. Oct. 28 at Northern Colorado TBA Nov. 4 *South Dakota 11 a.m. Nov. 18 *UC Davis TBA Nov. 4 *North Dakota 5 p.m. Nov. 11 *at Missouri State 12 noon *Big Sky Conference game Nov. 11 *at UC Davis 4 p.m. Nov. 18 *Indiana State 2 p.m. Nov. 18 *Northern Arizona 1:30 p.m. *Missouri Valley Conference game *Big Sky Conference game NORTHERN COLORADO (0-0) Sept. 2 College of Idaho 1 p.m. NORTHERN ARIZONA (0-0) WEBER STATE (0-0) Sept. 9 at Florida 4:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at Arizona 8 p.m. Sept. 1 Montana Western 5 p.m. Sept. 16 at Colorado 11 a.m. Sept. 9 Western Illinois TBA Sept. 9 at California 2 p.m. Sept. 23 *Idaho State 12 noon Sept. 23 *at Cal Poly 6 p.m. Sept. 16 at Sacramento State 6 p.m. Sept. 30 *at Northern Arizona TBA Sept. 30 *Northern Colorado TBA Sept. 23 *UC Davis .4 p.m. Oct. 7 *at North Dakota 12:30 p.m. Oct. 7 Illinois State TBA Sept. 30 *at Montana State 12:30 p.m. Oct. 21 *Montana State TBA Oct. 14 *at Portland State TBA Oct. 14 *Southern Utah 5 p.m. Oct. 28 *Southern Utah TBA Oct. 21 *UC Davis TBA Oct. 21 *at Cal Poly 6 p.m. Nov. 4 *at Sacramento State 6 p.m. Oct. 28 *Sacramento State TBA Oct. 28 *Montana 1 p.m. Nov. 11 *at Montana 12 noon Nov. 4 *at Montana TBA Nov. 4 *at Eastern Washington 1 p.m. Nov. 18 *Cal Poly TBA Nov. 11 *Montana State 4 p.m. Nov. 11 *at Portland State 2 p.m. *Big Sky Conference game Nov. 18 *at Southern Utah 1:30 p.m. Nov. 18 *Idaho State 1 p.m. *Big Sky Conference game *Big Sky Conference game
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 10 Head Coach Tim Walsh The Tim Walsh File Ninth Year • UC Riverside ‘77 Birthdate: December 17, 1954 50-42 at Cal Poly (Eight Seasons) • 167-124 Overall (26 Seasons) Birthplace: San Francisco, CA Tim Walsh, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the College: B.A., UC Riverside (1977) United States Military Academy for two seasons, was named Cal Poly’s 16th head football coach on Jan. 9, 2009, and, after guiding the Family: Jody Walsh (wife) Mustangs to a 4-7 mark in his first campaign, turned it around with three and children Luke (37), Casey (35), consecutive winning seasons, a Great West Conference title in 2011 Sean (31) and Megan (23) and, in his fourth year at the helm of the Mustangs, a share of the Big Hometown: San Mateo, CA Sky Conference crown and a second-round NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth in 2012. Coaching Experience: Under Walsh’s guidance, Cal Poly finished 7-4, 6-5 and 9-3 from 2010-12 before a 6-6 mark in 2013 and 7-5 in 2014 at Cal Poly. Cal Poly, 2009-Present Walsh has compiled a 167-124 record in 26 seasons as a college head coach, including four Head Coach (Ninth Season, 50-42) years at Sonoma State (27-14 from 1989-92), 14 more seasons at Portland State (90-68 from 1993- No. 4 in Rushing Offense, 2010 2006) and eight at Cal Poly (50-42 from 2009-Present). He guided Sonoma State to the Northern No. 6 in Rushing Offense, 2011 California Athletic Conference title in 1991 (ending UC Davis’ streak of 20 consecutive conference No. 3 in Rushing Offense, 2012 titles), a pair of NCAA Division II playoff berths while at Sonoma State and four more postseason No. 1 in Rushing Offense, 2013 berths while at Portland State. No. 1 in Rushing Offense, 2014 A charismatic speaker and motivator, Walsh guided Sonoma State to three winning seasons in No. 1 in Rushing Offense, 2015 four years at the helm of the Seawolves and 10 more above-.500 campaigns in his 14-year term at No. 1 in Rushing Offense, 2016 Portland State. With the Vikings, Walsh coached 14 All-Americans and 11 Academic All-Americans. One Buck Buchanan Award Finalist During Walsh’s 11 seasons when the Vikings were in the Big Sky, he coached players who One Walter Payton Award Finalist earned 39 first-team All-Big Sky honors, 51 on the second team, 80 honorable mentions, 58 Ten All-Americans Academic All-Big Sky honorees, 59 Big Sky Players of the Week, 20 national player of the week honorees, five Walter Payton Award finalists and one Buck Buchanan Award finalist. U.S. Military Academy, 2007-08 Cal Poly’s 2009 squad posted a 4-1 record at home, finished No. 6 in the nation in punt returns Offensive Coordinator (QBs) (15.60), No. 11 in turnover margin (+1.00), 19th in rushing offense (178.45 yards per game) and No. 9 in Rushing Offense, 2008 23rd in time of possession (31:22) and was ranked as high as No. 12 in the national polls. Recruited in nine Western states The 2010 Mustang squad also finished 4-1 at home en route to a 7-4 mark. The Mustangs earned six come-from-behind victories, split six games on a very difficult road schedule one year Portland State University, 1993-2006 after going winless (0-6) and winning three straight games late in the year to put Cal Poly in a posi- Head Coach (90-68 in 14 Seasons) tion to compete for a playoff berth. Cal Poly’s triple-option offense finished fourth in the nation in Winningest Coach in School History rushing offense, averaging 252.91 yards a game, and 14th in rushing defense, allowing only 106.82 Three Division II Playoff Appearances yards a contest. The Mustangs also were No. 3 in punt returns and No. 16 in both time of posses- One FCS Playoff Appearance (2000) sion and sacks allowed. The team finished the 2010 season with national rankings of No. 24 in The 1999 Eddie Robinson Award Finalist Sports Network/Fathead.com media poll and No. 23 in the Football Championship Subdivision Three Walter Payton Award Finalists Coaches Poll. In 2011 Jackson landed on the All-Great West first team for the fourth time as Cal Poly finished Sonoma State University, 1989-92 4-1 at home once again en route to a 6-5 campaign. Jackson also earned numerous All-American Head Coach (27-14 in Four Seasons) honors, played in the Senior Bowl and participated in the NFL Scouting Combine. Fullback Jake Winningest Coach in School History Romanelli became the first Mustang in five years and the 14th overall to surpass the 1,000-yard One NCAC Championship (1991) Two-Time NCAC Coach of the Year mark in rushing yards, finishing with 1,015 yards. . The 2012 playoff squad was led by FCS All-Americans Deonte Williams and Kennith Jackson. Sonoma State University, 1987-88 Williams is Cal Poly’s No. 2 rusher all-time for a single season with 1,506 yards, scored 12 touch- Offensive Coordinator (QBs) downs, was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award and was selected to play in the Casino Del Sol 23 School Records Set on Offense All-Star Game. Jackson finished second in tackles for the fourth straight year with 97 stops and also intercepted a pair of passes. Both were among the four Mustangs earning first- or second-team All- Santa Clara University, 1986 Big Sky honors. Ten others earned honorable mention praise. Defensive Coordinator (LBs) Cal Poly was 5-0 at home and finished No. 1 in the FCS in passing efficiency, No. 3 in rushing offense, No. 7 in scoring offense, No. 8 in sacks allowed and No. 13 in total offense. The Mustangs Moreau Catholic High School, 1981-85 lost to eventual national runner-up Sam Houston State in the second round of the FCS playoffs. Head Coach The last four Mustang teams have finished No. 1 in the nation in rushing. A Serra High School (San Mateo, Calif.) graduate, Walsh played football at UC Riverside in the Serra (San Mateo) High School, 1977-80 mid-1970s as a backup quarterback and earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1977. Assistant Coach He began his coaching career at his high school alma mater, Serra, spending four years (1977- 80) as an assistant coach before becoming head coach (1981-85) at Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward. Walsh moved into the college coaching ranks in 1986, becoming an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Santa Clara for one season. Former Walsh Players in NFL In 1987 and 1988, Walsh was offensive coordinator at Sonoma State before becoming head Cal Poly James Hundon, Cincinnati coach of the Seawolves (then the Cossacks) in 1989. His first season in Rohnert Park produced a Dominique Johnson, Minn. Sammie Burroughs, 4-6 mark, but Walsh guided Sonoma State to 7-3, 9-2 and 7-3 records in his final three years there. Asa Jackson, Baltimore Indianapolis Walsh embarked upon a 14-year head coaching career at Portland State in 1993, guiding the Deonte Williams, Oakland Paul Bradford, S.D./Minn. Vikings to NCAA Division II playoff berths each of his first three seasons. Portland State elevated Johnny Millard, St. Louis Tony Curtis, Dallas its athletics program to Division I in 1996 and Walsh guided the Vikings to a quartet of second-place Nick Dzubnar, San Diego Terry Charles, S.D./Houston finishes in the Big Sky along with a third and three fourths. In 14 seasons at the helm, Walsh’s Vikings were 62-21 at home. Cameron Ontko, Tampa Shaun Bodiford, Walsh, inducted into the halls of fame at both Portland State and Sonoma State, was a finalist Josh Letuligasenoa, Green Bay Green Bay/NY Giants for the Eddie Robinson Award (FCS Coach of the Year) in both 1999 and 2012. Army Jordan Senn, Indianapolis The list of coaches who were assistants under Walsh includes Dan Hawkins (Colorado), Gary None Adam Hayward, Patterson (Texas Christian) and Chris Peterson (Boise State). National Football League players Portland State Tampa Bay who competed under Walsh’s tutelage include -- from Sonoma State -- offensive lineman Larry Allen Herman Smith, Darren Heerspink, Miami (Dallas) -- and from Portland State -- tight end Tony Curtis (Dallas), wide receiver Shaun Bodiford Tampa Bay Sonoma State (Green Bay), linebacker Jordan Senn (Indianapolis) and linebacker Adam Hayward (Tampa Bay). Darick Holmes, Larry Allen, Walsh and his wife, Jody, have four children: Luke (37), Casey (35), Sean (31) and Megan (23). Buffalo/Indianapolis Dallas/San Francisco
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 11 The Last Time It Happened ... A shutout was recorded An individual rushed for 100 or more yards CP - vs. Weber State, 47-0 (10/12/13) CP - Joe Protheroe vs. San Diego (11/26/16) Opp - at Nevada, 63-0 (11/14/98) 122 yards Opp - Jonah Hodges of San Diego (11/26/16) There was a tie game 171 yards CP - at UC Davis, 31-31 (10/10/92) An individual rushed for over 200 yards The game went into overtime CP - Joe Protheroe vs. South Dakota State (9/17/16) CP - vs. Nevada, 30-27 Loss in 1 OT (9/2/16) 217 yards Opp - Gabe Manzanares of UC Davis (11/15/14) A safety was recorded 230 yards CP - vs. McNeese State (9/25/10) Opp - by Montana (9/5/15) An individual passed for over 300 yards CP - Jonathan Dally vs. Weber State (9/15/07) An interception was returned for a touchdown 328 yards CP - Kelly Shepard vs. San Diego (11/26/16) Opp - Gage Gubrud of Eastern Washington (11/5/16) 63 yards 357 yards Opp - Courtney Hall of Northern Colorado (11/23/13) 48 yards An individual passed for over 400 yards CP - Tony Smith vs. South Dakota (11/14/09) A punt was returned for a touchdown 407 yards CP - Tre’dale Tolver vs. Wisconsin (11/22/08) Opp - Kyle Sloter of Northern Colorado (11/19/16) 40 yards 438 yards Opp - Isiah Hennie of Sacramento State (10/29/16) 90 yards A team scored over 50 points CP - vs. Northern Colorado, 55-48 Win (11/19/16) A kickoff was returned for a touchdown Opp - Southern Utah, 54-37 Win (10/31/15) CP - Alex Hubbard vs. Northern Colorado (11/23/13) 94 yards A team scored 21 or more points in a quarter Opp - Kahlil Dawson of Portland State (10/15/16) CP - 21 (1st) vs. Northern Colorado (11/19/16) 83 yards Opp - 26 (4th) by Sacramento State (10/29/16)
A fumble was recovered for a touchdown A team overcame a halftime deficit and won CP - Kenny Jackson vs. Dixie State (10/24/09) CP - vs. Sacramento State (trailed 21-17 and won 59-47) 32 yards (10/29/16) Opp - Anthony Baumgart of UC Davis (10/22/16) Opp - Portland State (trailed 14-13 and won 38-35) 61 yards (10/24/15)
There was a blocked punt A team won after trailing at end of three quarters CP - Ryan Taylor vs. Dixie State (10/24/09) CP - Trailed Southern Utah 31-28 and won 42-39 Opp - by Herbert Gamboa of Montana (10/19/13) (10/4/14) Opp - Eastern Washington (trailed 28-13 and won 42-41 OT) There was a blocked field goal (10/10/15) CP - Marcus Paige-Allen vs. Sacramento State (11/7/15) Opp - by Kendrick Van Ackeren of Montana (9/5/15)
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 12 2017 Cal Poly Roster Pronunciations No. Name Pos. Year Ht. Wt. No. Name Pos. Year Ht. Wt. Darren Adjei uh-JAY 1 B.J. Nard DB *+Sr. 6-2 212 37 Jayson Lee LB So. 6-0 205 Victor Beglitsoff BEG-lit-soff 2 Jerek Rosales DB Sr. 6-0 188 38 Lance Vecchio LB *Fr. 6-2 215 Ryan Boehm BAYM 3 Kevin Griffin DB Sr. 6-1 190 39 Will Semone SB Fr. 5-9 195 Aaron Bouzos BOO-zose 4 Kyle Lewis SB *Sr. 6-0 207 40 Grant Alton LB *Jr. 6-2 225 5 Joe Protheroe FB ^Sr. 6-0 230 41 Noah Thompson LB *So. 6-2 215 Blake Carbonneau CAR-bo-no 5 Lepi Lataimua DB *Fr. 5-8 195 42 Matt Shotwell LB *Fr. 6-1 225 Sean Davitt DAA-vitt 6 J.J. Koski WR *So. 6-2 200 43 Reagan Enger TE *Sr. 6-3 245 Chuby Dunu duh-NEW 8 Kitu Humphrey DB *So 5-10 185 44 Miles Williams DL *^Sr. 6-1 255 Alex Egurbide egg-ur-BEE-duh 9 Daniel Prieto QB *So. 6-0 180 46 Nik Navarro LB *So. 6-1 235 Augustino Elisaia ee-luh-SIGH-uh 9 Dominic Frasch DB +Jr. 5-10 185 47 Aaron Cooper DB Fr. 6-2 185 10 Khaleel Jenkins QB Jr. 6-2 214 48 Nick White TE *Fr. 6-6 207 Pouono Faaagi poo-OH-no faa-AH-gee 10 R.J. Mazolewski LB *Sr. 6-0 225 50 De’Jon Stuckey OL Fr. 6-3 300 Saia Fonongaloa FOE-nong-guh-LOW-ah 11 Jake Smeltzer WR *So. 6-3 205 52 Fenton Will LB Fr. 6-0 220 Dominic Frasch Rhymes with Crash 12 Kyle Reid QB Fr. 6-1 205 54 Tiasamo Savusa DL *Jr. 6-1 303 Zach Fuchs FOOKS 12 Mason Hurst DB Fr. 6-1 190 55 Jack Ferguson DL *Sr. 6-2 270 Junior Gaitan GAY-ton 13 Conor Bruce QB Fr. 6-0 190 56 Myles Cecil DE Fr. 6-3 245 Colin Goebel GO-bull 14 Darren Adjei DB *Sr. 6-3 220 59 Stanton ManumaleunaDL Fr. 6-0 300 15 Anders Turner LB *Jr. 6-1 215 60 Tyler Whisenhunt OL *So. 6-4 270 Tre Green Tray 16 Charlie Davis LB *+Sr. 6-2 230 61 Paul Trujillo-Langdon OL *So. 6-1 285 Kitu Humphrey kih-TWO 17 Mark Reza DB *So. 6-0 187 62 Harry Whitson OL *Jr. 6-5 290 Khaleel Jenkins kuh-LEE-ul 18 Jake Jeffrey QB *Fr. 6-0 180 63 Joey Kuperman OL *Sr. 6-1 300 Joshua Jeter GEE-turr 18 Aaryn Bouzos DB *^Sr. 5-9 190 64 Drew Gilmore OL Fr. 6-4 255 J.J. Koski KOSS-ski 19 Ryan McNab WR *Fr. 5-10 160 65 Sam Ogee OL *Jr. 6-4 280 Joey Kuperman COOP-er-man 20 Alex Suchesk SB *Jr. 5-10 190 66 Colin Goebel OL *Sr. 6-4 273 20 Bradley Mickey DB *Fr. 5-11 185 67 Junior Gaitan OL *Fr. 6-4 275 Lepi Lataimua LEPP-ee Luh-tie-MOO-uh 21 Michael Roth WR Fr. 6-5 185 69 Josh Wallunas OL Fr. 6-3 250 Stanton Manumaleuna MAN-u-ma-lay-OOH-nuh 21 Kam Dennis DB *So. 5-11 191 70 Zack Hickman OL Jr. 6-2 265 Nicolas Marrone muh-ROAN 22 Malcolm Davis SB *Jr. 5-8 175 71 Zach Shallcross OL *Jr. 6-4 280 RJ Mazolewski maz-oh-LOU-ski 22 Aaron Johnson DB *Jr. 6-2 190 72 Wade Willet OL Fr. 6-5 280 Leroy Mealancon MEAL-lan-cone 23 Raven Middleton SB *So. 6-2 211 73 Nico DiFronzo OL Fr. 6-3 275 24 Tre Green SB *Fr. 5-10 190 77 Sawyer Sobelman OL *Fr. 6-3 270 Jared Mohamed moe-HAH-med 25 Broc Mortensen SB Fr. 6-1 195 79 David Chellsen OL *So. 6-5 275 Cedric Muzik MU-zick 25 Daniel Fox DB *Fr. 5-11 175 80 Alex Egurbide WR *Jr. 6-5 215 Trey Nahhas NAY-hoss 26 Peyton Witcher DB *So. 5-9 180 81 Quentin Harrison WR *Fr. 6-2 195 Sam Ogee OH-gee 27 Drew Hernandez SB *Fr. 5-9 180 82 Eli Shelton WR Fr. 5-10 165 Joe Protheroe PRO-throw 83 Chris Volek WR Fr. 5-10 165 27 Matt McNab DB *Sr. 5-7 185 Mark Reza REE-zuh 28 Chuby Dunu SB *Fr. 6-0 188 84 Daniel Sanchez WR *So. 6-0 185 28 Zach Fuchs DB *So. 5-10 185 85 Victor Beglitsoff WR *Jr. 6-1 205 Tiasamo Savusa tee-uh-SAWM-oh suh-VOO-suh 29 Carter Nichols DB *So. 5-11 185 86 Orlando Yepez WR *Fr. 6-0 190 Will Semone suh-MOAN 30 Mekai Sheffie DB *Jr. 5-10 185 87 Alex Vega K/P *Jr. 5-9 180 Mekai Sheffie MEE-ki SHEFF-ee 31 Duy Tran-Sampson SB Fr. 6-2 210 88 Casey Sublette K/P *Jr. 5-10 180 Sawyer Sobelman SEW-bull-mun 31 Blake Carbonneau DB *Fr. 6-0 187 89 Sean Pascoe WR Fr. 6-4 193 De’Jon Stuckey duh-JOHN 32 Trey Nahhas SB *So. 6-2 215 90 Caleb Melton DL *Sr. 6-3 265 32 Cameron Crump DB *Fr. 6-2 190 91 Chris Flood DL *Fr. 6-2 233 Casey Sublette sub-LET 33 CJ Cole SB Fr. 6-0 195 93 Kain Su’a DL Fr. 6-0 290 Alex Suchesk SUE-check 33 Ryan Boehm LB *Fr. 6-4 225 94 LJ Mealancon DL Sr. 6-4 265 Paul Trujillo-Langdon true-HEEL-yo 34 Joshua Jeter SB *Sr. 5-5 175 95 Sean Davitt DL *Fr. 6-5 255 Lance Vecchio VECK-key-oh 34 Mason Montgomery LB Sr. 6-0 240 96 Nickolas Figueroa DE Fr. 6-5 255 Alex Vega VAY-guh 35 Jared Mohamed FB *Sr. 6-0 227 97 Pouono Faaagi DL Fr. 6-1 280 Josh Wallunas wall-OOH-nuss 35 Joey Ruiz LB *Fr. 6-1 228 98 Saia Fonongaloa DL *Fr. 6-3 260 36 Patrick Walker LB Jr. 6-1 220 99 Augustino Elisaia DL Sr. 6-0 315 Tyler Whisenhunt WHIZ-en-hunt 37 Will Gallo SB *So. 6-1 215 Jacob Naschke SB *Fr. 5-11 185 Orlando Yepez yuh-PEZ
2017 Cal Poly Travel Roster -- San Jose State Game No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. 1 B.J. Nard DB 18 Jake Jeffrey QB 34 Mason Montgomery LB 62 Harry Whitson OL 2 Jerek Rosales DB 18 Aaryn Bouzos DB 35 Jared Mohamed FB 63 Joey Kuperman OL 3 Kevin Griffin DB 19 Ryan McNab WR 36 Patrick Walker LB 65 Sam Ogee OL 4 Kyle Lewis SB 20 Alex Suchesk SB 37 Will Gallo SB 66 Colin Goebel OL 5 Joe Protheroe FB 21 Kam Dennis DB 37 Jayson Lee LB 67 Junior Gaitan OL 6 J.J. Koski WR 22 Malcolm Davis SB 40 Grant Alton LB 71 Zach Shallcross OL 8 Kitu Humphrey DB 22 Aaron Johnson DB 41 Noah Thompson LB 77 Sawyer Sobelman OL 9 Dominic Frasch QB 23 Raven Middleton FB 42 Matt Shotwell LB 79 David Chellsen OL 10 Khaleel Jenkins QB 25 Broc Mortensen SB 43 Reagan Enger TE/FB 80 Alex Egurbide WR 10 R.J. Mazolewski LB 26 Peyton Witcher DB 44 Miles Williams DL 84 Daniel Sanchez WR 11 Jake Smeltzer WR 27 Matt McNab DB 46 Nik Navarro LB 85 Victor Beglitsoff WR 12 Kyle Reid QB 28 Chuby Dunu SB 54 Tiasamo Savusa DL 87 Alex Vega K 14 Darren Adjei DB 29 Carter Nichols DB 55 Jack Ferguson DL 88 Casey Sublette K 15 Anders Turner LB 30 Mekai Sheffie DB 60 Tyler Whisenhunt OL 90 Caleb Melton DL 16 Charlie Davis LB 32 Trey Nahhas FB 61 Paul Trujillo-Langdon OL 94 LJ Mealancon DL 17 Mark Reza DB Tentative -- Subject to Change 99 Augustino Elisaia DL
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 13 2016 Cal Poly Football Statistics -- November 26, 2016 (12 Games) -- Final OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL *BIG SKY 7-5 4-2 3-3 0-0 5-3 DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND Sept. 2 at Nevada L 27-30 OT 19,138 Oct. 22 *UC Davis W 21-16 11,075 Sept. 10 San Diego W 38-16 6,152 Oct. 29 *at Sacramento State W 59-47 5,334 Sept. 17 at South Dakota State W 38-31 16,887 Nov. 5 *Eastern Washington L 21-42 9,722 Sept. 24 *Montana W 42-41 8,156 Nov. 12 *at Weber State L 15-22 7,821 Oct. 1 *at North Dakota L 24-31 10,097 Nov. 19 *Northern Colorado W 55-48 6,863 Oct. 8 Bye Nov. 26 ^San Diego L 21-35 3,356 Oct. 15 *at Portland State W 55-35 4,019 * Big Sky Conference game ^NCAA FCS Playoff
Team Statistics Individual Statistics CP OPP RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G SCORING ...... 416 394 Joe Protheroe 11 252 1339 5 1334 5.3 13 76 121.3 Points Per Game ...... 34.7 32.8 Kori Garcia 12 130 901 52 849 6.5 6 64 70.8 Dano Graves 12 157 798 112 686 4.4 9 43 57.2 Points Off Turnovers ...... 49 71 Kyle Lewis 11 61 600 9 591 9.7 6 91 53.7 FIRST DOWNS ...... 277 249 Jared Mohamed 11 60 350 7 343 5.7 1 47 31.2 Rushing ...... 209 83 DJ Peluso 9 22 186 2 184 8.4 3 45 20.4 Passing ...... 63 147 Reagan Enger 11 11 88 0 88 8.0 1 39 8.0 Penalty ...... 5 19 J.J. Koski 12 6 59 0 59 9.8 0 19 4.9 RUSHING YARDAGE ...... 4122 1615 Malcolm Davis 12 5 10 4 6 1.2 0 5 0.5 Raven Middleton 10 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 Yards gained rushing ...... 4337 1850 Khaleel Jenkins 4 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.5 Yards lost rushing ...... 215 235 David Cooper 11 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.4 Rushing Attempts ...... 717 354 Kory Fox 10 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0 0 -0.7 Average Per Rush ...... 5.7 4.6 TEAM 8 9 0 13 -13 -1.4 0 0 -1.6 Average Per Game ...... 343.5 134.6 Total...... 12 717 4337 215 4122 5.7 39 91 343.5 TDs Rushing ...... 39 15 Opponents...... 12 354 1850 235 1615 4.6 15 54 134.6 PASSING YARDAGE ...... 1534 3251 PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Comp-Att-Int ...... 99-159-4 273-414-8 Dano Graves 12 176.37 97-153-4 63.4 1485 17 57 123.8 Average Per Pass ...... 9.6 7.9 Kori Garcia 12 203.87 2-3-0 66.7 49 0 30 4.1 Average Per Catch ...... 15.5 11.9 Kory Fox 10 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Game ...... 127.8 270.9 Khaleel Jenkins 4 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 TDs Passing ...... 17 35 TEAM 8 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total...... 12 173.56 99-159-4 62.3 1534 17 57 127.8 TOTAL OFFENSE ...... 5656 4866 Opponents...... 12 155.94 273-414-8 65.9 3251 35 74 270.9 Total Plays ...... 876 768 Average Per Play ...... 6.5 6.3 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Average Per Game ...... 471.3 405.5 Kyle Lewis 11 22 375 17.0 4 57 34.1 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 53-1076 55-1161 J.J. Koski 12 18 323 17.9 3 40 26.9 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 9-35 9-190 Carson McMurtrey 12 15 245 16.3 3 30 20.4 Kori Garcia 12 12 134 11.2 3 27 11.2 INT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 8-93 4-9 Kory Fox 10 10 122 12.2 1 19 12.2 KICK RETURN AVERAGE ...... 20.3 21.1 Joe Protheroe 11 7 139 19.9 2 55 12.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE ...... 3.9 21.1 DJ Peluso 9 6 59 9.8 0 18 6.6 INT RETURN AVERAGE ...... 11.6 2.2 Jake Smeltzer 11 5 50 10.0 1 16 4.5 FUMBLES-LOST ...... 22-12 13-6 Dano Graves 12 2 49 24.5 0 30 4.1 PENALTIES-Yards ...... 63-575 47-374 Reagan Enger 11 2 38 19.0 0 22 3.5 Total...... 12 99 1534 15.5 17 57 127.8 Average Per Game ...... 47.9 31.2 Opponents...... 12 273 3251 11.9 35 74 270.9 PUNTS-Yards ...... 39-1474 46-1904 Average Per Punt ...... 37.8 41.4 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Net punt average ...... 31.4 38.5 Kory Fox 7 34 4.9 0 11 KICKOFFS-Yards ...... 72-4198 68-4025 J.J. Koski 2 1 0.5 0 1 Total...... 9 35 3.9 0 11 Average Per Kick ...... 58.3 59.2 Opponents...... 9 190 21.1 1 90 Net kick average ...... 37.7 38.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game . . . . 33:29 26:31 KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long 3RD-DOWN Conversions ...... 96/179 75/156 J.J. Koski 24 533 22.2 0 85 3rd-Down Pct ...... 54% 48% Kory Fox 17 355 20.9 0 38 4TH-DOWN Conversions ...... 20/31 10/11 Kyle Lewis 6 123 20.5 0 29 Raven Middleton 1 0 0.0 0 0 4th-Down Pct ...... 65% 91% Malcolm Davis 1 8 8.0 0 8 SACKS BY-Yards ...... 15-86 7-36 Kitu Humphrey 1 19 19.0 0 19 MISC YARDS ...... 0 0 DJ Peluso 1 15 15.0 0 15 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ...... 57 53 Nik Navarro 1 11 11.0 0 11 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ...... 6-6 10-16 David Cooper 1 12 12.0 0 12 ON-SIDE KICKS ...... 0-0 0-5 Total...... 53 1076 20.3 0 85 Opponents...... 55 1161 21.1 1 83 RED-ZONE SCORES ...... (36-40) 90% (42-48) 88% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS .(31-40) 77% (33-48) 69% INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long PAT-ATTEMPTS ...... (54-56) 96% (46-50) 92% Aaryn Bouzos 2 0 0.0 0 0 ATTENDANCE ...... 45423 63296 Kelly Shepard 1 63 63.0 1 63 Games/Avg Per Game ...... 6/7570 6/10549 Kitu Humphrey 1 10 10.0 0 10 Neutral Site Games ...... 0/0 Jerek Rosales 1 0 0.0 0 0 Carter Nichols 1 1 1.0 0 1 Kevin Griffin 1 19 19.0 0 19 BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total B.J. Nard 1 0 0.0 0 0 Cal Poly 86 106 99 122 3 416 Total...... 8 93 11.6 1 63 Opponents 112 87 70 119 6 394 Opponents...... 4 9 2.2 0 7 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long None Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents...... 1 61 61.0 1 61
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 14 2016 Cal Poly Football Statistics -- November 26, 2016 (12 Games) -- Final |------PATs ------| PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts. Casey Sublette 29 1067 36.8 61 1 9 11 2 0 Joe Protheroe 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 90 Alex Vega 10 407 40.7 56 2 1 0 1 0 Casey Sublette 0 6-6 54-56 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72 Total...... 39 1474 37.8 61 3 10 11 3 0 Kyle Lewis 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60 Opponents...... 46 1904 41.4 71 5 23 11 8 0 Dano Graves 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 Kori Garcia 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn DJ Peluso 3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 20 Casey Sublette 72 4198 58.3 13 1 Carson McMurtrey 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Total...... 72 4198 58.3 13 1 1161 37.7 27 J.J. Koski 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Opponents...... 68 4025 59.2 13 2 1076 38.6 26 Jake Smeltzer 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Kory Fox 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Jared Mohamed 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Joe Protheroe 11 1334 139 0 0 0 1473 133.9 Kelly Shepard 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Kyle Lewis 11 591 375 0 123 0 1089 99.0 Reagan Enger 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Kori Garcia 12 849 134 0 0 0 983 81.9 Total...... 57 6-6 54-56 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 416 J.J. Koski 12 59 323 1 533 0 916 76.3 Opponents...... 53 10-16 46-50 0-1 0 0-1 0 0 394 Dano Graves 12 686 49 0 0 0 735 61.2 Kory Fox 10 -7 122 34 355 0 504 50.4 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Jared Mohamed 11 343 0 0 0 0 343 31.2 Dano Graves 12 310 686 1485 2171 180.9 DJ Peluso 9 184 59 0 15 0 258 28.7 Joe Protheroe 11 252 1334 0 1334 121.3 Carson McMurtrey 12 0 245 0 0 0 245 20.4 Kori Garcia 12 133 849 49 898 74.8 Reagan Enger 11 88 38 0 0 0 126 11.5 Kyle Lewis 11 61 591 0 591 53.7 Kelly Shepard 9 0 0 0 0 63 63 7.0 Jared Mohamed 11 60 343 0 343 31.2 Jake Smeltzer 11 0 50 0 0 0 50 4.5 DJ Peluso 9 22 184 0 184 20.4 Kitu Humphrey 12 0 0 0 19 10 29 2.4 Reagan Enger 11 11 88 0 88 8.0 Kevin Griffin 12 0 0 0 0 19 19 1.6 J.J. Koski 12 6 59 0 59 4.9 Malcolm Davis 12 6 0 0 8 0 14 1.2 Malcolm Davis 12 5 6 0 6 0.5 Nik Navarro 12 0 0 0 11 0 11 0.9 Raven Middleton 10 1 4 0 4 0.4 David Cooper 11 -4 0 0 12 0 8 0.7 Khaleel Jenkins 4 2 2 0 2 0.5 Raven Middleton 10 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.4 David Cooper 11 1 -4 0 -4 -0.4 Khaleel Jenkins 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.5 Kory Fox 10 2 -7 0 -7 -0.7 Carter Nichols 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 TEAM 8 10 -13 0 -13 -1.6 TEAM 8 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 -1.6 Total...... 12 876 4122 1534 5656 471.3 Total...... 12 4122 1534 35 1076 93 6860 571.7 Opponents...... 12 768 1615 3251 4866 405.5 Opponents...... 12 1615 3251 190 1161 9 6226 518.8
DEFENSE |------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blk NO. PLAYER GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Safety 25 Chris Santini 12 68 38 106 12.5-38 2.5-20 . . 5 . . . . 48 Josh Letuligasenoa 12 41 25 66 9.5-25 3.5-15 . 3 4 1-0 . . . 36 Joseph Gigantino 12 34 31 65 3.0-15 1.0-10 . 3 2 1-0 . . . 1 B.J. Nard 12 43 16 59 3.5-10 1.0-6 1-0 2 . 1-0 4 . . 2 Jerek Rosales 11 34 13 47 0.5-1 . 1-0 10 . 1-0 . . . 8 Kitu Humphrey 12 33 13 46 5.5-21 2.0-8 1-10 8 . 1-0 . . . 3 Kevin Griffin 12 25 11 36 2.0-2 . 1-19 2 . . . . . 15 Anders Turner 9 18 14 32 6.0-17 1.5-7 . . 2 . 1 . . 55 Jack Ferguson 12 9 18 27 3.0-6 0.5-3 . . 2 . . . . 18 Aaryn Bouzos 12 19 7 26 1.0-5 1.0-5 2-0 1 3 . . . . 30 Mekai Sheffie 10 19 5 24 1.0-2 . . 2 1 . . . . 37 Jayson Lee 8 15 7 22 2.0-5 . . . 1 . . . . 29 Carter Nichols 12 9 10 19 . . 1-1 3 . . 1 . . 73 Marcus Paige-Allen 6 5 13 18 4.5-15 . . . 1 . . 1 . 95 Kelly Shepard 9 11 7 18 4.0-10 . 1-63 4 3 1-0 . . . 99 Fino Elisaia 12 9 9 18 4.5-14 1.5-9 . 1 . . 1 1 . 97 Jason Patterson 11 7 8 15 1.5-5 0.5-3 . . 1 . . . . 17 Tully McCalister 12 4 8 12 ...... 34 Mason Montgomery 12 7 2 9 ...... 12 Kam Dennis 11 6 3 9 ...... 22 Malcolm Davis 12 2 5 7 ...... 14 Darren Adjei 10 4 2 6 ...... 39 R.J. Mazolewski 3 4 2 6 1.5-3 ...... 16 Charlie Davis 3 4 2 6 . . . . 1 . . . . 21 David Cooper 11 1 4 5 ...... 46 Nik Navarro 12 4 1 5 . . . . 1 . . . . 85 Victor Beglitsoff 10 3 1 4 ...... 44 Miles Williams 12 2 2 4 0.5-1 ...... 23 Raven Middleton 10 1 2 3 ...... 22 Aaron Johnson 12 3 . 3 ...... 31 Trey Nahhas 2 1 1 2 ...... 94 Leroy Mealancon 8 . 2 2 ...... 37 Will Gallo 10 . 2 2 ...... 13 DJ Peluso 9 1 1 2 ...... 93 Nate Shipley 2 2 . 2 2.0-2 ...... 41 Noah Thompson 2 1 . 1 ...... 9 Dominic Frasch 2 1 . 1 ...... 90 Caleb Melton 11 1 . 1 ...... 60 Tyler Whisenhunt 12 1 . 1 ...... 88 Casey Sublette 12 . 1 1 ...... 4 Kyle Lewis 11 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 8 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 12 454 286 740 68-197 15-86 8-93 39 27 6-0 7 2 . Opponents...... 12 556 466 1022 55.0-166 7-36 4-9 19 16 12-61 14 . .
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Casey Sublette 6-6 100.0 0-0 4-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 39 0
FG SEQUENCE CAL POLY OPPONENTS FG SEQUENCE CAL POLY OPPONENTS FG SEQUENCE CAL POLY OPPONENTS Nevada (27), (37) (25), 38 North Dakota (29) (25) Eastern Washington - 36 U. San Diego (39) (21) Portland State - - Weber State - (33), 46, 33 South Dakota State (22) (30) UC Davis - (25) Northern Colorado - (38), (36) Montana - (33), (24), 48 Sacramento State (25) 39 San Diego - - 2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 15 Game 1 Game 2 Nevada 30, Cal Poly 27 (OT) Cal Poly 38, San Diego 16 September 2, 2016 September 10, 2016 Mackay Stadium, Reno, NV Attn: 19,138 Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 6,152 RENO, Nevada – Nevada answered Cal Poly's 37-yard field goal SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Senior quarterback Dano Graves with a five-yard touchdown run by James Butler as the Wolf Pack passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as Cal Poly over- escaped an upset with a 30-27 overtime victory over Cal Poly in the came a 13-10 deficit late in the second quarter to defeat San Diego 2016 season opener for both football teams in Mackay Stadium. 38-16 in a non-conference game. With a stalwart second-half defense, Cal Poly rallied from a 24- Graves connected with Kyle Lewis on a 57-yard pass with six 10 halftime deficit to catch Nevada with 1:20 to play in regulation. seconds left in the first half, hit Kori Garcia with a 27-yard touchdown Senior quarterback Dano Graves marched the Mustangs 68 and 79 pass less than three minutes into the third quarter and rambled 33 yards for the pair of touchdowns, scoring both by himself on runs of yards through a big hole at left tackle for the final score of the game 10 and one yards. for Cal Poly. Cal Poly had the ball first in the overtime period and was held to The decision left both teams with 1-1 records. Cal Poly is now 5- Casey Sublette's 37-yard field goal. Nevada scored the game-win- 0 in its all-time series against San Diego. ner on four plays from the 25-yard line. Junior fullback Joe Protheroe earned his second 100-yard game After falling behind 24-10 in the first half, Cal Poly allowed just 69 of the season and sixth of his Mustang career, rushing for 131 yards yards and two first downs to the Wolf Pack in the third and fourth on 18 carries and scoring Cal Poly's first touchdown of the game on quarters. In the third quarter alone, Nevada did not get a first down a five-yard run with a minute to go in the opening period. and was held to seven yards. Coupled with Casey Sublette's 39-yard field goal, Cal Poly Graves set a career high with 140 yards on 26 carries and junior opened up a 10-0 lead before San Diego mounted its rally. fullback Joe Protheroe added 119 yards on 27 trips, scoring Cal Ross Dwelley caught a pair of touchdown passes from Anthony Poly's lone first-half touchdown on a 28-yard run with 2:52 to go in Lawrence spanning 1 and 13 yards in the second quarter as the the first quarter. Toreros took the lead from the Mustangs, 13-10. Graves completed five of 12 passes for 62 yards and senior Cal Poly, however, outscored San Diego 28-3 the rest of the way. Carson McMurtrey caught a pair of passes from his Folsom High Protheroe contributed to the Mustang uprising with a one-yard School teammate. touchdown run midway through the third quarter. Despite the loss, Cal Poly compiled advantages of 23-18 in first San Diego's only points of the second half came on a 21-yard downs, 445-363 in total offense and 36:09 to 23:51 in time of pos- field goal by Patrick Murray 96 seconds into the fourth quarter. session. Graves came close to the 100-yard mark for the second time this Senior linebacker Joseph Gigantino notched nine tackles and season. Rushing for 140 yards a week ago at Nevada, Graves redshirt freshman safety Kitu Humphrey added seven stops. Sacks added 98 yards on 14 trips against San Diego. He also completed were earned by Josh Letuligasenoa and B.J. Nard and Cal Poly's five of eight passes for 130 yards and two scores. defense earned eight tackles for lost yardage. There were no turnovers in the game. The Mustangs are 1-8 in overtime games. Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 OT Score San Diego 0 13 0 3 16 Cal Poly 7 3 0 14 3 27 Cal Poly 10 7 14 7 38 Nevada 21 3 0 0 6 30 Scoring Summary Scoring Summary First Quarter First Quarter 10:09 CP FG Sublette 39 0 3 12:10 NEV Butler 50 run (Zuzo kick) 0 7 1:04 CP Protheroe 5 run (Sublette kick) 0 10 9:13 NEV Demps 6 pass from Stewart (Zuzo kick) 0 14 Second Quarter 2:52 CP Protheroe 28 run (Sublette kick) 7 14 12:10 USD Dwelley 1 pass from Lawrence (Murray kick) 7 10 0:49 NEV Richardson 9 pass from Stewart (Zuzo kick) 7 21 0:50 USD Dwelley 13 pass from Lawrence (run failed) 13 10 Second Quarter 0:06 CP Lewis 57 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 13 17 8:28 CP FG Sublette 27 10 21 Third Quarter 0:03 NEV FG Zuzo 25 10 24 12:40 CP Garcia 27 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 13 24 Fourth Quarter 5:40 CP Protheroe 1 run (Sublette kick) 13 31 14:38 CP Graves 10 run (Sublette kick) 17 24 Fourth Quarter 1:20 CP Graves 1 run (Sublette kick) 24 24 13:24 USD FG Murray 21 16 31 Overtime 10:11 CP Graves 33 run (Sublette kick) 16 38 15:00 CP FG Sublette 37 27 24 Team Statistics 15:00 NEV Butler 5 run (no PAT attempted) 27 30 USD CP Team Statistics First Downs 13 23 CP NEV Rushes - Yards 28-125 60-354 First Downs 23 18 Passing Yards 127 130 Rushes - Yards 71-383 34-174 Passes 15-26-0 5-9-0 Passing Yards 62 189 Total Offense Plays - Yards 54-252 69-484 Passes 5-12-0 17-24-0 Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Total Offense Plays - Yards 83-445 58-363 Punt Returns -Yards 1-54 0-0 Fumble Returns - Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns -Yards 6-124 2-37 Punt Returns - Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns - Yards 3-63 1-16 Punts - Average 5-33.0 3-43.7 Interception Returns - Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumbles -Lost 0-0 0-0 Punts - Average 3-43.7 5-45.8 Penalties -Yards 6-50 5-54 Fumbles - Lost 5-1 0-0 Possession Time 28:00 32:00 Penalties - Yards 9-75 4-40 Sacks By: Number -Yards 2-11 1-10 Possession Time 36:09 23:51 Individual Statistics Sacks By: Number - Yards 2-9 0-0 Rushing: Individual Statistics USD - Hodges 12-93, Armstrong 7-31, Malepeai 2-6, Charles 3-5, Sinnett Rushing: 1-(-1), Lawrence 2-(-8), Team 1-(-1); CP - Protheroe 18-131, Graves 14-98, CP - Graves 26-140, Protheroe 27-119, Garcia 11-75, Mohamed 3-36, Garcia 11-55, Lewis 5-25, Enger 5-23, Peluso 5-20, Jenkins 1-2, Davis 1-0 Peluso 2-12, Lewis 1-2, Team 1-(-1); NEV - Butler 21-123, Stewart 8-31, Passing: Lynch 4-21, Celis 1-(-1) USD - Lawrence 15-24-0, 127; Priest 0-1-0, 0; Sinnett 0-1-0, 0 Passing: CP - Graves 5-8-0, 130; Jenkins 0-1-0, 0 CP - Graves 5-12-0, 62; NEV - Stewart 17-23-0, 189; Team 0-1-0, 0 Receiving: Receiving: USD - Dwelley 9-97, Riley 3-24, Hodges 2-3, Armstrong 1-3 CP - McMurtrey 2-25, Fox 1-16, Protheroe 1-11, Peluso 1-10 CP - Lewis 1-57, McMurtrey 1-30, Garcia 1-27, Fox 1-8, Smeltzer 1-8 NEV - Richardson 4-43, Demps 3-17, Celis 2-47, Kincaide 2-16, Butler 2-(-1) Tackles: Tackles: USD - Giorgi 12-4-16, Moreno 5-7-12, Michaels 6-4-10, Clark 8-1-9 CP - Gigantino 7-2-9, Kumphrey 5-2-7, Letuligasenoa 5-1-6, Santini 4-2- CP - Santini 7-2-9, Griffin 6-2-8, Letuligasenoa 3-3-6, Nard 3-1-4 6, Mazolewski 4-2-6; NEV - Bertrando 5-5-10, Choudja 6-2-8, Baber 5-3-8
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 16 Game 3 Game 4 Cal Poly 38, South Dakota State 31 Cal Poly 42, Montana 41 September 17, 2016 September 24, 2016 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, Brookings, S.D. Attn: 16,887 Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 8,156 BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Junior fullback Joe Protheroe rushed for a SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Senior quarterback Dano Graves hit career-high 217 yards and two touchdowns, senior quarterback junior slot back Kyle Lewis with a 39-yard touchdown pass with 4:29 Dano Graves passed for 161 yards and one touchdown and junior to play and Cal Poly held on to beat No. 6 Montana 42-41 in a Big safety Aaryn Bouzos intercepted a pass with 1:55 to play as Cal Poly Sky Conference opener for both teams. upset No. 9/10 South Dakota State 38-31. After Cal Poly scored the go-ahead touchdown, Montana drove Protheroe, who carried the ball a career-high 31 times, scored on 34 yards in six plays but a 48-yard field goal attempt by Tim runs of 76 and 13 yards in the fourth quarter. Graves hit Kyle Lewis Semenza missed wide right with 1:55 to play. with a 33-yard scoring pass and Kori Garcia added 82 yards on 10 Cal Poly picked up one first down before it was forced to punt with carries as the Mustangs accumulated 601 yards in total offense. 11 seconds to play. Jerry Louie-McGee returned the punt six yards South Dakota State held leads of 7-0 and 10-7 in the first 16 min- to his own 17-yard line with one second to go. Montana quarterback utes of the game. Cal Poly grabbed the lead at 14-10 on a 21-yard Brady Gustafson completed a short pass to Keenan Curran and the touchdown run by Garcia with 10:11 to go in the second quarter and Grizzlies attempted six laterals before B.J. Nard secured the tackle the Mustangs never trailed the rest of the way though the game was ending the game at about Montana's 19-yard line. tied at 17-17, 24-24 and 31-31. Cal Poly has beaten Montana each of the last three years. Protheroe's 13-yard scoring run with 2:28 to go gave Cal Poly a The loss spoiled a record-breaking performance by Louie- 38-31 lead and Bouzos intercepted Taryn Christion on third down McGee, who caught a Montana-record 21 catches for 155 yards and with 1:55 to play. Cal Poly was able to pick up one first down and run two touchdowns. Gustafson completed his first 16 passes of the out the clock. game and finished 47 of 59 for 418 yards and a pair of scores. Cal Poly compiled advantages of 27-21 in first downs, 601-336 in Cal Poly countered with its relentless and nation-leading Triple total offense and 35:43 to 24:17 in time of possession. The intercep- Option, rushing for 274 yards and three scores. Junior fullback Joe tion by Bouzos was the first turnover forced by the Mustang defense Protheroe netted 90 yards on 17 carries while senior slot back Kori this season. Garcia added 73 yards on 11 trips and Lewis 52 on eight carries. The Mustangs punted just once in the game -- on their opening Graves completed six of 10 passes for 157 yards and three drive -- and were six of 11 on third-down conversions and two of touchdowns, tying his career high for scoring passes set three years three on fourth down. Graves completed nine of 11 passes and his ago against Weber State. Lewis was his favorite target with two favorite target was Lewis with five receptions for 122 yards. Garcia catches for 48 yards and Protheroe and Kory Fox caught the other and J.J. Koski each made a pair of catches. scoring passes from Graves. Josh Letuligasenoa and Jerek Rosales both made six tackles for There were six lead changes in the see-saw battle. Cal Poly and the Mustang defense accumulated six tackles for lost yardage, including sacks by Chris Santini and Augustino Elisaia. Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Montana 7 17 7 10 41 Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Cal Poly 7 21 7 7 42 Cal Poly 7 10 0 21 38 Scoring Summary South Dakota State 7 3 7 14 31 First Quarter Scoring Summary 9:17 UM Calhoun 1 run (Semenza kick) 7 0 First Quarter 2:40 CP Garcia 5 run (Sublette kick) 7 7 9:42 SDS Wieneke 13 pass from Lujan (Vinatieri kick) 0 7 Second Quarter 3:56 CP Lewis 35 run (Sublette kick) 7 7 14:22 UM FG Semenza 33 10 7 Second Quarter 11:56 UM Louie-McGee 61 pass from Gustafson (Semenza kick) 17 7 14:14 SDS FG Vinatieri 30 7 10 8:24 CP Graves 20 run (Sublette kick) 17 14 10:11 CP Garcia 21 run (Sublette kick) 14 10 7:09 CP Lewis 13 run (Sublette kick) 17 21 0:00 CP FG Sublette 22 17 10 5:49 CP Fox 16 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 17 28 Third Quarter 0:30 UM Louie-McGee 9 pass from Gustafson (Semenza kick) 24 24 8:34 SDS Wieneke 4 pass from Christion (Vinatieri kick) 17 17 Third Quarter Fourth Quarter 8:32 UM Calhoun 2 run (Semenza kick) 31 28 13:46 CP Lewis 33 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 24 17 1:48 CP Protheroe 55 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 31 35 13:28 SDS Goedert 48 pass from Christion (Vinatieri kick) 24 24 Fourth Quarter 12:38 CP Protheroe 76 run (Sublette kick) 31 24 13:14 UM Calhoun 29 run (Semenza kick) 38 35 9:14 SDS Wieneke 15 pass from Christion (Vinatieri kick) 31 31 8:11 UM FG Semenza 24 41 35 2:28 CP Protheroe 13 run (Sublette kick) 38 31 4:29 CP Lewis 39 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 41 42 Team Statistics Team Statistics CP SDS UM CP First Downs 27 21 First Downs 25 19 Rushes - Yards 59-440 20-71 Rushes - Yards 24-67 54-274 Passing Yards 161 265 Passing Yards 418 157 Passes 9-11-0 21-36-1 Passes 47-59-1 6-10-0 Total Offense Plays - Yards 70-601 56-336 Total Offense Plays - Yards 83-485 64-431 Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns - Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns -Yards 1-6 1-9 Punt Returns - Yards 2-6 2-11 Kickoff Returns -Yards 6-92 4-116 Kickoff Returns - Yards 8-488 7-441 Interception Returns -Yards 1-0 0-0 Interception Returns - Yards 0-0 1-0 Punts - Average 1-46.0 3-41.0 Punts - Average 2-46.0 5-39.2 Fumbles -Lost 1-1 2-0 Fumbles - Lost 3-2 3-1 Penalties -Yards 5-58 2-15 Penalties - Yards 5-24 7-75 Possession Time 35:43 24:17 Possession Time 29:44 30:16 Sacks By: Number -Yards 2-15 0-0 Sacks By: Number - Yards 1-5 1-2 Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Rushing: Rushing: CP - Protheroe 31-217, Garcia 10-82, Lewis 7-66, Graves 8-49, Koski 1-17, UM - Calhoun 11-63, Nguyen 10-10, Gustafson 3-(-6) Peluso 1-10, Team 1-(-1) CP - Protheroe 17-90, Garcia 11-73, Lewis 8-52, Graves 13-41, Koski 1-17, SDS - Wallace 8-40, Mengarelli 5-40, Lujan 2-0, Christion 5-(-9) Mohamed 3-3, Team 1-(-2) Passing: Passing: CP - Graves 9-11-0, 161. SDS - Christion 20-33-1, 252; Lujan 1-3-0, 13 UM - Gustafson 47-59-1, 418; CP - Graves 6-10-0, 157 Receiving: Receiving: CP - Lewis 5-122, Garcia 2-23, Koski 2-16 UM - Louie-McGee 21-155, Calhoun 8-63, Curran 5-62, Horner 4-31, Lyons 4-30 SDS - Wieneke 9-114, Goedert 5-101, Mengarelli 3-26, Landberg 2-20 CP - Lewis 2-48, Protheroe 1-55, Koski 1-55, Fox 1-16, Garcia 1-8 Tackles: Tackles: CP - Letuligasenoa 4-2-6, Rosales 4-2-6, Nard 3-2-5, Santini 3-2-5 UM - Strong 7-4-11, Strahm 4-7-11, Banks 3-7-10, Buss 4-3-7 SDS - Bobbit 9-7-16, Balster 6-4-10, Earith 4-3-7, Farina 4-3-7, Banasiak 3-4-7 CP - Letuligasenoa 6-6-12, Turner 7-3-10, Griffin 6-2-8, Santini 5-3-8, Gigantino 2-6-8
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Page 17 Game 5 Game 6 North Dakota 31, Cal Poly 24 Cal Poly 55, Portland State 35 October 1, 2016 October 15, 2016 Alerus Center, Grand Forks, ND Attn: 10,097 Providence Park, Portland, OR Attn: 4,019 GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Junior quarterback Keaton Studsrud PORTLAND, Oregon – Kyle Lewis, Kori Garcia and Joe threw two touchdowns passes and ran for another as North Dakota Protheroe all surpassed the 100-yard mark on the ground and No. overcame a 14-10 third-quarter deficit for a 31-24 upset of Cal Poly. 19/20 Cal Poly produced 658 yards in total offense, never punted Studsrud completed 15 of 21 passes for 249 yards and scoring and committed just one penalty en route to a 55-35 Big Sky strikes of three yards to Noah Wanzek in the third quarter, erasing Conference victory over Portland State at Providence Park. the four-point Mustang lead, and 74 yards to Luke Stanley early in Lewis scored twice and rushed for 158 yards, Garcia added 141 the final period. yards and one score in addition to a receiving score and Protheroe Trailing 10-0 late in the second quarter, Cal Poly took advantage produced 101 yards and two touchdowns for the Mustangs, who of North Dakota's second fumble in the red zone and drove 79 yards earned the 500th win in program history. on nine plays to get on the scoreboard for the first time. Dano Cal Poly scored the first 13 points of the game on a 15-yard pass Graves hit Kori Garcia with a 13-yard touchdown pass. from senior quarterback Dano Graves to Garcia and a seven-yarder Cal Poly also received the kickoff opening the second half and from Graves to J.J. Koski. Portland State held its only lead of the Graves capped a 75-yard, 13-play drive with a 24-yard scoring pass game by scoring on its next two possessions – an 83-yard kickoff to former Folsom High School teammate Carson McMurtrey. It was return by Kahlil Dawson and a four-yard run by Alex Kuresa. the first touchdown catch as a Mustang for the fifth-year senior and Cal Poly scored the next three touchdowns to establish control of gave Cal Poly a 14-10 lead. the game, leading by two or three possessions the rest of the way. North Dakota regained the lead with a 38-yard run by Brady Graves has thrown three touchdown passes in each of his last Oliveira and a 74-yard pass from Studsrud for a 31-17 advantage. three games and has surpassed the 100-yard mark passing five Cal Poly mounted a late comeback. Graves hit McMurtrey with a games in a row. He completed his first five passes and 12 of 13 for 25-yard scoring pass with 4:21 to play and the Mustangs got the ball the game, netting 166 yards with three for touchdowns. In addition back for one more chance to tie the game, but after driving to the to the scoring passes to Garcia and Koski, Graves hit Carson North Dakota 2-yard line, Graves was intercepted in the end zone by McMurtrey with a 28-yarder early in the third quarter that capped the Torrey Hunt and the Fighting Hawks were able to run out the clock. 21-0 run and gave Cal Poly a 34-14 cushion. Graves completed his first seven pass attempts of the game and The Mustangs compiled 462 yards on the ground, averaging 6.9 finished 15 of 21 for 219 yards and three touchdowns. Kyle Lewis yards per carry. caught four passes for 33 yards. Portland State, which entered the game averaging 237 yards per Cal Poly's ground game, No. 1 in the Football Championship game on the ground, was held to just 72 rushing yards by the Subdivision averaging 362.8 yards a contest, was held to just 202 Mustang defense. Kuresa completed 19 of 30 passes for 275 yards yards by North Dakota's defense, which entered the game with the and two scores. best defense in the Big Sky against the rush. Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Cal Poly had more yards passing than rushing for the first time Cal Poly 13 14 14 14 55 this year and the Mustangs did not score a rushing touchdown for the Portland State 7 7 14 7 35 first time since the 2012 playoff game against Sam Houston State. Scoring Summary Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score First Quarter Cal Poly 0 7 7 10 24 9:34 CP Garcia 15 pass from Graves (kick failed) 6 0 North Dakota 10 0 14 7 31 5:05 CP Koski 7 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 13 0 Scoring Summary 4:53 PSU Dawson 83 kickoff return (Gonzales kick) 13 7 First Quarter Second Quarter 7:58 UND Studsrud 16 run (Taubenheim kick) 0 7 13:02 PSU Kuresa 4 run (Gonzales kick) 13 14 0:31 UND FG Taubenheim 25 0 10 7:55 CP Garcia 7 run (Sublette kick) 20 14 Second Quarter 0:23 CP Protheroe 9 run (Sublette kick) 27 14 0:32 CP Garcia 13 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 7 10 Third Quarter Third Quarter 10:49 CP McMurtrey 28 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 34 14 9:14 CP McMurtrey 24 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 14 10 7:22 PSU Taumoepeau 25 pass from Kuresa (Gonzales kick) 34 21 3:15 UND Waznek 3 pass from Studsrud (Taubenheim kick) 14 17 3:21 CP Lewis 20 run (Sublette kick) 41 21 1:33 UND Oliveira 38 run (Taubenheim kick) 14 24 1:14 PSU Penn 4 pass from Kuresa (Gonzales kick) 41 28 Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter 12:12 CP FG Sublette 29 17 24 11:49 CP Protheroe 31 run (Sublette kick) 48 28 11:07 UND Stanley 74 pass from Studsrud (Taubenheim kick) 17 31 7:26 PSU Kuresa 1 run (Gonzales kick) 48 35 4:21 CP McMurtrey 25 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 24 31 6:00 CP Lewis 70 run (Sublette kick) 55 35 Team Statistics Team Statistics CP UND CP PSU First Downs 21 24 First Downs 32 18 Rushes - Yards 44-202 46-203 Rushes - Yards 67-462 23-72 Passing Yards 219 249 Passing Yards 196 275 Passes 15-21-2 15-21-0 Passes 13-14-0 19-30-1 Total Offense Plays - Yards 65-421 67-452 Total Offense Plays - Yards 658 347 Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns -Yards 5-125 5-92 Kickoff Returns -Yards 5-97 7-150 Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 2-0 Interception Returns -Yards 1-0 0-0 Punts - Average 4-31.8 3-46.0 Punts - Average 0-0.0 3-38.0 Fumbles -Lost 0-0 2-2 Fumbles -Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties -Yards 3-20 3-25 Penalties -Yards 1-5 2-20 Possession Time 27:41 32:19 Possession Time 38:45 21:15 Sacks By: Number -Yards 0-0 0-0 Sacks By: Number -Yards 2-7 0-0 Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Rushing: Rushing: CP - Mohamed 22-96, Garcia 6-59, Lewis 6-39, Graves 9-7, Peluso 1-1 CP - Lewis 11-158, Garcia 20-141, Protheroe 16-101, Mohamed 6-30, UND - Oliveira 20-127, Gordon 9-62, Studsrud 4-21, Norberg 5-18 enger 5-26, Graves 6-10, Middleton 1-4, Cooper 1-(-4), MDavis 1-(-4) Passing: PSU - Pemm 14-68, Kuresa 7-9, Dawson 2-(-5) CP - Graves 15-21-2, 219; UND - Studsrud 15-21-0, 249 Passing: Receiving: CP - Graves 12-13-0, 166; Garcia 1-1-0, 30. PSU - Kuresa 19-30-1, 275 CP - Lewis 4-33, McMurtrey 3-58, Garcia 3-42, Koski 2-52, Fox 1-19, Receiving: Peluso 1-9, Smeltzer 1-6 CP - Koski 3-36, Lewis 3-33, McMurtrey 2-44, Smeltzer 2-20 UND - Wanzek 6-58, Toivonen 3-28, Stanley 2-85, Oliveira 2-17 PSU - Kraght 6-83, Espitia 3-44, Holman 3-37, Riley 2-37 Tackles: Tackles: CP - Santini 5-6-11, Nard 5-3-8, Gigantino 3-5-8, Griffin 3-3-6 CP - Rosales 5-1-6, Nard 4-1-5, Santini 4-1-5, Letuligasenoa 3-2-5 UND - Reyes 6-2-8, Harris 3-4-7, Bakker 2-5-7, Hunt 4-2-6, Arnell 2-4-6 PSU - Norcross 13-2-15, Duronslet 8-4-12, Foreman 3-8-11, Bodine 7-3-10 2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 18 Game 7 Game 8 Cal Poly 21, UC Davis 16 Cal Poly 59, Sacramento State 47 October 22, 2016 October 29, 2016 Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 11,075 Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, CA Attn: 5,334 SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Senior quarterback Dano Graves ran SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior quarterback Dano Graves for a pair of touchdowns and junior slot back Kyle Lewis sealed the passed for three touchdowns for the fourth time in the last five verdict with a 91-yard scoring romp Saturday night as No. 17/18 Cal games while junior fullback Joe Protheroe and senior slot back Kori Poly defeated UC Davis in the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe. Garcia each surpassed the 100-yard mark on the ground as No. Ahead 14-9 since midway through the third period, Cal Poly 14/17 Cal Poly beat Sacramento State in the state capital, winning warded off several Aggie scoring threats over the next 14 minutes for the second straight week after trailing at halftime. before Lewis took a pitch from Graves around right end and scam- Cal Poly has a 20-16 advantage in its series with the Hornets, pered 91 yards down the right sideline for the clinching score. winning four straight and nine of the last 10, and clinched its 12th UC Davis quarterback Ben Scott hit Keelan Doss with a five-yard winning season in the last 16 years. touchdown pass with 44 seconds to play, but Cal Poly wide receiver Sacramento State overcame 7-0 and 14-7 deficits with three Jake Smeltzer, a member of the hands team, recovered the onside touchdowns in the final 19 minutes of the first half for a 21-17 lead kick and the Mustangs ran out the clock. at the break. Cal Poly made adjustments both offensively and defen- With the win, Cal Poly evened the all-time series at 20-20-2. sively at halftime and dominated the third quarter to turn the game Cal Poly compiled 320 yards on the ground, but needed 64 plays around. The Mustangs accumulated 10 first downs, 196 yards and to do that, averaging exactly five yards per trip. Lewis earned his 21 points in the third period while holding the Hornets to no points, third career 100-yard game and second this season, finishing with 34 yards and one first down. 141 yards on just eight carries. Junior fullback Joe Protheroe added J.J. Koski and Jake Smeltzer caught scoring passes from Graves 95 yards on 27 tough carries. and Protheroe added a one-yard run for a touchdown as Cal Poly Graves contributed 45 yards on 17 carries, scoring twice on runs turned the four-point halftime deficit into a 38-21 advantage after of 1 and 14 yards, and completed four of seven passes for 44 yards. three quarters. Kyle Lewis added a 54-yard scoring romp in the final Scott connected on 19 of 35 passes for 182 yards and one touch- period, giving him three long touchdown runs in the last three weeks. down. Doss finished with six catches for 64 yards. Manusamoa Garcia finished with 146 yards on 12 carries, including a 64-yard Luuga rushed for 118 yards on 15 carries, his third 100-yard game scoring run on Cal Poly's first offensive play of the game, and now of the season. has 10 career 100-yard games. Protheroe added 168 yards on 25 Cal Poly collected 364 yards in total offense, well below its 506.7 trips for his ninth career 100-yard game as a Mustang. average for the year, while UC Davis amassed 304 yards. The Mus- Cal Poly produced season highs of 527 yards rushing and 674 tangs also compiled a 36:06 to 23:54 bulge in time of possession. total yards, posting a 34:10 to 25:50 edge in time of possession. Sophomore cornerback Mekai Sheffie, making his first start as Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Jerek Rosales sat out the game with an injury, led Cal Poly defen- Cal Poly 14 3 21 21 59 sively with 13 tackles (10 solo). Chris Santini, Aaryn Bouzos and Sacramento State 7 14 0 26 47 Joseph Gigantino III all notched sacks and rush linebacker Josh Scoring Summary Letuligasenoa added five tackles and two pass breakups. First Quarter 12:54 CP Garcia 64 run (Sublette kick) 7 0 Cornerback Kevin Griffin notched his second career interception. 8:52 SAC Robinson 38 run (Medina kick) 7 7 Cal Poly won a game when trailing at halftime for the first time 4:42 CP Protheroe 4 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 14 7 since overcoming a 17-14 deficit against Montana State in 2014. Second Quarter Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score 12:25 SAC Hennie 90 punt return (Medina kick) 14 14 UC Davis 6 3 0 7 16 7:59 SAC Hennie 23 pass from Ketteringham (Medina kick) 14 21 Cal Poly 0 7 7 7 21 0:00 CP FG Sublette 25 17 21 Scoring Summary Third Quarter First Quarter 13:45 CP Koski 40 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 24 21 11:23 UCD Baumgart 61 fumble recovery (kick failed) 6 0 8:10 CP Protheroe 1 run (Sublette kick) 31 21 Second Quarter 2:02 CP Smeltzer 16 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 38 21 13:59 CP Graves 1 run (Sublette kick) 6 7 Fourth Quarter 10:12 UCD FG Blair 25 9 7 12:22 SAC Ratliff 11 pass from Ketteringham (kick failed) 38 27 Third Quarter 9:01 CP Lewis 54 run (Sublette kick) 45 27 6:28 CP Graves 14 run (Sublette kick) 9 14 6:47 SAC Hennie 2 pass from Ketteringham (Medina kick) 45 34 Fourth Quarter 3:29 CP Enger 39 run (Sublette kick) 52 34 2:54 CP Lewis 91 run (Sublette kick) 9 21 1:56 SAC Robinson 1 run (Medina kick) 52 41 0:44 UCD Doss 5 pass from Scott (Blair kick) 16 21 1:47 CP Mohamed 47 run (Sublette kick) 59 41 Team Statistics 0:46 SAC Rucker 15 pass from Ketteringham (pass failed) 59 47 UCD CP Team Statistics First Downs 17 17 CP SAC Rushes - Yards 27-122 64-320 First Downs 31 22 Passing Yards 182 44 Rushes - Yards 65-527 34-246 Passes 19-35-1 4-7-0 Passing Yards 147 236 Total Offense Plays - Yards 62-304 71-364 Passes 8-16-0 16-29-1 Fumble Returns -Yards 1-61 0-0 Total Offense Plays - Yards 81-674 63-482 Punt Returns -Yards 2-3 1-1 Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns -Yards 3-61 3-72 Punt Returns -Yards 1-1 1-90 Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 1-19 Kickoff Returns -Yards 6-130 7-152 Punts - Average 6-43.3 5-38.4 Interception Returns -Yards 1-1 0-0 Fumbles -Lost 0-0 1-1 Punts - Average 3-47.0 4-38.5 Penalties -Yards 6-26 4-20 Fumbles -Lost 1-0 1-0 Possession Time 23:54 36:06 Penalties -Yards 10-101 4-44 Sacks By: Number -Yards 0-0 3-20 Possession Time 34:10 25:50 Individual Statistics Sacks By: Number -Yards 3-16 1-5 Rushing: Individual Statistics UCD - Luuga 15-118, Kelley 7-18, Scott 5-(-14) Rushing: CP - Lewis 8-141, Protheroe 27-95, Graves 17-45, Garcia 8-42, Mohamed CP-Protheroe 25-168, Garcia 12-146, Lewis 5-78, Mohamed 7-72, Enger 2-0, Team 2-(-3) 1-39, Graves 9-18, MDavis 3-10, Koski 1-0, Team 2-(-4) Passing: SAC - Robinson 19-117, Warren 8-79, Jountti 2-42, Ketteringham 4-7 UCD - Scott 19-35-1, 182; CP - Graves 4-7-0, 44 Passing: Receiving: CP - Graves 8-15-0, 147; Team 0-1-0, 0; SAC - Ketteringham 16-29-1, 236 UCD - Doss 6-64, Martin 3-27, Martinez 3-14, Harrell 2-32, Luuga 2-17 Receiving: CP - McMurtrey 1-20, Fox 1-15, Protheroe 1-7, Lewis 1-2 CP - Koski 3-62, Lewis 2-43, Enger 1-22, Smeltzer 1-16, Protheroe 1-4 Tackles: SAC - Hennie 6-116, Ratliff 3-77, Demps 3-13 UCD - Jones 10-0-10, Bua 8-1-9, Anesi 3-3-6, Graham 3-3-6 Tackles: CP - Sheffie 10-3-13, Santini 7-1-8, Bouzos 5-0-5, Letuligasenoa 4-1-5 CP - Nichols 1-8-9, Humphrey 5-3-8, Paige-Allen 1-6-7 SAC - Anderson 7-9-16, Meteer 6-8-14, Bruce 4-5-9, Wallace 1-6-7 2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 19 Game 9 Game 10 Eastern Washington 42, Cal Poly 21 Weber State 22, Cal Poly 15 November 5, 2016 November 12, 2016 Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 9,722 Stewart Stadium, Ogden, UT Attn: 7,821 SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Quarterback Gage Gubrud passed OGDEN, Utah – Josh Burton's interception with seven minutes for 357 yards and four touchdowns while wide receiver Cooper Kupp remaining thwarted a Cal Poly comeback as Weber State, which threw two scoring passes and caught another as No. 3 Eastern scored the first 15 points of the game, defeated the No. 16/20 Washington defeated No. 14 Cal Poly 42-21. Mustangs 22-15 at Stewart Stadium. Gubrud completed 27 of 37 passes and Kupp finished with 11 Tied at 15-15, Weber State drove 58 yards early in the fourth receptions for 154 yards as the Eagles won their seventh straight. quarter, converting four third-down plays on the way to the go-ahead Despite reaching their average for yards rushing in a game, Cal touchdown, a two-yard run by Brady May, with 9:09 to play. Poly had its second three-game winning streak of the year snapped. On Cal Poly's next drive, the Mustangs picked up one first down Junior fullback Joe Protheroe became the 20th Mustang in pro- before quarterback Dano Graves threw just his fourth interception of gram history to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season and finished the season. After Burton's theft at midfield, Weber State marched 34 with 116 yards on 23 carries, his fifth 100-yard game this season and yards to the Cal Poly 16, but Taylor Hintze missed a 33-yard field 10th of his Mustang career. goal attempt wide left, giving the Mustangs one more chance. Senior quarterback Dano Graves gained 121 yards on the ground Graves drove Cal Poly 46 yards to the Weber State 34, but on for his third career 100-yard performance, scoring two of Cal Poly's fourth down his pass to J.J. Koski was batted down by Trey Hosking touchdowns on runs of 9 and 1 yards. Protheroe scored the other with 39 seconds to play. Mustang touchdown on a one-yard run. Weber State built its 15-0 lead with two touchdown passes by The game was a matchup of the No. 1 rushing team in the FCS Jadrian Clark and a 33-yard field goal by Taylor Hintze. Clark hit – Cal Poly averaging 370 yards a game – and the top-ranked pass- Andrew Vollert with an 18-yard scoring pass and Drew Batchelor ing team in the FCS – Eastern Washington averaging 438 yards with a 16-yard pass. through the air. Cal Poly rushed for 372 yards and Eastern Cal Poly avoided being shut out in the first half for the first time Washington was "held" to 395 passing yards. The Mustangs scored this season, driving 50 yards in seven plays late in the second quar- all three of their touchdowns on the ground while the Eagles scored ter. Junior fullback Joe Protheroe capped the march with a one-yard six times, all through the air. run 38 seconds before halftime. Eastern Washington finished with a 26-25 edge in first downs and Cal Poly also received the second-half kickoff and drove 75 yards 513-458 in total offense, though Cal Poly had possession of the ball on 16 plays to tie the game. D.J. Peluso ran 19 yards down the left for nearly 11 minutes more than the Eagles. sideline for the touchdown and also ran for the two-point conversion. Fullback Jared Mohamed finished with 77 yards on the ground for But the Mustangs could not find the end zone the rest of the way, Cal Poly and Graves was six of 11 for 67 yards. forced to punt once, the interception by Burton and the pass breakup Mustang senior linebacker Chris Santini notched 11 tackles and by Hoskins ending the three drives. junior cornerback Jerek Rosales recorded an interception. Cal Poly was held under 200 yards rushing for the first time since the 2015 season finale, netting 190 yards on the ground. Protheroe Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score finished with 65 yards on 18 carries while Kori Garcia added 57 Eastern Washington 14 7 14 7 42 yards on 14 trips and Peluso 50 yards on six carries. Cal Poly 7 7 7 0 21 Scoring Summary Senior linebacker Chris Santini made 16 tackles to lead Cal Poly First Quarter defensively. 4:34 EWU Hill 30 pass from Gubrud (Alcobendas kick) 7 0 Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score 1:24 CP Graves 9 run (Sublette kick) 7 7 Cal Poly 0 7 8 0 15 0:32 EWU Bourne 25 pass from Gubrud (Alcobendas kick) 14 7 Weber State 12 3 0 7 22 Second Quarter Scoring Summary 10:59 EWU Bourne 20 pass from Gubrud (Alcobendas kick) 21 7 First Quarter 6:58 CP Graves 1 run (Sublette kick) 21 14 11:41 WSU Vollert 18 pass from Clark (kick blocked) 0 6 Third Quarter 3:29 WSU Batchelor 16 pass from Clark (kick blocked) 0 12 12:44 EWU Hill 28 pass from Kupp (Alcobendas kick) 28 14 Second Quarter 4:01 EWU Hill 10 pass from Kupp (Alcobendas kick) 35 14 5:44 WSU FG Hintze 33 0 15 0:39 CP Protheroe 1 run (Sublette kick) 35 21 0:38 CP Protheroe 1 run (Sublette kick) 7 15 Fourth Quarter Third Quarter 4:32 EWU Kupp 45 pass from Gubrud (Alcobendas kick) 42 21 7:16 CP Peluso 19 run (Peluso run) 15 15 Team Statistics Fourth Quarter EWU CP 9:09 WSU May 2 run (Hintze kick) 15 22 First Downs 26 25 Team Statistics Rushes - Yards 26-118 65-372 CP WSU Passing Yards 395 86 First Downs 18 17 Passes 29-39-1 7-12-1 Rushes - Yards 53-190 28-114 Total Offense Plays - Yards 65-513 77-458 Passing Yards 101 186 Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Passes 7-17-1 23-32-0 Punt Returns -Yards 1-28 1-0 Total Offense Plays - Yards 70-291 60-300 Kickoff Returns -Yards 4-71 7-120 Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns -Yards 1-7 1-0 Punt Returns -Yards 2-5 0-0 Punts - Average 3-44.7 3.35.3 Kickoff Returns -Yards 2-33 2-37 Fumbles -Lost 2-0 2-2 Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 1-2 Penalties -Yards 6-60 4-45 Punts - Average 5-31.8 4-40.5 Possession Time 24:17 35:43 Fumbles -Lost 1-1 1-1 Sacks By: Number -Yards 1-6 0-0 Penalties -Yards 3-25 2-15 Individual Statistics Possession Time 31:52 28:08 Rushing: Sacks By: Number -Yards 0-0 1-5 EWU - Custer 9-64, Gubrud 7-40, Pierce 3-17, Wilson 3-9 Individual Statistics CP - Graves 19-121, Protheroe 23-116, Mohamed 9-77, Lewis 3-20, Koski Rushing: 1-19, Garcia 9-16, Peluso 1-3 CP - Protheroe 18-65, Garcia 14-57, Peluso 6-50, Mohamed 3-16, Graves Passing: 10-8, Koski 1-1, Fox 1-(-7) EWU - Gubrud 27-37-1, 357; Kupp 2-2-0, 38 WSU - Moimoi 12-54, Pooler 5-20, Denby 1-19, Garrett 3-10, Clark 3-9 CP - Graves 6-11-1, 67; Garcia 1-1-0, 19 Passing: Receiving: CP - Graves 7-16-1, 101; Fox 0-1-0, 0; WSU - Clark 23-32-0, 186 EWU - Kupp 11-154, Hill 7-93, Bourne 4-78 Receiving: CP - Koski 2-41, Graves 1-19, Enger 1-16, Protheroe 1-6, Garcia 1-3, CP - Fox 3-32, Koski 2-43, Peluso 2-26 Lewis 1-1 WSU - Batchelor 6-64, Vollert 6-51, Denby 5-35, Moimoi 3-17 Tackles: Tackles: EWU - Fettig 9-1-10, Bruce 4-4-8, Zamora 3-4-7, Njoku 2-5-7 CP - Santini 6-10-16, Nard 3-5-8, Turner 4-3-7, Gigantino 2-5-7 CP - Santini 8-3-11, Nichols 5-1-6, Gigantino 3-3-6, Nard 4-1-5 WSU - Thomson 9-5-14, Johnson 3-9-12, Burton 6-4-10, Toia 4-6-10
2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 20 Game 11 Game 12 Cal Poly 55, Northern Colorado 48 San Diego 35, Cal Poly 21 November 19, 2016 November 26, 2016 Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 6,863 Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 3,356 SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Senior quarterback Dano Graves SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Senior running back Jonah Hodges passed for 191 yards and rushed for 147 more, throwing two touch- scored three touchdowns and surpassed the 100-yard mark in rush- down passes and running for another score, as Cal Poly outlasted ing for the eighth time this season as San Diego, a 38-16 loser to Cal Northern Colorado in the final regular season game for both teams. Poly in September, defeated the Mustangs 35-21 in the opening Graves completed 14 of 15 passes, including scoring strikes to round of the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs. J.J. Koski and Kyle Lewis, and averaged 8.2 yards per carry, calling On a slick surface due to rainfall earlier in the day, Hodges rushed his number 18 times and establishing a new career high with his 147 for 171 yards, scoring on runs of 8, 7 and 5 yards for the Toreros, yards. He clinched the victory with a 42-yard run with two minutes to who held Cal Poly to just 195 total yards, nearly 300 yards below its play in the Hats off to Heroes and Senior Night game. average for the season. Cal Poly never trailed and, after scoring three times in the first San Diego quarterback Anthony Lawrence produced his team's quarter for a 21-7 lead, stayed ahead of Northern Colorado by at other two touchdowns on passes spanning eight yards to Justin least three points the rest of the way. Priest and five yards to Brian Riley. For the sixth time this season, Cal Poly produced at least two Cal Poly rallied from a 14-0 first-quarter deficit, scoring with 83 100-yard rushers in a game. In addition to Graves, junior fullback seconds left in the second period on junior fullback Joe Protheroe's Joe Protheroe added 110 yards on 24 trips, scoring once on a six- seven-yard run and 15 seconds into the third quarter on another yard run midway through the fourth quarter. For Protheroe, he has seven-yard run by Protheroe. exceeded the 100-yard mark seven times this season and 12 times San Diego, however, re-established its 14-point cushion on in his Mustang career. Graves has three 100-yard games this year. Hodges' second scoring run and the touchdown catch by Riley. DJ Peluso and Kori Garcia, both seniors, each rushed for 88 The Mustangs got one more look at the game when senior defen- yards and a pair of scores. Peluso scored on runs of 13 and 45 yards sive end Kelly Shepard (left) returned an interception 63 yards for a while Garcia added touchdown runs of six and two yards. touchdown with 8:07 to play. It was the first touchdown scored by Cal Cal Poly surpassed the 600-yard mark in total offense for the Poly's defense since 2012 when Nick Dzubnar returned an intercep- fourth time this season, amassing 634 against Northern Colorado. tion for a score at Northern Arizona. Cal Poly held a 29-27 edge in first downs and a nearly 15-minute Cal Poly held San Diego to a three-and-out on the next series, advantage in time of possession. The Mustangs converted 14 of 18 but a Mustang fumble was recovered by Spencer Hammitt and the third-down plays and punted just twice. Toreros drove 68 yards on just six plays for the clinching score, a Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score five-yard run by Hodges with 2:23 to play. Northern Colorado 7 17 7 17 48 Cal Poly mustered just 12 first downs and 155 yards on the Cal Poly 21 13 7 14 55 ground, far below its season average of 361 rushing yards per con- Scoring Summary test. Protheroe, nevertheless, earned his eighth 100-yard game of First Quarter the season and 13th of his Mustang career with 122 yards on 26 car- 10:29 CP Garcia 6 run (Sublette kick) 0 7 10:06 UNC Deggs 30 pass from Sloter (Falloon kick) 7 7 ries. 3:35 CP Garcia 2 run (Sublette kick) 7 14 0:40 CP Peluso 13 run (Sublette kick) 7 21 Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Second Quarter San Diego 14 0 7 14 35 11:36 UNC Deggs 1 pass from Sloter (Falloon kick) 14 21 Cal Poly 0 7 7 7 21 8:02 CP Koski 30 pass from Graves (kick failed) 14 27 Scoring Summary 4:58 UNC Miller 33 pass from Sloter (Falloon kick) 21 27 First Quarter 1:16 CP Lewis 26 pass from Graves (Sublette kick) 21 34 13:37 USD Hodges 8 run (Murray kick) 7 0 0:00 UNC FG Falloon 38 24 34 6:42 USD Priest 8 pass from Lawrence (Murray kick) 14 0 Third Quarter Second Quarter 9:25 UNC Miller 6 pass from Sloter (Falloon kick) 31 34 1:23 CP Protheroe 7 run (Sublette kick) 14 7 4:35 CP Peluso 45 run (Sublette kick) 31 41 Third Quarter Fourth Quarter 14:45 CP Protheroe 7 run (Sublette kick) 14 14 13:33 UNC Deggs 24 pass from Sloter (Falloon kick) 38 41 8:22 USD Hodges 7 run (Murray kick) 21 14 8:01 CP Protheroe 6 run (Sublette kick) 38 48 Fourth Quarter 2:59 UNC FG Falloon 36 41 48 13:09 USD Riley 5 pass from Lawrence (Murray kick) 28 14 2:03 CP Graves 42 run (Sublette kick) 41 55 8:07 CP Shepard 63 interception return (Sublette kick) 28 21 0:23 UNC Verna 29 pass from Sloter (Falloon kick) 48 55 2:23 USD Hodges 5 run (Murray kick) 35 21 Team Statistics Team Statistics UNC CP USD CP First Downs 27 29 First Downs 22 12 Rushes - Yards 23-126 67-443 Rushes - Yards 41-177 48-155 Passing Yards 438 191 Passing Yards 296 40 Passes 26-42-0 14-16-0 Passes 26-41-2 6-14-0 Total Offense Plays - Yards 65-564 83-634 Total Offense Plays - Yards 82-473 62-195 Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns -Yards 1-0 1-11 Punt Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns -Yards 7-159 4-77 Kickoff Returns -Yards 4-69 6-153 Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 2-73 Punts - Average 4-45.8 2-41.0 Punts - Average 4-37.5 5-32.6 Fumbles -Lost 1-0 2-1 Fumbles -Lost 3-2 4-3 Penalties -Yards 4-30 7-69 Penalties -Yards 3-25 5-28 Possession Time 22:42 37:18 Possession Time 33:56 26:04 Sacks By: Number -Yards 0-0 1-7 Sacks By: Number -Yards 1-4 0-0 Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Rushing: Rushing: UNC - Davis 9-66, Riek 9-50, Graham 3-22, Sloter 2-(-12) USD - Hodges 35-171, Armstrong 1-5, Arnell 1-4, Heyward 2-2, Team 2-(-5) CP - Graves 18-147, Protheroe 24-110, Peluso 6-88, Garcia 12-88, Lewis CP - Protheroe 26-122, Garcia 6-15, Mohamed 3-8, Koski 1-5, Lewis 3-4, 4-6, Mohamed 2-5, Team 1-(-1) Graves 8-2, Team 1-(-1) Passing: Passing: UNC - Sloter 26-42-0, 438. CP - Graves 14-15-0, 191; Garcia 0-1-0, 0 USD - Lawrence 26-40-2, 296; Holland 0-1-0, 0 Receiving: CP - Graves 6-14-0, 40 UNC - Miller 9-172, Deggs 7-128, Onic 6-75, Verna 2-37 Receiving: CP - McMurtrey 4-50, Lewis 2-33, Fox 2-16, Peluso 2-14, Garcia 2-10, USD - Hodges 7-37, Riley 6-99, Dwelley 6-73, Priest 4-47 Protheroe 1-38, Koski 1-30 CP - McMurtrey 2-18, Koski 2-13, Garcia 1-6, Lewis 1-3 Tackles: Tackles: UNC - Newsom 9-9-18, Cameron 8-4-12, Singleton 8-4-12, Dubose 3-5-8 USD - Henson 6-6-12, Giorgi 5-6-11, Newman 3-4-7 CP - Santini 5-3-8, Rosales 3-3-6, Turner 3-2-5, Letuligasenoa 2-3-5 CP - Santini 11-2-13, Nard 8-1-9, Gigantino 5-3-8 2017 Cal Poly Football ...... Page 21