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Cal Poly Football Cal Poly Athletics Communications • (805) 756-6550 ph • (805) 756-2650 fax • www.GoPoly.com • twitter.com/cpmustangs Cal Poly senior linebacker Nick Dzubnar was Cal Poly’s leading Cal Poly tackler each of the last two sea- 2014 Football Scoreboard sons and enters his final sea- Record: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Big Sky: 0-0 son as a Mustang No. 15 in Date Opponent Time/Score career tackles with 247. He has Aug. 28 at New Mexico State (ESPN3) 5 p.m. played in all 35 games in his Sept. 6 at South Dakota State 4 p.m. first three seasons at Cal Poly. Sept. 13 Bye Dzubnar was an All-Big Sky Sept. 20 %PORTLAND STATE 6:05 p.m. Conference honorable mention Sept. 27 *at Northern Arizona 4 p.m. in 2012 and earned a spot on Oct. 4 *%SOUTHERN UTAH 6:05 p.m. the all-conference third team in Oct. 11 *at Weber State 12 noon 2013. He was named to the 2014 Oct. 18 *at Sacramento State 6 p.m. Oct. 25 *^MONTANA (CM) 6:05 p.m. All-Big Sky Conference Nov. 1 *&MONTANA STATE (CM) 6:05 p.m. Preseason Team and also was Nov. 8 *at Idaho State 1:35 p.m. placed on College Footbell Nov. 15 *#UC DAVIS 6:05 p.m. Performance Award’s watch list Nov. 22 at U. San Diego 4 p.m. for linebackers this year. & Homecoming $ Heroes Day %Youth Day ^ Parent and Family Weekend # Battle for the Golden Horseshoe * Big Sky game All Times Pacific Photo by Stan Grosz Athletic Media Relations Mott Gym, Room 123 August 25, 2014 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Cal Poly Opens 2014 Campaign Fax: (805) 756-2650 Press Box: (805) 756-6739 Website: GoPoly.com With Several Questions to be Answered Twitter: Twitter.com/CPMustangs Facebook: Facebook.com/CalPolyAthletics Mustangs Must Replace 11 Starters (Five on Offense, Six on Defense); Brown and Eric Burdick -- Football Contact Graves Expected to Share Quarterback Duties; Transfers Could be Key to Defense Office: . .(805) 756-6550 Cal Poly (6-6, 5-3 Big Sky in 2013), just a couple key plays short of earning another NCAA Division I . .(805) 756-6531 Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth in 2013, opens its 2014 campaign, its 21st in Division I and Cell: . .(805) 550-3427 96th overall, on Thursday night, visiting New Mexico State (2-10, Independent in 2013) at Aggie Memorial E-mail: . [email protected] Stadium (30,343) in Las Cruces, N.M. Kickoff on the newly installed synthetic turf is set for 5 p.m. PDT and the game will be broadcast live on Cal Poly Quick Facts: ESPN Radio (1280 am) with Tom Barket providing the play- by-play and Eric Burdick serving as an analyst. The non- Location: San Luis Obispo, CA conference season opener also will be video streamed on Enrollment: 18,679 (Fall 2012) ESPN3. Links for audio and video streams as well as live President: Jeffrey D. Armstrong stats are available at www.GoPoly.com. Athletics Director: Don Oberhelman Cal Poly’s 26-yard field goal attempt for a 10-point lead Stadium: Alex G. Spanos Stadium Cal Poly (0-0) with 2:17 left at Montana was blocked and the Grizzlies (Capacity: 11,075) at New Mexico State (0-0) drove 88 yards in 15 plays to tie the game and send it into Nickname: Mustangs overtime. Montana scored on its second play of the extra Colors: Forest Green & Gold Thursday, August 28, 5 p.m. PDT period, then intercepted a Mustang pass to clinch the 21-14 Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS Aggie Memorial Stadium (30,343) win. Conference: Big Sky Radio: ESPN (1280 am), 4:30 p.m. Northern Arizona took the lead for good on a 96-yard 2013 Record: 6-6 (5-3, Tie-4th in Big Sky) Television: None kickoff return moments after Cal Poly had kicked a field goal Internet: Audio -- www.GoPoly.com (NCAA Division I FCS Quarterfinalist in 2005) to snap a 10-10 tie on the first play of the fourth quarter and (NCAA Division I FCS First Round in 2008) Video -- ESPN3 the Lumberjacks held on for the 17-13 victory. (NCAA Division I FCS Second Round in 2012) Live Stats -- www.GoPoly.com The Mustangs also let a 10-7 halftime lead slip away in a 24-10 loss to Yale, finishing 6-6 in Tim Walsh’s fifth season at the helm of the Cal Poly football program. Turn those three losses around and Cal Poly would have fin- Weekly Press Conference ished the regular season 9-3 overall and 7-1 in Big Sky games. A press conference featuring Mustang head The Mustangs open their 2014 campaign with the earliest game in school history. Cal Poly’s 2002 squad football coach Tim Walsh and selected opened August 29 at Toledo and the Mustangs will be playing just their fourth game ever in the month of players is held Mondays at 2:10 p.m. in August, all in the last 13 years. Mustang Hall, Room 201, in Mott Gym, In Cal Poly’s last trip to Las Cruces, the Mustangs earned a 38-35 overtime victory on Oct. 4, 1997, in throughout the football season. Larry Welsh’s first season as head coach. Alan Beilke kicked a 34-yard field goal for Cal Poly’s first win against a Football Bowl Subdivision program in 18 years. Beilke’s kick came moments after New Mexico Live Radio Broadcast State’s Nick Cecava missed from 29 yards out on the Aggies’ first possession in overtime. Tom Barket (PbP) Under then-first-year head coach Doug Martin, the Aggies finished the 2013 campaign 2-10, winning their Eric Burdick (Color) finale against Idaho at home, 24-16. New Mexico State also beat Abilene Christian, 34-29, after losing its first Pregame Show: 4:30 p.m. (Continued on Page 8) Cal Poly Record Book Update Mustang Notes PRESEASON HONORS: Cal Poly senior linebacker Nick Dzubnar earned a spot on the Game 2014 Big Sky Preseason All-Conference Team as selected by sports information directors Rushing Yards and selected members of the media. He also was named to the College Sports Madness 1. Craig Young, 1996 (Saint Mary's) . .283 Preseason All-American first team and placed on College Football Performance Awards' 2. Louis Jackson, 1978 (Portland State) . .267 watch list for Football Championship Subdivision linebackers. Named to College Sports 3. Paul Dickens, 1979 (Portland State) . 266 Madness’ Preseason All-Big Sky Team were Dzubnar and defensive end Jake Irwin on the first team and center Stephen Sippel, defensive tackle Chris Lawrence, linebacker Passing Yards Cameron Ontko and defensive back Jordan Williams on the third team. USA Football 1. Seth Burford, 2000 (Northern Iowa) . 566 Network placed Irwin and Dzubnar on the third unit of its 11th USA College Football FCS 2. Jonathan Dally, 2007 (Idaho State) . .453 Preseason All-American team. Listed among the honorable mentions were Lawrence and 3. David Lafferty, 1990 (Cal St. Hayward) . .421 Ontko. Irwin was named to the Beyond Sports Network 2014 Preseason All-Big Sky Receiving Yards Conference Football Team. 1. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Northern Iowa) . 376 2. Chris Thomas, 1991 (Sacramento St.) . 334 MUSTANGS 10-10 IN SEASON OPENERS: Since beginning play in Division I FCS in 1994, 3. Ramses Barden, 2007 (Idaho State) . 268 Cal Poly has won 10 of 20 season openers, including eight of the last 11. A losing streak of five was snapped 10 years ago at Texas-El Paso, 34-13. The Mustangs beat Humboldt State Receptions 42-7 in the 2004 opener and 23-17 in 2010, Fort Lewis 44-0 in the 2006 opener, San Diego 1. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Northern Iowa) . .17 State 29-27 in the 2008 opener, Sacramento State 38-19 in the 2009 lidlifter and the 2. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Hofstra) . 15 University of San Diego 41-14 in the 2012 opener and 38-16 in 2013. Tim Walsh is 4-1 in 3. (tie) Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Youngstown St.) 13 season openers. Cal Poly is 15-5 in regular-season finales over the last 20 years -- Rich (tie) Ryan Thomas, 1996 (Idaho) . 13 Ellerson was 7-1 -- snapping a three-year losing streak with a 41-10 victory at South Alabama in 2011. Ellerson won five straight home openers prior to a 30-28 loss to Montana Season in 2008 and was 5-3 in eight seasons. Walsh is 3-2 in regular-season finales. Rushing Yards 1. James Noble, 2005 . .1,578 HOME ATTENDANCE: Cal Poly, which averaged 8,760 fans for five home games in 2010 2. Deonte Williams, 2012 . .1,506 and 8,770 for five more home games in 2011, completed the 2012 regular season with an 3. Louis Jackson, 1980 . 1,424 8,566 average for five home dates. The Mustangs placed 37th among all Football 4. Craig Young, 1999 . .1,380 5. Gary Davis, 1975 . .1,244 Championship Subdivision schools in home attendance two straight years when they aver- 11. Kristaan Ivory, 2013 . .1,113 aged 9,588 fans for five home games in 2009, just above the average of 9,574 fans for seven home games in 2008. Montana led in 2009 with an average of 24,417 while Appalachian Passing Yards State was the leader in 2008 with a average of 25,161 for eight home contests. Cal Poly, 1. Seth Burford, 2000 . .2,672 which drew 11,075, its fifth sellout since the expansion of Alex G.