Cal Poly Football Cal Poly Athletic Media Relations Office • (805) 756-6550 ph • (805) 756-2650 fax • www.GoPoly.com • (805) 756-7267 (hotline) October 11, 2010 No. 13 Cal Poly Concludes Cal Poly 2010 Football Scoreboard Five-Game Road Trip at Southern Utah Record: 4-2 Home: 2-0 Away: 2-2 GWC: 0-0 Date Opponent Time/Score Mustangs (4-2) Beat Old Dominion 50-37 in Final Tuneup for Sept. 4 %HUMBOLDT STATE 23-17 W Sept. 11 #1 MONTANA 35-33 W Great West Opener; Thunderbirds (2-4) Beat North Dakota 31-21 Sept. 18 at Texas State 12-21 L Old Dominion quarterback Thomas DeMarco attempted 57 passes and threw for 327 yards Sept. 25 at #19 McNeese State 40-14 W against Cal Poly last week. The Mustangs will face another pass-happy football team Saturday as Oct. 2 at Fresno State 17-38 L Southern Utah quarterback Brad Sorensen threw 46 times for 413 yards against North Dakota. Oct. 9 at Old Dominion 50-37 W Cal Poly (4-2, 0-0 Great West) completes a marathon five-game road trip Saturday afternoon with Oct. 16 *at Southern Utah 2 p.m. its Great West Conference opener against Southern Utah (2-4, 1-0 Great West). Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. PDT at Eccles Coliseum (8,500) in Cedar City, UT, and the contest will be broadcast live on Oct. 23 *^#NORTH DAKOTA 6:05 p.m. ESPN Radio (1280 am) and KCPR Radio (91.3 fm) with Oct. 30 &ST. FRANCIS 6:05 p.m. Tom Barket providing the play-by-play. Links for an audio Nov. 6 *at South Dakota 2:05 p.m. stream and LiveStats are available on www.GoPoly.com. Nov. 13 *UC DAVIS 6:05 p.m. The Mustangs, who climbed from No. 14 to No. 13 in the Sports Network media poll this week and from No. 16 # Hall of Fame game ^ Parents Weekend to No. 13 in the coaches poll, have never played five conse- & Homecoming 2010 %Youth Day No. 13 Cal Poly (4-2) cutive games on the road in one season. They opened the * Great West Conference game 2000 campaign with four games in a row on the road and All Times Pacific at Southern Utah (2-4) have played three straight road games seven times since moving to the Football Championship Subdivision in 1994. Saturday, Oct. 16, 2 p.m. PDT Athletic Media Relations Eccles Coliseum (8,500) In its 50-37 win over Old Dominion at Norfolk, VA, Cal Poly overcame an early 7-0 deficit with 20 straight points Radio: ESPN (1280 am), 1:30 p.m. Mott Gym, Room 123 and never looked back, though the Monarchs made sever- 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 TV: None al runs at the Mustangs in the fourth quarter. Junior slot- Internet: Audio -- www.GoPoly.com back David Mahr rushed for a career-high 156 yards on just Fax: (805) 756-2650 Video -- None 11 carries while sophomore quarterback Andre Broadous Press Box: (805) 756-6739 LiveStats -- www.GoPoly.com completed 11 of 14 passes for a career-high 212 yards and Website: www.GoPoly.com two scores. Broadous also rushed for two touchdowns and Twitter: www.Twitter.com/CPMustangs his favorite passing target was Dominique Johnson with six catches for 123 yards and a score. Senior linebacker Marty Mohamed notched a career-high 16 tackles and recovered a fumble while sopho- mores Nico Molino and Kenny Jackson intercepted Old Dominion passes. Eric Burdick -- Football Contact North Dakota was 60-9 over the past nine-plus seasons in the Alerus Center, but Southern Utah Office: . .(805) 756-6550 earned a 31-21 Great West win over the Fighting Sioux last week in Grand Forks, overcoming an early . .(805) 756-6531 14-0 deficit as Sorensen completed 35 of 46 passes for 413 yards and two scores. Tysson Poots caught 13 passes and Fesi Sitake grabbed 12 for the Thunderbirds. Cell: . .(805) 550-3427 At fall camp, second-year Mustang head coach Tim Walsh welcomed back 59 lettermen, includ- E-mail: . [email protected] ing 11 players who started at least five games on offense and eight more on defense. Three of the returnees this fall were first-team All-Great West Conference selections in 2009 -- junior fullback Jake Cal Poly Quick Facts: Romanelli, senior defensive tackle James Chen and junior cornerback Asa Jackson. Location: San Luis Obispo, CA The passing combination of quarterback Tony Smith and wide receiver Dominique Johnson also returned. Smith completed 112 of 219 passes for 1,618 yards and 15 touchdowns while Johnson, the Enrollment: 19,325 transfer from UCLA, was the top Mustang receiver with 43 catches for 741 yards and six scores. President (Interim): Dr. Robert Glidden Romanelli and Yocum both rushed for over 450 yards in 2009 and the entire Mustang offensive line Athletics Director: Alison Cone returned as well, though injuries have sidelined four of them in recent weeks. Stadium: Alex G. Spanos Stadium Mohamed, the team’s the top tackler with 93 a year ago, and safety Scottie Cordier, whose four interceptions were the most on the squad in 2009, anchor the defense along with Chen and Jackson, (Capacity: 11,075) a two-time first-team All-Great West honoree. Nickname: Mustangs Southern Utah, coached by Ed Lamb (third season, 11-17, Brigham Young ‘96), returned 39 let- Colors: Forest Green & Gold termen, including 15 starters, off last year’s team which went 5-6 and finished tied for second place Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS in the Great West Conference at 2-2. The Thunderbirds opened their 2010 campaign by losing 28-20 at Wyoming, then beat San Diego 32-3 before losing three straight to San Jose State, Texas State Conference: Great West and Northern Arizona. 2009 Record: 4-7 (1-3 Great West - 5th) Sorensen has completed 138 of 225 passes (61.3 percent) for 1,604 yards and nine scores this (NCAA Division I FCS Quarterfinalist in 2005) season. Sitake has 47 catches and Poots 44. Top rusher is Austin Minefee with 424 yards (6.4 aver- (NCAA Division I FCS First Round in 2008) age per carry) and four scores. Sitake averages 22.6 yards per kickoff return while Trent Barney aver- ages 36.1 yards per punt. The Mustangs and Thunderbirds are meeting for the 24th time and Cal Poly has won the last nine Weekly Press Conference games of the series and owns a 17-6 advantage since the series began in 1986. The Mustangs won A press conference featuring Mustang head last year’s game 24-23 in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Southern Utah scored with nine seconds remain- football coach Tim Walsh and selected ing on a 15-yard pass from Cade Cooper to Poots (12 receptions, 170 yards) and set up for the poten- tial game-winning two-point conversion, but after Cal Poly called a time out, the Thunderbirds elect- players is held Mondays at 2 p.m. in ed to go for one. Ryan Griffith’s extra-point kick missed wide left. Mustang Hall, Room 201, in Mott Gym, Cal Poly is 5-5 against Southern Utah in Cedar City. throughout the football season. The Mustangs have captured three Great West Conference titles in the last six years (2004, 2005, 2008) and earned NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff berths in both 2005 and Live Radio Broadcast 2008. Cal Poly has won 55 of its last 84 games dating back to the 2002 season finale and has won Tom Barket (PbP) 19 of its last 38 games on the road and 36 of its last 43 home contests. Eric Burdick (Color) Cal Poly, which has not played at home since a 35-33 win over then-No. 1-ranked Montana on Pregame Show: 1:30 p.m. Sept. 11, returns home to host North Dakota on Oct. 23 at 6:05 p.m. in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. That (Also available on KCPR 91.3 fm) game on Parents Weekend also is Cal Poly’s Hall of Fame Game. Cal Poly Record Book Update Mustang Notes PRESEASON HONORS: Cal Poly senior wide receiver Dominique Johnson was Game named to the College Sporting News’ 2010 Preseason FCS All-American second team, Rushing Yards placed on the College Football Performance Awards 2010 Football Championship 1. Craig Young, 1996 (Saint Mary's) . .283 Subdivision Preseason Watch List and was named to the 2010 Preseason All-Great 2. Louis Jackson, 1978 (Portland State) . .267 West Conference Team by Phil Steele. Johnson also was named to Phil Steele’s 2010 3. Paul Dickens, 1979 (Portland State) . 266 Preseason FCS All-American third team. Other Mustangs honored on the preseason All- Great West first team as selected by Phil Steele are quarterback Tony Smith, fullback Passing Yards Jake Romanelli, center Hal Kelley, offensive guard Will Mitchell, defensive tackle 1. Seth Burford, 2000 (Northern Iowa) . 566 James Chen, defensive end Gavin Cooper, linebackers Marty Mohamed and Kenny 2. Jonathan Dally, 2007 (Idaho State) . .453 Jackson and defensive back Asa Jackson. Jackson also was selected as a return spe- 3. David Lafferty, 1990 (Cal St. Hayward) . .421 cialist. Second-team honorees include offensive tackle Scott Winnewisser and offen- sive guard Maurice McClure. Jackson was selected as the Great West Conference pre- Receiving Yards 1. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Northern Iowa) . 376 season defensive player of the year by the league’s five head coaches. Chen is an hon- 2. Chris Thomas, 1991 (Sacramento St.) . 334 orable mention on the FCS Senior Scout Bowl Preseason All-American team.