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Cal Poly Plays Final Great WestGame Saturday Afternoon at Rival UC Davis

Cal Poly2011 Football ScoreboardRecord: 5-3 Home: 4-0 Away: 1-3 GWC: 3-0

Date Opponent Time/ScoreSept. 3 at San Diego State (The Mtn) 21-49 LSept. 10 +at Montana 23-37 LSept. 17 %SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 48-14 WSept. 24 at Northern Illinois 30-47 LOct. 1 ByeOct. 8 #CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 44-25 WOct. 15 +*&SOUTHERN UTAH 31-27 WOct. 22 *at North Dakota (FSP) 23-19 WOct. 29 +*^SOUTH DAKOTA 27-24 WNov. 5 *at UC Davis 2:05 p.m.Nov. 12 +$EASTERN WASHINGTON 6:05 p.m.Nov. 19 at South Alabama (ESPN3.com) 2 p.m.

# Hall of Fame game ^ Parents Weekend& Homecoming 2011 $ Faculty/Staff Day

%Youth Day/Armed Forces Day* Great West Conference game

+ Games on KSBY-TV All Times Pacific

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Cal Poly Quick Facts:Location: San Luis Obispo, CAEnrollment: 19,325President: Jeffrey D. ArmstrongAthletics Director: Don OberhelmanStadium: Alex G. Spanos Stadium

(Capacity: 11,075)Nickname: MustangsColors: Forest Green & GoldAffiliation: NCAA Division I FCSConference: Great West2010 Record: 7-4 (2-2 Great West - 3rd)(NCAA Division I FCS Quarterfinalist in 2005)(NCAA Division I FCS First Round in 2008)

Weekly Press ConferenceA press conference featuring Mustang headfootball coach Tim Walsh and selectedplayers is held Mondays at 2 p.m. inMustang Hall, Room 201, in Mott Gym,throughout the football season.

Live Radio BroadcastTom Barket (PbP)

Ryan Shotwell (Color)Pregame Show: 1:15 p.m.

Cal Poly (5-3, 3-0 Great West), which has won each of its three Great West Conference games by a total of 11points and has had to come from behind for all three victories, plays its final Great West Conference game Saturdayafternoon against UC Davis (2-6, 0-2 Great West) in Aggie Stadium (10,849).

Kickoff in the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe is set for 2:05 p.m. PDT and the contest will be broadcast live onESPN Radio (1280 am) with Tom Barket providing the play-by-play and Kyle Shotwell doing color commentary. Linksfor an audio stream as well as live stats will be available on www.GoPoly.com.

Cal Poly clinched at least a share of its fourth Great West title last weekend with a 27-24 win over South Dakotainside Alex G. Spanos Stadium. The Mustangs rallied from a 14-3 second-quarter deficit to beat defending Great Westchampion and No. 22 Southern Utah 31-27 on Oct. 15, climbed back from an early 6-0 deficit to beat No. 20 North

Dakota 23-19 on Oct. 22 and erased a 17-0 halftime deficit tobeat No. 17 South Dakota last week. Cal Poly has won its lastthree home games despite trailing at intermission.

The Mustangs are still receiving votes but not ranked ineither the Sports Network media or FCS coaches polls despitewinning three straight games against teams who were rankedin the top 25. The Mustangs, however, are in the top 20 in apair of computer rankings -- No. 11 by Jeff Sagarin of USAToday (105th among all 246 Division I schools, ahead of Duke,Minnesota, Colorado, Indiana and Army, among others) andNo. 23 in last week’s Grid Power Index (similar to the FootballBowl Subdivision’s BCS rankings).

Cal Poly football, presented by French Hospital MedicalCenter, is tackling another ambitious schedule under third-yearhead coach Tim Walsh, taking on a pair of FBS teams, fiveFCS squads that have been in the national polls and anotherteam that was undefeated the last two seasons. Both San

Diego State and Northern Illinois won bowl games in 2010, Montana has a pair of FCS national titles to its credit andEastern Washington claimed the FCS crown last fall. South Alabama did not lose a football game in the program’sfirst two seasons of existence. Cal Poly’s 11 foes in 2011 posted a combined 76-53 win-loss record in 2010.

“We have as tough a schedule as you could want at this level,” said Walsh. “Our goal is to win the Great WestConference championship and, as far as the playoffs go, we have to win some tough road games to get there. Everygame, we will have to play our best.”

The Mustangs opened the 2011 campaign armed with nearly 50 returning lettermen, including 14 starters, off ateam which finished two points shy of a postseason berth, letting a 21-3 halftime lead slip away in a 22-21 loss to rivalUC Davis in the final game of the 2010 season.

Against South Dakota last week, a 44-yard punt return by Greg Francis set up a game-winning 39-yard field goalby James Langford as Cal Poly rallied from a 17-0 halftime deficit for the win, Cal Poly's fourth in a row following a 1-3 start. The Mustangs won three of the previous seven Great West titles and are hoping to capture bookend confer-ence championships -- the first and last in the Great West (2004 and 2011) as well as in the first and last seasons for

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Mustangs (5-3) Clinch Share of Fourth Great West Title With 27-24Victory Over South Dakota; Aggies (2-6) Fall at Southern Utah 34-3

October 31, 2011

Cal Poly (5-3, 3-0)at UC Davis (2-6, 0-2)

Saturday, Nov. 5, 2:05 p.m. PDTAggie Stadium (10,849)

Radio: ESPN (1280 am), 1:15 p.m.TV: None

Internet: Audio -- www.GoPoly.comVideo -- None

Live Stats -- www.GoPoly.com

James Langford is 11-for-15 on field goals and 28-for-29 on PAT kicks this season.

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Cal Poly Record Book Update

GameRushing Yards

1. Craig Young, 1996 (Saint Mary's) . . . . . . . .2832. Louis Jackson, 1978 (Portland State) . . . . .2673. Paul Dickens, 1979 (Portland State) . . . . . 2668. Mark Rodgers, 2010 (South Dakota) . . . . .235

Passing Yards1. Seth Burford, 2000 (Northern Iowa) . . . . . . 5662. Jonathan Dally, 2007 (Idaho State) . . . . . . .4533. David Lafferty, 1990 (Cal St. Hayward) . . . .421

Receiving Yards1. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Northern Iowa) . . . 3762. Chris Thomas, 1991 (Sacramento St.) . . . . 3343. Ramses Barden, 2007 (Idaho State) . . . . . 268

Receptions1. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Northern Iowa) . . . . .172. Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Hofstra) . . . . . . . . . . 153. (tie) Kassim Osgood, 2000 (Youngstown St.) 13

(tie) Ryan Thomas, 1996 (Idaho) . . . . . . . . . 13

SeasonRushing Yards

1. James Noble, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,5782. Louis Jackson, 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,4243. Craig Young, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,380

Passing Yards1. Seth Burford, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,6722. Mike Fisher, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,6603. Mike Fisher, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,5364. David Lafferty, 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,5255. Mike Fisher, 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,2986. Jonathan Dally, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,238

10. Jonathan Dally, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,960

Receiving Yards1. Ramses Barden, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,4672. Kassim Osgood, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,3773. Ramses Barden, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,2574. Darrell Jones, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,118

Kamil Loud, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,118

Receptions1. Kassim Osgood, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912. Ramses Barden, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .673. (tie) Darrell Jones, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

(tie) Jon Peck, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625. Kamil Loud, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .586. Ramses Barden, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577. Hitoshi Ono, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

CareerRushing Yards

1. Craig Young, 1996-99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,2052. Antonio Warren, 1994-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,8343. James Noble, 2005-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,6784. Louis Jackson, 1976-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,330

Passing Yards1. Mike Fisher, 1993-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,4942. David Lafferty, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,4223. Seth Burford, 2000-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,2824. Jonathan Dally, 2007-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,1985. Alli Abrew, 1996-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,009

Receiving Yards1. Ramses Barden, 2005-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,2032. Kamil Loud, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,1443. Adam Herzing, 1998-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,4874. Darrell Jones, 2001-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,460

Receptions1. Ramses Barden, 2005-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2062. Darrell Jones, 2001-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1773. Kamil Loud, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

PRESEASON HONORS: Cal Poly senior cornerback Asa Jackson earned a pletho-ra of preseason honors. The list of awards is topped by a spot on the Buck BuchananAward Watch List as well as Great West Conference preseason defensive player ofthe year for the second straight season. Jackson also was named to The SportsNetwork’s Preseason All-American first team. Jackson, senior defensive end GavinCooper and senior slotback Mark Rodgers were named to the College FootballPerformance Awards watch list and the trio was joined by linebacker KennithJackson, fullback Jake Romanelli, offensive lineman Scott Winnewisser and widereceiver Jarred Houston on Phil Steele’s preseason all-Great West Conferenceteams. Cooper, Asa Jackson and Romanelli also were named to Phil Steele’s pre-season All-American teams.

SEVEN ALL-GREAT WEST HONOREES RETURN: Cal Poly placed 12 players onthe 2010 All-Great West Football Conference first and second teams and seven of thehonorees return this fall. They are slotback Mark Rodgers, defensive end GavinCooper and cornerback Asa Jackson, all on the first team; and offensive linemanScott Winnewisser, fullback Jake Romanelli, linebacker Kennith Jackson anddefensive end Kyle Murphy, all second-team selections. Honorable mention defen-sive lineman Erich Klemme also returns.

MUSTANGS 8-10 IN SEASON OPENERS: Since beginning play in Division I FCS in1994, Cal Poly has won eight of 18 season openers, including six of the last nine. Alosing streak of five was snapped seven years ago at Texas-El Paso, 34-13. TheMustangs beat Humboldt State 42-7 in the 2004 opener and 23-17 in 2010, Fort Lewis44-0 in the 2006 opener, San Diego State 29-27 in the 2008 opener and SacramentoState 38-19 in the 2009 lidlifter. Cal Poly is 12-5 in regular-season finales over the last17 years -- Rich Ellerson was 7-1 -- falling 36-35 in overtime to Wisconsin in 2008, 47-14 to Weber State in 2009 and 22-21 to UC Davis in 2010. Ellerson won five straighthome openers prior to a 30-28 loss to Montana in 2008 and was 5-3 in eight seasons.

HOME ATTENDANCE: Cal Poly averaged 8,760 fans for five home games in 2010.For the second straight year, the Mustangs placed 37th among all FootballChampionship Subdivision schools in home attendance when they averaged 9,588fans for five home games in 2009, just above the average of 9,574 fans for sevenhome games in 2008. Montana led in 2009 with an average of 24,417 whileAppalachian State was the leader in 2008 with a average of 25,161 for eight homecontests. Cal Poly, which drew 11,075, its fifth sellout since the expansion of Alex G.Spanos Stadium in 2007, for its 2011 home opener against South Dakota State, isaveraging 9,322 through four games in the 2011 season.

CAL POLY AGAINST THE BIG SKY: Since moving to the Football ChampionshipSubdivision (formerly Division I-AA) in 1994, Cal Poly is 27-35 against teams from theBig Sky Conference, including a 16-8 mark in the last 24 games. Cal Poly has defeat-ed Sacramento State (1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009) eight times,Montana State (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) seven times, Idaho State(2004, 2005, 2007, 2008) four times, Weber State (2002, 2006, 2007) three times,Eastern Washington (1995, 2005) and Montana (2005, 2010) twice and NorthernColorado (2007) once. The Mustangs played five Big Sky opponents in 2003 and fin-ished 2-3. Cal Poly beat three Big Sky teams in one season for the first time in 2004and finished 2005 with a 5-1 mark against Big Sky members, best in school history. In2005, Cal Poly beat Montana, Montana State and Eastern Washington, the threeteams who shared first place with 5-2 marks. Cal Poly was 2-1 in 2006 and beatWeber State, Northern Colorado and Idaho State in 2007. Rich Ellerson was 19-15against the Big Sky in eight seasons, including a 14-5 mark over his last five seasons.

ON STAGE: Stan Sheriff played in the 1954 East-West Shrine Classic and 51 yearspassed before a second Mustang was chosen to play in the contest. LinebackerJordan Beck played in the 2005 game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Just one yearlater, defensive end Chris Gocong became the third Mustang to play in the presti-gious game, moved to the AlamoDome in San Antonio, Texas. And linebacker KyleShotwell made it three in a row, playing in the East-West Shrine Game in 2007 atReliant Stadium in Houston. Shotwell was the leading tackler in the game with sevenand earned the Pat Tillman Award. Wide receiver Ramses Barden played in the 2009Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Cal Poly offensive lineman Ben Cobian played in the2005 Las Vegas All-American Classic in Sam Boyd Stadium. Cornerback DavidRichardson and punter Gilbert Rocha played in the Las Vegas All-American Classicin 2004 while cornerback Vaughn Jarrett and tackle Brett Nichols played in the 2003event, then known as the Paradise Bowl, at Dixie College in St. George, Utah.

MUSTANGS PICKED TO FINISH SECOND: Southern Utah edged Cal Poly by onepoint and has been selected by the league’s five head coaches to repeat as GreatWest Conference football champion in 2011. The Thunderbirds were undefeated inconference play in 2010 and finished the season with a 6-5 overall record. SouthernUtah garnered two first-place votes and tallied 20 points. Cal Poly also earned a pairof first-place votes and 19 total points. Rounding out the poll are UC Davis with 17points and one first-place vote, South Dakota with 13 points and North Dakota with sixpoints.

Mustang Notes


CROWDS FOR HOME OPENERS: Cal Poly drew a record crowd of 11,075 for its 2007home opener against Weber State on Sept. 15 in newly renovated Alex G. SpanosStadium. Prior to that game, the record crowd for a home opener was the 8,007 whoshowed up for Rich Ellerson's debut as Mustang head coach on Sept. 1, 2001 againstMontana. The 2008 home opener against Montana drew 10,035, while the Great Westgames against South Dakota on Oct. 4 and UC Davis on Nov. 15 attracted the secondand third sellouts (11,075) in the renovated facility. With limited seating capacity due toongoing construction, Cal Poly drew 5,857 for its 2006 home opener against FortLewis. The Mustangs attracted 6,786 for the 2005 home opener against SacramentoState, slightly lower than the 6,833 for Humboldt State in 2004. Capacity was loweredto 5,400 for the start of the 2006 campaign, increasing to 11,775 by the finale. A totalof 143,094 fans saw Cal Poly in 2005, exceeding the 2003 record total of 109,910. CalPoly drew 48,222 fans for its five home games in 2007, averaging 9,644.4 fans pergame and broke the mark for home attendance in 2008 with 67,018 fans for sevendates (9,574 average). The 2009 home opener against Sacramento State drew 10,381,sixth largest in stadium history, while the 2010 contest against Humboldt State drew7,345. The 2011 home opener against South Dakota State attracted 11,075 fans.

PLAYOFFS BY THE DOTS: Frisco, Texas, was selected as the new host site for theNCAA Division I Football Championship game. Frisco emerged from a pool of severalcities that submitted bids to serve as the host site for the championship game for thenext three years, beginning with the 2010 season. Hosted by the SouthlandConference, the championship game was played at Pizza Hut Park on Jan. 7, 2011,the culmination of a newly expanded 20-team championship bracket. As a result of thisexpansion, the game was played a few weeks later than in years past. EasternWashington rallied for a 20-19 victory over Delaware. Cal Poly qualified for the FootballChampionship Subdivision playoffs in 2005 and 2008. The Mustangs fell to WeberState 49-35 in Alex G. Spanos Stadium in 2008. in 2005 Cal Poly beat Montana 35-21in the first round before falling to Texas State 14-7 in the quarterfinals. The Mustangsfailed to earn an invitation to the playoffs in 2004 despite their 9-2 record while the 1997squad went 10-1 and also failed to make the playoffs. Richmond beat Montana 24-7 inthe 2008 FCS national championship game, ending Appalachian State’s three-yearreign. Villanova beat Montana 23-21 in the 2009 championship game.

TEAM CAPTAINS: Cal Poly’s 2011 football team selected offensive lineman ScottWinnewisser, cornerback Asa Jackson, linebacker Keaton Taylor and fullback JakeRomanelli, all seniors, as its team captains this fall. Winnewisser is a two-time sec-ond-team All-Great West Conference selection while Jackson is a three-time All-GreatWest Conference first-team selection. Taylor recorded nine tackles and recovered afumble on special teams as well as Marty Mohamed’s backup at Mike linebacker lastfall. Romanelli was a first-team All-Great West selection as a sophomore and landedon the second team last fall.

WORKING OVERTIME: Cal Poly has played five overtime games since the FootballChampionship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) rule was adopted in 1994. TheMustangs are 1-4, including the only overtime game played in Alex G. Spanos Stadium,a triple-OT 29-26 loss to Northern Iowa in 2002. Cal Poly fell 35-32 in one OT at IdahoState in 1996; beat host New Mexico State in one OT, 38-35, in 1997; fell 43-40 in fourOTs at Weber State in 2001 and fell 36-35 in one OT at Wisconsin in 2008.

NEW MENTORS: Two of Cal Poly's 11 football foes this fall has a first-year headcoach. Rocky Long takes over the San Diego State program while Dave Doeren is inhis first season at Northern Illinois. The lone second-year head coach is RobinPflugrad at Montana.

GREAT WEST VS. THE REST: Great West Conference members, 15-22 in 2009, were17-16 in 2008 against non-conference opponents and 19-16 in 2007. Great Westteams were 5-3 against the Big Sky Conference in 2007 but 4-7 in 2008, 1-8 in 2009and 1-3 in 2010. The five Great West members were 15-16 for the year against non-conference opposition in 2010. So far this season, Great West teams are 13-10.

FAKE GRASS: Cal Poly lost 19 consecutive games on artificial turf before snappingthe streak with a 34-13 triumph at UTEP on Sept. 6, 2003. Prior to the win at UTEP,Cal Poly’s last win on artificial turf was Sept. 22, 1990 at Portland State, 36-23. TheMustangs are 11-36 since that Portland State game in 1990, have won 11 of their last29 games on artificial turf, including a 3-1 mark in 2010. The Mustangs were 0-5 in2009 with losses at Ohio, San Jose State, Montana, North Dakota and UC Davis. Inaddition to Montana (loss), Northern Illinois (loss) and North Dakota (win), this year’sgames on artificial turf will be at UC Davis and South Alabama.

MUSTANG STADIUM OVERHAUL: Cal Poly held groundbreaking ceremonies for ren-ovation of Mustang Stadium on Sept. 10, 2005, at the Richard J. O'Neill Green. Theproject, which included an expanded field, press box, donor suites, new lighting, amemorial plaza entrance and upgraded restrooms, has expanded seating capacity to11,075 fans and cost about $21 million to complete. The name of the facility, originallyopened in 1935, is officially Mustang Memorial Field at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

MUSTANGS BY THE NUMBERSFirst Year of Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1915

Number of Games Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859

Number of Wins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Number of Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Number of Ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Winning Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8%

Home Record . . . . . . . . . . . 288-139-9 (67.1%)

Road Record . . . . . . . . . . . 181-231-11 (44.1%)

First Year of FCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994

FCS Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108-89 (54.8%)

2011 Total Home Attendance (4 Games) 37,290

2011 Average Home Attendance . . . . . .9,322.5

2011 COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Tim Walsh

(3rd year, UC Riverside ‘77)

Co-Offensive Coordinator: Bryan Cook(Quarterbacks) (3rd, Ithaca ‘98)

Co-Offensive Coordinator: Saga Tuitele(Offensive Line) (3rd, Portland State ‘02)

Running Backs: Aristotle Thompson(Recruiting Coordinator) (3rd, Boise State ‘01)

Wide Receivers: Juston Wood(3rd, Portland State ‘03)

Defensive Coordinator: Greg Lupfer(Secondary) (3rd, Portland State ‘94)

Defensive Line: Jamar Cain(3rd, New Mexico State ‘02)

Linebackers: Josh Brown(Special Teams Coor.) (2nd, San Jose State ‘03)

Offensive Assistant: Matt Crivello(Offensive Line) (6th, Utah State '05)

Defensive Assistant: Steve Cox(Linebackers) (2nd, San Jose State ‘68)

Defensive Assistant: Pat Johnston(Secondary) (4th, Cal Poly ‘09)

Support StaffQuality Control: Joe Harper (O), Nick Hill (D)Undergraduate Assts.: Jordan Yocum,

Branden Mendes, Jake OttenStrength Coach: David WoodTrainers: Kristal Slover, James Eggen,

Anthony Geiger, John Duncan, Amanda MeyerEquipment: Steve KracherTeam Doctors: Sean Devine, Steve Sainsbury

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Mustangs at a Glance(2011 Season)

Longest Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . .. 4Longest Losing Streak . . . . . . . . . 2Current Streak . . . . . . . . . . . 4 WinsHome Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-0Road Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Leading at the Half . . . . . . . . . . .2-1Trailing at the Half . . . . . . . . . . .3-2Tied at the Half . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0-0Leading After Three Quarters. . .3-0Trailing After Three Quarters . . 1-3Tied After Three Quarters . . . . . 1-0

Day Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2Night Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1On Grass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1On Turf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1-2

Scoring First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1-0Opponent Scores First . . . . . . .4-3Scoring 30 or More Points . . . . 3-1Opp. Score 30 or More Points .0-3Def./Spec. Teams Score . . . . . .2-0Opp. Def./Spec. Teams Score . .0-2Creating More Turnovers . . . . .. 3-1Having More Turnovers . . . . . . 2-2Turnovers are Equal . . . . . . . .. 0-0

Having a 100-Yard Rusher . . . .3-1Opp. Have 100-Yard Rusher . . 0-2Having a 200-Yard Passer . . . . .1-0Opp. Have 200-Yard Passer . . . 4-2Having Over 400 Total Yards . . .2-0Opp. Over 400 Total Yards . . . .2-2

How They Match Up(2011 Statistics)

CP UCDRecord . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-3 2-6Scoring Offense . . . . . 30.9 19.4Scoring Defense . . . . 30.2 30.8Rush Offense . . . . . . 249.8 77.4Rush Defense . . . . . 139.8 158.4Pass Offense . . . . . . 128.9 242.8Pass Defense . . . . . 266.8 262.6Total Offense . . . . . . 378.6 320.1Total Defense . . . . . .406.5 421.0Kickoff Return . . . . . . 20.9 20.7Punt Return . . . . . . . . .10.3 8.3Punting Average . . . . .39.7 43.5Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . 17-9 16-12Turnover Margin . . . . . . .+2 -4Sacks . . . . . . . . . . .16-112 9-79Penalties . . . . . . . . .49-444 64-493First Downs . . . . . . . . .174 142Third-Down Conv. .45-124 41-111Fourth-Down Conv. . .14-20 9-12Total Touchdowns . . . . . .31 20TDs Rushing . . . . . . . . .21 6TDs Passing . . . . . . . . . .7 14Pass Comp. Pct. . . . . .583 .552Time of Possession . .29:09 29:50

EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF FCS: Last fall Cal Poly finished its 92nd season of football since 1915 andthe 17th season of playing at the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) level.The Mustangs played their 100th game as an FCS member at UTEP on Sept. 6, 2003 and earnedtheir 100th win Oct. 9, 2010, at Old Dominion. The Mustangs, 108-89 as an FCS school, moved toDivision I-AA from Division II in 1994 and were members of the now-defunct American WestConference (Southern Utah, Sacramento State, Cal State Northridge), before becoming an indepen-dent in 1996. After eight years as an FCS Independent, the Mustangs became a charter member ofthe Great West Football Conference in 2004. The university is a member of the Big West Conferencefor all other sports except wrestling and men’s swimming, both Pac-10 associate members, andwomen's indoor track and field and women’s swimming (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation). CalPoly moves to the Big Sky Conference for football only in 2012.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Senior cornerback Asa Jackson, who returned an interception 100 yardsfor a touchdown against South Dakota State on Sept. 17, was named Great West defensive player ofthe week. Jackson also had eight tackles and four pass breakups. Sophomore placekicker JamesLangford, who was perfect on three field goal attempts and two PAT tries at Montana on Sept. 10,was named College Football Performance Awards national placekicker player of the week in theFootball Championship Subdivision. Langford kicked field goals spanning 38, 36 and 50 yards.Defensive tackle Kyle Murphy was named defensive player of the week for his three sacks, twoforced fumbles, one hurry and four tackles against Southern Utah on Oct. 15. Langford was honoredagain for his game-winning 39-yard field goal against South Dakota on Oct. 29.

CONFERENCE SWITCH: Cal Poly, along with UC Davis, will join the Big SkyConference for football, beginning with the 2012 season. The announcement wasmade Sept. 7, 2010. Southern Utah and North Dakota also will join the Big Sky. TheMustangs will maintain membership in the Big West Conference for the majority oftheir other intercollegiate sports. Current members of the Big Sky Conference are

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 49th year ofathletic competition and has been a nine-team league for football since 2006 when Northern Coloradojoined the conference.

LOCAL FLAVOR: This year's roster features 10 Central Coast players:Patrick Bashforth, Sophomore, OL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Solvang, CA / Santa Ynez HSKorben Boaz, Junior, OL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nipomo, CA / Nipomo HSKevin Britt, Redshirt Freshman, DB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nipomo, CA / Nipomo HSLogan Budd, Junior, DB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cayucos, CA / Morro Bay HSNick Leyden, Redshirt Freshman, DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Santa Maria, CA / Pioneer Valley HSBrandon Roberts, Senior, DE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Atascadero, CA / Atascadero HSJake Romanelli, Senior, FB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Templeton, CA / Templeton HSTroy Shotwell, Senior, DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Goleta, CA / Dos Pueblos HSWeston Walker, Freshman, OL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Atascadero, CA / Atascadero HSScott Winnewisser, Senior, OL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Santa Barbara, CA / Bishop Garcia Diego HS

STRETCHING THE TRUTH: Cal Poly's tallest players on the 2011 roster are redshirt freshmandefensive lineman Eric Kister, junior wide receiver Josh Swaney, senior offensive lineman ScottWinnewisser, senior defensive lineman Kevin Hess and junior offensive lineman Giovanni Sani, all6-5. Shortest are redshirt freshmen Austin Mahr and Chris Nicholls, senior Mark Rodgers andjunior Ryan Solomon, all slotbacks at 5-8. The lightest is freshman wide receiver Roland Jacksonat 150 pounds while the heaviest is sophomore offensive lineman Lefi Letuligasenoa at 300.Freshman wide receiver Kyle Zottneck is the youngest Cal Poly player -- he won’t turn 18 untilNovember 10. Freshman offensive lineman Jordan Hines will turn 18 on October 11. Oldest Mustangis sophomore linebacker Kyle Maddux, who will turn 24 on December 15. Senior offensive linemanArt Munoz and senior wide receiver Jarred Houston both will turn 23 on August 8. They were bornon August 8, 1988 (8-8-88).

INDOOR FOOTBALL: The Alerus Center, North Dakota’s home stadium, is the third indoor footballfacility in which Cal Poly has won a game, posting a 23-19 victory on Oct. 22, 2011. The Mustangsbeat South Dakota 38-24 in the DakotaDome last year and have won four times in Idaho State'sdomed stadium. They are 0-9 combined in domed stadiums at Northern Arizona (0-3), Idaho (0-1),Northern Iowa (0-3) and North Dakota State (0-2). Overall, Cal Poly is 6-13 indoors.

THE 200 CLUB: Mark Rodgers scampered for 235 yards on just 15 carries against South Dakota onNov. 6, 2010, becoming the first Mustang in five years to surpass the 200-yard mark and the 16th timea Cal Poly running back broke that barrier. Rodgers’ performance is No. 8 on the all-time Cal Poly sin-gle-game rushing list. Prior to Rodgers’ feat, the last Mustang to exceed 200 yards on the ground wasJames Noble with 221 yards against Eastern Washington on Nov. 5, 2005. Two weeks later againstIdaho State he rushed for 248 yards and broke a school record by scoring five times. Craig Youngholds the school single-game rushing record with 283 yards against Saint Mary's in 1996, followed byLouis Jackson (267 vs. Portland State in 1978) and Paul Dickens (266 vs. Portland State in 1979).

ZEROES ON THE BOARD: Cal Poly has scored in 143 consecutive games. Last time the Mustangswere shut out was in 1998 by Nevada, 63-0, in Reno. The Mustangs also were shut out by NorthernArizona in 1998, 9-0. Cal Poly's two shutouts to start the 2006 season were its first since a 31-0shutout over Northern Colorado on Nov. 13, 2004. Rich Ellerson earned six shutouts in eight seasonsas head coach at Cal Poly. Cal Poly was held to a single field goal twice during the current run andto a lone touchdown four times as well.

Mustang Notes


Mustang Notes2011 Individual Game HighsRushes

25, Andre Broadous vs. South Dakota, Oct. 29Yards Rushing

115, Jake Romanelli vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8TD Rushes

3, Andre Broadous vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Long Rush

44, Andre Broadous vs. Southern Utah, Oct. 15Pass Attempts

22, Andre Broadous vs. South Dakota, Oct. 29Pass Completions

13, Andre Broadous vs. South Dakota, Oct. 29Yards Passing

213, Andre Broadous vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17Touchdown Passes

2, Andre Broadous vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 172, Andre Broadous vs. North Dakota, Oct. 22

Long Pass69, Andre Broadous to Mark Rodgers

vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17 (TD)Receptions

5, Lance Castaneda vs. North Dakota, Oct. 22Yards Receiving

76, Mark Rodgers vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17Touchdown Receptions

1, Mark Rodgers vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 171, Jarred Houston vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 171, Mark Rodgers vs. Northern Illinois, Sept. 241, Jarred Houston vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 81, Jake Romanelli vs. North Dakota, Oct. 221, Akaninyene Umoh vs. North Dakota, Oct. 221, Jake Romanelli vs. South Dakota, Oct. 29

Field Goals3, James Langford vs. Montana, Sept. 103, James Langford vs. North Dakota, Oct. 22

Long Field Goal50, James Langford vs. Montana, Sept. 10

Punts10, Paul Hundley vs. San Diego State, Sept. 3

Long Punt54, Paul Hundley vs. Montana, Sept. 10

Long Punt Return44, Greg Francis vs. South Dakota, Oct. 29

Long Kickoff Return32, Mark Rodgers vs. Northern Illinois, Sept. 24

Tackles12, Johnny Millard vs. Northern Illinois, Sept. 2412, Johnny Millard vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 812, Greg Francis vs. North Dakota, Oct. 22

Sacks3, Kyle Murphy vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17

Interceptions1, Asa Jackson vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 171, Nick Dzubnar vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 171, Bijon Samoodi vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 171, Asa Jackson vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 81, Greg Francis vs. Southern Utah, Oct. 151, Angel Morales vs. North Dakota, Oct. 221, Kennith Jackson vs. North Dakota, Oct. 221, Greg Francis vs. North Dakota, Oct. 22

Pass Breakups4, Asa Jackson vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17

Quarterback Hurries3, Kyle Murphy vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 173, Sullivan Grosz vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8

2011 Team Game HighsRushes: 68 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Yards Rushing: 304 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Yards per Rush: 5.3 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17TD Rushes: 4 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8

4 vs. Southern Utah, Oct. 15Pass Attempts: 23 vs. South Dakota, Oct. 29Pass Completions: 15 vs. So. Dakota State, Sept. 17Yards Passing: 233 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17Yards Per Catch: 21.0 vs. San Diego State, Sept. 3TD Passes: 2 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17

2 vs. North Dakota, Oct. 22Total Plays: 88 vs. South Dakota, Oct. 29Total Offense: 522 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17Yards Per Play: 6.9 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17Points: 48 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17Punts: 10 vs. San Diego State, Sept. 3Kickoffs: 9 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Sacks by: 5 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17

5 vs. South Dakota, Oct. 29First Downs: 28 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Penalties: 10 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Penalty Yards: 103 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Turnovers: 3 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Fumbles: 3 vs. San Diego State, Sept. 3

3 vs. Montana, Sept. 103 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8

Fumbles Lost: 3 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Interceptions: 3 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17

3 vs. North Dakota, Oct. 22Pass Breakups: 9 vs. South Dakota State, Sept. 17Opp. Interceptions: 0Quarterback Hurries: 10 vs. Central Oklahoma, Oct. 8Time of Possession: 33:37 vs. Montana, Sept. 10

NEW RULES FOR 2011: The NCAA has established new conduct rules for 2011.Unsportsmanlike conduct penalties will be treated as either live-ball or dead-ball fouls. For exam-ple, if a player makes a taunting gesture to an opponent on the way to scoring a touchdown, theflag would nullify the score and the offending team will be penalized 15 yards from the spot of thefoul. Penalties for dead-ball misconduct (such as after theplayer crosses the goal line) would con-tinue to be assessed on the ensuing kickoff or PAT attempt. Also new is a 10-second rundown ofthe game clock if a team commits a foul that stops the clock in the final minute of either half. Newblocking-below-the-waist standards will enhance player safety. Also penalized will be a play inwhich three defensive players line up shoulder-to-shoulder and move forward on place kicks.

NATIONAL RANKINGS: As a team, Cal Poly is No. 8 in the NCAA’s Football ChampionshipSubdivision in rushing offense (249.75 yards per game), No. 302 in scoring offense (30.88) andNo. 38 in passing efficiency (137.22). The Mustangs also are No. 38 in sacks allowed (1.50 pergame), No. 35 in punt returns (10.29) and No. 1 in interceptions thrown (0). Individually, juniorquarterback Andre Broadous is No. 4 in scoring (9.75 points per game) and No. 52 in passingefficiency (131.67) while senior tackle Kyle Murphy and sophomore tackle Sullivan Grosz areNo. 46 in sacks (.69 per game). Senior slotback Mark Rodgers is No. 30 in all-purpose yardage(134.71 yards per game) and freshman punter Paul Hundley is No. 46 in punting (39.13 aver-age). Senior fullback Jake Romanelli is No. 36 in rushing (91.38 yards per game) while sopho-more James Langford is No. 15 in field goals per game (1.38).

CONFERENCE LEADERS: The only two Mustangs who are leaders in the Great WestConference in 2011 are Asa Jackson in passes defended (1.14 per game) and James Langfordin kick scoring (7.6 points per game). Jackson’s two interceptions are No. 2. Jake Romanelli issecond in rushing (91.4 yards per game), Andre Broadous is second in touchdowns scored (13)and scoring (9.8 ppg), Mark Rodgers is second in all-purpose yardage (134.7 per game), KyleMurphy is third in sacks (0.75), Sullivan Grosz also is third in sacks (0.75) and tackles for lostyardfage (1.38) and Johnny Millard is third in tackles (8.5 per game). As a team, Cal Poly is No.1 in total offense (378.6), rushing offense (249.8 yards per game) and passing efficiency (137.2)and No. 2 in the conference in scoring offense (30.9) and sacks allowed (1.5 per game).

AGAINST THE FBS: Cal Poly has played two Football Bowl Subdivision schools in a season sixtimes in the last 10 years (including 2011). In 2002 Cal Poly played two FBS (formerly Division I-A)opponents in one season for the first time in school history (Toledo and Kent State), and did it againin 2003 (UTEP and Akron), 2006 (San Jose State and San Diego State), 2008 (San Diego State andWisconsin) and 2009 (Ohio and San Jose State). Cal Poly is 3-10 in its last 13 games against FBSschools, defeating UTEP 34-13 in the 2003 opener and San Diego State 16-14 in 2006 and 30-28in 2008. The Mustangs are 4-24 against FBS schools since 1980, including the Sept. 3 loss at SanDiego State and the Sept. 24 setback at Northern Illinois.

OPPOSING MARKS: The Mustangs’ 2011 opponents are 43-36 nine weeks into the season. CalPoly’s 11 foes in 2010 were 56-56 for the year. The 2009 opponents were a combined 71-59, withMontana (14-1) posting the best record. Cal Poly’s 12 opponents in 2008 -- including McNeeseState, a game canceled due to Hurricane Ike -- were 68-60 for the season with Montana at 14-2leading the way and Weber State at 10-4. The Mustangs’ 2007 foes posted a combined 52-70record, with just two of 10 foes posting victories in the final week of the regular season (WesternOregon had a bye that week). Only Western Oregon (9-2), North Dakota State (10-1), Iona (7-4)and South Dakota State (7-4) had winning marks. Cal Poly’s 2006 foes were 60-60 for the 2006season with six posting winning records, led by Montana at 12-2 and North Dakota State at 10-1. Cal Poly's 2005 foes were a combined 68-68 with seven schools enjoying winning seasons,led by Texas State (11-3).

A SACK JOB: Cal Poly's defense recorded a school-record 50 sacks in 11 games in 2004 andbroke the mark again in 2005 with 62 sacks in 13 games. Meanwhile, the Mustang offense pro-tected its quarterbacks well, surrendering just 11 sacks in 2004 and 15 in 2005. The 2006 squadallowed just 11 sacks and the 2007 team allowed only 15 sacks (27th in the nation) but notchedjust 21 on defense; the zero sacks at Texas State marked the first time in 43 games the Mustangsdid not have a sack in a game. in 2008, the Mustang defense notched 37 sacks -- No. 2 in thenation -- while the offensive line allowed nine. In 2009, Cal Poly recorded 17 sacks (six againstDixie State and five against Southern Utah) and allowed 17. Last fall, the Mustangs allowed just10 sacks (16th in the nation) while notching 26 in 11 games (26th in the nation). Cal Poly has 16sacks so far in the 2011 season, all in the last six games, while the offensive line has allowed just12 in eight games.

TRIPLE FIGURES: No Cal Poly football opponent in 2010 produced a running back who rushedfor 100 or more yards against the Mustangs, but the streak of 11 such games was snapped in the2011 opener as San Diego State’s Ronnie Hillman rushed for 189 yards on 28 carries and scoredtwice. Jasmin Hopkins (143 yards) and Chandler Harnish (118), both of Northern Illinois, surpassedthe 100-yard mark against the Mustangs as well. In 2007, six of Cal Poly’s 11 foes produced a 100-yard rusher, including a pair of 200-yard games -- Deonte’ Jackson (214) of Weber State and CoryKoenig (259) of South Dakota State. In 2002, each of Cal Poly's first eight opponents produced a100-yard rusher. Nine of the 11 opponents in 2002 had a 100-yard rusher. The Mustangs surren-dered over 100 yards to an opposing running back just three times in 2003, only once in 2004(Sacramento State's Kris Daniels netted 115 yards in the season finale) and four in 2005.Montana’s Andrew Schmidt (145 yards), Wisconsin’s John Clay (107 yards) and Weber State’sTrevyn Smith (137 yards) were the only three to accomplish the feat in 2008. Four opposing run-ning backs rushed for over 100 yards against the Mustangs in 2009.


Mustang NotesSports NetworkTop 25 FCS Poll

2011 Record1. North Dakota St. (133) .8-02. Montana State (19) . . .8-13. Appalachian State (5) . .6-24. Sam Houston State (1) 8-05. Georgia Southern . . . . .7-16. Northern Iowa . . . . . . . 6-27. Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-18. Lehigh . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-19. New Hampshire . . . . . 6-2

10. Montana . . . . . . . . . . . .7-211. Wofford . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-212. Old Dominion . . . . . . . .7-213. James Madison . . . . . .5-314. Towson . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-215. Jackson State . . . . . . . .7-116. Delaware . . . . . . . . . . .5-417. Illinois State . . . . . . . . .6-318. Jacksonville State . . . . 5-319. William & Mary . . . . . . 4-420. Tennessee Tech . . . . . .5-221. Indiana State . . . . . . . .5-322. Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-323. Harvard . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-124. South Dakota . . . . . . .5-425. Central Arkansas . . . . .6-3

(Cal Poly opponents in bold)

FCS CoachesTop 25 Poll

2011 Record1. North Dakota St. (22) . .8-02. Montana State (2) . . . .8-13. Appalachian State . . . .6-24. Georgia Southern (4) . .7-15. Sam Houston State . . .8-06. Northern Iowa . . . . . . . 6-27. Lehigh . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-18. Montana . . . . . . . . . . .7-29. Wofford . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

10. Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-111. New Hampshire . . . . . . 6-212. Old Dominion . . . . . . . .7-213. James Madison . . . . . .5-314. Jackson State . . . . . . . .7-115. Tennessee Tech . . . . . .5-216. Indiana State . . . . . . . .5-317. Towson . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-218. Jacksonville State . . . . 5-319. Delaware . . . . . . . . . . .5-420. Harvard . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-121. William & Mary . . . . . . 4-422. Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-323. South Dakota . . . . . . .5-424. Illinois State . . . . . . . . .6-325. North Dakota . . . . . . . .5-3

(Cal Poly opponents in bold)

Mustangs in 2011 PollsTSN FCS

Preseason . . . . . . . . . . .RV RVAfter San Diego St. . . . .RV RVAfter Montana . . . . . . . . .--- RVAfter South Dakota St. . .RV RVAfter Northern Illinois . . .RV RVAfter Bye . . . . . . . . . . . .RV RVAfter Central Oklahoma .RV ---After Southern Utah . . . .RV RVAfter North Dakota . . . . .RV RVAfter South Dakota . . . .RV RVAfter UC Davis . . . . . . . . . .After E. Washington . . . . . .After South Alabama . . . . . .Final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1960 LOGO: Cal Poly football players wore a “1960” helmet decal last fall honoring the 50thanniversary of the tragic plane crash which occurred Oct. 29, 1960, shortly after takeoff fromToledo, Ohio, and claimed the lives of 16 players, the team manager, a booster and four othershours after the Mustangs played Bowling Green. The 1960 football team was inducted into the

Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 29, 2006, hours after Mustang Memorial Plaza was dedicated atAlex G. Spanos Stadium. The 50th anniversary included a reception and program last Oct. 30 at MustangMemorial Plaza, a moment of silence, a commemoration video and participation in the coin toss prior tokickoff of the homecoming game against Saint Francis (Pa.).

MILESTONES: Several Mustangs on the 2010 roster approached or surpassed career statistical mile-stones in the Cal Poly record book. Quarterback Tony Smith finished with 2,221 career yards passing,No. 13 on the all-time list. His 168 completions is No. 11. Mark Rodgers’ 27.4 kickoff return average isNo. 2 while Asa Jackson’s 13.8 career punt return average is No. 1. Linebacker Marty Mohamed had292 career tackles to finish No. 6.

MUSTANGS BY THE DOTS: Tim Walsh, hired Jan. 9, 2009, is Cal Poly’s 16th head football coach ... sixof the seven Great West games played so far this season have been decided by six, five, four, four, threeand three points; the exception is Southern Utah’s 34-3 win over UC Davis last week ... Jake Romanelli(115 yards) and Mark Rodgers (107) gave Cal Poly a pair of 100-yard rushers in the same game (CentralOklahoma) for the first time since Jonathan Dally (173) and Jordan Yocum (110) did it against UC Davisin 2008 ... Romanelli has five career 100-yard games and his streak of four straight was snapped by NorthDakota ... Antonio Warren had five consecutive 100-yard games in 1994-95 ... Rodgers has four career100-yard games ... in six of their seven wins last season, the Mustangs had to come from behind ... the22-21 victory over North Dakota on Oct. 23, 2010, marked the first time in four years that Cal Poly hadwon after trailing at the end of the third quarter (21-16) and the Mustangs duplicated the feat against SouthDakota on Oct. 29, 2011 (17-10); the Mustangs overcame a 14-10 third-quarter deficit to beat San DiegoState 16-14 on Oct. 28, 2006 ... Cal Poly’s four home wins last season were by a total of 17 points; theMustangs have won four times this year by a combined 61 points ... Dominique Johnson caught a passin each of his first 19 Mustang games in which he played until Nov. 6, 2010 against South Dakota ... CalPoly has scored in 156 of its last 194 quarters -- 30 of its last 31 quarters in 2007, including 22 straightuntil held scoreless in the fourth quarter by Southern Utah, 41 of 44 quarters in 2008, 31 of 44 in both 2009and last fall and 24 of 32 so far in 2011 ... the Mustangs have won nine straight games against Division IIschools, including the 44-25 triumph against Central Oklahoma on Oct. 8, and are 23-7 against suchschools since moving to Division I in 1994 ... Cal Poly’s 15 interceptions in 2009 were the most since2005 ... 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 Mustangs have gone winless on the road in a season eight times since becoming afour-year school in 1941 and snapped an eight-game losing streak on the road with the win at McNeeseState on Sept. 25, 2010 (the school record is 11 in 1995 and 1996) ... at San Jose State in 2009, theMustangs were held to single digits in points for the first time in 28 games (a 10-9 loss at Montana in 2006)... the Mustangs earned just their second victory in 15 tries against Montana on Sept. 11, 2010, beatingthe Griz in San Luis Obispo for the first time ... prior to the 20-7 loss on Oct. 16, 2010, Cal Poly had beat-en Southern Utah nine straight times and the Mustangs haven’t lost to the Thunderbirds at home since1986 (13-1) ... the 80,709 at Wisconsin in 2008 is the largest crowd to see a Cal Poly football game; pre-vious largest was 32,536 at Fresno State in 1985; the 37,069 at Fresno State on Oct. 2, 2010, is the newNo. 2 on the list, followed by the 34,384 at San Diego State on Sept. 3, 2011 ... Colin Lockett’s 94-yardkickoff return for a San Diego State touchdown on Sept. 3 was the first given up by Cal Poly in four yearsand the Mustangs gave up another one the following week as Montana’s Jabin Sambrano opened thegame with a 96-yarder ... the Cal Poly-UC Davis series was all even at 16-16-2 until the Aggies won inboth 2009 and 2010 ... the cancellation of Cal Poly’s game at McNeese State due to Hurricane Ike in 2008was its first postponement of a football game since Sept. 15, 2001, against Saint Mary’s, due to the eventsof Sept. 11, 2001; that game was made up on Nov. 24 ... Andrew Gardner’s 21-yard field goal as timeexpired against San Diego State on Aug. 30, 2008, marked the third time Cal Poly had won a game onthe final play since moving to the Football Championship Subdivision in 1994 ... the other two were in 1997as Alan Beilke kicked a 34-yard field goal to beat New Mexico State 38-35 in overtime in Las Cruces anda 50-yarder to beat Montana State 20-19 in Bozeman ... the Mustangs were 5-2 at home in 2008, 4-1 in2007, 6-0 at home in 2005, 4-1 in 2006 and had won 10 straight home games before falling to SouthDakota State in 2006 ... overall, Cal Poly has won 64 of its last 99 contests going back to the 2002 finaleand has won 22 of its last 46 games on the road (3-1 in 2008 but 0-6 in 2009, 3-3 in 2010) ... the Mustangshave won 42 of their last 50 home contests (4-1 in both 2009 and 2010) ... prior to 2009, the Mustangswon seven or more games six consecutive seasons, the longest such streak in school history (old markof four was set by the 1955-58 teams) ... there have been 13 200-yard games by a receiver in Cal Polyfootball history and Ramses Barden has five of them ... the Mustangs have surpassed the 60-point bar-rier three times since moving to Division I in 1994 -- 69 in 2008 against Southern Utah, 64 against SonomaState in 1994 and 63 against UC Davis in 2007 ... Cal Poly surpassed the 30-point mark nine times in2008, one more than the school mark of eight set by the 1995 squad (5-6) ... Cal Poly has held four foesto minus rushing yardage since moving to the FCS in 1994 -- St. Mary's (-38) in 1994, Weber State (-2)in 2002, Humboldt State (-4) in 2003 and Idaho State (-6) on Sept. 11, 2004 ... Cal Poly recorded sevensacks in both 2007 and 2008 against Montana, but neither team had a sack in the 2009 contest (theMustangs had three in 2010; none in 2011) ... Cal Poly was 21-0 in the last 21 games in which theMustangs led at halftime until South Dakota State rallied from a 14-3 halftime deficit for a 29-28 victory in2006; Cal Poly squandered a 20-14 halftime deficit at Texas State in 2007, let a 14-6 halftime edge againstNorth Dakota State get away, also in 2007, let a 20-14 halftime lead at Wisconsin slip away in 2008, andblew four halftime leads in 2009 -- 9-6 over San Jose State, 17-14 against Montana, 17-14 at North Dakotaand 10-7 at UC Davis ... Cal Poly has erased halftime deficits in each of its last three home games for vic-tories; the Mustangs outscored Central Oklahoma 34-6 in the second half to turn a 19-10 halftime deficitinto a 44-25 win Oct. 8, overcame a 17-10 halftime deficit to beat Southern Utah 31-27 on Oct. 15 andturned a 17-0 halftime deficit into a 27-24 win over South Dakota on Oct. 29.


Mustang NotesSCORING THIEVES: In the first 10 seasons at the NCAA Division I-AA level (nowFCS), the Mustang defense returned just eight interceptions for scores. Cal Polyhas returned 19 interceptions for touchdowns from 2004 to the present combined,including six in 2004, two last fall and two on Sept. 17: 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)2009 -- Asa Jackson vs. South Dakota State (47 yards)2009 -- Greg Francis vs. Ohio (60 yards)2008 -- David Fullerton vs. UC Davis (38 yards)2007 -- David Fullerton vs. Iona (95 yards)2007 -- David Fullerton vs. North Dakota State (0 yards)2006 -- Kenny Chicoine/Kyle Shotwell vs. Savannah State (73 yards)2006 -- Mark Restelli vs. Weber State (42 yards) 2005 -- Kenny Chicoine vs. UC Davis (59 yards) 2005 -- Courtney Brown vs. Montana State (28 yards) 2004 -- Jordan Beck vs. Humboldt State (36 yards) 2004 -- Jordan Beck vs. Idaho State (40 yards) 2004 -- Joey Warren vs. Idaho State (24 yards) 2004 -- Karl Ivory vs. Montana State (41 yards) 2004 -- Karl Ivory vs. North Dakota State (73 yards) 2004 -- Kenny Chicoine vs. Sacramento State (68 yards) 2003 -- David Richardson vs. Sacramento State (71 yards) 2003 -- David Richardson vs. Southern Utah (16 yards) 2001 -- Vaughn Jarrett vs. Montana State (79 yards) 1998 -- Kiko Griffin vs. Sacramento State (53 yards) 1995 -- David Lombardi vs. Eastern Washington (38 yards) 1995 -- Alex Garwood vs. Western Montana (38 yards) 1995 -- Matt Panziera vs. Western Montana (52 yards) 1994 -- David Brown vs. San Francisco State (31 yards)

A SCORE FOR THE DEFENSE: Cal Poly's defense scored seven touchdowns in2004, exceeding the four scores the Mustang defense recorded in 2003. Those 11scores in 2003 and 2004 matched the total of 11 defensive TDs in Cal Poly's firstnine seasons at the NCAA FCS level. Cal Poly has won 27 of its last 33 gameswhen its defense or special teams scores a TD, dating back to the 2002 season.The losses were to Idaho State in 2003, UC Davis in 2005, Texas State and NorthDakota State in 2007, Wisconsin in 2008 and Ohio in 2009. The 2005 Mustangdefense scored three times -- Courtney Brown's 28-yard interception return againstMontana State, Chris Gocong's fumble recovery in the endzone against MontanaState and Kenny Chicoine's 59-yard interception return at UC Davis. Mark Restelli'sgame-clinching 42-yard interception return for a score against Weber State was thefirst defensive TD in 2006 and the other was Kenny Chicoine’s lateral of an inter-ception to Kyle Shotwell covering 73 yards against Savannah State. The 2007Mustang defense scored three touchdowns -- a 75-yard fumble recovery and runby nose tackle Justin Reece against Southern Utah and David Fullerton’s intercep-tions against North Dakota State and Iona. In 2008, Fullerton stepped in front of aSouthern Utah pitch and scampered 90 yards for a TD on Oct. 25; he also returnedan interception 38 yards for a score against UC Davis. Cal Poly returned two inter-ceptions for scores in 2009 along with a blocked punt (Ryan Taylor) and 32-yardfumble recovery (Kennith Jackson). Last year Scottie Cordier scored on an inter-ception return against Montana while Johnny Millard accomplished the same featagainst McNeese State. Asa Jackson and Bijon Samoodi both returned thefts forscores Sept. 17 against South Dakota State and Jackson returned another 52yards for a score against Central Oklahoma on Oct. 8.

MUSTANGS RANKED: Cal Poly, ranked as high as No. 3 in 2005, settled for a No.6 final ranking by both ESPN/USA Today and The Sports Network. The Mustangswere ranked as high as No. 5 in 2004 and finished 15th in one poll (TSN) and 17thin the other (ESPN/USA Today). The Mustangs opened the 2006 campaign rankedsixth by The Sports Network and were in the top 10 throughout the year before los-ing to Montana and North Dakota State. The 2007 squad finished No. 24 in TheSports Network poll and the 2008 Mustangs ended up No. 8 in the FCS CoachesPoll and No. 10 in The Sports Network media poll. Cal Poly was ranked as high asNo. 12 in 2009 before losing its last four games of the season. Last fall, Cal Polyreached No. 13, was ranked for the final 11 weeks of the regular season and fin-ished No. 24 in the media poll and No. 23 in the coaches poll.

TEAM THEFTS: Cal Poly's 25 interceptions in 11 games in 2004 were a schoolDivision I-AA record and two short of the overall mark. The 2001 and 1995Mustangs both intercepted 20 passes. Cal Poly had 11 in 2010 and eight so far in2011. The season-by-season totals (FCS only): 1994 . . . . . .18 1998 . . . . .13 2002 . . . . .11 2006 . . . . .12 1995 . . . . . .20 1999 . . . . . .9 2003 . . . . .11 2007 . . . . . .8 1996 . . . . . .16 2000 . . . . .13 2004 . . . . .25 2008 . . . . .121997 . . . . . .10 2001 . . . . .20 2005 . . . . .17 2009 . . . . .15

2011 StandingsTeam Conference Overall

W L T Pct. W L T Pct.Cal Poly . . . . . . . .3 0 0 1.000 5 3 0 .625South Dakota . . . .2 1 0 .667 5 4 0 .556North Dakota . . . .1 1 0 .500 5 3 0 .625^Southern Utah . .1 3 0 .250 5 4 0 .556UC Davis . . . . . . .0 2 0 000 2 6 0 .250Results for Saturday, Oct. 29:

*South Dakota 24 at Cal Poly 27*UC Davis 3 at Southern Utah 34North Dakota 27 at Northern Colorado 25

Schedule for Saturday, Nov. 5 (all times PDT):*Cal Poly at UC Davis, 2:05 p.m.Sioux Falls at North Dakota, 11 a.m.South Dakota and Southern Utah bye*Great West Conference game^2010 Great West Conference champion

2011 GWC Statistical Leaders(Through Games of October 29, 2011)

Rushing (Yards per Game)Player G Att. Yards Avg. TDJake Miller, UND . . . . . . . . . . .8 150 841 5.6 13Jake Romanelli, CP . . . . . . . .8 151 731 4.8 6Andre Broadous, CP . . . . . . .8 138 537 3.9 13Marcus Sims, USD . . . . . . . . .9 114 596 5.2 3Mark Rodgers, CP . . . . . . . . .7 81 408 5.0 1

Passing (Efficiency Rating)Player G PC-PA-I Pct. Yards TDBrad Sorensen, SUU . . .9 234-349-8 .670 2467 15Dante Warren, USD . . . .9 87-155-7 .561 1216 9Andre Broadous, CP . . .8 74-127-0 .583 874 6Randy Wright, UCD . . . . .8 145-263-4 .551 1747 13Joey Bradley, UND . . . . .7 78-149-3 .523 791 3

Receiving (Receptions per Game)Player G Cgt. Yards Rec/G TDBrady Measom, SUU . . . . . . .9 44 488 4.9 2Greg Hardin, UND . . . . . . . . . .8 37 453 4.6 2Anthony Soto, UCD . . . . . . . . .8 35 425 4.4 4Austin Minefee, SUU . . . . . . . .9 38 329 4.2 2Tom Hemmingsen, UCD . . . . .8 33 459 4.1 6

PuntingPlayer G No. Yards Avg. LGCole Zwiefelhofer, USD . . . . . .9 41 1796 43.8 72Colton Schmidt, UCD . . . . . . .8 43 1869 43.5 64Tate Lewis, SUU . . . . . . . . . . .8 25 1060 42.4 56Brock Miller, SUU . . . . . . . . . .7 16 642 40.1 51Brett Cameron, UND . . . . . . . .8 41 1628 39.7 63Paul Hundley, CP . . . . . . . . . .8 38 1486 39.1 54

TacklesPlayer G Solo Asst. Total Avg.Adam Broders, USD . . . .9 57 37 94 10.4Chad Hansen, SUU . . . .9 48 43 91 10.1Johnny Millard, CP . . . .8 42 26 68 8.5Blake Fenn, SUU . . . . . .9 40 35 75 8.3Shane Potter, USD . . . . .9 47 25 72 8.0

6. Kennith Jackson, CP 8 35 26 61 7.610. Greg Francis, CP . . .8 39 10 49 6.113. Asa Jackson, CP . . .7 25 15 40 5.719. Bijon Samoodi, CP .8 24 16 40 5.022. Angel Morales, CP .8 20 18 38 4.823. Sullivan Grosz, CP .8 26 11 37 4.628. Vante Smith-Johnson, CP8 21 9 30 3.8

AGGIE HYPE: UC Davis, coached by Bob Biggs (19th season, 138-77-1, UCDavis ‘73), returned 45 lettermen, including 17 starters, off last year’s teamwhich went 6-5 and finished second in the Great West Conference at 3-1 ...the Aggies have not won more than one game in a row nor have they lostmore than two straight ... in Great West play, UC Davis has lost to SouthDakota 27-24 and Southern Utah 34-3, both on the road ... the Aggies havebeaten only San Diego 31-3 and Texas-San Antonio, 38-17, both at home ...in a 34-3 loss at Southern Utah last week, UC Davis was held to just nine firstdowns and lost three fumbles, netting 193 yards in total offense ... SeanKelley’s 54-yard field goal in the fourth quarter accounted for the only Aggiepoints of the game ... quarterback Randy Wright completed 14 of 23 passesfor 150 yards ... for the season, Wright has connected on 145 of 263 passes(55 percent) for 1,747 yards and 13 TDs with four interceptions ... his favoritetargets are Anthony Soto (35 catches) and Tom Hemmingsen (33 catches) ...top Aggie rusher is Colton Silveria with 274 yards (3.4 yards per carry) andthree scores ... Colton Schmidt averages 43.5 yards per punt ... UC Davisaverages 19.4 points and 320 yards in total offense (77 rushing, 243 passing)but is giving up 30.8 points and 421 yards (158 rushing, 263 passing) a con-test ... Biggs, a standout quarterback at UC Davis in 1971 and 1972, went onto play for Winnipeg (CFL) and Portland (WFL) before returning to UC Davisas an assistant coach in 1978; he was named head coach in 1993 ... amongthe more famous Aggie alumni are Ken O’Brien, Rolf Benirschke, Bo Eason,Mike Moroski and J.T. O’Sullivan.

THE SERIES: A year ago, the 36th meeting between the two schools waswon by UC Davis 22-21 at Alex G. Spanos Stadium as the Aggies rallied froma 21-0 second-quarter deficit. Randy Wright hit Sean Creadick with a pair oftouchdown passes in the final 10 minutes for the win, ending Cal Poly’s play-off bid. Jake Romanelli scored on a pair of one-yard runs and Jordan Yocumadded a five-yard scoring run as Cal Poly built a 21-0 lead in the first 27 min-utes, but the Mustangs were held scoreless in the second half. A 23-10 UCDavis win in 2009 at Aggie Stadium snapped a 16-16-2 deadlock in the series.The Aggies now lead the series 18-16-2. Tim Walsh is 5-7 against UC Davis-- 1-3 while coaching at Sonoma State, 4-2 while at Portland State and 0-2 atCal Poly -- while Bob Biggs is 10-8 against Cal Poly. Against the Aggies, theMustangs are 10-8 at home and 6-10-2 in Davis.

IN THE PROS: As of August 1, eight former Cal Poly football players werecompeting in the professional ranks. Five ex-Mustangs were in the NationalFootball League. Wide receiver Ramses Barden was drafted by the New YorkGiants in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft and was activated for three ofthe team’s 16 games in 2009, catching one pass from Eli Manning for 16 yards.He caught five passes for 64 yards last fall, missing 10 games due to an ankleinjury. Defensive end Chris Gocong was drafted in the third round by thePhiladelphia Eagles five years ago. He spent the 2006 season on the injured

reserve list due to a neck injury, then played all 16 games in 2007 on the strongside of the linebacking corps and recorded 92 tackles, including one sack. Headded 61 tackles in 16 games in 2008 and 44 tackles (one sack) in 15 con-tests, including 11 starts, in 2009. Gocong was traded to the ClevelandBrowns in April 2010 and notched 75 tackles (two sacks) last fall. CornerbackCourtney Brown was drafted in the seventh round in April 2007 by the DallasCowboys and notched 13 tackles in two seasons before being released priorto the 2009 season. He signed a futures contract with the Giants in January2010 but did not play in any games last fall. He was a free agent this summer.Former Cal Poly linebacker Mark Restelli was the leading tackler for theEdmonton Eskimos in 2009, recording 58 defensive tackles and 16 specialteams tackles. He played the first two games of the 2010 season before beingsidelined with a knee injury, returning in mid-October. In six games he notched16 tackles. Restelli signed a futures contract with the Miami Dolphins inJanuary 2011 but was cut Sept. 3 while wide receiver Dominique Johnsoninked a free agent deal with the Minnesota Vikings just days after the 2011 NFLLockout ended. Johnson was waived in late August. Restelli has returned tothe Eskimos for the rest of the 2011 season. Another ex-Mustang linebacker,Marty Mohamed, signed a contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in June 2011and made a tackle in a preseason loss to Toronto, but was cut two days later.David Richardson played for the Jacksonville team in the Arena FootballLeague in 2011 and helped the Sharks to their first AFL title. He made threetackles in Jacksonville’s win over Iowa on May 13 but was placed on injuredreserve June 9. He played 13 games in three NFL seasons (2003, 2004, 2006)with the Jacksonville Jaguars at cornerback, safety and on special teams,notching seven tackles and one pass breakup in his NFL career.

RECENT SUCCESS ON THE FIELD: Cal Poly has produced seven winningseasons in the last eight years and has been ranked in the top 25 each of thelast seven campaigns. The Mustangs, who have won 64 of their last 99games going back to the 2002 season finale, have been ranked as high asNo. 3, which occurred in the 2005 season and that team settled for a No. 6final ranking. The 2004 Mustangs were ranked as high as No. 5 and the 2008club finished No. 8 in the coaches poll and No. 10 in the media poll.

STREAKING MUSTANGS: In 2008 the Mustangs won seven straight gamesfor the first time since 2004 when the team opened the season 7-0 before los-ing to UC Davis. The 1973 Mustang squad won its first eight games while the1953 team posted a perfect 9-0 mark.

FRIENDLY CONFINES: Following back-to-back 4-1 seasons in Alex G.Spanos Stadium, the Mustangs have won 42 of their last 50 home contests.Overall, the Mustangs have won 31 of their last 50 games and 64 of 99 con-tests going back to the 2002 finale and have won 22 of their last 46 games onthe road (3-3 in 2010, 1-3 in 2011).


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18 of Cal Poly’s seniors this fall (2008 and 2011).Cal Poly scored the final 17 points of the game in less than five minutes. Quarterback

Andre Broadous scored his 12th and 13th touchdowns of the season on runs of two andone yards, the first with 4:47 to play and the second with 2:05 remaining, to tie the gameat 24-24. The Coyotes were forced to punt on their next two possessions. Francis’ 44-yardreturn set up Langford’s game-winning kick with 36 seconds remaining.

Cal Poly accumulated 17 of its 21 first downs and 261 of its 334 total yards in the sec-ond half. The Mustangs’ 217-yard ground game was led by fullback Jake Romanelli with88 yards on 20 carries. Broadous completed 13 of 22 passes for 117 yards and one score.His favorite target was Romanelli with four catches for 29 yards.

UC Davis, coached by Bob Biggs (19th season, 138-77-1, UC Davis ‘73), returned 45lettermen, including 17 starters, off last year’s team which went 6-5 and finished second inthe Great West Conference at 3-1.

The Aggies have not won more than one game in a row nor have they lost more thantwo straight this season. In Great West play, UC Davis has lost to South Dakota 27-24 andSouthern Utah 34-3, both on the road. The Aggies have beaten only San Diego 31-3 andTexas-San Antonio, 38-17, both at home.

In a 34-3 loss at Southern Utah last week, UC Davis was held to just nine first downsand lost three fumbles, netting 193 yards in total offense. Sean Kelley’s 54-yard field goalin the fourth quarter accounted for the only Aggie points of the game. Quarterback RandyWright completed 14 of 23 passes for 150 yards.

For the season, Wright has connected on 145 of 263 passes (55 percent) for 1,747yards and 13 touchdowns with four interceptions. His favorite targets are Anthony Soto (35catches) and Tom Hemmingsen (33 catches). Top Aggie rusher is Colton Silveria with 274yards (3.4 yards per carry) and three scores. Colton Schmidt averages 43.5 yards per punt.

UC Davis averages 19.4 points and 320 yards in total offense (77 rushing, 243 pass-ing) but is giving up 30.8 points and 421 yards (158 rushing, 263 passing) a contest.

A year ago, the 36th meeting between the two schools was won by UC Davis 22-21 atAlex G. Spanos Stadium as the Aggies rallied from a 21-0 second-quarter deficit. Wrighthit Sean Creadick with a pair of touchdown passes in the final 10 minutes for the win, end-

ing Cal Poly’s playoff bid. Jake Romanelli scored on a pair of one-yard runs and JordanYocum added a five-yard scoring run as Cal Poly built a 21-0 lead in the first 27 minutes,but the Mustangs were held scoreless in the second half.

A 23-10 UC Davis win in 2009 at Aggie Stadium snapped a 16-16-2 deadlock in theseries. The Aggies now lead the series 18-16-2.

One year shy of their first venture to the Big Sky Conference, the Mustangs welcomedback six starters on offense and eight on defense, plus several other players who starteda few games or accumulated a lot of playing time as backups. Among those wereBroadous, who started four games at quarterback last fall, all on the road, and numerousdefensive players who rotated in and out of the lineup with the starters.

Broadous backed up Tony Smith for two seasons and entered fall camp as the No. 1signal caller. A year ago, the junior from Portland, Oregon, completed 41 of 64 passes(64.1 percent) for 510 yards and four touchdowns while also rushing 87 times for 305yards and three more scores.

The Mustangs also are led by Mark Rodgers (882 yards and eight TDs rushing; 20catches and three more TDs in 2010), senior fullback Jake Romanelli (459 yards, eightTDs in 2010) and a veteran offensive line which includes seniors Scott Winnewisser, ArtMunoz and Maurice McClure.

Top returnees on defense are Buck Buchanan Award candidate Asa Jackson (55 tack-les, two interceptions in 2010) at cornerback, linebackers Johnny Millard (38 tackles, twoforced fumbles) and Kennith Jackson (67 tackles) and linemen Erich Klemme (28 tackles,2.5 sacks), Kyle Murphy 23 tackles, six hurries) and Gavin Cooper (39 tackles, six sacks,six hurries).

Cal Poly has captured three Great West Conference titles in the seven-year history ofthe league (2004, 2005, 2008) and earned NCAA Division I FCS playoff berths in both2005 and 2008, reaching the quarterfinals in 2005. The Mustangs have won 64 of their last99 games dating back to the 2002 season finale and have won 22 of their last 46 gameson the road and 42 of their last 50 home contests.

Next week Cal Poly concludes its home schedule by hosting defending FCS nationalchampion Eastern Washington for a 6:05 p.m. kickoff in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

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2011 Cal Poly Football Depth ChartOFFENSE

WR (X) - 8 Jarred Houston, 5-11, 205, Sr.19 Brandon Michalkiewicz, 5-10, 175, Jr.22 Chris Nicholls, 5-8, 175, RFr.

Left Tackle 75 Scott Winnewisser, 6-5, 285, Sr.70 Giovanni Sani, 6-5, 280, Jr.54 Karl Winkelman, 6-3, 270, Jr.

Left Guard 59 Maurice McClure, 6-3, 285, Sr.62 Mike Freeman, 6-3, 250, So.

Center 64 Geoff Hyde, 6-2, 255, Jr.52 Lefi Letuligasenoa, 6-2, 300, So.

Right Guard 52 Lefi Letuligasenoa, 6-2, 300, So.62 Mike Freeman, 6-3, 250, So.

Right Tackle 74 Art Munoz, 6-2, 275, Sr.54 Karl Winkelman, 6-3, 270, Jr.

WR (Z) 84 Lance Castaneda, 6-3, 215, RFr.7 Willie Tucker, 6-3, 200, Fr.

18 Ryan Taylor, 6-3, 210, Jr.

Quarterback 3 Andre Broadous, 6-0, 205, Jr.4 Doug Shumway, 6-0, 192, Jr.

13 David Mahr, 5-10, 185, Sr.

Fullback (A) 34 Jake Romanelli, 6-3, 240, Sr.47 Akaninyene Umoh, 6-1, 207, So.43 Matthew Rulon, 5-10, 215, So.31 Brandon Howe, 6-2, 220, RFr.37 Quentin Greenlaw, 6-0, 219, Jr.

Slotback (B) 13 David Mahr, 5-10, 185, Sr.1 Mark Rodgers, 5-8, 180, Sr.

27 Cole Stanford, 6-2, 215, So.83 Blake Page, 5-10, 185, Sr.

Slotback (C) 10 Deonte Williams, 5-10, 190, Jr.5 Kristaan Ivory, 5-8, 195, Fr.1 Mark Rodgers, 5-8, 180, Sr.

24 Austin Mahr, 5-8, 185, RFr.

DEFENSE

End 98 Kyle Murphy, 6-4, 260, Sr.85 Brandon Roberts, 6-1, 250, Sr.91 Matt Singletary, 6-4, 258, Sr.96 Nick Leyden, 6-2, 250, So.

Tackle 94 Sullivan Grosz, 6-4, 265, So.97 Kevin Hess, 6-5, 280, Sr.

Nose 99 Erich Klemme, 6-2, 270, Sr.56 Chris Lawrence, 6-2, 270, RFr.71 Amir Tadros, 6-3, 245, So.

Buck 85 Brandon Roberts, 6-1, 250, Sr.50 Troy Shotwell, 6-3, 240, Sr.72 Andrew Alcaraz, 6-3, 250, So.92 Matt Sullivan, 6-2, 235, Sr.

Will (OLB) 40 Max Schulz, 6-1, 211, Sr.14 Xavier Ramos, 6-2, 220, So.41 Nick Dzubnar, 6-2, 230, RFr.

Mike (MLB) 9 Kennith Jackson, 6-0, 230, Jr.41 Nick Dzubnar, 6-2, 230, RFr.95 Keaton Taylor, 5-11, 215, Sr.

Sam (OLB) 11 Johnny Millard, 6-3, 230, So.44 Chris Judge, 6-3, 220, So.90 Kyle Mohamed, 6-2, 230, Jr.

Cornerback (B) 2 Asa Jackson, 5-11, 190, Sr.4 Nico Molino, 5-10, 185, Jr.

26 Vante Smith-Johnson, 5-10, 185, So.

Safety (F) 36 Greg Francis, 6-1, 190, Sr.35 Jordan Williams, 5-10, 190, RFr.

Safety (B) 32 Angel Morales, 5-11, 190, Sr.35 Jordan Williams, 5-10, 190, RFr.46 Trevor Weis, 6-0, 195, RFr.17 Matthew Reza, 6-2, 205, Jr.

Cornerback (F) 6 Bijon Samoodi, 5-10, 185, Jr.4 Nico Molino, 5-10, 185, Jr.

12 Kevin Britt, 6-0, 165, RFr.

Punt Returns: 36 Greg Francis, 6-1, 190, Sr.2 Asa Jackson, 5-11, 190, Sr.

KO Returns: 19 Brandon Michalkiewicz, 5-10, 175, Jr.8 Jarred Houston, 5-11, 205, Sr.1 Mark Rodgers, 5-8, 180, Sr.2 Asa Jackson, 5-11, 190, Sr.

Long Snapper: 50 Troy Shotwell, 6-3, 240, Sr.49 Joe Brum, 6-3, 255, Sr.

Short Snapper: 50 Troy Shotwell, 6-3, 240, Sr.49 Joe Brum, 6-3, 255, Sr.

PAT/FG: 86 James Langford, 6-3, 204, So.48 Paul Hundley, 6-3, 190, Fr.18 Ryan Taylor, 6-3, 210, Jr.

Kickoffs: 86 James Langford, 6-3, 204, So.48 Paul Hundley, 6-3, 190, Fr.18 Ryan Taylor, 6-3, 210, Jr.

Punter: 48 Paul Hundley, 6-3, 190, Fr.22 Chris Nicholls, 5-8, 175, RFr.

Holder: 4 Doug Shumway, 6-0, 192, Jr.19 Brandon Michalkiewicz, 5-10, 175, Jr.

Specialists

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Mustang StandoutsAndre Broadous, Quarterback, Junior, 6-0, 205, Portland, OR

Broadous has completed 74 of 127 passes (58 percent) for 874 yards and six touchdowns as a junior. He has not thrown an inter-ception in 191 career attempts, a streak that is currently No. 1 in the FCS. Broadous is No. 6 in the FCS in scoring (9.78 points pergame) and No. 52 in passing efficiency (131.67). He also is No. 3 in the Great West in rushing, averaging 67.1 yards per game.Broadous started four games as a sophomore in 2010 and connected on 41 of 64 passes (64 percent) for 510 yards and four scores.He played in three games as a redshirt freshman backup quarterback. Broadous was an all-state Class 6A quarterback under headcoach Dailio Lewis at Grant High School in Portland, Oregon. He threw 44 touchdown passes and rushed for 35 more scores in hislast two seasons, leading the Generals to 21 wins in their last 24 games. As a senior, Broadous completed 62.7 percent of his pass-es (141 of 225) for 2,064 yards and 20 touchdowns, best in the Portland Interscholastic League. His 992 yards on 151 rushes (6.6average per carry) and 18 touchdowns were No. 2 in the league as Broadous led Grant to a 12-1 mark, the PIL title and a berth inthe semifinal round of Oregon’s Class 6A playoffs. He was a first-team all-state selection as both a quarterback and defensive backin 2007, earned Oregon state player of the year honors and was Portland Public Schools co-offensive player of the year for Class 6A.

Jake Romanelli, Fullback, Senior, 6-3, 240, Templeton, CARomanelli surpassed the 100-yard mark in rushing in four consecutive games, one shy of the school record, before North Dakota

“held” the fullback to 93 yards on Oct. 22. He has five career 100-yard games at Cal Poly and is No. 2 in the Great West and No. 36in the FCS averaging 91.38 yards a contest. So far in 2011, Romanelli has rushed for 731 yards and six touchdowns, averaging 4.8yards a carry. He’s also caught 13 passes, two for touchdowns. As a junior, he earned second-team All-Great West Conference hon-ors after rushing for 459 yards and eight touchdowns. Romanelli was a first-team All-Great West Conference selection at fullback as asophomore in 2009 and was Cal Poly’s top rusher with 492 yards on 107 carries, averaging 4.6 yards per rush. He surpassed the cen-tury mark once with 108 yards on 24 carries against Southern Utah and came close in two other contests -- 96 yards on 19 trips againstDixie State and 91 yards on 16 carries against South Dakota. He has nine career games of 90 or more yards rushing. Romanelli playedin five games as a redshirt freshman in 2008, primarily as the backup at fullback. As a senior at Templeton High School, he notched 97tackles on defense and rushed for 876 yards and caught 17 passes on offense, leading the Eagles to a CIF-Southern Section playoffberth in its first season in the Los Padres League. Romanelli earned first-team All-Los Padres League and All-San Luis Obispo Countyhonors and second-team All-State accolades as an all-purpose player.

Mark Rodgers, Slotback, Senior, 5-8, 180, Hawthorne, CARodgers has rushed for 408 yards and one score and has caught 11 passes for 134 yards and two more TDs as a senior at Cal Poly. He also is aver-

aging 21.1 yards per kickoff return and is among the nation’s leaders in all-purpose yardage, averaging 134.7 yards a contest. His fourth career 100-yardgame as a Mustang was a 107-yard performance against Central Oklahoma. Rodgers made his mark at Cal Poly in a hurry last year after transferring fromWest Virginia, rushing for 105 yards and two touchdowns in the season opener against Humboldt State. Against South Dakota in November, Rodgers rushedfor 235 yards on just 15 carries, No. 8 on Cal Poly’s all-time single-game list, and followed with his third 100-yard game as a Mustang, netting 102 yardson 17 trips against UC Davis. He was Cal Poly’s top rusher in 2010 with 882 yards on 127 carries (6.9 average per carry) and eight touchdowns. Rodgersalso was among the nation’s leaders in kickoff returns, averaging 27.4 yards per return with a long of 65 yards. Rodgers played in all 13 games in both 2008and 2009 at West Virginia as a running back and return specialist. In 2009, Rodgers returned 27 kickoffs an average of 22.9 yards per return with a long of51 yards against Florida State. As a freshman with the Mountaineers, Rodgers rushed 15 times for 80 yards with a long of 19 yards against Marshall andreturned 22 kickoffs an average of 21.1 yards with a long of 44 yards against Connecticut. He is a 2007 graduate of Leuzinger High School in Lawndale,where he rushed for 4,819 yards and 50 touchdowns in his last two seasons -- 2,319 yards and 19 scores as a senior and 2,500 yards and 31 scores as ajunior while also playing cornerback on defense. Twice Rodgers earned All-CIF-Southern Section and All-Los Angeles County League first-team honors.

Asa Jackson, Cornerback, Senior, 5-11, 190, Sacramento, CAJackson, a Buck Buchanan Award candidate, earned Great West Freshman Player of the Year honors and landed a spot on the all-

conference first team as a sophomore and junior as well. The Christian Brothers High School graduate has notched 185 tackles in three-plus seasons with the Mustangs along with eight interceptions (two in each season) and 31 pass breakups. So far in his senior campaign,Jackson has 40 tackles (25 solo) with two interceptions, both returned for touchdowns (52 and 100 yards) and six pass breakups. Jacksonalso is among the nation’s leaders in punt returns, averaging 15.4 yards on five returns so far with a long of 23 yards. He earned third-team Sports Network All-American honors as a junior after making 55 tackles (40 solo), two interceptions and nine pass breakups. He alsoaveraged 12.6 yards per punt return, No. 14 in the FCS. As a sophomore in 2009, Jackson was fourth for the Mustangs with 48 total tack-les (31 solo), intercepted a pair of passes and broke up six other pass plays. He returned a theft against South Dakota State 47 yards fora touchdown and also returned 13 punts an average of 15.5 yards, a school record. Jackson notched 42 total tackles (35 solo), forcedthree fumbles, intercepted two passes (one in first career game as a Mustang at San Diego State, returning it 46 yards) and 10 passbreakups as a freshman in 2008. Jackson rushed for 1,120 yards and passed for 963 more as a senior quarterback at Christian BrothersHigh in Sacramento. He averaged 8.97 yards per carry, completed 52 percent of his passes and accounted for 28 touchdowns.

Greg Francis, Safety, Senior, 6-1, 190, La Habra, CAFrancis recorded 12 tackles, all solo, intercepted a pass and broke up another in the end zone against North Dakota

to preserve Cal Poly’s 23-19 Great West win on Oct. 22. He has 49 tackles (39 solo), two interceptions and four breakupsfor the season and 177 tackles, eight interceptions and 14 pass breakups for his Mustang career. Francis started eightgames as a junior in the defensive secondary with 31 tackles (22 solo) and one interception. He played in all 11 gamesas a sophomore in the defensive secondary, primarily as a backup right safety, and recorded 32 tackles (18 solo) andthree interceptions, returning one for 60 yards and a touchdown against Ohio in the fourth quarter. Francis played in all11 games in 2008 as a redshirt freshman, starting the final 10 contests, and was second on the team with 65 total tack-les, including 42 solo stops. He also recovered three fumbles, returning them a total of 35 yards, including one 18-yardreturn in playoff game against Weber State, and intercepted two passes, both in the South Dakota State game. As a seniorat La Habra High School, Francis recorded 85 tackles and six interceptions, returning three of his thefts for touchdowns(69, 80 and 96 yards). He also returned three kicks for touchdowns — one punt and two kickoffs.


2011 Cal Poly Football Opponents Scoreboard(All Times Pacific)

SAN DIEGO STATE (4-3)Sept. 3 Cal Poly 49-21 WSept. 10 at Army 23-20 WSept. 17 Washington State 42-24 WSept. 24 at Michigan 7-28 LOct. 8 *TCU 14-27 LOct. 13 *at Air Force 41-27 WOct. 29 *Wyoming 27-30 LNov. 5 *New Mexico 5 p.m.Nov. 12 *at Colorado State 4 p.m.Nov. 19 *Boise State 5 p.m.Nov. 26 *at UNLV 7 p.m.Dec. 3 Fresno State 5 p.m.

*Mountain West Conference game

MONTANA (7-2)Sept. 3 at Tennessee 16-42 LSept. 10 Cal Poly 37-23 WSept. 17 *Eastern Washington 17-14 WSept. 24 *at Sacramento State 28-42 LOct. 1 *Northern Colorado 55-28 WOct. 8 *at Idaho State 33-0 WOct. 15 *Portland State 30-24 WOct. 22 *at Northern Arizona 28-24 WOct. 29 *Weber State 45-10 WNov. 5 Western Oregon 11:05 a.m.Nov. 12 ByeNov. 19 *at Montana State 11:05 a.m.

*Big Sky Conference game

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (3-6)Sept. 3 Southern Utah 29-28 WSept. 10 at Illinois 3-56 LSept. 17 at Cal Poly 14-48 LSept. 24 *at Illinois State 13-20 LOct. 1 *Indiana State 28-38 LOct. 8 *at Youngstown State 35-28 WOct. 15 *Northern Iowa 14-31 LOct. 22 *North Dakota State 14-38 LOct. 29 *at Missouri State 43-36 WNov. 5 *Southern Illinois 12 noonNov. 12 *at Western Illinois 11 a.m.

*Missouri Valley Conference game

NORTHERN ILLINOIS (5-3)Sept. 3 Army 49-26 WSept. 10 at Kansas 42-45 LSept. 17 vs. Wisconsin (@Chicago) 7-49 LSept. 24 Cal Poly 47-30 WOct. 1 *at Central Michigan 41-48 LOct. 8 *Kent State 40-10 WOct. 15 *Western Michigan 51-22 WOct. 22 *at Buffalo 31-30 WNov. 1 *at Toledo 4 p.m.Nov. 8 *at Bowling Green 5 p.m.Nov. 15 *Ball State 5 p.m.Nov. 25 *Eastern Michigan TBADec. 2 MAC Championship 4 p.m.

*Mid-American Conference game

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (2-7)Sept. 1 at North Alabama 10-31 LSept. 10 at Southeastern Oklahoma 23-30 LSept. 17 at Angelo State 0-20 LSept. 24 at Southwestern Oklahoma 20-27 LOct. 1 East Central 41-21 WOct. 8 at Cal Poly 25-44 LOct. 15 at Washburn 3-48 LOct. 22 Fort Hayes State 21-38 LOct. 27 Black Hills State 30-17 WNov. 5 Northeastern State 12 noonNov. 12 Lindenwood 12 noon

SOUTHERN UTAH (5-4)Sept. 3 at South Dakota State 28-29 LSept. 10 Sacramento State 35-14 WSept. 17 Texas-San Antonio 45-22 WSept. 24 at UNLV 41-16 WOct. 1 *North Dakota 20-26 LOct. 8 *at South Dakota 19-24 LOct. 15 *at Cal Poly 27-31 LOct. 22 at Weber State 35-28 WOct. 29 *UC Davis 34-3 WNov. 12 at Northern Iowa 6 p.m.Nov. 19 at Northern Arizona 2:05 p.m.

*Great West Conference game

NORTH DAKOTA (5-3)Sept. 1 Drake 16-0 WSept. 10 at Idaho 14-44 LSept. 17 at Fresno State 22-27 LSept. 24 Black Hills State 53-19 WOct. 1 *at Southern Utah 26-20 WOct. 8 Montana Western 42-9 WOct. 22 *Cal Poly 19-23 LOct. 29 at Northern Colorado 27-25 WNov. 5 Sioux Falls 11 a.m.Nov. 12 *at UC Davis 2 p.m.Nov. 19 *South Dakota 11 a.m.


SOUTH DAKOTA (5-4)Sept. 3 at Air Force 20-37 LSept. 10 Eastern Washington 30-17 WSept. 17 NW Oklahoma State 48-10 WSept. 24 at Wisconsin 10-59 LOct. 1 Lindenwood 30-0 WOct. 8 *Southern Utah 24-19 WOct. 15 at Illinois State 3-28 LOct. 22 *UC Davis 27-24 WOct. 29 *at Cal Poly 24-27 LNov. 12 Missouri S&T 10 a.m.Nov. 19 *at North Dakota 11 a.m.


UC DAVIS (2-6)Sept. 1 at Arizona State 14-48 LSept. 10 at Montana State 14-38 LSept. 17 San Diego 31-3 WSept. 24 at Hawai’i 14-56 LOct. 8 Humboldt State 17-23 LOct. 15 Texas-San Antonio 38-17 WOct. 22 *at South Dakota 24-27 LOct. 29 *at Southern Utah 3-34 LNov. 5 *Cal Poly 2 p.m.Nov. 12 *North Dakota 2 p.m.Nov. 19 at Sacramento State 1:05 p.m.

* Great West Conference game

EASTERN WASHINGTON (4-5)Sept. 3 at Washington 27-30 LSept. 10 at South Dakota 17-30 LSept. 17 *at Montana 14-17 LSept. 24 *Montana State 21-36 LOct. 1 *Weber State 27-21 WOct. 8 *at Northern Arizona 36-28 WOct. 15 *Northern Colorado 48-27 WOct. 22 *at Sacramento St. (OT) 42-35 WOct. 29 *Portland State 26-43 LNov. 12 at Cal Poly 6:05 p.m.Nov. 19 *at Idaho State 3:05 p.m.

*Big Sky Conference game

SOUTH ALABAMA (5-3)Sept. 1 West Alabama 20-10 WSept. 10 Lamar 30-8 WSept. 17 at North Carolina State 13-35 LSept. 24 at Kent State 25-33 LOct. 8 at Texas-San Antonio 30-27 WOct. 15 Tennessee-Martin 33-30 WOct. 22 at Georgia State (OT) 20-27 LOct. 29 Henderson State (Ark.) 28-3 WNov. 3 Mississippi Valley State 2 p.m.Nov. 19 Cal Poly 2 p.m.


Head Coach Tim WalshThird Year • UC Riverside ‘7716-14 at Cal Poly (Third Season) • 133-96 Overall (21st Season)

The Tim Walsh FileBirthdate: December 17, 1954Birthplace: San Francisco, CACollege: B.A., UC Riverside (1977)Family: Jody Walsh (wife)

and children Luke (31), Casey (26), Sean (24) and Megan (17)

Hometown: San Mateo, CA

Coaching Experience:

Cal Poly, 2009-PresentHead Coach (Third Season, 16-14)

U.S. Military Academy, 2007-08Offensive Coordinator (QBs)No. 9 in Rushing Offense, 2008Recruited in nine Western states

Portland State University, 1993-2006Head Coach (90-68 in 14 Seasons) Winningest Coach in School HistoryThree Division II Playoff AppearancesOne FCS Playoff Appearance (2000)1999 Eddie Robinson Award FinalistThree Walter Payton Award Finalists

Sonoma State University, 1989-92Head Coach (27-14 in Four Seasons)Winningest Coach in School HistoryOne NCAC Championship (1991)Two-Time NCAC Coach of the Year

Sonoma State University, 1987-88Offensive Coordinator (QBs)23 School Records Set on Offense

Santa Clara University, 1986Defensive Coordinator (LBs)

Moreau Catholic High School, 1981-85Head Coach

Serra (San Mateo) High School, 1977-80Assistant Coach

Tim Walsh, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the UnitedStates Military Academy in 2007 and 2008, was named Cal Poly’s 16th headfootball coach on Jan. 9, 2009, and, after guiding the Mustangs to a 4-7 markin his first campaign, turned it around for a 7-4 record in Season No. 2.

“Tim Walsh brings all of the qualities we were looking for in a head coachfor our football team,” Cal Poly director of athletics Alison Cone said. “He isa quality leader who understands the unique culture at Cal Poly. He knowshow to help young men reach their potential in the classroom, as citizens,

and on the football field. We had several outstanding applicants from which to choose, but I am thrilled wewere able to hire a person with such outstanding credentials to direct our program.”

Walsh replaced Rich Ellerson, the Mustangs’ head football coach for eight seasons. Ellerson left tobecome head coach at Army.

Walsh has compiled a 128-93 record in 20 seasons as a college head coach, including four years atSonoma State (27-14 from 1989-92), 14 more seasons at Portland State (90-68 from 1993-2006) and twoat Cal Poly (11-11 from 2009-10). He guided Sonoma State to the Northern California Athletic Conferencetitle in 1991 (ending UC Davis’ streak of 20 consecutive conference titles), a pair of NCAA Division II play-off berths while at Sonoma State and four more postseason berths while at Portland State.

“My goals are to continue to recruit student-athletes whose goals are to be the best they can be, bothin the class and on the field, and become quality young men,” Walsh said. “If we do that, winning won’t bea problem. This is an opportunity to build a great program and develop a great relationship between thecampus and the community at large.”

A charismatic speaker and motivator, Walsh guided Sonoma State to three winning seasons in fouryears at the helm of the Seawolves and 10 more above-.500 campaigns in his 14-year term at PortlandState. With the Vikings, Walsh coached 14 All-Americans and 11 Academic All-Americans.

Portland State joined the Big Sky Conference in 1996. During Walsh’s 11 seasons when the Vikingswere in the Big Sky, he coached players who earned 39 first-team All-Big Sky honors, 51 on the secondteam, 80 honorable mentions, 58 Academic All-Big Sky honorees, 59 Big Sky Players of the Week, 20national player of the week honorees, five Walter Payton Award finalists and one Buck Buchanan Awardfinalist.

Cal Poly’s 2009 squad posted a 4-1 record at home, finished No. 6 in the nation in punt returns (15.60),No. 11 in turnover margin (+1.00), 19th in rushing offense (178.45 yards per game) and 23rd in time ofpossession (31:22) and was ranked as high as No. 12 in the national polls. A total of 10 Mustangs earnedAll-Great West Conference first- or second-team honors, including first-teamers Jake Romanelli(Fullback), Ryan Shotwell (defensive end) and James Chen (defensive tackle).

Cal Poly’s 2010 squad also finished 4-1 at home en route to a 7-4 mark. The Mustangs earned sixcome-from-behind victories, split six games on a very difficult road schedule one year after going winless(0-6) and winning three straight games late in the year to put Cal Poly in a position to compete for a play-off berth.

Cal Poly’s triple-option offense finished fourth in the nation in rushing offense, averaging 252.91 yardsa game, and 14th in rushing defense, allowing only 106.82 yards a contest. The Mustangs also were No.3 in punt returns and No. 16 in both time of possession and sacks allowed. Cal Poly finished the 2010 sea-son with national rankings of No. 24 in The Sports Network/Fathead.com media poll and No. 23 in theFootball Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll. The Mustangs were ranked in the top 25 of both pollsfor the final 11 weeks of the regular season.

Senior linebacker Marty Mohamed was named Great West Conference Defensive Player of the Yearand five other Mustangs earned first-team all-conference honors. In addition, Mohamed and Chen werenamed to the FCS Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team. Chen also was named to theGreat West All-Academic Team for the third straight year and earned a $7,500 NCAA PostgraduateScholarship. Five other Mustangs landed on the Great West All-Academic Team.

Cornerback Asa Jackson earned a spot on The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS All-American thirdteam while slotback Mark Rodgers landed on the Associated Press FCS All-American third team as an all-purpose player. Offensive guard Will Mitchell was selected to Phil Steele’s FCS Postseason All-AmericanFourth Team.

A Serra High School (San Mateo, Calif.) graduate, Walsh played football at UC Riverside in the mid-1970s as a backup quarterback and earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1977.

He began his coaching career at his high school alma mater, Serra, spending four years (1977-80) asan 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 coor-dinator at Santa Clara for one season.

In 1987 and 1988, Walsh was offensive coordinator at Sonoma State before becoming head coach ofthe Seawolves (then the Cossacks) in 1989. His first season in Rohnert Park produced a 4-6 mark, butWalsh guided Sonoma State to 7-3, 9-2 and 7-3 records in his final three years there.

Walsh embarked upon a 14-year head coaching career at Portland State in 1993, guiding the Vikingsto NCAA Division II playoff berths each of his first three seasons.

Portland State elevated its athletics program to Division I in 1996 and, though the Vikings struggled inthe first three years at that level, there was steady progression -- from 3-8 to 4-7 and 5-6. The 1999 Vikingteam began a string of seven winning campaigns in eight seasons, including a Football ChampionshipSubdivision (formerly Division I-AA) playoff berth in 2000.

Walsh piloted Portland State to a quartet of second-place finishes in the Big Sky along with a third andthree fourth-place finishes. In 14 seasons at the helm, Walsh’s Vikings were 62-21 at home. He earnedtwo wins against FBS schools -- Hawaii in 2001 and New Mexico in 2006 -- and was 3-0 against Cal Polywhile at Portland State along with a 2-1 mark against the Mustangs while at Sonoma State.

Walsh was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award (FCS Coach of the Year) in 1999In 2008, Walsh’s second season at Army, the Black Knights finished ninth in the Football Bowl

Subdivision in rushing offense (241.42 yards per game), fourth in sacks allowed (1.00) and 15th in time ofpossession (31:45).

While at Army, Walsh’s recruiting responsibilities included nine Western states.Walsh and his wife, Jody, have four children: Luke (31), Casey (26), Sean (24) and Megan (17).

Cal PolyDominique Johnson,

MinnesotaArmyNonePortland StateHerman Smith,

Tampa BayDarick Holmes,

Buffalo/IndianapolisJames Hundon, CincinnatiSammie Burroughs,

Indianapolis

Paul Bradford, S.D./Minn.Tony Curtis, DallasTerry Charles, S.D./HoustonShaun Bodiford,

Green Bay/NY GiantsJordan Senn,

IndianapolisAdam Hayward,

Tampa BayDarren Heerspink, MiamiSonoma StateLarry Allen,

Dallas/San Francisco

Former Walsh Players in National Football League


The Last Time It Happened ...A shutout was recorded

CP - vs. Savannah State, 55-0 (11/18/06)

Opp - at Nevada, 63-0 (11/14/98)

There was a tie game

CP - at UC Davis, 31-31 (10/10/92)

The game went into overtime

CP - vs. Wisconsin, 36-35 L 1 OT (11/22/08)

A safety was recorded

CP - vs. McNeese State (9/25/10)

Opp - by Central Oklahoma (10/8/11)

An interception was returned for a touchdown

CP - Asa Jackson vs. Central Oklahoma (10/8/11)

52 yards

Opp - Dametrius Turner of South Dakota (11/6/10)

40 yards

A punt was returned for a touchdown

CP - Tredale Tolver vs. Wisconsin (11/22/08)

40 yards

Opp - Eddie Thompson of Idaho State (10/27/07)

78 yards

A kickoff was returned for a touchdown

CP - Darrell Jones vs. Southern Utah (10/12/02)

98 yards

Opp - Jabin Sambrano of Montana (9/10/11)

96 yards

A fumble was recovered for a touchdown

CP - Kenny Jackson vs. Dixie State (10/24/09)

32 yards

Opp - Jonathan Faraimo of Humboldt State (9/4/10)

29 yards

There was a blocked punt

CP - Ryan Taylor vs. Dixie State (10/24/09)

Opp - by Courtney Stephen, Northern Illinois (9/24/11)

There was a blocked field goal

CP - Mark Restelli vs. Western Oregon (9/22/07)

Opp - by Tucker Cason, Central Oklahoma (10/8/11)

An individual rushed for 100 or more yards

CP - Jake Romanelli vs. Southern Utah (10/15/11)

101 yards

Opp - Mark Rodgers vs. Central Oklahoma (10/8/11)

107 yards

Opp - Chandler Harnish of Northern Illinois (9/24/11)

118 yards

An individual rushed for over 200 yards

CP - Mark Rodgers vs. South Dakota (11/6/10)

235 yards

Opp - Cory Koenig of South Dakota State (10/20/07)

259 yards

An individual passed for over 300 yards

CP - Jonathan Dally vs. Weber State (9/15/07)

328 yards

Opp - Thomas O’Brien of South Dakota State (9/17/11)

376 yards

An individual passed for over 400 yards

CP - Tony Smith vs. South Dakota (11/14/09)

407 yards

Opp - Noah Shepard of South Dakota (11/14/09)

413 yards

A team scored over 50 points

CP - vs. UC Davis, 51-28 (11/15/08)

Opp - North Dakota State, 51-14 (11/11/06)

A team scored 20 or more points in a quarter

CP - 20 (4th) vs. Central Oklahoma (10/8/11)

Opp - 21 (2nd) by Northern Illinois (9/24/11)

A team overcame a halftime deficit and won

CP - vs. South Dakota (trailed 17-0 and won 27-24

(10/29/11)

Opp - Montana (trailed 17-14) and won 37-23

(9/10/11)

A team won after trailing at end of three quarters

CP - Trailed South Dakota 17-10 and won 27-24

(10/29/11)

Opp - UC Davis (trailed 21-3) and won 22-21

(11/13/10)


2011 Cal Poly Pronunciation Guide

2011 Cal Poly Travel Roster -- UC Davis Game

No. Name Pos. Pronunciation1 Mark Rodgers . . . . . . . . . . . . .SB2 Asa Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CB A-suh3 Andre Broadous . . . . . . . . . . .QB BROAD-us4 Doug Shumway . . . . . . . . . . .QB SHUM-way4 Nico Molino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB5 Kristaan Ivory . . . . . . . . . . . . .SB CHRIS-stan6 Kenny Johnston . . . . . . . . . . .QB6 Bijon Samoodi . . . . . . . . . . . .CB Bee-JOHN Suh-MOO-dee7 Willie Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR8 Jarred Houston . . . . . . . . . . .WR9 Chris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB9 Kennith Jackson . . . . . . . . . . .LB

10 Deonte Williams . . . . . . . . . . .SB11 Johnny Millard . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Mill-ARD12 Kevin Britt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR13 David Mahr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SB MARR14 Xavier Ramos . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB ZAVE-ee-er RAH-mose16 Logan Budd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S17 Matthew Reza . . . . . . . . . . . .DB REE-zuh18 Ryan Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR19 Brandon Michalkiewicz . . . . .WR Mi-CHALK-eh-witz19 Dylan Mohamed . . . . . . . . . . .DB Moe-HAH-med20 Justin Webber . . . . . . . . . . . .DB21 Chris Fletcher . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB22 Chris Nicholls . . . . . . . . . . .WR/P23 Dave Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB24 Austin Mahr . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SB MARR25 Ryan Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . .SB25 Karlton Dennis . . . . . . . . . . . .DB26 Vante Smith-Johnson . . . . . . .DB VAN-tay27 Cole Stanford . . . . . . . . . . . . .SB27 Bismark Navarro . . . . . . . . . . .DB28 Roland Jackson Jr. . . . . . . . .WR29 Kenny Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . .SB29 Andrew Caviglia . . . . . . . . . . .LB Ka-VEE-ya30 Andrew Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . .DB31 Brandon Howe . . . . . . . . . . . .FB32 Angel Morales . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S33 Gavin Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL34 Jake Romanelli . . . . . . . . . . . .FB Rome-uh-NELL-ee35 Garrett Steele . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB35 Jordan Williams . . . . . . . . . . .DB36 Greg Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S37 Quentin Greenlaw . . . . . . . . . .FB37 Kyle Maddux . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB 38 Matt Vinal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB VIN-yall39 Darryl Williams . . . . . . . . . . . .CB40 Brent Michaels . . . . . . . . . . . .SB40 Max Schulz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB41 Nick Dzubnar . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Duh-ZOOB-narr42 Tu’uta Inoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE Two-Ooh-tuh Ih-NO-key43 Matthew Rulon . . . . . . . . . . . .FB RUE-lawn44 Chris Judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB46 Trevor Weis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB Wise47 Akaninyene Umoh . . . . . . . . .SB Ah-kuh-KNEE-uh-nay OOH-moe

No. Name Pos. Pronunciation48 Paul Hundley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K49 Joe Brum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL BRUHM (rhymes with rum)50 Troy Shotwell . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL52 Lefi Letuligasenoa . . . . . . . . .OL LEFF-ee LeTU-lee-yah-se-NO-uh53 Grant Goebel . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Go-BELL54 Karl Winkelman . . . . . . . . . . .DE55 Stash McGuinness . . . . . . . . .DL56 Joe Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL56 Chris Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . .DL57 Dylan Gutierrez . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Goo-tee-AIR-ez58 Korben Boaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL BOZE (rhymes with boat)59 Maurice McClure . . . . . . . . . .OL60 Brock Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL61 Sam Kenney . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL62 Michael Freeman . . . . . . . . . .OL63 Patrick Bashforth . . . . . . . . . .OL64 Geoff Hyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL65 Connor Odisio . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL Oh-DEE-see-oh66 Michael Santini . . . . . . . . . . . .LB67 Matt Duffy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL68 Weston Walker . . . . . . . . . . . .OL69 EJ Galvez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL70 Giovanni Sani . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL SAW-knee71 Brett Darragh . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL DARE-uh71 Amir Tadros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL Uh-MEER TAD-rose72 Andrew Alcaraz . . . . . . . . . . . .DL AL-kuh-razz73 Marcus Paige-Allen . . . . . . . . .DL74 Art Munoz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL MOON-yose75 Scott Winnewisser . . . . . . . . .OL Win-nuh-WISS-er76 Kyle Zottneck . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL77 Stephen Sippel . . . . . . . . . . . .OL SIP-pell78 Tom Hickel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL79 Shawn Swanson . . . . . . . . . . .OL80 Josh Swaney . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR SWAY-knee81 Jordan Hines . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR82 Nathanael Petrey . . . . . . . . . .WR PEE-tree83 Blake Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SB83 Tyler Perkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE84 Lance Castaneda . . . . . . . . .WR CAST-uh-nay-duh85 Brandon Roberts . . . . . . . . . .DE86 James Langford . . . . . . . . . . . .K87 Nick Moyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB88 Marco Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB89 Chris Urell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB You-RELL90 Kyle Mohamed . . . . . . . . . . . .LB Moe-HAH-med91 Matt Singletary . . . . . . . . . . . .DL92 Matt Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE93 Eric Kister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL94 Sullivan Grosz . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL GROSS95 Keaton Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB96 Nick Leyden . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL LIE-den97 Kevin Hess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL98 Kyle Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL99 Erich Klemme . . . . . . . . . . . . .DL KLEM-mee

No. Name Pos.1 Mark Rodgers SB2 Asa Jackson CB3 Andre Broadous QB4 Doug Shumway QB4 Nico Molino DB5 Kristaan Ivory SB6 Bijon Samoodi CB7 Willie Tucker WR8 Jarred Houston SB9 Kennith Jackson LB

10 Deonte Williams SB11 Johnny Millard LB12 Kevin Britt DB13 David Mahr SB14 Xavier Ramos LB

No. Name Pos.18 Ryan Taylor WR19 Brandon MichalkiewiczWR20 Justin Webber DB21 Chris Fletcher DB22 Chris Nicholls WR26 Vante Smith-Johnson DB27 Cole Stanford SB29 Kenny Mitchell SB32 Angel Morales S33 Gavin Cooper DE34 Jake Romanelli FB35 Jordan Williams DB36 Greg Francis S37 Quentin Greenlaw FB40 Max Schulz LB

No. Name Pos.41 Nick Dzubnar LB43 Matt Rulon FB44 Chris Judge LB46 Trevor Weis DB47 Akaninyene Umoh SB48 Paul Hundley P50 Troy Shotwell DL52 Lefi Letuligasenoa OL54 Karl Winkelman DE56 Chris Lawrence DL59 Maurice McClure OL62 Michael Freeman OL64 Geoff Hyde OL70 Giovanni Sani OL72 Andrew Alcaraz DL

No. Name Pos.74 Art Munoz OL75 Scott Winnewisser OL80 Josh Swaney WR83 Blake Page SB84 Lance Castaneda WR85 Brandon Roberts DE86 James Langford K90 Kyle Mohamed LB91 Matt Singletary DL92 Matt Sullivan DL94 Sullivan Grosz DL95 Keaton Taylor LB97 Kevin Hess DL98 Kyle Murphy DL99 Erich Klemme DL

Tentative -- Subject to Change


2011 Cal Poly Football Statistics -- Oct. 29, 2011 (Eight Games)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTENDSept, 3 at San Diego State L 21-49 34,384Sept. 10 at Montana L 23-37 25,855Sept. 17 South Dakota State W 48-14 11,075Sept. 24 at Northern Illinois L 30-47 14,321Oct. 1 ByeOct. 8 Central Oklahoma W 44-25 7,426Oct. 15 *Southern Utah W 31-27 8,232

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTENDOct. 22 *at North Dakota W 23-19 9,930Oct. 29 *South Dakota W 27-24 10,557Nov. 5 *at UC DavisNov. 12 Eastern WashingtonNov. 19 at South Alabama

* Great West Conference game

CP OPPSCORING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247 242

Points Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.9 30.2FIRST DOWNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174 170

Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 64Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 92Penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 14

RUSHING YARDAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998 1118Yards gained rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2221 1290Yards lost rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 172Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468 288Average Per Rush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.3 3.9Average Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249.8 139.8TDs Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 10

PASSING YARDAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1031 2134Comp-Att-Int . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-139-0 176-299-8Average Per Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.4 7.1Average Per Catch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.7 12.1Average Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128.9 266.8TDs Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 18

TOTAL OFFENSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3029 3252Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607 587Average Per Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.0 5.5Average Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378.6 406.5

KICK RETURNS: #-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . .35-732 44-840PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . .14-144 8-48INT RETURNS: #-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-267 0-0

CP OPPKICK RETURN AVERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.9 19.1PUNT RETURN AVERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . .10.3 6.0INT RETURN AVERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33.4 0.0FUMBLES-LOST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-9 5-3PENALTIES-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49-444 51-469

Average Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55.5 58.6PUNTS-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-1508 42-1727

Average Per Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.7 41.1Net punt average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35.8 36.3

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game . . . . . . . . 29:09 30:473RD-DOWN Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . .45/124 57/126

3rd-Down Pct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36% 45%4TH-DOWN Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14/20 4/10

4th-Down Pct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70% 40%SACKS BY-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-112 12-64MISC YARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 30FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS . . . . . . . . . . . .11-15 10-11ON-SIDE KICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 1-1RED-ZONE SCORES . . . . . . . . . . .(27-31) 87% (27-30) 90%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS . . . . . .(22-31) 71% (18-30) 60%PAT-ATTEMPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(28-29) 97% (26-27) 96%

ATTENDANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37290 84490Games/Avg Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4/9322 4/21122Neutral Site Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0/0

RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GJake Romanelli 8 151 733 2 731 4.8 6 23 91.4Andre Broadous 8 138 622 85 537 3.9 13 44 67.1Mark Rodgers 7 81 423 15 408 5.0 1 27 58.3Deonte Williams 7 48 207 19 188 3.9 1 18 26.9Akaninyene Umoh 8 18 77 13 64 3.6 0 11 8.0David Mahr 8 13 62 5 57 4.4 0 8 7.1Jarred Houston 8 4 49 8 41 10.2 0 17 5.1Doug Shumway 8 5 31 0 31 6.2 0 18 3.9Kristaan Ivory 8 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 10 1.5Matt Rulon 3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 1.7Paul Hundley 8 1 0 14 -14 -14.0 0 0 -1.8TEAM 6 6 0 62 -62 -10.3 0 0 -10.3Total.......... 8 468 2221 223 1998 4.3 21 44 249.8Opponents...... 8 288 1290 172 1118 3.9 10 41 139.8

PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GAndre Broadous 8 131.67 74-127-0 58.3 874 6 69 109.2Doug Shumway 8 93.60 3-5-0 60.0 20 0 13 2.5Mark Rodgers 7 355.07 2-3-0 66.7 103 0 52 14.7David Mahr 8 407.80 2-2-0 100.0 34 1 26 4.2Kristaan Ivory 8 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0TEAM 6 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total.......... 8 137.20 81-139-0 58.3 1031 7 69 128.9Opponents...... 8 133.33 176-299-8 58.9 2134 18 59 266.8

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GLance Castaneda 8 15 168 11.2 0 52 21.0Jake Romanelli 8 13 116 8.9 2 38 14.5Willie Tucker 8 11 222 20.2 0 51 27.8Mark Rodgers 7 11 134 12.2 2 69 19.1Chris Nicholls 6 7 56 8.0 0 14 9.3Brandon Michalkiewicz 8 6 98 16.3 0 49 12.2Deonte Williams 7 5 28 5.6 0 9 4.0Akaninyene Umoh 8 4 76 19.0 1 35 9.5David Mahr 8 4 51 12.8 0 41 6.4Jarred Houston 8 3 66 22.0 2 34 8.2Kristaan Ivory 8 1 8 8.0 0 8 1.0Andre Broadous 8 1 8 8.0 0 8 1.0Total.......... 8 81 1031 12.7 7 69 128.9Opponents...... 8 176 2134 12.1 18 59 266.8

OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL *GREAT WEST5-3 4-0 1-3 0-0 3-0

Team Statistics

Individual Statistics


2011 Cal Poly Football Statistics -- Oct. 29, 2011 (Eight Games)|------ PATs ------|

SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsAndre Broadous 13 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-1 0 0 78James Langford 0 11-15 28-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 61Jake Romanelli 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48Mark Rodgers 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Jarred Houston 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Asa Jackson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Deonte Williams 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Bijon Samoodi 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Akaninyene Umoh 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total.......... 31 11-15 28-29 0-1 0 0-1 0 0 247Opponents...... 30 10-11 26-27 1-2 1 1-1 0 1 242

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdPaul Hundley 38 1487 39.1 54 5 12 9 1TEAM 0 21 0.0 21 0 0 0 0Total.......... 38 1508 39.7 54 5 12 9 1Opponents...... 42 1727 41.1 68 3 10 6 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLnJames Langford 49 3005 61.3 3 2Total.......... 49 3005 61.3 3 2 840 43.0 27Opponents...... 46 2798 60.8 4 1 732 43.2 26

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongGreg Francis 8 67 8.4 0 44Asa Jackson 5 77 15.4 0 23Keaton Taylor 1 0 0.0 0 0Total.......... 14 144 10.3 0 44Opponents...... 8 48 6.0 0 18

KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongMark Rodgers 19 401 21.1 0 32Asa Jackson 10 218 21.8 0 30Brandon Michalkiewicz 4 61 15.2 0 18Jarred Houston 2 52 26.0 0 29Total.......... 35 732 20.9 0 32Opponents...... 44 840 19.1 2 96

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongGreg Francis 2 19 9.5 0 19Asa Jackson 2 152 76.0 2 100Bijon Samoodi 1 46 46.0 1 46Kennith Jackson 1 10 10.0 0 10Angel Morales 1 30 30.0 0 30Nick Dzubnar 1 10 10.0 0 10Total.......... 8 267 33.4 3 100Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongNoneTotal.......... 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GMark Rodgers 7 408 134 0 401 0 943 134.7Jake Romanelli 8 731 116 0 0 0 847 105.9Andre Broadous 8 537 8 0 0 0 545 68.1Asa Jackson 7 0 0 77 218 152 447 63.9Willie Tucker 8 0 222 0 0 0 222 27.8Deonte Williams 7 188 28 0 0 0 216 30.9Lance Castaneda 8 0 168 0 0 0 168 21.0Jarred Houston 8 41 66 0 52 0 159 19.9Brandon Michalkiewicz 8 0 98 0 61 0 159 19.9Akaninyene Umoh 8 64 76 0 0 0 140 17.5David Mahr 8 57 51 0 0 0 108 13.5Greg Francis 8 0 0 67 0 19 86 10.8Chris Nicholls 6 0 56 0 0 0 56 9.3Bijon Samoodi 8 0 0 0 0 46 46 5.8Doug Shumway 8 31 0 0 0 0 31 3.9Angel Morales 8 0 0 0 0 30 30 3.8Kristaan Ivory 8 12 8 0 0 0 20 2.5Nick Dzubnar 8 0 0 0 0 10 10 1.2Kennith Jackson 8 0 0 0 0 10 10 1.2Matt Rulon 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 1.7Paul Hundley 8 -14 0 0 0 0 -14 -1.8TEAM 6 -62 0 0 0 0 -62 -10.3Total.......... 8 1998 1031 144 732 267 4172 521.5Opponents...... 8 1118 2134 48 840 0 4140 517.5

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GAndre Broadous 8 265 537 874 1411 176.4Jake Romanelli 8 151 731 0 731 91.4Mark Rodgers 7 84 408 103 511 73.0Deonte Williams 7 48 188 0 188 26.9David Mahr 8 15 57 34 91 11.4Akaninyene Umoh 8 18 64 0 64 8.0Doug Shumway 8 10 31 20 51 6.4Jarred Houston 8 4 41 0 41 5.1Kristaan Ivory 8 3 12 0 12 1.5Matt Rulon 3 1 5 0 5 1.7Paul Hundley 8 1 -14 0 -14 -1.8TEAM 6 7 -62 0 -62 -10.3Total.......... 8 607 1998 1031 3029 378.6Opponents...... 8 587 1118 2134 3252 406.5


2011 Cal Poly Football Statistics -- Oct. 29, 2011 (Eight Games)

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalCal Poly 33 68 68 78 0 247Opponents 67 75 32 68 0 242

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg BlkJames Langford 11-15 73.3 0-0 1-1 6-8 3-4 1-2 50 1

FG SEQUENCE CAL POLY OPPONENTSSan Diego State - 46Montana (38),(36),(50) -South Dakota State 51 -Northern Illinois 33,(33) (22),(44)Central Oklahoma (49),31 (35)Southern Utah (33),46 (33),(34)

FG SEQUENCE CAL POLY OPPONENTSNorth Dakota (47),(36),(43) (18),(48),(28),(30)South Dakota (22),(39) (22)UC DavisEastern WashingtonSouth Alabama

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made

DEFENSE |-------Tackles-------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| BlkNO. PLAYER GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf11 Johnny Millard 8 42 26 68 6.5-14 . . 2 1 . . . .

9 Kennith Jackson 8 35 26 61 5.0-9 . 1-10 7 . 1-0 . . .36 Greg Francis 8 39 10 49 . . 2-19 4 . . . . .

6 Bijon Samoodi 8 24 16 40 2.0-7 1-6 1-46 2 . . . . .2 Asa Jackson 7 25 15 40 0.5-2 . 2-152 6 . . . . .

32 Angel Morales 8 21 18 39 . . 1-30 2 . 1-0 1 . .94 Sullivan Grosz 8 26 11 37 11.0-53 6-41 . 1 5 . . . .26 Vante Smith-Johnson 8 21 9 30 1.0-1 . . 5 . . . . .99 Erich Klemme 8 14 12 26 1.5-3 . . 1 4 . . . .98 Kyle Murphy 8 13 9 22 5.5-45 6-45 . 3 8 . 2 . .40 Max Schulz 8 9 12 21 3.5-6 1-1 . 1 2 . . . .85 Brandon Roberts 8 10 5 15 3.0-4 1-1 . 4 3 . . . .27 Cole Stanford 8 7 6 13 . . . . . . . . .97 Kevin Hess 8 6 6 12 1.5-2 . . 2 3 . . 1 .91 Matt Singletary 7 6 4 10 1.0-1 . . . 1 . . . .95 Keaton Taylor 8 6 3 9 . . . . . . . . .

4 Nico Molino 4 5 3 8 . . . 3 . . . . .50 Troy Shotwell 8 5 2 7 1.0-4 . . . 3 . . . .41 Nick Dzubnar 8 5 1 6 1.0-1 . 1-10 . . . . . .

5 Kristaan Ivory 8 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . .46 Trevor Weis 6 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .35 Jordan Williams 6 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .44 Chris Judge 8 4 1 5 1.0-1 . . . . . . . .14 Xavier Ramos 7 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .33 Gavin Cooper 3 1 3 4 2.0-18 3-18 . . 2 . . . .47 Akaninyene Umoh 8 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .92 Matt Sullivan 5 1 2 3 1.0-2 . . . 1 . . . .38 Justin Webber 4 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .72 Andrew Alcaraz 6 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .56 Chris Lawrence 8 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .83 Blake Page 4 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .12 Kevin Britt 6 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .49 Joe Brum 4 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .37 Quentin Greenlaw 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .90 Kyle Mohamed 8 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .TM TEAM 6 1 . 1 1.0-1 . . . . . . . .

Total.......... 8 345 222 567 49-174 16-112 8-267 43 33 2-0 3 1 .Opponents...... 8 - - - - 12-64 . 15 5 9-0 8 2 1


Game 1San Diego State 49, Cal Poly 21September 3, 2011Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA Attn: 34,384

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Senior quarterback Ryan Lindley threw fourtouchdown passes and sophomore running back Ronnie Hillmanrushed for 189 yards and two more scores as San Diego State beatCal Poly 49-21 in the season opener at Qualcomm Stadium.

Lindley completed 15 of 27 passes for 203 yards, including twoscoring tosses to Dylan Denso and one each to Gavin Escobar andColin Lockett, as the Aztecs snapped a two-game losing streakagainst the Mustangs, avenging 16-14 and 29-27 setbacks in 2006and 2008, respectively.

San Diego State scored the first two touchdowns of the game andnever looked back. Cal Poly closed the gap to 14-7 and 21-14 beforethe Aztecs scored three unanswered touchdowns to pull away.

Lockett capped the scoring with a 94-yard kickoff return with 6:30to play in the game, the first kickoff return for a touchdown given upby Cal Poly since 2007.

Trailing 14-0 after one quarter, Cal Poly put together an 80-yardnine-play drive, getting on the scoreboard on the first play of the sec-ond quarter on a three-yard run around left end by Mark Rodgers.

After San Diego State rebuilt its 14-point cushion, Cal Poly ans-wered with a 17-yard run by senior fullback Jake Romanelli with 6:20to go in the second quarter. Key play in that 74-yard drive was a 52-yard halfback pass from Rodgers to freshman wide receiver LanceCastaneda. The Mustangs trailed 21-14, but could get no closer.

Cal Poly’s final score was a two-yard run by quarterback AndreBroadous with 6:43 to play in the game. Broadous hit wide receiverBrandon Michalkiewicz with a 49-yard pass to set up the score.

San Diego State produced a 492-284 advantage in total offenseand 22-12 in first downs. With his 189 yards, Hillman was the firstopponent to crack the 100-yard mark in rushing against Cal Polysince the 2009 season.

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreCal Poly 0 14 0 7 21San Diego State 14 14 7 14 49Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter12:01 SDS Hillman 2 run (Perez kick) 7 02:31 SDS Escobar 4 pass from Lindley (Perez kick) 14 0Second Quarter14:56 CP Rodgers 3 run (Langford kick) 14 78:30 SDS Denso 3 pass from Lindley (Perez kick) 21 76:20 CP Romanelli 17 run (Langford kick) 21 143:29 SDS Denso 33 pass from Lindley (Perez kick) 28 14Third Quarter1:21 SDS Lockett 18 pass from Lindley (Perez kick) 35 14Fourth Quarter8:45 SDS Hillman 27 run (Perez kick) 42 146:43 CP Broadous 2 run (Langford kick) 42 216:30 SDS Lockett 94 kickoff return (Perez kick) 49 21Team Statistics

CP SDSFirst Downs 12 22Rushes - Yards 46-137 49-289Passing Yards 147 203Passes 7-14-0 15-28-0Total Offense Plays - Yards 60-284 77-492Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns -Yards 1-5 2-17Kickoff Returns -Yards 6-162 4-143Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punts - Average 10-38.7 6-42.2Fumbles -Lost 3-1 0-0Penalties -Yards 7-65 5-40Possession Time 23:52 36:08Sacks By: Number -Yards 0-0 2-14Individual StatisticsRushing:

CP - Rodgers 12-51, Romanelli 7-35, Broadous 13-20, D.Williams 5-16,D.Mahr 4-14, Umoh 4-2, Team 1-(-1)

SDS - Hillman 28-189, Kazee 15-82, Garrett 5-17, Lindley 1-1Passing:

CP - Broadous 6-13-0, 95; Rodgers 1-1-0, 52SDS - Lindley 15-27-0, 203; Dingwell 0-1-0, 0

Receiving:CP - Castaneda 2-63, Michalkiewicz 2-54, Nicholls 2-27, Romanelli 1-3SDS - Denso 4-66, Escobar 4-36, Lockett 3-82, Hillman 2-2

Tackles:CP - Millard 6-2-8, KJackson 5-2-7, AJackson 5-1-6, Francis 5-1-6SDS - Burris 5-1-6, Fely 4-2-6, Long 4-1-5, Parker 4-0-4, Andrews 3-1-4

Game 2Montana 37, Cal Poly 23September 10, 2011Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, MT Attn: 25,855

MISSOULA, MT -- Sophomore quarterback Jordan Johnsonpassed for 240 yards, two touchdowns and a two-point conversionand also ran for two points as No. 15 Montana rallied from a 20-14third-quarter deficit to beat Cal Poly 37-23.

Mustang sophomore placekicker James Langford kicked threefield goals, including a 50-yarder that gave Cal Poly a 23-21 leadwith 4:21 left in the third quarter. It was Cal Poly's second-longestfield goal since moving to Division I in 1994. Alan Beilke kicked a 54-yarder against Western Illinois in 1996.

Montana, however, scored a pair of touchdowns on a four-yardpass from Johnson to Kavario Middleton and a one-yard dive by DanMoore that capped a game-clinching 90-yard drive. That marchincluded six third-down plays, all converted for first downs by theGrizzlies.

Cal Poly led 17-14 at halftime on a four-yard run by senior full-back Jake Romanelli, a 38-yard field goal by Langford and a one-yard dive by junior quarterback Andre Broadous.

A 35-yard field goal by Langford less than five minutes into thethird period gave Cal Poly a 20-14 lead, but Montana outscored theMustangs 23-3 the rest of the way.

Romanelli finished two yards shy of his second career 100-yardgame rushing, netting 98 yards on 20 carries. Broadous added 90yards on 22 trips, Mark Rodgers gained 52 yards on 10 carries andDeonte Williams added 46 yards on seven trips.

Broadous completed nine of 13 passes for 67 yards and hisfavorite targets were Rodgers with three catches and true freshmanWillie Tucker with two receptions.

For the second straight game, linebacker Johnny Millard was CalPoly’s top tackler, recording 10 stops. Kennith Jackson and AngelMorales each added nine tackles.

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreCal Poly 10 7 6 0 23Montana 7 7 15 8 37Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter14:49 UM Sambrano 96 kickoff return (McKnight kick) 0 79:02 CP Romanelli 4 run (Langford kick) 7 72:54 CP FG Langford 38 10 7Second Quarter9:51 UM Moore 4 run (McKnight kick) 10 140:05 CP Broadous 1 run (Langford kick) 17 14Third Quarter10:19 CP FG Langford 36 20 148:39 UM Sambrano 58 pass from JJohnson (McKnight kick) 20 214:21 CP FG Langford 50 23 210:58 UM Middleton 4 pass from JJohnson (JJohnson run) 23 29Fourth Quarter8:30 UM Moore 1 run (Middleton pass from JJohnson) 23 37Team Statistics

CP UMFirst Downs 22 22Rushes - Yards 64-265 35-116Passing Yards 67 240Passes 9-15-0 25-39-0Total Offense Plays - Yards 79-332 74-356Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns -Yards 3-61 1-9Kickoff Returns -Yards 6-125 6-171Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punts - Average 3-44.3 4-52.5Fumbles -Lost 3-2 0-0Penalties -Yards 5-35 5-50Possession Time 33:37 26:23Sacks By: Number -Yards 0-0 1-2Individual StatisticsRushing:

CP - Romanelli 20-98, Broadous 22-90, Rodgers 10-52, DWilliams 7-46,Umoh 3-9, Team 2-(-30)

UM - JJohnson 10-54, Moore 13-30, Nguyen 6-25, Canada 5-8, Team 1-(-1)Passing:

CP - Broadous 9-13-0, 67; Rodgers 0-1-0, 0; Team 0-1-0, 0UM - JJohnson 25-39-0, 240

Receiving:CP - Rodgers 3-(-5), Tucker 2-56, Nicholls 1-8, DWilliams 1-3, DMahr 1-3,

Romanelli 1-2UM - Sambrano 5-70, Hardy 4-22, Atkins 3-28, Nguyen 3-26, Moore 3-13

Tackles:CP - Millard 2-8-10, KJackson 3-6-9, Morales 3-6-9, Grosz 3-4-7UM - McSurdy 5-12-17, Shaw 1-10-11, McCord 3-7-10, Waldhauser 0-10-10


Game 3Cal Poly 48, South Dakota State 14September 17, 2011Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 11,075

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Senior cornerback Asa Jacksonreturned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown while juniorquarterback Andre Broadous ran for two touchdowns and threw fortwo more scores as Cal Poly opened the home portion of its 2011schedule with a 48-14 victory over South Dakota State.

Jackson’s seventh career interception and second return for ascore gave the Cal Poly (1-2) football team, presented by FrenchHospital Medical Center, a 41-14 advantage late in the third quarter.The Buck Buchanan Award candidate as the best defensive playerin the Football Championship Subdivision also returned a theft 47yards for a touchdown against South Dakota State (1-2) in 2009.

Broadous, in his first career start at home following six starts onthe road over the last two seasons, completed 12 of 16 passes fora career-high 213 yards, including scoring strikes of 29 yards tosenior wide receiver Jarred Houston in the opening six minutes ofthe game and a 69-yarder over the middle to senior slotback MarkRodgers early in the second period.

Broadous also ran 23 yards for a touchdown eight seconds intothe second quarter and plunged one yard for another score early inthe third period, finishing with 69 yards on 13 trips. Fullback JakeRomanelli reached the 100-yard mark in rushing for the second timein his career, netting exactly 100 yards on 17 carries and scoringonce on an 11-yard run, Cal Poly’s final score of the game.

The two teams combined for 967 yards of total offense and 50first downs. Cal Poly had a slight advantage in both departments –522-445 in yards and 27-23 in first downs – but South Dakota Stateamassed 407 yards through the air while the Mustang defense heldthe Jackrabbits to just 38 yards on the ground.

Samoodi led Cal Poly defensively with 11 tackles. Cal Polynotched its first five sacks of the year, with Kyle Murphy recordingthree and Sullivan Grosz getting the other two.

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreSouth Dakota State 7 0 7 0 14Cal Poly 7 20 14 7 48Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter9:12 CP Houston 29 pass from Broadous (Langford kick) 0 71:50 SDS Zenner 36 pass from O’Brien (Harris kick) 7 7Second Quarter14:52 CP Broadous 23 run (Langford kick) 7 1411:32 CP Rodgers 69 pass from Broadous (Langford kick) 7 214:07 CP Samoodi 46 interception return (kick failed) 7 28Third Quarter12:39 CP Broadous 1 run (Langford kick) 7 349:24 SDS Schneider 6 pass from O’Brien (Harris kick) 14 344:05 CP AJackson 100 interception return (Langford kick) 14 41Fourth Quarter14:46 CP Romanelli 11 run (Langford kick) 14 48Team Statistics

SDS CPFirst Downs 23 27Rushes - Yards 38-28 55-289Passing Yards 407 233Passes 31-48-3 15-21-0Total Offense Plays - Yards 76-445 76-522Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns -Yards 2-28 0-0Kickoff Returns -Yards 7-128 1-19Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 3-156Punts - Average 5-43.4 3-46.7Fumbles -Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties -Yards 6-40 7-60Possession Time 31:48 28:12Sacks By: Number -Yards 0-0 5-41Individual StatisticsRushing:

SDS - TKool 12-25, Zenner 8-18, Winterboer 1-15, Sumner 1-7, O’Brien 6-(-27)CP - Romanelli 17-100, Broadous 13-69, Umoh 9-51, Shumway 5-31,

Houston 1-17, Rodgers 8-16, Rulon 1-5, DWilliams 1-0Passing:

SDS - O’Brien 28-45-3, 376; Sumner 3-3-0, 31CP - Broadous 12-16-0, 213; Shumway 3-5-0, 20

Receiving:SDS - Rollin 9-109, Moss 8-106, Hubert 4-60, Schneider 3-58, TKool 3-17CP - Rodgers 3-76, Castaneda 3-25, Nicholls 3-16, Tucker 2-9,

DMahr 1-41, Houston 1-29, Umoh 1-24, Michalkiewicz 1-13Tackles:

SDS - DKool 3-10, Lien 2-8-10, Helm 4-5-9, Shafrath 3-3-6, Mink 1-5-6CP - Samoodi 6-5-11, Smith-Johnson 6-3-9, AJackson 3-5-8, KJackson 2-6-8

Game 4Northern Illinois 47, Cal Poly 30September 24, 2011Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, IL Attn: 14,321

DEKALB, IL – Senior quarterback Chandler Harnish passed fortwo touchdowns and ran for another as Northern Illinois of theFootball Championship Subdivision defeated Cal Poly 47-30 in anon-conference game at Huskie Stadium.

Harnish completed 18 of 21 passes for 187 yards, hitting PerezAshford (3 yards) and Tim Semisch (7 yards) with scoring passes.

The Mustangs, held to just five first downs in the first half in fallingbehind 34-7, outscored Northern Illinois 10-0 in the third quarter and23-13 in the second half in the first meeting between the two clubs.

Junior quarterback Andre Broadous scored twice on short runsand David Mahr tossed a 26-yard slotback pass to Mark Rodgers tofuel Cal Poly’s comeback from a 27-0 second-quarter deficit.

Sophomore kicker James Langford added a 33-yard field goaland the Mustangs pulled to within 16 points at 40-24 on the passfrom Mahr to Rodgers with 10:10 to play in the game.

Northern Illinois, however, clinched the victory with an 80-yarddrive capped by Jasmin Hopkins’ 29-yard touchdown run with 6:58to go. It was Hopkins’ second score of the game, adding to his one-yard plunge in the first quarter.

Broadous completed five of 10 passes for 49 yards and alsoadded 103 yards on the ground with 24 carries. It was the first 100-yard game for Broadous in his Mustang career. Senior fullback JakeRomanelli earned his third career 100-yard game, netting 101 yardson 16 carries. He scored Cal Poly’s final touchdown of the game onan eight-yard run with 37 seconds remaining and the TempletonHigh School graduate also caught three passes for 18 yards. In hislast three games, Romanelli has rushed for 98, 100 and 101 yards.

Cal Poly’s defensive leaders were Johnny Millard with 12 tackles,Greg Francis with 11 and Asa Jackson with 10.

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreCal Poly 0 7 10 13 30Northern Illinois 13 21 0 13 47Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter12:03 NIU FG Sims 22 0 38:35 NIU Hopkins 1 run (Sims kick) 0 102:10 NIU FG Sims 44 0 13Second Quarter13:04 NIU Lewis 9 run (Sims kick) 0 208:32 NIU Harnish 29 run (Sims kick) 0 275:39 CP Broadous 2 run (Langford kick) 7 270:31 NIU Ashford 3 pass from Harnish (Sims kick) 7 34Third Quarter12:11 CP Rodgers 26 pass from DMahr (Langford kick) 14 343:52 CP FG Langford 33 17 34Fourth Quarter12:58 NIU Semisch 7 pass from Harnish (kick blocked) 17 4010:10 CP Broadous 1 run (Langford kick) 24 406:58 NIU Hopkins 29 run (Sims kick) 24 470:37 CP Romanelli 8 run (run failed) 30 47Team Statistics

CP NIUFirst Downs 21 33Rushes - Yards 59-297 51-356Passing Yards 75 187Passes 6-11-0 18-21-0Total Offense Plays - Yards 70-372 72-543Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns -Yards 0-0 1-(-7)Kickoff Returns -Yards 8-150 4-71Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punts - Average 3-35.0 1-38.0Fumbles -Lost 0-0 2-2Penalties -Yards 7-68 7-69Possession Time 29:42 30:18Sacks By: Number -Yards 1-10 1-5Individual StatisticsRushing:

CP - Broadous 24-103, Romanelli 16-101, Rodgers 16-94, Umoh 1-8,DMahr 1-5, Hundley 1-(-14)

NIU - Hopkins 22-143, Harnish 13-118, Daniels 8-48, Ashford 1-26Passing:

CP - Broadous 5-10-0, 49; DMahr 1-1-0, 26; NIU - Harnish 18-21-0, 187Receiving:

CP - Romanelli 3-18, Tucker 1-28, Rodgers 1-26, Houston 1-3NIU - Ashford 4-47, Palmer 3-27, Johnson 2-18, Clark 2-17, Moore 2-12

Tackles:CP - Millard 4-8-12, Francis 8-3-11, AJackson 6-4-10, Morales 6-3-9NIU - Schiller 7-4-11, Melvin 7-2-9, Stone 6-1-7, Faustin 3-4-7


Game 5Cal Poly 44, Central Oklahoma 25October 8, 2011Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 7,426

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Junior quarterback Andre Broadousrushed for three touchdowns, senior fullback Jake Romanelli andsenior slotback Mark Rodgers each cracked the 100-yard mark andsenior cornerback Asa Jackson returned an interception for a touch-down for the second time this season as Cal Poly rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to beat Division II Central Oklahoma.

Broadous, who rushed for 69 yards on 17 carries, scored on runsof 1, 2 and 1 yards. He also completed 11 of 16 passes for 133 yardsand one score, a 34-yarder to senior wide receiver Jarred Houstonwith six minutes to play.

Jackson’s 52-yard interception return with 10:25 to play gave CalPoly the lead for good at 30-25. Houston’s touchdown catch and thefinal scoring run by Broadous completed the scoring.

Central Oklahoma built a 19-10 halftime lead on a pair of touch-down passes, a field goal and a safety, but Cal Poly outscoredCentral Oklahoma 34-6 in the second half to turn the game around,giving the Mustangs nine straight wins over Division II schools.

James Langford’s 49-yard field goal in the first quarter gave CalPoly a 10-3 lead and Deonte Williams ran 18 yards for a third-peri-od Mustang score.

Romanelli netted 115 yards on 24 carries, his third straight 100-yard game and fourth of his collegiate career. In his last four games,the Templeton High School graduate has gained 98, 100, 101 and acareer-high 115 yards. Rodgers added a season-high 107 yards on14 trips for his fourth career 100-yard game.

Cal Poly’s defensive leader was linebacker Johnny Millard with12 tackles, including two for lost yardage. Playing his first game ofthe season following offseason foot surgery, defensive end GavinCooper recorded his first sack and a quarterback hurry.

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreCentral Oklahoma 10 9 0 6 25Cal Poly 10 0 14 20 44Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter11:20 UCO FG Robbs 35 3 06:18 CP Broadous 1 run (Langford kick) 3 73:40 CP FG Langford 49 3 100:53 UCO Birmingham 7 pass from Sharp (Robbs kick) 10 10Second Quarter5:40 UCO Safety, Hundley tackled in end zone by Fisher 12 102:03 UCO Davis 2 pass from Birmingham (Robbs kick) 19 10Third Quarter10:14 CP Broadous 2 run (Langford kick) 19 170:23 CP Williams 18 run (Langford kick) 19 24Fourth Quarter12:53 UCO Jackson 21 pass from Sharp (run failed) 25 2410:25 CP AJackson 52 interception return (pass failed) 25 305:54 CP Houston 34 pass from Broadous (Langford kick) 25 370:25 CP Broadous 1 run (Langford kick) 25 44Team Statistics

UCO CPFirst Downs 15 28Rushes - Yards 17-10 68-304Passing Yards 292 133Passes 31-51-1 11-16-0Total Offense Plays - Yards 68-302 84-437Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns -Yards 0-0 2-11Kickoff Returns -Yards 8-104 1-9Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 1-52Punts - Average 7-34.0 2-35.5Fumbles -Lost 0-0 3-3Penalties -Yards 10-90 10-103Possession Time 28:10 31:50Sacks By: Number -Yards 0-0 1-13Individual StatisticsRushing:

UCO - Birmingham 11-24, Caldwell 1-3, Lipscomb 1-(-1), Sharp 3-(-13)CP - Romanelli 24-115, Rodgers 14-107, Broadous 17-69, Williams 9-33,

DMahr 2-15, Umoh 1-(-6), Team 1-(-29)Passing:

UCO - Sharp 30-50-1, 290; Birmingham 1-1-0, 2; CP - Broadous 11-16-0, 133Receiving:

UCO - Birmingham 6-57, Pelkey 5-22, Davis 4-56, Four with threeCP - Rodgers 3-32, Castaneda 3-30, Houston 1-34, Umoh 1-13, Tucker

1-12, Romanelli 1-10, DMahr 1-2Tackles:

UCO - Meadows 7-4-11, Ballew 6-4-10, Moses 2-6-8, Three with sevenCP - Millard 10-2-12, AJackson 5-1-6, Francis 5-0-5, KJackson 3-2-5

Game 6Cal Poly 31, Southern Utah 27October 15, 2011Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 8,232

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Junior quarterback Andre Broadousscored the go-ahead touchdown on a four-yard run with 45 secondsto play and senior safety Greg Francis sealed the victory with aninterception with one second to go as Cal Poly rallied to defeatSouthern Utah 31-27 in a Great West Conference game.

Senior fullback Jake Romanelli earned his fourth consecutive100-yard game rushing, accumulating 101 yards on 22 carries, andscored twice.

Southern Utah held the lead throughout the first half, taking a 17-10 advantage into the locker room at the break. The Mustangs tiedthe game at 17-17 and 24-24, but Cal Poly's only lead of the gamecame on the scoring run by Broadous which capped a 70-yard, 10-play drive with 45 seconds to play. Francis intercepted SouthernUtah quarterback Brad Sorensen on the final play to thwart the last-minute Thunderbird drive.

Final team statistics were very close. Southern Utah had a 366-364 edge in total offense but Cal Poly amassed a 21-19 lead in firstdowns and ran off one more play, 76-75. Cal Poly rushed for 267yards while Southern Utah threw for 296 yards.

Broadous finished with 81 yards on 16 carries while MarkRodgers added 51 yards on 12 trips. Broadous completed six of 16passes for 38 yards and was sacked twice. Romanelli and LanceCastaneda each caught a pair of passes for the Mustangs.

Cal Poly's defensive leaders were linebacker Kennith Jacksonwith 10 tackles and a fumble recovery, Sullivan Grosz and JohnnyMillard, each with seven tackles, and Murphy with three of Cal Poly'sfive sacks.

The Mustangs are now 13-1 against Southern Utah at home, win-ning 13 in a row after a loss in the first meeting between the twoschools in 1986. Cal Poly has an 18-7 overall lead in the series..

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreSouthern Utah 7 10 0 10 27Cal Poly 3 7 7 14 31Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter12:11 SUU Alexander 1 run (Cook kick) 7 01:58 CP FG Langford 33 7 3Second Quarter12:50 SUU Brown 14 pass from Sorensen (Cook kick) 14 38:41 CP Broadous 1 run (Langford kick) 14 100:00 SUU FG Cook 33 17 10Third Quarter13:35 CP Romanelli 3 run (Langford kick) 17 17Fourth Quarter13:42 SUU Measom 3 pass from Sorensen (Cook kick) 24 1710:49 CP Romanelli 3 run (Langford kick) 24 243:22 SUU FG Cook 34 27 240:45 CP Broadous 4 run (Langford kick) 27 31Team Statistics

SUU CPFirst Downs 19 21Rushes - Yards 33-70 58-267Passing Yards 296 97Passes 25-42-1 8-18-0Total Offense Plays - Yards 75-366 76-364Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns -Yards 0-0 2-11Kickoff Returns -Yards 4-55 5-116Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 1-0Punts - Average 8-38.5 7-39.4Fumbles -Lost 3-1 2-1Penalties -Yards 6-70 5-50Possession Time 31:42 28:18Sacks By: Number -Yards 2-9 4-29Individual StatisticsRushing:

SUU - Minefee 12-44, Alexander 12-33, Sorensen 9-(-7)CP - Romanelli 22-102, Broadous 16-81, Rodgers 12-51, Houston 2-32,

DWilliams 5-4, Team 1-(-2)Passing:

SUU - Sorensen 25-42-1, 296CP - Broadous 6-16-0, 38; Rodgers 1-1-0, 51; DMahr 1-1-0, 8

Receiving:SUU - Aiono 5-53, Measom 4-70, Moala 4-60, Minefee 4-54CP - Romanelli 2-16, Castaneda 2-13, Tucker 1-51, Broadous 1-8,

Rodgers 1-5, Umoh 1-4Tackles:

SUU - Sword 10-4-14, Hansen 6-3-9, Collett 3-6-9, Fenn 5-3-8, Turner 5-3-8CP - KJackson 6-4-10, Millard 5-2-7, Grosz 6-1-7, Samoodi 3-3-6


Game 8Cal Poly 27, South Dakota 24October 29, 2011Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 10,557

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – A 44-yard punt return by GregFrancis set up a game-winning 39-yard field goal by James Langfordas Cal Poly rallied from a 17-0 halftime deficit to beat No. 17 SouthDakota 27-24. The victory was Cal Poly's fourth in a row following a1-3 start and gave the Mustangs at least a share of their fourth GreatWest title in the eight-year history of the conference.

South Dakota built its 17-0 first-half lead on a 22-yard field goalby Kevin Robb and a pair of Dante Warren touchdown passes – 29yards to Dustin Nowotny and 43 yards to Will Powell.

A 22-yard field goal by Langford and a three-yard touchdownpass from Andre Broadous to Jake Romanelli in the third quarter cutSouth Dakota's lead to 17-10. The Coyotes opened the fourth quar-ter with a 62-yard touchdown drive culminating with a 15-yard run byJosh Vander Maten for a 24-10 cushion with 13:32 to play.

Cal Poly, however, scored the final 17 points of the game in lessthan five minutes. Broadous scored his 12th and 13th touchdownsof the season on runs of two and one yards, the first with 4:47 to playand the second with 2:05 remaining, to tie the game at 24-24. TheCoyotes lost two yards on their next three plays, forcing anotherpunt. Francis’ 44-yard return set up Langford’s game-winning kickwith 36 seconds remaining.

South Dakota moved the ball 16 yards to the Cal Poly 44-yardline, but two incomplete Vander Maten passes ran out the clock.

Cal Poly accumulated 17 of its 21 first downs and 261 of its 334total yards in the second half.

Cal Poly's 217-yard ground game was led by Romanelli with 88yards on 20 carries. Broadous completed 13 of 22 passes for 117yards and one score. His favorite target was Romanelli with fourcatches for 29 yards. Linebacker Johnny Millard and cornerbackBijon Samoodi each had nine tackles for the Mustang defense.

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreSouth Dakota 3 14 0 7 24Cal Poly 0 0 10 17 27Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter2:38 USD FG Robb 22 3 0Second Quarter8:33 USD Nowotny 29 pass from Warren (Robb kick) 10 06:43 USD Powell 43 pass from Warren (Robb kick) 17 0Third Quarter9:24 CP FG Langford 22 17 31:52 CP Romanelli 3 pass from Broadous (Langford kick) 17 10Fourth Quarter13:32 USD Vander Maten 15 run (Robb kick) 24 104:47 CP Broadous 2 run (Langford kick) 24 172:05 CP Broadous 1 run (Langford kick) 24 240:36 CP FG Langford 39 24 27Team Statistics

USD CPFirst Downs 16 21Rushes - Yards 39-91 65-217Passing Yards 238 117Passes 14-29-0 13-23-0Total Offense Plays - Yards 68-329 88-334Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns -Yards 1-0 4-61Kickoff Returns -Yards 6-86 3-70Interception Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punts - Average 7-43.9 5-36.2Fumbles -Lost 0-0 4-1Penalties -Yards 7-65 3-25Possession Time 29:07 30:53Sacks By: Number -Yards 3-21 5-19Individual StatisticsRushing:

USD - Sims 18-54, Warren 11-15, Ganious 4-12, Vander Maten 6-10CP - Romanelli 20-88, Broadous 25-69, DWilliams 14-49, DMahr 5-19,

Houston 1-(-8)Passing:

USD - Warren 11-16-0, 183; Vander Maten 3-12-0, 55CP - Broadous 13-22-0, 117; Ivory 0-1-0, 0

Receiving:USD - Powell 7-141, Nowotny 3-42, Blount 2-44CP - Romanelli 4-29, DWilliams 3-20, Tucker 2-35, Michalkiewicz 2-20,

Ivory 1-8, Nicholls 1-5Tackles:

USD - Broders 11-7-18, Hogans 6-5-11, Thompson 4-4-8CP - Millard 8-1-9, Samoodi 7-2-9, KJackson 3-4-7, Grosz 3-2-5

Game 7Cal Poly 23, North Dakota 19October 22, 2011Alerus Center, Grand Forks, ND Attn: 9,930

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Junior quarterback Andre Broadousthrew a pair of touchdown passes and sophomore placekickerJames Langford kicked three field goals as Cal Poly overcame anearly 6-0 deficit, built a 23-6 lead and held on to beat North Dakota23-19 in a Great West Conference football game Saturday afternooninside the Alerus Center.

The Mustang defense intercepted three passes and safety GregFrancis recorded 12 tackles, all solo, and a key pass breakup in theend zone as Cal Poly earned its third straight victory.

North Dakota jumped to a 6-0 lead on field goals of 18 and 48yards by Zeb Miller before Cal Poly scored the next 23 points of thegame. Langford kicked field goals spanning 47 and 36 yards to tiethe game, Jake Romanelli caught a 38-yard pass from Broadous fora touchdown and Langford's third field goal of the first half, 43 yards,gave the Mustangs a 16-6 halftime lead.

Cal Poly drove 81 yards on nine plays for a touchdown in the thirdquarter. Broadous hit Akaninyene Umoh with a 35-yard pass for thescore and a 23-6 cushion with 9:06 to play.

North Dakota scored the final 13 points of the game on field goalsof 28 and 30 yards by Zeb Miller and a 21-yard touchdown pass frombackup quarterback Brent Goska to Jake Miller.

North Dakota got the ball back twice in the final five minutes ofthe game, but Cal Poly forced the Fighting Sioux to turn the ball overon downs on the first drive and linebacker Kennith Jackson inter-cepted a Goska pass in the final 20 seconds to secure the victory.

Romanelli's streak of 100-yard games rushing ended at four ashe netted 93 yards on 24 carries. Broadous completed 12 of 21passes for 162 yards and his favorite target was redshirt freshmanwide receiver Lance Castaneda with five catches for 37 yards.

Francis, Jackson and Angel Morales recorded the interceptionsfor Cal Poly.

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreCal Poly 3 13 7 0 23North Dakota 6 0 3 10 19Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter11:47 UND FG ZMiller 18 0 37:31 UND FG ZMiller 48 0 60:14 CP FG Langford 47 3 6Second Quarter9:55 CP FG Langford 36 6 64:04 CP Romanelli 38 pass from Broadous (Langford kick) 13 60:00 CP FG Langford 43 16 6Third Quarter9:06 CP Umoh 35 pass from Broadous (Langford kick) 23 64:00 UND FG ZMiller 28 23 9Fourth Quarter12:57 UND JMiller 21 pass from Goska (ZMiller kick) 23 167:25 UND FG ZMiller 30 23 19Team Statistics

CP UNDFirst Downs 22 20Rushes - Yards 52-222 35-148Passing Yards 162 271Passes 12-21-0 17-41-3Total Offense Plays - Yards 73-384 76-419Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns -Yards 2-(-2) 0-0Kickoff Returns -Yards 5-81 5-84Interception Returns -Yards 3-59 0-0Punts - Average 6-35.8 4-39.0Fumbles -Lost 2-1 0-0Penalties -Yards 5-35 4-44Possession Time 26:46 33:14Sacks By: Number -Yards 0-0 1-2Individual StatisticsRushing:

CP - Romanelli 24-93, DWilliams 7-40, Rodgers 9-37, Broadous 8-36, Ivory2-12, DMahr 1-4, Team 1-0

UND - JMiller 24-92, Goska 5-42, Sutton 6-14Passing:

CP - Broadous 12-21-0, 162; UND - Goska 13-24-1, 206; Bradley 4-17-2, 65Receiving:

CP - Castaneda 5-37, Tucker 2-31, Romanelli 1-38, Umoh 1-35,Michalkiewicz 1-11, DWilliams 1-5, DMahr 1-5

UND - Hardin 9-108, McGill 4-89, JMiller 3-57, Wisthoff 1-17Tackles:

CP - Francis 12-0-12, KJackson 7-0-7, Samoodi 4-0-4, Klemme 4-0-4UND - Hendrickson 9-2-11, Goertz 8-2-10, Andrews 6-3-9


Game 11 (2010 Season)UC Davis 22, Cal Poly 21November 13, 2010Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo, CA Attn: 11,075

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Randy Wright hit Sean Creadick witha pair of touchdown passes in the final 10 minutes to rally UC Davisto a 22-21 victory over No. 19/18 Cal Poly.

Cal Poly scored the first 21 points of the game on a trio of touch-down runs by its fullbacks, but couldn’t hold on as the visiting Aggiesproduced three field goals by Sean Kelley and the two touchdownpasses from Wright to Creadick for the win in the Battle for theGolden Horseshoe.

Cal Poly finishes the regular season with a 7-4 record and claimsthird place in the Great West at 2-2.

Mustang junior Jake Romanelli scored on a pair of one-yard runsin the first quarter and Jordan Yocum, one of 18 seniors playing theirfinal game at Cal Poly, added a five-yard scoring run in the secondquarter to give the Mustangs their 21-0 advantage.

Kelley kicked field goals of 39, 20 and 19 yards and Wright hitCreadick with a 16-yard touchdown pass with 10:22 to go in thegame. The comeback was completed when Wright connected withCreadick on a five-yarder with 35 seconds to play and Kelley hit theextra-point kick.

Cal Poly junior slotback Mark Rodgers produced his third 100-yard game of the season, netting 102 yards on 17 carries. Yocumfinished with 65 yards on 14 trips and Romanelli added 51 yards on12 carries. Mustang quarterback Tony Smith was eight of 16 for 131yards. Dominique Johnson caught six passes for 113 yards.

Senior linebacker Marty Mohamed led Cal Poly defensively witheight tackles, including a sack. The Mustangs had five sacks in all,but did not force any turnovers while turning the ball over three timesthemselves.

Members of Cal Poly's 1980 NCAA Division II NationalChampionship team returned to San Luis Obispo for a 30-yearreunion over the weekend. Several players participated in the cointoss and the team was honored at halftime.

Score By Quarters 1 2 3 4 ScoreUC Davis 0 3 3 16 22Cal Poly 14 7 0 0 21Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter5:26 CP Romanelli 1 run (Langford kick) 0 70:25 CP Romanelli 1 run (Langford kick) 0 14Second Quarter2:50 CP Yocum 5 run (Langford kick) 0 211:14 UCD FG Kelley 39 3 21Third Quarter11:39 UCD FG Kelley 20 6 21Fourth Quarter12:54 UCD FG Kelley 19 9 2110:22 UCD Creadick 16 pass from Wright (pass failed) 15 210:35 UCD Creadick 5 pass from Wright (Kelley kick) 22 21Team Statistics

UCD CPFirst Downs 22 17Rushes - Yards 27-24 53-228Passing Yards 302 131Passes 23-42-0 8-16-1Total Offense Plays - Yards 69-326 69-359Fumble Returns -Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns -Yards 2-0 2-19Kickoff Returns -Yards 2-41 6-125Interception Returns -Yards 1-0 0-0Punts - Average 6-41.8 4-32.2Fumbles -Lost 0-0 2-2Penalties -Yards 6-48 6-75Possession Time 29:42 30:18Sacks By: Number -Yards 1-8 5-35Individual StatisticsRushing:

UCD - Aprile 8-19, Cutshaw 8-19, Reese 2-9, Wright 8-(-22), Team 1-(-1)CP - Rodgers 17-102, Yocum 14-65, Romanelli 12-51, Umoh 1-10, Smith

7-2, Team 2-(-2)Passing:

UCD - Wright 23-40-0, 302; Aprile 0-1-0, 0; Team 0-1-0, 0CP - Smith 8-16-1, 131

Receiving:UCD - Creadick 5-70, Soto 4-71, Rogers 4-52, Reese 3-23CP - DJohnson 6-113, Rodgers 1-10, Anderson 1-8

Tackles:UCD - Gruendl 4-5-9, Amajoyi 4-3-7, Hart 3-4-7, Erskine 4-2-6, Congdon 2-4-6CP - MMohamed 5-3-8, KJackson 4-3-7, Samoodi 4-2-6, Cordier 2-4-6

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