# 2022 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

The 2022 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Beau Baldwin in his third and final season as head coach, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for 11th place in the Big Sky. Cal poly played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.

## Preseason
### Polls

On July 25, 2022, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Mustangs were predicted to finish tenth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Montana | 111 (3) |
| 2 | Sacramento State | 110 (4) |
| 3 | Montana State | 109 (5) |
| 4 | Weber State | 84 |
| 5 | UC Davis | 82 |
| 6 | Eastern Washington | 76 |
| 7 | Northern Arizona | 62 |
| 8 | Idaho | 45 |
| 9 | Portland State | 42 |
| 10 | Cal Poly | 33 |
| T-11 | Idaho State | 19 |
| T-11 | Northern Colorado | 19 |
Media poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Montana | 356 (14) |
| 2 | Montana State | 352 (13) |
| 3 | Sacramento State | 335 (4) |
| 4 | Weber State | 261 |
| 5 | UC Davis | 255 (1) |
| 6 | Eastern Washington | 236 |
| 7 | Northern Arizona | 191 |
| 8 | Portland State | 146 |
| 9 | Idaho | 142 |
| 10 | Cal Poly | 85 |
| 11 | Northern Colorado | 71 |
| 12 | Idaho State | 66 |

### Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Mustangs did not have any players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:30 p.m. | at Fresno State* | Bulldog StadiumFresno, CA | FS1 | L 7–35 | 36,011 |
| September 10 | 2:05 p.m. | San Diego* | Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA | ESPN+ | W 28–27 | 6,782 |
| September 17 | 11:00 a.m. | at South Dakota* | DakotaDomeVermillion, SD | ESPN+ | L 21–38 | 6,812 |
| October 1 | 5:05 p.m. | No. 5 Sacramento State | Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA | ESPN+ | L 21–49 | 8,184 |
| October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | ESPN+ | L 29–31 | 9,417 |
| October 15 | 12:05 p.m. | at Idaho State | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | ESPN+ | L 31–40 | 5,921 |
| October 22 | 5:05 p.m. | Eastern Washington | Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA | ESPN+ | L 10–17 | 8,357 |
| October 29 | 4:00 p.m. | at UC Davis | UC Davis Health StadiumDavis, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe) | ESPN+ | L 17–59 | 8,189 |
| November 5 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Montana | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | ESPN+ | L 0–57 | 25,684 |
| November 12 | 5:05 p.m. | No. 3 Montana State | Mustang Memorial FieldSan Luis Obispo, CA | ESPN+ | L 28–72 | 5,369 |
| November 19 | 5:05 p.m. | Portland State | Mustang Memorial FieldSan Luis Obispo, CA | ESPN+ | W 49–42 | 5,168 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Fresno State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bulldogs | 21 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
at Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA
* Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
* Game time: 7:30 p.m. PST
* Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 102 °F (39 °C) • Wind: NW 10 mph
* Game attendance: 36,011
* Referee: Christian Watson
* TV announcers (FS1): Eric Collins (play-by-play) & Devin Gardner (analyst)
* Pregame line: Fresno State −42.0
| Statistics | CP | FRES |
| First downs | 17 | 32 |
| Plays–yards | 68–317 | 75–549 |
| Rushes–yards | 30–106 | 33–175 |
| Passing yards | 211 | 370 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 20–38–0 | 35–42–0 |
| Time of possession | 26:19 | 33:41 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Cal Poly | Passing | Jaden Jones | 20/38, 211 yards, TD |
| Cal Poly | Rushing | Jaden Jones | 9 carries, 59 yards |
| Cal Poly | Receiving | Chris Coleman | 3 receptions 74 yards |
| Fresno State | Passing | Jake Haener | 35/41, 370 yards, 2 TD |
| Fresno State | Rushing | Jordan Mims | 15 carries, 76 yards, 2 TD |
| Fresno State | Receiving | Nikko Remigio | 9 receptions, 100 yards |

### San Diego

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Toreros | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Mustangs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

### At South Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Coyotes | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 38 |

### No. 5 Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 5 Hornets | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| Mustangs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |

### At Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 6 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |

### At Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
| Bengals | 14 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 40 |

### Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Mustangs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### At UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Aggies | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 59 |

### At No. 16 Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 16 Grizzlies | 14 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 57 |

### No. 3 Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 3 Bobcats | 24 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 72 |
| Mustangs | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |

### Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 42 |
| Mustangs | 0 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 49 |