Cal Poly·Big Sky

2014 — The 2014 Season

Cal Poly's 2014 season (7-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-5
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -3.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ New Sta 10-28 L @ Sout Sta 18-44 W vs Port Sta 42-14 L @ Nort Ari 35-38 W vs Sout Uta 42-39 W @ Webe Sta 30-24 W @ Sacr Sta 56-27 W vs Montana 41-21 W vs Mont Sta 35-27 L @ Idah Sta 28-30 L vs UC Davis 35-48 W @ San Die 34-3
Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Cal Poly 34, San Diego 3. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Cal Poly 18, South Dakota State 44. A 26-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Ride High, You Mustangs"
— Cal Poly fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Cal Poly — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.