1957 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

1957 Cal Poly Mustangs football
1957 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	8–1 (3–0 CCAA)
Head coach	LeRoy Hughes (8th season);
Home stadium	Mustang Stadium
	Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

1957 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Cal Poly	3	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
UC Santa Barbara	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Fresno State	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Los Angeles State	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
San Diego State	0	–	1	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Long Beach State	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

No champion named for the 1957 season

The 1957 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State College—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1957 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach LeRoy Hughes, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, placing first in the CCAA, although no conference champion was recognized. The team outscored its opponents 210 to 108 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Linfield*	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 32–7
September 28	at New Mexico A&M*	Memorial Stadium^{[note 1]} Las Cruces, NM	W 10–8
October 12	Pepperdine*	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 32–18
October 19	Fresno State	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 14–7	7,000	^[1]
November 2	San Jose State*	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 14–7
November 9	San Diego Marines^{[note 2]}*	? San Diego, CA	L 14–27
November 15	at Long Beach State*	Veterans Stadium Long Beach, CA	W 41–7
November 22	at San Francisco State*	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 13–7
November 27^{[note 3]}	UC Santa Barbara	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 40–20
*Non-conference game

The following were selected in the 1958 NFL draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
John Madden	Tackle	21	244	Philadelphia Eagles

^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Memorial Stadium on the New Mexico State campus, which was opened for the 1978 season
^ The Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams from 1922 to 1964.
^ The game against UC Santa Barbara was rescheduled from October 27.