1978 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
| 1978 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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CCAA champion
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NCAA Division II Quarterfinal,
L 0–17 vs. Winston-Salem State |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1978 record | 7–3 (2–0 CCAA) |
| Head coach | Joe Harper (11th year) |
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Mustang Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly $^ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1978 NCAA Division II football season.
Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Mustangs were led by 11th-year head coach Joe Harper and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the regular season as champion of the CCAA, their third in what would be five consecutive conference championships. The team finished with a regular season record of seven wins and two losses (7–2, 2–0 CCAA). At the end of the season, Cal Poly qualified for the Division II championship tournament. They played the Winston-Salem State Rams in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 25, 1978. The Mustangs were shut out 0–17 in the game, bringing their record for the season to 7–3.
No Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 1979 NFL Draft.
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