1928 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1928
| team = Cal Poly Mustangs
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = California Coast Conference
| short_conf = CCC
| record = 3–4–2
| conf_record = 1–2–1
| head_coach = Al Agosti
| hc_year = 8th
| captain =
| stadium =
}}
{{1928 California Coast Conference football standings}}
The 1928 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic School—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo—as a member of the California Coast Conference (CCC) during the 1928 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Al Agosti, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 3–4–2 with a mark of 1–2–1 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the CCC. The team was outscored by its opponents 90 to 45 for the season and was shut out in five of their nine games. The Mustangs played home games in San Luis Obispo, California.
Cal Poly was a two-year school until 1941.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Fresno State
| site_stadium = Fresno State College Stadium
| site_cityst = Fresno, CA
| score = 0–37
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = t
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1928|team=Modesto Pirates|title=Modesto}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA
| score = 0–0
| source = {{cite news|title=College Eleven Battles To 0-0 Tie In South|newspaper=Modesto News-Herald|location=Modesto, California|date=October 7, 1928|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18246313/college_eleven_battles_to_tie_in_south/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 13, 2018}}{{Open access}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Loyola (CA) freshmen
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA
| score = 19–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = l
| opponent = San Jose State
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA
| score = 0–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1928|team=Santa Maria Bulldogs|title=Santa Maria}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA
| score = 13–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1928|team=Santa Rosa Bear Cubs|title=Santa Rosa}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA
| score = 6–4
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Santa Barbara State
| site_stadium = Peabody Stadium
| site_cityst = Santa Barbara, CA
| score = 0–6
| source = {{cite news|title=Santa Barbara Eleven Wallops Cal-Poly, 6-0|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=November 11, 1928|page=I.a-6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18274829/santa_barbara_eleven_wallops_cal_poly/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 13, 2018}}{{Open access}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1928|team=Menlo Oaks|title=Menlo}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Atherton, CA
| score = 7–7
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 29
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Chico State
| site_stadium = University Stadium
| site_cityst = Chico, CA
| score = 0–30
| source = {{cite news|title=Chico State Beats Cal Poly|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|location=Oakland, California|date=November 30, 1928|page=46|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15084670/chico_state_beats_cal_poly/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 12, 2017}}{{Open access}}
}}
}}