1981 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1981
| team = Cal Poly Pomona Broncos
| sport = football
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| conference = California Collegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = CCAA
| record = 4–7
| conf_record = 1–1
| head_coach = Roman Gabriel
| hc_year = 2nd
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| stadium = Kellogg Field
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{{1981 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1981 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented California State Polytechnic University, Pomona as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1981 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach Roman Gabriel, Cal Poly Pomona compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 1–1 in conference play, placing second in the CCAA. The team was outscored by its opponents 236 to 175 for the season. The Broncos played home games at Kellogg Field in Pomona, California.
This was the last season for that the CCAA sponsored football. The Broncos played 13 seasons, from 1969 to 1981, in the conference. All three football members (Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly, and Cal State Northridge) moved their programs to the new Western Football Conference (WFC) in 1982.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 5
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1981|team=Southern Utah State Thunderbirds|title=Southern Utah State}}
| site_stadium = Kellogg Field
| site_cityst = Pomona, CA
| score = 21–7
| attend = 1,600
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = San Francisco State
| site_stadium = Kellogg Field
| site_cityst = Pomona, CA
| score = 10–15
| attend = 1,300
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=September 13, 1981|page=III-16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9963203/southland_19810913/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}{{Open access}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Sacramento State
| site_stadium = Hornet Stadium
| site_cityst = Sacramento, CA
| score = 14–7
| attend = 4,810
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=September 20, 1981|page=III-18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9963244/southland_19810920/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}{{Open access}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Cal Poly
| site_stadium = Mustang Stadium
| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA
| score = 35–21
| attend = 6,504
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=September 27, 1981|page=III-20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9963268/southland_19810927/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}{{Open access}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = UC Davis
| site_stadium = Kellogg Field
| site_cityst = Pomona, CA
| score = 7–19
| attend = 4,113
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=October 4, 1981|page=III-18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9963288/southland_19811004/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}{{Open access}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1981|team=Cal Lutheran Kingsmen|title=Cal Lutheran}}
| site_stadium = Mt. Clef Field
| site_cityst = Thousand Oaks, CA
| score = 10–32
| attend = 2,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=October 11, 1981|page=III-18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9963309/southland_19811011/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}{{Open access}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1981|team=Santa Clara Broncos|title=Santa Clara}}
| site_stadium = Buck Shaw Stadium
| site_cityst = Santa Clara, CA
| score = 13–28
| attend = 4,023
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Cal State Hayward
| site_stadium = Kellogg Field
| site_cityst = Pomona, CA
| score = 0–22
| attend = 861
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=October 25, 1981|page=III-22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9963356/southland_19811025/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}{{Open access}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = l
| opponent = Cal State Northridge
| site_stadium = Kellogg Field
| site_cityst = Pomona, CA
| score = 8–24
| attend = 2,684
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=November 1, 1981|page=III-20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9154917/southland/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 24, 2017}}{{Open access}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1981|team=Puget Sound Loggers|title=Puget Sound}}
| site_stadium = Kellogg Field
| site_cityst = Pomona, CA
| score = 22–28
| attend = 2,233
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=November 8, 1981|page=III-19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9963392/southland_19811108/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}{{Open access}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Northern Arizona
| site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
| score = 35–33
| attend = 4,214
| source = {{cite news|title=Axers Stumble in Tempe|newspaper=Arizona Republic|location=Phoenix, Arizona|date=November 15, 1981|page=G2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9651151/axers_stumble_in_tempe/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 18, 2017}}{{Open access}}
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{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1981 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/91/stats/13169 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 23, 2022 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=457&year=1981|title=1981 - Cal Poly-Pomona|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=September 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911035627/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=457&year=1981|url-status=dead}}{{cite web| url=http://broncoathletics.com/custompages/CPP_retired_sports/CPP_FBC_y_by_y.pdf|title=Cal Poly Pomona football (1947‐1982)|access-date =February 23, 2017}}
References
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