1935 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

The 1935 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic School—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo—as an independent during the 1935 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Howie O'Daniels, Cal Poly compiled a record of 5–2–1. The team outscored its opponents 92 to 35 for the season and had four shutout wins. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.

1935 Cal Poly Mustangs football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–1
Head coach	Howie O'Daniels (3rd season)
Home stadium	Mustang Stadium
Seasons ← 1934 1936 →

1935 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Idaho Southern Branch			–					7	–	0	–	1
Humboldt State			–					6	–	1	–	1
Cal Poly			–					5	–	2	–	1
Pomona			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 23 Saint Mary's			–					5	–	2	–	2
Hawaii			–					5	–	3	–	0
San Francisco			–					5	–	3	–	0
Gonzaga			–					5	–	4	–	1
Loyola (CA)			–					6	–	5	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	5	–	1
Portland			–					3	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara			–					3	–	6	–	1
San Francisco State			–					2	–	5	–	1
Rankings from United Press

Cal Poly was a two-year school until 1941 and competed as an independent from 1929 to 1945.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	at Moran Junior College[note 1]	Atascadero, CA	W 6–0
October 4	at Santa Maria	Santa Maria, CA	W 12–0
October 12	Santa Barbara State freshmen	San Luis Obispo, CA	W 31–0
October 19	at Menlo	Atherton, CA	W 24–0
November 2	Bakersfield	San Luis Obispo, CA	L 6–20
November 11	San Francisco freshmen	San Luis Obispo, CA	T 0–0
November 23	at Salinas	Salinas, CA	W 1–0 (forfeit win)
November 28	Arizona State–Flagstaff	San Luis Obispo, CA	L 12–15	[3]

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Notes

1. Moran Junior College was founded in 1914 in Bainbridge Island, Washington. A satellite campus was opened in 1928 in Atascadero, California. Records show that the California site fielded football teams from 1929 to 1935. The Washington campus closed in 1935 and the California campus closed shortly thereafter.^[1][2]