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Cal Poly Football Opens 2025 Season Saturday at San Diego
8/26/2025 12:37:00 PM | Football
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The Cal Poly football program opens the 2025 season, its 32nd fall of Football Championship Subdivision competition and 107th overall campaign when traveling to San Diego to face the University of San Diego Saturday, Aug. 30 at 5 p.m. inside Torero Stadium.
The game will air live on ESPN+. Links to all that all well as live stats can be found on the football schedule page. You can also follow Cal Poly Football on Instagram (@calpolyfootbal) and on X (@calpolyfootball) for live updates throughout the game and for behind the scenes content. For Cal Poly fans attending the game, there will be a pregame social event from 1-4pm at Stone Brewing-Liberty Station in San Diego.
Cal Poly has won four of the last five meetings against San Diego and prevailed in eight of the 10 all-time matchups dating to the first meeting on Sept. 1, 2012 (41-14). However, the Mustangs are looking for revenge after falling to the Toreros last season in San Diego, 27-21.
Under third year head coach Paul Wulff, Cal Poly has 77 returning players from last year’s roster and 42 newcomers. Those newcomers consist of 17 transfers and 25 freshmen. Among those newcomers are three quarterbacks, seven defensive backs, seven defensive linemen, three linebackers, 10 offensive linemen, one running back, one safety, three tight ends, and nine wide receivers.
There are nine combined consistent starters back on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball, combined with two special teams starters. Among the newcomers back are Big Sky All-Conference honorees in safety Mason Rivera and defensive lineman Ethan Rodriguez. On the offensive side, the Mustangs’ second and third leading wide receivers are back in Michael Briscoe and Logan Booher, who combined for 885 receiving yards and six touchdowns in 2024.
Cal Poly will have four new starters on its offensive line this season with last year’s starting center Racin Delgatty as the one returner. They bolstered the offensive line plenty via the transfer portal with guys from the FBS, FCS, and junior college levels.
San Diego is coming off an 8-3 season in 2024. Competing in the FCS conference the Pioneer League, the Toreros were 6-2 in conference play last season for a second place finish in the Pioneer League standings. They are picked to win the Pioneer League this season in the conference’s preseason poll.
Following Saturday’s season opener, the Mustangs will head to Salt Lake City in week 2 to face their lone FBS opponent of the season in the University of Utah. That game will air on ESPN+ at 3 p.m. PT.
