1936 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

1936 Cal Poly Mustangs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumMustang Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Santa Clara     8 1 0
Humboldt State     6 3 0
Loyola (CA)     6 3 0
Saint Mary's     6 3 1
Gonzaga     5 3 0
Pomona     6 4 0
Cal Poly     5 4 0
San Jose State     5 4 0
Idaho Southern Branch     4 4 0
San Francisco     4 4 2
Portland     3 4 0
San Francisco State     2 3 1
Hawaii     3 5 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic School—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo—as an independent during the 1936 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Howie O'Daniels, Cal Poly compiled a record of 5–4. The team outscored its opponents 96 to 76 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California.

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