2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team

The 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Troy Taylor and played their home games at Hornet Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in a two-way tie for the Big Sky championship with Weber State. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they lost to Austin Peay in the second round.

2019 Sacramento State Hornets football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 9
FCS CoachesNo. 9
2019 record9–4 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKris Richardson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Thompson (1st season)
Home stadiumHornet Stadium
(Capacity: 21,195)
2019 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Weber State +^  7 –1     11 –4  
No. 9 Sacramento State +^  7 –1     9 –4  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 –2     10 –4  
No. 4 Montana State ^  6 –2     11 –4  
Eastern Washington  6 –2     7 –5  
UC Davis  3 –5     5 –7  
Idaho  3 –5     5 –7  
Portland State  3 –5     5 –7  
Cal Poly  2 –6     3 –8  
Southern Utah  2 –6     3 –9  
Northern Arizona  2 –6     4 –8  
Northern Colorado  2 –6     2 –10  
Idaho State  2 –6     3 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Hornets finished the 2018 season 2–8, 0–7 in Big Sky play to finish in last place.

On November 26, head coach Jody Sears was fired.[1] He finished at Sacramento State with a five-year record of 20–35.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Hornets were picked to finish in twelfth place by the media and in eleventh by the coaches.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington536 (25)
2UC Davis510 (13)
3Weber State472 (4)
4Montana State417
5Montana396 (1)
6Northern Arizona302
7Idaho State285
8Idaho248
9Cal Poly196
10Portland State178
11Southern Utah160
12Sacramento State125
13Northern Colorado90
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington140 (10)
2UC Davis127 (2)
3Weber State124
4Montana104 (1)
5Montana State100
6Northern Arizona88
7Idaho State72
8Idaho65
9Cal Poly56
10Portland State42
11Sacramento State40
12Southern Utah38
13Northern Colorado19

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Hornets had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.Southern Oregon*
Pluto TVW 77–198,843
September 67:00 p.m.at Arizona State*
P12NL 7–1942,286
September 146:00 p.m.Northern Colorado*
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
CW 31W 50–06,753
September 217:00 p.m.at Fresno State*
Stadium FacebookL 20–3431,034
October 56:00 p.m.No. 22 Eastern Washington
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
CW 31/ElevenW 48–279,640
October 121:00 p.m.at No. 6 Montana State
Pluto TVW 34–2119,437
October 196:00 p.m.No. 5 MontanaNo. 15
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
CW 31W 49–2215,140
October 265:05 p.m.at Cal PolyNo. 7
Pluto TVW 38–147,032
November 26:00 p.m. No. 3 Weber StateNo. 6
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
CW 31L 17–3611,253
November 91:00 p.m.at Northern ArizonaNo. 8
Pluto TVW 38–344,257
November 162:00 p.m.at IdahoNo. 6
Pluto TVW 31–76,108
November 232:00 p.m.UC DavisNo. 4
CW 31W 27–1719,882
December 75:00 p.m.No. 18 Austin Peay*No. 3
ESPN3L 28–425,140
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[4]

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Northern Colorado will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

Southern Oregon
1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 10 3 6 0 19
Hornets 21 28 14 14 77
See also: Southern Oregon Raiders football

at Arizona State
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 0 7 7
Sun Devils 0 3 6 10 19
See also: 2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Northern Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Hornets 7 15 21 7 50
See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

at Fresno State
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 6 6 0 8 20
Bulldogs 7 7 0 20 34
See also: 2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Eastern Washington
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Eagles 7 7 6 7 27
Hornets 21 6 7 14 48
See also: 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

at Montana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 14 13 0 34
No. 6 Bobcats 7 7 0 7 21
See also: 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team

Montana
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Grizzlies 7 8 7 0 22
No. 15 Hornets 18 17 14 0 49
See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

at Cal Poly
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Hornets 0 17 7 14 38
Mustangs 0 0 7 7 14
See also: 2019 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Weber State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Wildcats 9 14 6 7 36
No. 6 Hornets 3 7 0 7 17
See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

at Northern Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Hornets 14 3 7 14 38
Lumberjacks 0 17 0 17 34
See also: 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

at Idaho
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Hornets 7 17 0 7 31
Vandals 0 0 7 0 7
See also: 2019 Idaho Vandals football team

UC Davis
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 10 0 0 17
No. 4 Hornets 3 7 3 14 27
See also: 2019 UC Davis Aggies football team and Causeway Classic

FCS Playoffs

The Hornets entered the postseason tournament as the number four seed, with a first-round bye.[5]

Austin Peay–Second Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Governors 21 0 14 7 42
No. 3 Hornets 0 0 14 14 28
See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
STATS FCS NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 15 7 6 8 6 4 3 9 
Coaches NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 17 8 6 8 6 4 3 9

References
  1. Frey, Thomas (November 26, 2018). "Sac State fires head football coach Jody Sears after 2–8 season". www.statehornet.com. The State Hornet. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  2. "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. "Football". Sacramento State Athletics. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  5. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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