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American college football season
The 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by first-year head coach Troy Taylor , the Hornets compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the Big Sky title with Weber State . Sacramento State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs where, after a first-round bye, they lost to Austin Peay in the second round. The Hornets played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California .
Preseason [ edit ] Big Sky preseason poll [ edit ] 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.[1]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Eastern Washington
536 (25)
2
UC Davis
510 (13)
3
Weber State
472 (4)
4
Montana State
417
5
Montana
396 (1)
6
Northern Arizona
302
7
Idaho State
285
8
Idaho
248
9
Cal Poly
196
10
Portland State
178
11
Southern Utah
160
12
Sacramento State 125
13
Northern Colorado
90
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Eastern Washington
140 (10)
2
UC Davis
127 (2)
3
Weber State
124
4
Montana
104 (1)
5
Montana State
100
6
Northern Arizona
88
7
Idaho State
72
8
Idaho
65
9
Cal Poly
56
10
Portland State
42
11
Sacramento State 40
12
Southern Utah
38
13
Northern Colorado
19
Preseason All–Big Sky team [ edit ] The Hornets had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. Southern Oregon * Pluto TV W 77–198,843 September 6 7:00 p.m. at Arizona State * P12N L 7–1942,286 September 14 6:00 p.m. Northern Colorado * Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA CW 31 W 50–06,753 September 21 7:00 p.m. at Fresno State * Stadium Facebook L 20–3431,034 October 5 6:00 p.m. No. 22 Eastern Washington Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA CW 31/Eleven W 48–279,640 October 12 1:00 p.m. at No. 6 Montana State Pluto TV W 34–2119,437 October 19 6:00 p.m. No. 5 Montana No. 15 Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA CW 31 W 49–2215,140 October 26 5:05 p.m. at Cal Poly No. 7 Pluto TV W 38–147,032 November 2 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Weber State No. 6 Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA CW 31 L 17–3611,253 November 9 1:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona No. 8 Pluto TV W 38–344,257 November 16 2:00 p.m. at Idaho No. 6 Pluto TV W 31–76,108 November 23 2:00 p.m. UC Davis No. 4 CW 31 W 27–1719,882 December 7 5:00 p.m. No. 18 Austin Peay * No. 3 ESPN3 L 28–425,140 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Despite Northern Colorado also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the September 14 game against Sacramento State was considered a non-conference game.[3]
Game summaries [ edit ] Southern Oregon [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
10
3
6
0
19
Hornets
21
28
14
14
77
At Arizona State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
0
0
0
7
7
Sun Devils
0
3
6
10
19
Northern Colorado [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
0
0
0
Hornets
7
15
21
7
50
At Fresno State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
6
6
0
8
20
Bulldogs
7
7
0
20
34
Eastern Washington [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Eagles
7
7
6
7
27
Hornets
21
6
7
14
48
At Montana State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
7
14
13
0
34
No. 6 Bobcats
7
7
0
7
21
Montana [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 5 Grizzlies
7
8
7
0
22
No. 15 Hornets
18
17
14
0
49
At Cal Poly [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Hornets
0
17
7
14
38
Mustangs
0
0
7
7
14
Weber State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Wildcats
9
14
6
7
36
No. 6 Hornets
3
7
0
7
17
At Northern Arizona [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 8 Hornets
14
3
7
14
38
Lumberjacks
0
17
0
17
34
At Idaho [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Hornets
7
17
0
7
31
Vandals
0
0
7
0
7
UC Davis [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
10
0
0
17
No. 4 Hornets
3
7
3
14
27
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] The Hornets entered the postseason tournament as the number four seed, with a first-round bye.[4]
Austin Peay–Second Round [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 18 Governors
21
0
14
7
42
No. 3 Hornets
0
0
14
14
28
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final STATS FCS — RV RV RV RV RV RV 15 7 6 8 6 4 3 9 Coaches — — RV RV RV RV RV 17 8 6 8 6 4 3 9
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons
College Division / Division II I-AA/FCS
Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State Idaho State Montana , Idaho , & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983)Montana State Idaho (1985)Nevada (1986)Idaho (1987)Idaho (1988)Idaho (1989)Nevada (1990)Nevada (1991)Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992)Montana (1993)Boise State (1994)Montana Montana (1996)Eastern Washington (1997)Montana (1998)Montana (1999)Montana (2000)Montana Montana , Montana State , & Idaho State (2002)Montana State , Montana , & Northern Arizona (2003)Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Montana (2005)Montana (2006)Montana (2007)Weber State & Montana (2008)Montana (2009)Montana State & Eastern Washington Montana State & Montana (2011)Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Cal Poly (2012)Eastern Washington (2013)Eastern Washington (2014)Southern Utah (2015)Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)Southern Utah & Weber State (2017)Eastern Washington , UC Davis , & Weber State (2018)Sacramento State & Weber State (2019)Weber State (2020)Sacramento State (2021)Montana State & Sacramento State (2022)Montana (2023) National championships in bold
