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 HomecomingRankings 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 — = Not ranked RV = Received votes 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 ]
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