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.

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. 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.

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Hornets had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.
Offense
Elijah Dotson – RB

Schedule

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

at Arizona State

Northern Colorado

at Fresno State

Eastern Washington

at Montana State

Montana

at Cal Poly

Weber State

at Northern Arizona

at Idaho

UC Davis

FCS Playoffs

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

Austin Peay–Second Round

Ranking movements