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
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 Northern Colorado also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the September 14 game against Sacramento State was considered a non-conference game.
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
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