2021 Sacramento State Hornets football team

The 2021 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Troy Taylor and played their home games at Hornet Stadium. They competed as a member of the Big Sky Conference.

2021 Sacramento State Hornets football
Big Sky champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 10
FCS CoachesNo. 11
2021 record9–3 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKris Richardson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Thompson (2nd season)
Home stadiumHornet Stadium
(capacity: 21,195)
2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Sacramento State $^  8 –0   9 –3  
No. 2 Montana State ^  7 –1   11 –3  
No. 7 Eastern Washington ^  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 17 UC Davis ^  5 –3   8 –4  
Weber State  5 –3   6 –5  
Northern Arizona  4 –4   5 –6  
Portland State  4 –4   5 –6  
Idaho  3 –5   4 –7  
Northern Colorado  2 –6   3 –8  
Cal Poly  1 –7   2 –9  
Idaho State  1 –7   1 –10  
Southern Utah  0 –8   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Hornets finished the 2019 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. The Hornets opted out in the 2020 fall season and 2021 spring season.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Hornets were predicted to finish fifth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.[1]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State (7)
2 Montana (3)
3 Eastern Washington (2)
4 Montana State (1)
5 Sacramento State (1)
6 UC Davis
7 Northern Arizona
8 Idaho
9 Idaho State
10 Portland State
11 Southern Utah
12 Cal Poly
13 Northern Colorado
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State (14)
2 Montana (4)
3 Eastern Washington (3)
4 Montana State (3)
5 Sacramento State
6 UC Davis
7 Northern Arizona
8 Idaho
9 Idaho State
10 Portland State
11 Southern Utah
12 Northern Colorado
13 Cal Poly

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Hornets had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 46:00 p.m.at Dixie State*
ESPN+W 19–76,656
September 116:00 p.m.No. 21 Northern Iowa*
KMAX-TVL 16–348,067
September 181:00 p.m.at California*
P12NL 30–4231,982
September 2512:00 p.m.at Idaho State
ESPN+W 23–215,997
October 96:00 p.m.Southern Utah
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
KMAX-TVW 41–206,244
October 1612:00 p.m.at No. 5 Montana
ESPN+W 28–2124,305
October 236:00 p.m.Northern ArizonaNo. 19
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
KMAX-TVW 44–08,210
October 3012:00 p.m.at Northern ColoradoNo. 15
ESPN+W 27–244,068
November 66:00 p.m.Cal PolyNo. 16
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
KMAX-TVW 41–97,287
November 136:00 p.m.Portland StateNo. 12
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
KMAX-TVW 49–205,848
November 201:00 p.m.at No. 10 UC DavisNo. 11
ESPN+W 27–712,315
December 46:00 p.m.No. 11 South Dakota State*No. 8
ESPN+L 19–2410,031
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[3]

Roster
2021 Sacramento State Hornets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 6 Jordan Chin Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

at Dixie State
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 5 7 7 0 19
Trailblazers 0 7 0 0 7
See also: 2021 Dixie State Trailblazers football team

No. 21 Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Panthers 7 0 27 0 34
Hornets 3 6 0 7 16
See also: 2021 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

at California
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 6 0 14 10 30
Golden Bears 14 7 14 7 42
See also: 2021 California Golden Bears football team

at Idaho State
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 7 6 3 23
Bengals 7 14 0 0 21
See also: 2021 Idaho State Bengals football team

Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 6 7 20
Hornets 17 7 7 10 41
See also: 2021 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

at Montana
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 7 14 0 28
No. 5 Grizzlies 0 6 15 0 21
See also: 2021 Montana Grizzlies football team

Northern Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0 0 0 0 0
No. 19 Hornets 3 34 0 7 44
See also: 2021 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

at Northern Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Hornets 10 7 3 7 27
Bears 0 7 10 7 24
See also: 2021 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Cal Poly
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 9 0 0 9
No. 16 Hornets 14 10 10 7 41
See also: 2021 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Portland State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 7 6 20
No. 12 Hornets 3 18 14 14 49
See also: 2021 Portland State Vikings football team

at No. 10 UC Davis
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Hornets 7 17 3 0 27
No. 10 Aggies 0 0 0 7 7
See also: 2021 UC Davis Aggies football team and Causeway Classic

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCSRVRV
CoachesRV

References
  1. "FOOTBALL PICKED FIFTH BY COACHES, MEDIA IN BIG SKY PRESEASON POLLS". hornetsports.com. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  2. "DOTSON, MARTIN NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-BIG SKY TEAM". hornetsports.com. 6 August 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. "2021 Football Schedule". Sacramento State Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
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