2018 Sacramento State Hornets football team


The 2018 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jody Sears and played their home games at Hornet Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the 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.

Previous season

The Hornets finished the 2017 season 7–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

Preseason

Big Sky Kickoff

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Hornets were predicted to finish in fifth place in the coaches poll and seventh place in the media poll.

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Hornets had three players selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.
Andre Lindsey – Sr. WR
George Obinna – Sr. DE
Mister Harriel – Sr. S

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

St. Francis (IL)

at San Diego State

at Northern Colorado

at Montana

Cal Poly

at Southern Utah

North Dakota

Portland State

at Weber State

at UC Davis