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
Record9–3 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKris Richardson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Thompson (2nd season)
Home stadiumHornet Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2022 →
2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

Preseason

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Big Sky preseason poll

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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

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

Schedule

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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 StateESPN+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 MontanaESPN+W 28–2124,305
October 236:00 p.m.Northern Arizona No. 19
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
KMAX-TVW 44–08,210
October 3012:00 p.m.at Northern ColoradoNo. 15ESPN+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. 11ESPN+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

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Roster

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2021 Sacramento State Hornets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 0 Marqui Johnson Fr
QB 1 Kaiden Bennett Fr
QB 2 Dorian Hale Fr
WR 3 Chris Miller Fr
WR 4 Isaiah Gable Sr
WR 5 Devin Gandy Fr
WR 6 Jordan Chin Sr
WR 8 Jared Gipson Fr
RB 9 Marcus Fulcher So
QB 10 Asher O'Hara Jr
WR 11 Parker Clayton So
QB 12 Jake Dunniway Jr
TE 16 Marshel Martin IV So
WR 17 Dewey Cotton Jr
WR 18 Xavier Mason Fr
RB 21 BJ Perkinson Sr
RB 23 Michael Johnson Fr
RB 25 Elijah Tau-Tolliver Fr
WR 26 Hunter Hall Fr
RB 31 Elijah Gable Fr
RB 32 Cameron Skattebo Fr
RB 33 Elijah Dotson Sr
RB 37 Nick Wyatt Fr
OL 51 Don Long Jr
OL 52 Ivan Garza Fr
OL 59 Nathan Mejia Fr
OL 61 Paula Hafoka Fr
OL 62 Kenndel Riley Fr
OL 64 Aidan Meek Fr
OL 65 Josh Reba Jr
OL 67 Parker Kernek So
OL 68 Sawyer Hays Fr
OL 70 Daniel Bradbury So
OL 71 Troy Stiefel Jr
OL 72 Jackson Slater Fr
OL 73 Ray Matelau So
OL 74 Kaden Richardson Fr
OL 75 Joe Wagner Fr
OL 76 Tyler Perez Fr
OL 77 Kooper Richardson Sr
OL 78 Brandon Weldon Jr
OL 79 Thomas Parker Sr
WR 80 Lucas Triplett Sr
TE 81 Tao McClinton Jr
WR 82 Joey Lewis Sr
TE 83 Jarrell Anderson Jr
WR 84 Pierre Williams Jr
TE 85 Cobe Weeks Fr
WR 86 Ty Smith Fr
TE 87 Will Schalde Fr
TE 88 Charlie McBride So
TE 89 Gary Morrison Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 1 Munchie Filer III Sr
CB 2 Patrick Dean Fr
CB 3 Prince Washington Sr
LB 4 Taylor Powell Sr
LB 5 Marcus Hawkins Sr
S 7 Cameron Broussard Fr
CB 9 Elijah King Fr
S 10 Malik Jeter Sr
NB 13 Isaiah Capoocia Jr
S 14 Marcus Aponte So
NB 15 Marte Mapu Jr
CB 19 Tykee Woods So
S 20 Abel Ordaz Jr
S 22 Eian Moore Jr
S 23 Kainalu Martin Jr
S 24 Davion Ross So
S 27 Gavin Davis-Smith Fr
S 28 Kameron Rocha Fr
NB 29 Javion Macias Jr
LB 30 Armon Bailey Jr
NB 31 Josiah Jacobs Fr
CB 32 Donovan Roebuck Fr
DL 34 Ariel Ngata Jr
CB 35 Dominick Sanders Jr
CB 36 Jalin Speed Fr
CB 38 DJ Houston Fr
LB 39 Jeremy Harris So
DL 40 Killian Rosko Jr
DL 41 DeShawn Lynch Fr
DL 42 Marshaun Hunter So
DL 44 Josiah Erickson Sr
DL 45 Xavier Williams Fr
NB 46 Jace O'Hara So
NB 47 Darian Pollard Fr
LB 48 Dylan Jorge Fr
LB 49 Kurt Landers, Jr. Fr
LB 50 Oge Feo Fr
LB 53 Justin Houlihan So
LB 54 Tali Finefeuiaki Jr
DL 55 Jett Stanley So
DL 56 Brandon Knott Fr
LB 57 Zach Corbitt Fr
LB 58 Mitchell Wolfe Fr
DL 66 Billy Lutui Fr
DL 90 Josh Cooper So
DL 92 Jayce Gamble Fr
DL 93 Tyler Hardeman So
DL 94 Wyatt Hjelm Sr
DL 95 Mason Brosseau Fr
DL 96 John Carey III Fr
DL 97 Carter Sullivan Fr
DL 99 Leke Fashola Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 18 Josh Baron Fr
LS 60 Robert Fiene So
LS 63 Dustin Cognetti Jr
P 69 Eric Fellenzer So
P 91 Sam Clark Jr
P 96 Connor Stutz Fr
K 98 Kyle Sentkowski Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Kris Richardson (Assistant head coach / offensive coordinator)
  • Andy Thompson (Defensive coordinator / linebackers)
  • Malcolm Agnew (Running backs)
  • Sam Cole (Safeties)
  • Bobby Fresques (Quarterbacks)
  • Jeremy LaPan (Special teams coordinator / tight ends)
  • Tyler Osborne (Wide receivers)
  • Kraig Paulson (Defensive line)
  • Cherokee Valeria (Defensive passing game coordinator / cornerbacks / pro liaison)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

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At Dixie State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 5 7 7 0 19
Trailblazers 0 7 0 0 7

No. 21 Northern Iowa

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Panthers 7 0 27 0 34
Hornets 3 6 0 7 16

At California

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 6 0 14 10 30
Golden Bears 14 7 14 7 42

At Idaho State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 7 6 3 23
Bengals 7 14 0 0 21

Southern Utah

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1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 6 7 20
Hornets 17 7 7 10 41

At Montana

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 7 14 0 28
No. 5 Grizzlies 0 6 15 0 21

Northern Arizona

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1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0 0 0 0 0
No. 19 Hornets 3 34 0 7 44

At Northern Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Hornets 10 7 3 7 27
Bears 0 7 10 7 24

Cal Poly

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 9 0 0 9
No. 16 Hornets 14 10 10 7 41

Portland State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 7 6 20
No. 12 Hornets 3 18 14 14 49

At No. 10 UC Davis

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Hornets 7 17 3 0 27
No. 10 Aggies 0 0 0 7 7

Ranking movements

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

References

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  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. August 6, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Football Schedule". Sacramento State Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2021.