2010 Sacramento State Hornets football team

The 2010 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University[note 1] during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

2010 Sacramento State Hornets football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2010 record6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coachMarshall Sperbeck (4th season)
Home stadiumHornet Stadium
(Capacity: 21,195)
2010 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 E. Washington +^  7 –1     13 –2  
No. 11 Montana State +^  7 –1     9 –3  
No. 20 Montana  5 –3     7 –4  
Weber State  5 –3     6 –5  
Sacramento State  5 –3     6 –5  
Northern Arizona  4 –4     6 –5  
Northern Colorado  2 –6     3 –8  
Portland State  1 –7     2 –9  
Idaho State  0 –8     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Sacramento State competed in the Big Sky Conference. The Hornets were led by fourth-year head coach Marshall Sperbeck and played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 5–3 Big Sky). Sacramento State outscored its opponents 353–272 for the season. This was the first winning season for the Hornets since they finished 7–4 in the 2000 season.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 4at Stanford*
L 17–5230,626[1]
September 11Western Oregon*
W 31–177,811[2]
September 18Weber State
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
W 24–176,937[3]
September 25at Montana
L 25–2825,965[4]
October 2Montana State
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
L 61–64 OT6,311[5]
October 9Northern Colorado
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
W 42–79,011[6]
October 23at Eastern Washington
L 24–287,147[7]
October 30at Northern Arizona
W 40–106,729[8]
November 6Portland State
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
W 28–157,812[9]
November 13at Idaho State
W 45–174,694[10]
November 20at UC Davis*
L 16–179,785[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No Sacramento State players were selected in the 2011 NFL Draft.[14][15][16]

The following finished their college career in 2010, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

PlayerPositionFirst NFL Team
McLeod Bethel-ThompsonQuarterback2012 Minnesota Vikings

Notes
  1. The official name of Sacramento State has been California State University, Sacramento since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.

References
  1. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Stanford)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  2. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Western Oregon)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  3. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Weber State)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  4. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Montana)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  5. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Montana State)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  6. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Northern Colo.)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  7. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Eastern Wash.)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  8. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Northern Ariz.)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  9. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Portland State)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  10. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Idaho State)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  11. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (UC Davis)". Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  12. "Cal St.-Sacramento Yearly Results". Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  13. "Hornetsports.com: Football Yearly Results". Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  14. "2011 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  15. "Sacramento St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  16. "Draft History: Sacramento State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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