2000 Sacramento State Hornets football team

The 2000 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University[note 1] during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

2000 Sacramento State Hornets football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2000 record7–4 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • John Volek (6th season)
Home stadiumHornet Stadium
(Capacity: 21,195)
2000 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Montana $^  8 –0     13 –2  
No. 15 Portland State ^  5 –3     8 –4  
No. 18 Weber State  5 –3     7 –4  
Sacramento State  5 –3     7 –4  
Eastern Washington  5 –3     6 –5  
Idaho State  4 –4     6 –5  
Cal State Northridge  2 –6     4 –7  
Northern Arizona  2 –6     3 –8  
Montana State  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Sacramento State competed in the Big Sky Conference. The Hornets were led by sixth-year head coach John Volek and played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. They finished above .500 for the first time in Big Sky conference play, with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 5–3 Big Sky). Sacramento State outscored its opponents 329–279 for the season.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 2at Saint Mary's*
W 41–74,348[1]
September 9Cal Poly[note 2]*
W 39–4116,557[2]
September 16Portland State
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, California
L 48–2711,853[3]
September 23at Idaho State
L 41–105,638[4]
September 30Weber State
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, California
W 49–529,157[5]
October 7at Montana
L 41–1419,264[6]
October 14Montana State
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, California
W 14–3611,958[7]
October 21at Eastern Washington
W 49–516,257[8]
October 28at UC Davis*
L 21–269,700[9]
November 4Cal State Northridge
  • Hornet Stadium
  • Sacramento, California
W 41–207,912[10]
November 11at Northern Arizona
W 31–262,011[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No Sacramento State players were selected in the 2001 NFL Draft.[14][15][16]

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.
  2. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.

References
  1. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Saint Mary's)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  2. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Cal Poly)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  3. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Portland State)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  4. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Idaho State)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  5. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Weber State)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  6. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Montana)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  7. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Montana State)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  8. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Eastern Wash.)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  9. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (UC Davis)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  10. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (CS Northridge)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  11. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Northern Ariz)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  12. "Cal St.-Sacramento Yearly Results". Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  13. "Hornetsports.com: Football Yearly Results". Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  14. "2001 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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