American college football season
The 2012 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Marshall Sperbeck and played their home games at Hornet Stadium. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference.[1] They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 5:00 pm | at New Mexico State* | | AggieVision/ALT/ESPN3 | L 19–49 | 12,118 |
September 8 | 12:00 pm | at Colorado* | | PAC-12 Network | W 30–28 | 46,843 |
September 15 | 2:00 pm | Northern Colorado* | | Big Sky TV | W 28–17 | 7,408 |
September 22 | 6:00 pm | North Dakota | - Hornet Stadium
- Sacramento, CA
| Big Sky TV | L 13–35 | 10,774 |
September 29 | 12:30 pm | at Idaho State | | Big Sky TV | W 54–31 | 7,882 |
October 6 | 12:00 pm | at Southern Utah | | Big Sky TV | W 27–22 | 3,766 |
October 13 | 6:00 pm | Weber State | - Hornet Stadium
- Sacramento, CA
| Big Sky TV | W 19–14 | 12,106 |
October 20 | 4:00 pm | at No. 1 Eastern Washington | | Comcast Hometown Network/Big Sky TV | L 28–31 | 8,714 |
October 27 | 6:00 pm | No. 11 Cal Poly | - Hornet Stadium
- Sacramento, CA
| Big Sky TV | W 35–29 | 8,113 |
November 3 | 4:00 pm | No. 3 Montana State | - Hornet Stadium
- Sacramento, CA
| RTNW | L 17–20 | 7,143 |
November 17 | 3:00 pm | at UC Davis | | CSNCA/Big Sky TV | L 27–34 | 9,899 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Pacific time
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Despite Northern Colorado also being a member of the Big Sky, their September 15 meeting was considered a non-conference game.
Game summaries[]
@ New Mexico State[]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hornets
|
0
|
10
|
9
|
0 |
19 |
Aggies
|
7
|
21
|
0
|
21 |
49 |
@ Colorado[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hornets
|
7
|
17
|
0
|
6 |
30 |
Buffaloes
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
28 |
Northern Colorado[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
Hornets
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
North Dakota[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
North Dakota
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
35 |
Hornets
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
13 |
@ Idaho State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hornets
|
14
|
13
|
7
|
20 |
54 |
Bengals
|
14
|
9
|
0
|
8 |
31 |
@ Southern Utah[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hornets
|
7
|
0
|
13
|
7 |
27 |
Thunderbirds
|
3
|
13
|
6
|
0 |
22 |
Weber State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
Hornets
|
0
|
7
|
5
|
7 |
19 |
@ Eastern Washington[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hornets
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
14 |
28 |
#1 Eagles
|
3
|
10
|
11
|
7 |
31 |
Cal Poly[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#11 Mustangs
|
10
|
17
|
6
|
6 |
39 |
Hornets
|
7
|
21
|
0
|
7 |
35 |
Montana State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#3 Bobcats
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
7 |
20 |
Hornets
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
@ UC Davis[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hornets
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
27 |
Aggies
|
5
|
18
|
3
|
8 |
34 |
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