1978 Sacramento State Hornets football team
American college football season
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The 1978 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1978 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob Mattos, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 1–9 with a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 304 to 84 for the season. The Hornets played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California.
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record1–9 (1–4 FWC)
Headcoach
- Bob Mattos (1st season)
HomestadiumHornet Stadium
| 1978 Sacramento State Hornets football | |
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| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 1–9 (1–4 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Hornet Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 UC Davis $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Hayward | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | at Cal Poly* | L 6–52 | 2,700 | [1] | |
| September 23 | at Cal Poly Pomona* |
| L 13–15 | 2,500 | [2] |
| September 30 | at Portland State* | L 7–63 | [3] | ||
| October 7 | Humboldt State | L 10–22 | |||
| October 14 | No. 6 UC Davis |
| L 0–39 | 6,000 | [4] |
| October 21 | at San Francisco State | W 13–10 | 1,312 | [5] | |
| October 28 | No. 2 (I-AA) Nevada* |
| L 15–39 | ||
| November 4 | Chico State |
| L 3–12 | 1,850 | [6] |
| November 11 | at Cal State Hayward | L 7–21 | |||
| November 18 | at Cal State Northridge* |
| L 9–31 | 1,900 | [7] |
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