2022 Sacramento State Hornets football team
The 2022 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Troy Taylor, the Hornets played their home games on campus at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. This season set multiple milestones for Sac State. They beat an FBS team for the first time since 2012 with a 41–10 victory over Colorado State. The Hornets claimed their best start to a season in school history when they won their seventh game against Montana 31–24 in overtime, and completed their first perfect regular season in school history following a 27–21 victory over UC Davis. They won their first ever FCS playoff game with a 38–31 win over Richmond. However, in the highest-scoring game in FCS playoff history, they were upset by Incarnate Word in the quarterfinals, 66–63. After the season in December, Taylor left for Stanford University and defensive coordinator
Andy Thompson was promoted to head coach for 2023. Preseason

Polls
On July 25, 2022, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Hornets were predicted to finish second in the Big Sky by the coaches and third by the media. Preseason All–Big Sky team
The Hornets had five players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team. Offense

Marshel Martin – TE

Pierre Williams – WR

Brandon Weldon – OL

Asher O'Hara – QB

Special teams

Kyle Sentkowski – K

Schedule

Conference opponents not played this season: Idaho State, Montana State, Northern Arizona

Game summaries

Utah Tech

At Northern Iowa

At Colorado State

At Cal Poly

Northern Colorado

At Eastern Washington

No. 7 Montana

No. 14 Idaho

At No. 5 Weber State

At Portland State

No. 24 UC Davis

FCS Playoffs

No. 13 Richmond – Second Round

No. 5 Incarnate Word – Quarterfinals

Ranking movements

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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