1959 Sacramento State Hornets football team

The 1959 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State College[note 1] during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season.

1959 Sacramento State Hornets football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
1959 record2–7 (1–4 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCharles C. Hughes Stadium
1959 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 17 San Francisco State $ 5 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
Humboldt State 4 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Nevada 3 –2 –0  4 –3 –0
Chico State 2 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Sacramento State 1 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
UC Davis 0 –5 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from College Division poll

Sacramento State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).[note 2] The Hornets were led by third-year head coach Johnny Baker. They played home games at Charles C. Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. The team finished the season with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7, 1–4 FWC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 107–222.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 19Los Angeles State[note 3]*
L 12–60
September 26at Long Beach State[note 4]*
L 0–19
October 3at Whittier*
L 19–20
October 10at Humboldt State[note 5]
L 20–38
October 17at Chico State[note 6]
L 2–28
October 24Nevada
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
L 0–14
October 31Pomona-Claremont[note 7]*
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
W 19–0
November 7San Francisco State[note 8]
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
L 14–37
November 14at UC Davis[note 9]
W 21–6
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No Sacramento State players were selected in the 1960 NFL Draft.[2][3][4]

Notes
  1. California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.
  2. The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
  3. California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
  4. California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
  5. Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
  6. California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.
  7. What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona-Claremont from 1950 to 1961. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
  8. San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
  9. The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.

References
  1. "Cal St.-Sacramento Yearly Results". Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. "1960 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  3. "Sacramento St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  4. "Draft History: Sacramento State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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