1983 Sacramento State Hornets football team

1983 Sacramento State Hornets football
1983 Sacramento State Hornets football
Conference	Northern California Athletic Conference
Record	5–5–1 (4–1–1 NCAC)
Head coach	Bob Mattos (6th season);
Home stadium	Hornet Stadium
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1983 NCAA Division II football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Bob Mattos, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 5–5–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the NCAC. The team outscored its opponents 258 to 245 for the season. The Hornets played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California.

1983 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 UC Davis $^	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Sacramento State	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Chico State	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Cal State Hayward	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Humboldt State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
San Francisco State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Sonoma State	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Sonoma State	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 35–7	1,900	^[1]
September 10	Cal Poly*	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	L 15–38	7,360
September 17	at Portland State*	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	L 16–25	2,034
September 24	Cal State Northridge*	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	L 14–20	4,050	^[2]
October 8	at Saint Mary's*	Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	L 15–23	4,745
October 15	at Cal Lutheran*	Mt. Clef Field Thousand Oaks, CA	W 42–14	1,600
October 22	at Humboldt State	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	W 35–20	2,850
October 29	Chico State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	T 15–15	1,200
November 5	at San Francisco State	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 37–25	600
November 12	No. T–1 UC Davis	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA (Causeway Classic)	L 14–52	7,650
November 19	Cal State Hayward	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 20–6	550–1,600	^[3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

The following Sacramento State players were selected in the 1984 NFL draft.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
John Farley	Running back	4	92	Cincinnati Bengals

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^ "Saturday's College Football". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 26, 1983. p. III-12. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Final 1983 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
^ "Final 1983 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
^ "1984 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
^ "Sacramento St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
^ "Draft History: Sacramento State". Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.