Fresno State vs. Sacramento State

Fresno State and Sacramento State have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1972; Fresno State leads the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Fresno State 6–⁠0, and Fresno State has won the last 6.

Scheduled 2027 at Fresno State. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Fresno State wins
6
Sacramento State wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1972
Longest streak
6 Fresno State
Current streak
6 Fresno State
Last 10 meetings
Fresno State 6–⁠0
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s1–⁠0
2000s1–⁠0
2010s2–⁠0
2020s2–⁠0
Average margin
23.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Fresno State
6–⁠0 Fresno State’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Fresno State’s biggest win2026: Fresno State 49, Sacramento State 3by 46 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Fresno State and Sacramento State, 1972 on13001500170019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Mac Dalena Fresno State7 catches, 235 yards, 1 TD2024 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 12, 2026Fresno State 49, Sacramento State 3at Fresno State
Sep 7, 2024Fresno State 46, Sacramento State 30at Fresno State
Sep 21, 2019Fresno State 34, Sacramento State 20at Fresno State
Sep 10, 2016Fresno State 31, Sacramento State 3at Fresno State
Sep 1, 2007Fresno State 24, Sacramento State 3at Fresno State
Sep 9, 1972Fresno State 24, Sacramento State 7at Fresno State

Every game is listed as played on the field.