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Hornet Stadium

Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, CA, home of Sacramento State. Capacity 21,195. Opened September 20, 1969.

Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, CA
Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, CAPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
21,195
Opened
1969
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
40 ft
Sacramento State here
64–⁠49 games on file since 2004

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2004 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Hornet Stadium by season, 2004 to 20260k5k10k15k20k25k2004: 4,974 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,7632005: 5,833 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,1872006: 5,821 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,1432007: 7,899 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,0732008: 8,184 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,5672009: 9,935 a game over 5 games; biggest 17,1272010: 7,576 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,0112011: 9,553 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,8742013: 7,868 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,5712014: 6,636 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,9342015: 8,879 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,7352016: 6,948 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,6142017: 8,315 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,8282018: 7,463 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,7092019: 10,950 a game over 7 games; biggest 19,8822021: 7,615 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,0312022: 14,338 a game over 7 games; biggest 23,0732023: 13,348 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,1222024: 14,047 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,2392025: 15,670 a game over 6 games; biggest 20,0222026: 14,284 a game over 3 games; biggest 18,52320042009201420192024

Biggest crowds on file

23,073UC Davis at Sacramento State2022
20,022Northern Colorado at Sacramento State2025
19,882UC Davis at Sacramento State2019
18,523Mississippi Valley State at Sacramento State2026
18,029Montana at Sacramento State2025

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 20, 1969
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2010–present)
Natural grass (1969–⁠2009)
Record crowd
23,073 (November 19, 2022 vs. UC Davis)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Hornet Stadium (Sacramento).

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Ohio 48, Sacramento State 7
Sep 26, 2026Massachusetts 35, Sacramento State 6
Sep 19, 2026North Dakota State 31, Sacramento State 10
Sep 5, 2026Sacramento State 52, Mississippi Valley State 0
Nov 15, 2025Sacramento State 23, Idaho 20
Oct 24, 2025Montana 49, Sacramento State 35
Oct 18, 2025Sacramento State 40, Northern Colorado 35
Sep 27, 2025Cal Poly 32, Sacramento State 24
Sep 20, 2025Sacramento State 45, Central Arkansas 16
Sep 13, 2025Sacramento State 49, Mercyhurst 28
Nov 23, 2024UC Davis 42, Sacramento State 39
Nov 2, 2024Portland State 58, Sacramento State 38

Around the stadium

Beer sales
Sold to all fans · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.