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2009 Sacramento State

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

Sacramento State in 2009, game by game: lost at UNLV 3–38; lost at Cal Poly 19–38; lost vs. Eastern Washington 30–56; won vs. Portland State 31–14; won vs. Idaho State 38–17; lost at Weber State 10–49; lost vs. Montana 30–45; won vs. Northern Arizona 27–24; won at Northern Colorado 38–35; lost at Montana State 17–27; won vs. UC Davis 31–28+21−39Lost 3–38 at UNLV-35UNLVLost 19–38 at Cal Poly-19Cal PolyLost 30–56 vs. Eastern Washington-26Eastern Washing…Won 31–14 vs. Portland State+17Portland StateWon 38–17 vs. Idaho State+21Idaho StateLost 10–49 at Weber State-39Weber StateLost 30–45 vs. Montana-15MontanaWon 27–24 vs. Northern Arizona+3Northern ArizonaWon 38–35 at Northern Colorado+3Northern Colora…Lost 17–27 at Montana State-10Montana StateWon 31–28 vs. UC Davis+3UC Davis
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atUNLVL 3–⁠3825%
Sep 12atCal PolyL 19–⁠3827%
Sep 26vsEastern WashingtonL 30–⁠5636%
Oct 3vsPortland StateW 31–⁠1444%
Oct 10vsIdaho StateW 38–⁠1775%
Oct 17atWeber StateL 10–⁠4922%
Oct 24vsMontanaL 30–⁠4521%
Oct 31vsNorthern ArizonaW 27–⁠2439%
Nov 7atNorthern ColoradoW 38–⁠3552%
Nov 14atMontana StateL 17–⁠2731%
Nov 21vsUC DavisW 31–⁠2847%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat UC Davis 31–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 37 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
274–⁠371
Coach
—
Elo
1264 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−29.1 No. 61 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for Sacramento State are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

2009 Big Sky standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana8–⁠013–⁠0
Eastern Washington6–⁠28–⁠4
Weber State6–⁠27–⁠5
Montana State5–⁠37–⁠4
Northern Arizona4–⁠45–⁠6
Sacramento State4–⁠45–⁠6
Northern Colorado1–⁠73–⁠8
Portland State1–⁠72–⁠9
Idaho State1–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.