2011 Sacramento State Hornets football team

The 2011 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Marshall Sperbeck, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Big Sky. The Hornets played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California.

2011 Sacramento State Hornets football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	4–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Marshall Sperbeck (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Anthony Parker (2nd season)
Home stadium	Hornet Stadium

2011 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 7 Montana State $^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 5 Montana† ^		5	–	1					6	–	2
Portland State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Washington		5	–	3					6	–	5
Weber State		5	–	3					5	–	6
Northern Arizona		3	–	5					4	–	7
Sacramento State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Idaho State*		1	–	7					2	–	9
Northern Colorado		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant † Montana vacated two conference wins, five total wins, their conference co-championship, and playoff participation (three games, including two of the five total wins) in 2011 * Idaho State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to APR violations Rankings from The Sports Network poll, using Montana's later-diminished W–L record

Sacramento State opened the season with a 29–28 win over Oregon State of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 pm	at Oregon State*	No. 24	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 29–28	41,581
September 10	12:00 pm	at Southern Utah*	No. 12	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	KCRA 3.2 MOREtv/KMYU	L 14–35	6,238
September 17	5:00 pm	at Weber State	No. 20	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT		L 17–49	8,362
September 24	6:00 pm	No. 10 Montana		Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	KPAX	W 42–28	12,751
October 1	12:30 pm	at No. 4 Montana State	No. 25	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	Max Media	L 21–31	18,847
October 8	12:30 pm	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO		W 14–0	1,189
October 22	6:00 pm	Eastern Washington		Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA		L 35–42 OT	10,705
October 29	6:00 pm	at Northern Arizona		Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	NAU-TV/FCSP	L 26–27	6,119
November 5	1:00 pm	at Portland State		Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR		L 20–29	4,635
November 12	6:00 pm	Idaho State		Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA		W 24–9	5,317
November 19	2:00 pm	UC Davis*		Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA (Causeway Classic)	CSNCA	L 19–23	12,874
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time