Sacramento State — Mid-American
Class rank
#125
class of 2026
2026 schedule
2025 results (0–1)
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (26 in / 22 out)
Origins
A commuter school in the state capital that spent its life in the FCS, then took the invitation to move up in 2026. Taylor left for Stanford after two Big Sky titles.
Founded 1947 · Opened in surplus Army barracks for postwar California · first football 1954 · defined by Troy Taylor
All-time record
Win %
44.4%
36 seasons played
Winning seasons
11
31% of seasons
By level: ii/iii 3–9 (1968–1992) · FCS 107–129 (1993–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2022 | 12 | 1 | Big Sky |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 | Big Sky |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 | Big Sky |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 | Big Sky |
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | Big Sky |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1968 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 24 | 63% |
42% | — | 8.4 | 17% |
| 2nd down | 20 | 70% |
35% | — | 4.4 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 1 | 100% |
0% | — | 0.0 | 0% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 3 | 0% |
33% | — | 5.0 | 0% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 7 | 57% |
14% | — | 6.7 | 14% |
| 4th down | 2 | 100% |
100% | — | 8.5 | 50% |
9 drives · 33% ended in points · 8.8 plays and 38.3 yards per drive · -0.00 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 2 | Nevada |
Cardell Williams pass complete to Ernest Campbell for 75 yds for a TD (Grant Meadors KICK) |
75 | 6.08 |
| 2 | Nevada |
Jaden Rashada pass complete to Ajon Bryant for 30 yds to the NEV 31 for a 1ST down |
30 | 2.86 |
| 2 | Nevada |
Rodney Hammond Jr. 5 Yd Run (Grant Meadors Kick) |
5 | 2.44 |
| 2 | Nevada |
Cardell Williams run for 13 yds to the SAC 40 for a 1ST down |
13 | 2.25 |
| 2 | Nevada |
Cardell Williams pass complete to Ernest Campbell for 10 yds to the SAC 40 for a 1ST down |
10 | 1.98 |
| 2 | Nevada |
Rodney Hammond Jr. run for 4 yds to the SAC 37 for a 1ST down |
4 | 1.85 |
| 2 | Nevada |
Cardell Williams pass complete to Jordan Williams for 26 yds to the NEV 34 for a 1ST down |
26 | 1.82 |
| 2 | Nevada |
Jamar Curtis run for 20 yds to the SAC 32 for a 1ST down |
20 | 1.73 |