2000 Sacramento State Hornets football team

2000 Sacramento State Hornets football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	7–4 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	John Volek (6th season)
Home stadium	Hornet Stadium

2000 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Montana $^		8	–	0					13	–	2
No. 15 Portland State ^		5	–	3					8	–	4
No. 18 Weber State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Sacramento State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Washington		5	–	3					6	–	5
Idaho State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Cal State Northridge		2	–	6					4	–	7
Northern Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Montana State		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by sixth-year head coach John Volek, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a four-way tie for second place in the Big Sky. They finished above .500 for the first time in Big Sky play. The team outscored its opponents 329 to 279 for the season. The Hornets played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	at Saint Mary's*	Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	W 41–7	4,348
September 9	Cal Poly*	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 39–41	16,557
September 16	No. 12 Portland State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	L 48–27	11,853
September 23	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	L 41–10	5,638
September 30	Weber State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 49–52	9,157
October 7	at No. 9 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 41–14	19,264
October 14	Montana State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 14–36	11,958
October 21	at No. 25 Eastern Washington	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 49–51	6,257
October 28	at No. 1–West (D-II) UC Davis*	Toomey Field Davis, CA (Causeway Classic)	L 21–26	9,700
November 4	Cal State Northridge	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 41–20	7,912
November 11	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 31–26	2,011
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game