1954 Sacramento State Hornets football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record0–7 (0–5 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCharles C. Hughes Stadium
Seasons
1955 →
1954 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Francisco State $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Chico State 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Humboldt State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Nevada 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Cal Aggies 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Sacramento State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Second San Francisco State vs. Nevada game did not count in conference standings

The 1954 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State College—now known as California State University, Sacramento—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1954 college football season. It was the program's inaugural season of intercollegiate play. Led by first-year head coach Dave Strong, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 0–7 with a mark of 0–5 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams in the FWC. For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 217 to 40 and was held scoreless in four of the seven games. The Hornets played home games at Charles C. Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25San Diego NTS (CA)[note 1]*
L 0–46
October 2Humboldt State
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
L 7–282,000[1]
October 9Cal Aggies
  • Charles C. Hughes Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA (rivalry)
L 0–14
October 23Chico State
  • Charles C. Hughes Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
L 0–40[2]
November 6at Nevada
L 14–28
November 12at San Francisco State
L 0–40
November 20at Alameda NAS (CA)[note 3]Alameda, CAL 19–21
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes

  1. ^ The Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.
  2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[3]
  3. ^ Naval Air Station Alameda was a Naval Air Station from 1940 to 1997. For many years they fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams.

References

  1. ^ "Lumberjacks Win Far Western Conference Opener". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. October 4, 1954. p. 16. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ "Here's Story On How Chico State Operates; Running Account of Lopsided Win Last Saturday". Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California. October 28, 1954. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Cal St.-Sacramento Yearly Results". Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
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