The Sacramento State Hornets and San Diego Toreros have scheduled a three-game football series, FBSchedules.com has learned.
A copy of the contract for all three football games with the University of San Diego was obtained from Sacramento State University via a state public records request.
In the first game of the series, Sacramento State will host San Diego at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif., on Sept. 11, 2027. The game will mark the first-ever meeting between the two schools on the gridiron.
The final two games of the three-game series will both be played at Torero Stadium in San Diego, Calif. The Hornets will travel to face the Toreros on Sept. 9, 2028 and then again two seasons later on Sept. 7, 2030.
According to the copy of the contract, there are no financial guarantees for any of the three contests between the two schools.
The games against San Diego in 2027, 2028, and 2030 are the first scheduled non-conference contests for Sacramento State for all three seasons.
San Diego’s only known future opponent during that span is a road contest against the Southern Utah Thunderbirds on Sept. 4, 2027. The Toreros have no announced games in 2028 or 2030.
Sac State-Oregon State Date Change
According to a copy of an amendment obtained from Sacramento State University, the Hornets’ game on the road against the Oregon State Beavers on Sept. 5, 2026 has been rescheduled. The two schools will now meet in Corvallis, Ore., three seasons later on Sept. 1, 2029.
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Interesting to see that San Diego hosts an extra game when Sacramento State’s the bigger school. Did Sacramento State host San Diego at some point recently and one of the games is a return trip? Seems weird to me.
Thought it was odd as well, I looked at the contract 10 times to verify. And I can’t find any record of them ever playing.
The 3-game contract between Cal Poly and San Diego has San Diego at Cal Poly 2X and 1X in San Diego. San Diego is a heavy recruiting area in S California.
Valpo is My favorite Pioneer conference team.
Montana State is My favorite Big Sky team.
Many “small” universities excel in Football. Size of enrollment, or facilities, or location, alone don’t determine the team product.
Uni. of St. Thomas Tommies = 1 model of this.
Expelled from their Div. 3 conf. & choosing to plan & follow a sustainable model is giving them success.
UT Roadrunners of S.A. are another model of success. Small student body, Commuter campus in Big city, huge dome,I don’t know if they fill it.
They have built & achieved much more success tban TX State Bobcats, who started their Div. 1A program at the same time.
The Roadrunners have succeeded so far over established progams UT Miners, U.North TX Mean Green, Rice Uni. Owls.
Uni. of San Diego Toreros have excelled in the Non 63 GrantsinAid League competition in southern California & all of California.
Some previous California private Uni. & State Uni. programs are an obscure memory.
e.g. Uni.of the Pacific Tigers, St. Mary’s of Cal. Gaels, a greater L.A. Uni., whose name I forget, also dicontinued it’s Div. 2 Program, the most recent of my models.
All the Big West Unis. not named Cal. Davis Aggies, CalPoly Mustangs & @BigSkyConf Cal. State U. Hornets, which were 3, 4 or 5 of the other existing Programs.
Diablos. Cla State-Los Angeles were the Diablos