The 1985 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento as a member of the

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(WFC) during the

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. Led by eighth-year head coach

Bob Mattos Robert J. Mattos (September 28, 1941 – March 14, 2010) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at California State University, Sacramento from 1978 to 1992, compiling a record of 84–73–2. He is the only coach in ...

, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the WFC. The team outscored its opponents 326 to 229 for the season. The Hornets played home games at Hornet Stadium in

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. 1985 was the first year Sacramento State competed in the WFC. They had been a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) from 1954 to 1984.

Schedule

Team players in the NFL

The following Sacramento State players were selected in the

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