The Sacramento State football team is looking to be a part of school history today against the playoff-hungry Portland State Vikings.

In the last home game of the season, if the Hornets beat the Vikings, the team will finish 5-3 in the Big Sky Conference; a feat accomplished only one other time in the 11-year history Sac State has been a part of the Big Sky.

The Hornets, 4-5 overall, left Holt Arena last Saturday with a 22-14 victory over Idaho State. In the four years that Steve Mooshagian has been the Hornets’ head coach, this is the first time his team has gotten four wins in the season.

“Four wins is an outstanding accomplishment considering the strength of the schedule,” Mooshagian said.

Junior quarterback Marcel Marquez topped himself against the Bengals throwing for a career-high 396 yards.

The game also featured a pair of Hornet wide outs with over 100 yards receiving, senior Jason Barnes finished the night with 116 and senior Andre Taylor with 135.

The 5-2 Vikings, 5-4 overall, are competing for a playoff berth and a win at Hornet Stadium will keep them in the running.

The Hornets face a physical football team on both sides on the ball, Mooshagian said, and a secondary that he described as the best unit the team has played so far.

In the Vikings’ 34-26 win over Northern Arizona last week, senior quarterback Sawyer Smith threw for 324 yards and four touchdowns. With the improving offense, Portland State has scored over 30 points in the teams’ past three wins. Portland State also leads the Big Sky in sacks and is second in turnovers.

The Hornets are expecting to have four or five players questionable for this Saturday’s game, on the list includes star safety Brent Webber.

Webber, who leads the Big Sky in interceptions (6), sat out last Saturday’s game due to a shoulder injury he suffered in the game against Northern Colorado.

Being the last home game of the season, the feeling hasn’t sunk in for a lot of the senior players, Mooshagian said.

Thoughts came to mind for senior running back Kris Daniels as the season comes closer to an end, but hopes are still running high and the team is on a roll coming off of the second road win of the season, he said.

Daniels has seen the program grow since day one of Mooshagian’s reign. Daniels has seen the Hornets grow from a group of individuals to a unit playing as a team.

“The team has become more of a family,” Daniels said. “The family grows as new friends are gained.”