SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento State finished the regular season with a 27-21 win over No. 24 UC Davis to cap the first undefeated regular season in school history on Saturday in front on a school record 23,073 fans at Hornet Stadium in the 68th Causeway Classic.

The second-ranked Hornets earned their third consecutive Big Sky Conference title, completing the year with an 8-0 league record while winning their 19th consecutive conference game. The team earned the Big Sky's automatic berth into the NCAA FCS Playoffs and will find out its seed during the selection show on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. PT on ESPNU.

Asher O'Hara rushed for two scores and threw another during the game to lead the offense. Sacramento State never trailed in the contest but saw its lead trimmed to 24-21 with 4:41 remaining following a 75-yard touchdown pass from Miles Hastings to Josh Gale.

Following the score, Sacramento State was able to drain nearly four minutes off the clock before Kyle Sentkowski made a 44-yard field goal. Needing a touchdown with only 32 seconds remaining and no timeouts, UC Davis quickly moved down the field with three completions to C.J. Hutton to move the ball the Hornet 45. Hastings then found Trent Tompkins who was kept in bounds at the 33 as time expired.

Sacramento State scored the games first points by driving 75 yards on a 10-play opening drive which was capped by a 2-yard shovel pass from O'Hara to Marcus Fulcher. UC Davis immediately answered with a 37-yard field goal from Isaiah Gomez and the Hornets closed the first quarter scoring with a 23-yard field goal from Sentkowski.

After both defenses dug in to start the second quarter, O'Hara scored his first touchdown of the game with a 19-yard rush up the middle. The Hornets needed only three plays during the series to cover 50 yards and move ahead 17-3. However, UC Davis had an answer with Ulonzo Gilliam finding the end zone on a 1-yard rush with just 18 seconds left in the half.

Both defenses came up with interceptions in the third quarter but neither offense could convert the turnovers into points. The only points in the period came from Gomez who made a 37-yard field goal with 9:39 showing.

Sacramento State again turned to O'Hara for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter. The quarterback cartwheeled his way into the end zone on an 8-yard rush to make the score, 24-13. The drive was kept alive by a 20-yard run on a fake punt from Cal McGough.

The final stats were nearly identical as the Hornets finished with 426 yards of total offense and the Aggies compiling 420. Sacramento State had 190 yards on the ground and 236 through the air. Cameron Skattebo had a game-high 97 rushing yards while O'Hara added 50.

 Jake Dunniway completed 14-of-22 pass attempts for 169 yards while O'Hara was 7-of-8 for 67 yards. Running back Marcus Fulcher led the team with six receptions for 50 yards while Parker Clayton had a team-high 73 yards on three receptions.

Marte Mapu, Jeremy Harris and Armon Bailey tied for the team lead with seven tackles each. Mapu had a pair of tackles-for-loss among his total and also added three pass breakups.

NOTES

• The 11 victories is the most in a single-season in school history.
• Kyle Sentkowski set the school single-season record for PATs as he now has 60.
• Asher O'Hara now has 797 rushing yards which is the most by a quarterback in school history.
• Pierre Williams moved into second place in career receiving yards.