This is the fifth in a series of six Causeway Classic memories leading up to Saturday’s 1 p.m. game at Hornet Stadium.

Nov. 21, 2009: Hornets 31, Aggies 28

With 4:45 remaining and the Hornets trailing 28-23 they began an improbable drive from their own 11-yard line. McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who replaced starter Jason Smith at quarterback in the second half, connected on six of nine pass attempts on an 89-yard scoring drive, capped by a 13-yard strike to Brandyn Reed in the back right corner of the north end zone with 20 seconds remaining. Bethel-Thompson’s two-point conversion to Jon Krebs was good to give Sac State a 31-28 lead which would hold.

The Hornets student section, which had began crowding the rail as soon as Reed hauled in the game-winner, overwhelmed security and and poured on to the field, which was still grass for the final time in Hornet Stadium history, to celebrate with the team.

The win was made all the more special as it was the day Sac State honored Bob Mattos, the winningest football coach in its history, by wearing “Mattos” on the back of every jersey. The drive to win the game – coincidentally by the same final score as Mattos’ first win over the Aggies in 1988 – has since been dubbed “The Mattos March.”