2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team

The 2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by ninth year head coach Rocky Long and played their final home games at SDCCU Stadium. San Diego State competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division.[1]

2019 San Diego State Aztecs football
MW West Division co-champion
New Mexico Bowl champion
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionWest Division
2019 record10–3 (5–3 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Horton (5th as OC, 9th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorZach Arnett (2nd as DC, 9th overall season)
Home stadiumSDCCU Stadium
(Capacity: 70,561)
2019 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State xy$  8 0     12 2  
No. 22 Air Force  7 1     11 2  
Utah State  6 2     7 6  
Wyoming  4 4     8 5  
Colorado State  3 5     4 8  
New Mexico  0 8     2 10  
West Division
Hawaii xy  5 3     10 5  
San Diego State x  5 3     10 3  
Nevada  4 4     7 6  
San Jose State  2 6     5 7  
UNLV  2 6     4 8  
Fresno State  2 6     4 8  
Championship: Boise State 31, Hawaii 10
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

On January 8, 2020, head coach Rocky Long resigned.

Previous season

San Diego State finished 7-6 overall and 4-4 in Conference Play and finished fourth place overall and were invited to the Frisco Bowl where they lost to Ohio.

Recruiting

Preseason

Mountain West media days

Mountain West Media Days will be held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan at the Las Vegas Strip

Media poll

The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Aztecs were predicted to finish in second place in the MW West Division.[2]

West
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Fresno State122 (17)
2San Diego State106 (3)
3Nevada74
4Hawaii67 (1)
5UNLV51
6San Jose State21
Mountain
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Boise State120 (15)
2Utah State108 (6)
3Air Force73
4Wyoming66
5Colorado State52
6New Mexico22

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.No. 8 (FCS) Weber State*Stadium on FacebookW 6–040,222
September 71:15 p.m.at UCLA*P12NW 23–1436,951
September 145:00 p.m.at New Mexico State*FloSports/FSNAZ+W 31–1010,123
September 217:30 p.m.Utah State
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
CBSSNL 17–2327,367
October 57:00 p.m.at Colorado StateESPN2W 24–1029,767
October 127:30 p.m.Wyoming
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
CBSSNW 26–2228,758
October 194:00 p.m.at San Jose StateStadium on FacebookW 27–1718,285
October 267:30 p.m.at UNLVCBSSNW 20–1719,652
November 97:30 p.m.NevadaNo. 24
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
ESPN2L 13–1727,973
November 156:30 p.m.Fresno State
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
ESPN2W 17–726,876
November 238:00 p.m.at HawaiiSPEC HIL 11–1424,911
November 306:00 p.m.BYU*
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
CBSSNW 13–328,180
December 2111:00 a.m.vs. Central Michigan*ESPNW 48–1118,823
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 (FCS) Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Aztecs 0 3 0 3 6

at UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 10 0 10 3 23
Bruins 7 0 7 0 14

at New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 7 10 7 7 31
Aggies 0 0 10 0 10

Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 13 3 0 23
Aztecs 3 0 0 14 17

at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 3 7 7 7 24
Rams 3 0 0 7 10

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 14 0 8 22
Aztecs 3 3 13 7 26

at San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 7 6 14 0 27
Spartans 7 0 3 7 17

at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 14 3 3 0 20
Rebels 0 7 3 7 17

Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack 3 0 7 7 17
No. 24 Aztecs 0 3 7 3 13

Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 0 0 0 7
Aztecs 7 3 0 7 17

at Hawaii

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 0 3 0 8 11
Rainbow Warriors 7 0 7 0 14

BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 3 0 0 0 3
Aztecs 0 7 3 3 13

vs. Central Michigan (New Mexico Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 3 0 8 0 11
Aztecs 7 13 21 7 48

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 25 24 RV RV NR NR NR RV 
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV 24 RV 25 RV RV RV RV 
CFP Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
5156Keith IsmaelCWashington Redskins

References

  1. "SDSU Football Aztecs 2019 Schedule". San Diego Tribune.com. February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  2. "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2019 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". TheMW.com. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
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