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SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL Eight Straight Bowl Game Appearances s 21 Conference Championships s 2016, 2015, 2012 Mountain West Champions Contacts: Mike May, senior associate AD ([email protected]); Jamie McConeghy, assistant AD/media relations ([email protected]); Lauren Weaver, media relations coordinator ([email protected]) GAME 6 :: HALL OF FAME WEEKEND LIVE COVERAGE CBS Sports Network; none AIR FORCE FALCONS (2-3; 0-2 MW) vs. No. rv/rv SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (4-1; 1-0 MW) TV: Live Stream: Carter Blackburn (play-by-play) FRI., OCT. 12 :: 6 p.m. PT (announced) / 6:02 p.m. PT (kick) + poss. 5 mins. slide :: SDCCU STADIUM (54,000) :: SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Aaron Taylor (analysis) John Schriffen (sidelines) AIR FORCE SAN DIEGO STATE Scott Brandwein (producer) FBS Rk. Statistics FBS Rk. 31.4 57 Points/Game 116 21.6 Aztecs Radio Network: 101.5 KGB / XTRA 1360 / Fox Sports 22.0 36 Points Allowed/Game 28 19.8 Inland Empire (IE) 1350 (pregame starts at 4 p.m. PT on XTRA) 254.8 15 Rushing Yds./Game 55 189.4 Ted Leitner (play-by-play) 104.6 13 Rushing Yds. Allowed/Game 2 61.8 Rich Ohrnberger (analyst) 115.8 124 Passing Yds./Game 114 160.4 Judson Richards (pre, sidelines) 236.0 86 Passing Yds. Allowed/Game 101 253.6 Jon Schaeffer (half, post) 370.6 96 Total Offense/Game 109 349.8 J.R. Tolver (pregame) GOAIRFORCEFALCONS.COM 340.6 30 Total Defense/Game 17 315.4 GOAZTECS.COM Since 2015, SDSU ranks 3rd nationally in rushing yards allowed per game (110.3), trailing only Alabama and Wisconsin. Live Stats: GoAztecs.com 2018 SCHEDULE (4-1 / 1-0 MW) NEWS AND NOTES (through games of Oct. 6) n Winners of four consecutive games overall (tied for the 17th-longest active streak) and five straight home games, San Diego State at (13/13) Stanford L 10-31 returns home to play host to Air Force on Friday evening at SDCCU Stadium. This is a matchup of the two programs that met in the Fri., Aug. 31 | 6 p.m. PT | Stanford, Calif. | FS1 2015 Mountain West title game (won by SDSU, 27-24). The Aztecs and Falcons are meeting for the 36th time, with Air Force owning a 19-16 advantage. San Diego State has won the last Sacramento State W 28-14 n Sat., Sept. 8 | 6 p.m. PT | SDCCU Stadium seven meetings (longest active streak vs. AFA in the nation, counts series since 1980), including four in a row in San Diego. The last Air Force victory in the series came on Sept. 26, 2009. (23/25) Arizona State W 28-21 n Rocky Long owns 11 career victories against the Air Force Academy. That is the most among active coaches nationally (five more Sat., Sept. 15 | 7:30 p.m. PT | SDCCU Stadium | CBSSN than Ken Niumatalolo (Navy) and Gary Patterson (TCU)). Eastern Michigan ot-W 23-20 n San Diego State’s 4-1 record is rated as the 16th best strength of record according to ESPN. This week, the Aztecs have 24 points in Sat., Sept. 22 | 7:30 p.m. PT | SDCCU Stadium | CBSSN the AP Top 25 poll (good for 29th position) and 25 points in the Coaches Poll (good for 31st position). at (--/24) Boise State W 19-13 n According to Jeff Sagarin’s computer rankings, San Diego State has faced the most difficult schedule to date among Mountain West Sat., Oct. 6 | 1:30 p.m. MT | Boise, Idaho | ESPNU teams and its schedule difficulty ranks 39th nationally. Air Force n The Aztecs are 35-7 in their last 42 overall games and 23-4 in their last 27 games against MW opponents. Fri., Oct. 12 | 6 p.m. PT | SDCCU Stadium | CBSSN n San Diego State owned a +1 turnover margin in Saturday’s victory at Boise State. The Aztecs have now won 25 consecutive games when owning a TO advantage. That is the nation’s longest active streak, five more than the second-longest streak (Oklahoma, 20). San José State Last Saturday, SDSU produced one of the best defensive performances in college football this season, limiting the nation’s eighth- Sat., Oct. 20 | 7:30 p.m. PT | SDCCU Stadium | CBSSN n ranked total offense to 229 yards (Boise’s lowest output since Aug. 31, 2012 and lowest in a home game since Oct. 24, 1998). The at Nevada 13 points are the fewest scored by the Broncos in at home since Sept. 20, 2012 and fewest regardless of location since Dec. 27, 2016. Sat., Oct. 27 | TBA | Reno, Nev. | ESPN Networks n Redshirt freshman cornerback Darren Hall earned Mountain West Defensive Player-of-the-Week honors for the second time this at New Mexico season with a team-high nine tackles (eight solo), an interception, a forced fumble and a sack. Hall posted interceptions on consecutive Sat., Nov. 3 | TBA | Albuquerque, N.M. | ESPN Networks plays that he was on the field (final defensive snap of overtime win vs. Eastern Michigan and his first play (second offensive series) UNLV against Boise State on Saturday). Sat., Nov. 10 | TBA | SDCCU Stadium | CBSSN n According to Pro Football Focus , junior linebacker Kyahva Tezino is the best interior linebacker in the nation. His rating of 20.6 is tops in the nation and his 10 combined sacks/quarterback hits are the most among all linebackers. at Fresno State In its last 18 drives defended, San Diego State has allowed the opposition more than 29 yards (in the total drive) just one time. In Sat., Nov. 17 | 7:30 p.m. PT | Fresno, Calif. | CBSSN n 10 of those drives, the opponent has gained a total of seven or less yards. Hawai’i n Junior quarterback Ryan Agnew improved to 3-0 as a starter, playing turnover-free football while passing for 113 yards on just Sat., Nov. 24 | TBA | SDCCU Stadium | ESPN Networks eight completions. Since Jeff Horton took over as offensive coordinator (2015), Agnew has produced three of the top 10 single games in yards per completion (min. 15 att). His average of 14.13 at Boise State is 10th on that list. :: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. Media Opportunities / Weekly Schedule 2 CAREER FG PCT. / ACTIVE COMBINED FB & MBB TOP FBS RUSHING DEFENSES Schedule / Results 3 FBS PLAYERS (min. 20 FGM) WINNING PCT. / SINCE 2010 Below is a look at the defenses allowing the General Notes 3-16 Rk. Player, School Pct. Below is a list of the highest combined foot - fewest rushing yards per game this season. Mountain West / Opponent Standings 17 1. John Baron, SDSU .878 ball and men’s basketball winning pct. Rk. School YPG Head Coach Rocky Long 18 3. Blanton Creque, Louisville .867 (since the start of the 2010 FB season). 1. Michigan State 33.8 Coaching Staff 19 2. Jared Sackett, UTSA .857 Rk. School Pct. 2. San Diego State 61.8 Roster 20-21 Matt Coghlin, Michigan St. .852 1. Ohio State .763 3. Utah 75.4 4 Depth Chart 22 4. Matt Gay, Utah .844 2. San Diego State .732 . Texas A&M 82.5 5. Iowa 84.4 Recaps 23-27 Baron is one of five players in the nation 3. Louisville .729 SDSU opponents are averaging 1.6 ypr in Player Profiles 28-64 to make at least three field goals from 4. Oregon .728 2018. In 158 attempts, the SDSU defense Statistics 65-78 50 yards this season. He also leads all ac - 5. Michigan State .726 has allowed only five runs of 10 or more Last Time it Happened 79-81 tive FBS kickers in road field goal per - 6. Wisconsin .722 centage at 91.3 percent (21-of-23). 7. Arizona .719 yards (none longer than 16 yards). SAN DIEGO STATE GAME NOTES / vs. Air Force / Oct. 12, 2018 page 2 SAN DIEGO STATE MEDIA AVAILABILITY: AIR FORCE 7 SUN 8 MON 9 TUE 10 WED 11 THU 12 FRI 13 SAT No practice. 3:30 p.m. (approxi - FINAL MEDIA DAY FOR Closed Practice Closed Practice San Diego State vs. Air No Practice mate) - Practice COACHES/STUDENT Force, 6 p.m. PT on CBS Coordinator availability First 20 minutes open to ATHLETES No media availability. No media availability. Sports Network. No media availability. (contact media relations of - media who cover SDSU on a fice for details). regular basis (must contact SDSU Media Luncheon 6 p.m. - The Rocky Long Aztec Football with Postgame News Con - media relations office). Noon - Food live on XTRA 1360. TV show on San Diego State 12:15 p.m. - Coach Long Show Rocky Long ference - Coordinator availability 12:30 p.m. - Student-Ath - FOX Sports San Diego. locker room is closed. Coach (contact media relations of - 5 p.m. (approximate) - letes Broadcast Flip Card Check local listings for spe - Long and selected players fice for details). Post-practice availability cific broadcast time. will be available in the press (requests due by noon 3:30 p.m. - Practice conference area after a First 20 minutes open to PT; student-athletes media who cover SDSU on a brief cooling off period. and staff will only be regular basis (must contact available if requested): media relations office). Live: Game - Assistant coaches Live: Stats - Selected players (no Tues- 5 p.m. (approximate) - Game Stats Post-practice availability day media luncheon partici- (requests due by noon Postgame Notes pants) PT; student-athletes Postgame Quotes and staff will only be News Conference Archive Game Notes Available available if requested): Highlights - Assistant coaches - Selected players (no Tues - day media luncheon partici - pants) Live News Conference News Conference Video News Conference Quotes Items in red are sent out to the media distribution list and/or are available on that day at GoAztecs.com.