SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL Nine 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]) GAME 1 :: KGB SKYSHOW LIVE COVERAGE none; Facebook FCS No. 9/8 WEBER STATE WILDCATS (10-3; 7-1 BIG SKY) vs. SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (7-6; 4-4 MW) TV: Live Stream: Ari Wolfe (play-by-play) SATURDAY, AUG. 31 :: 6 p.m. PT (announced) :: SDCCU STADIUM (54,000) :: SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Darius Walker (analysis) Kristen Balboni (sidelines) WEBER STATE SAN DIEGO STATE Eric Hebert (producer) FBS Rk. Statistics FBS Rk. 101.5 KGB / XTRA 1360 / Fox Sports In - 41.2 10 Points/Game 119 20.6 Aztecs Radio Network: land Empire (IE) 1350 / XM Internet 981 (pregame starts at 4 p.m. PT 26.7 62 Points Allowed/Game 32 22.2 on XTRA) 262.2 8 Rushing Yds./Game 74 161.7 Ted Leitner (play-by-play) 135.8 2 Rushing Yds. Allowed/Game 7 103.8 Rich Ohrnberger (analyst) 208.4 88 Passing Yds./Game 100 187.2 Judson Richards (pregame, sidelines) 263.8 112 Passing Yds. Allowed/Game 66 230.8 J.R. Tolver (pregame) 470.6 17 Total Offense/Game 111 348.8 Jon Schaeffer (half, post) WEBERSTATESPORTS.COM 399.6 66 Total Defense/Game 21 334.6 GOAZTECS.COM San Diego State has ended the season ranked in the top 7 of rushing yards allowed in three of the last four seasons. Live Stats: GoAztecs.com 2019 SCHEDULE (0-0 / 0-0 MW) SCENE SETTER (entering 2019 season) n San Diego State opens its 97th season, 51st at the Division I level and ninth under the di - :: TICKET INFORMATION Weber State 6 p.m. PT rection of head coach Rocky Long on Saturday, Aug. 31 with a contest against Big Sky Sat., Aug. 31 | San Diego, Calif. | Facebook Conference opponent and 2018 NCAA FCS quarterfinalist Weber State. This game is the This marks the 16th consecutive sea - son that a San Diego State Football game at UCLA 1:15 p.m. PT annual KGB SkyShow with a remarkable fireworks spectacular following the contest. has played host to the annual KGB Sat., Sept. 7 | Pasadena, Calif. | Pac-12 Networks n The 2019 opener features two of the most successful programs in the country. The Wildcats SkyShow event. at New Mexico State 6 p.m. MT own a 21-6 record (77.8 percent) over the past two seasons, tied for the sixth-highest The event is one of the most popular Sat., Sept. 14 | Las Cruces, N.M. | FloFootball winning percentage (among the 126 FCS schools) during that span. Meanwhile, the Aztecs events in the market and always draws are 39-15 (72.2 percent) over the last four seasons to tie for 11th place among the 130 large crowds. Utah State* 7:30 p.m. PT San Diego State is 12-3 with five Sat., Sept. 21 | SDCCU Stadium | CBSSN FBS schools. SDSU’s win percentage during that span is second among all Pacific Time Zone schools (Stanford, 40-14, 74.1 pct.). straight victories since it began hosting the at Colorado State* TBD event annually in 2004. During that time, Sat., Oct. 5 | Fort Collins, Colo. | ESPN Networks n The Aztecs are coming off a 7-6 season in which they defeated two nationally-ranked the event has averaged an attendance of teams and advanced to a school-record ninth consecutive bowl game. Wyoming* 7:30 p.m. PT 49,049. Sat., Oct. 12 | SDCCU Stadium | CBSSN n SDSU’s active consecutive streak of nine straight bowl games is tied for the 12th-longest Fans are encouraged to get their tick - streak nationally. San Diego State joins Stanford as the only football teams in the state ets in advance online anytime at GoAztecs at San José State* 4 p.m. PT of California - college or pro - to play in the postseason each of the last nine years. .com or at the SDSU Ticket Office at Sat., Oct. 19 | San Jose, Calif. | Facebook SDCCU Stadium (M-F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and n San Diego State is one of 14 schools and one of two Group of 5 schools in the nation to game day beginning at 1 p.m.). at UNLV* 7:30 p.m. PT play in a bowl game following the last nine seasons. Sat., Oct. 26 | Las Vegas, Nev. | CBSSN n SDSU returns 12 starters (7 offense (including quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end), 5 defense and 1 kicker). Nevada* TBD n The Aztecs are 50-41-5 all-time in season openers, including an 42-16-4 mark in home contests. SDSU, which is 22-7 in season Sat., Nov. 9 | SDCCU Stadium | ESPN Networks openers played at home in the Division I era, has won its last four season openers that have been played at SDCCU Stadium. Fresno State* 6:30 p.m. PT n Ten different Aztec players received preseason accolades, with six players (junior long snapper Turner Bernard , senior tight end Fri., Nov. 15 | SDCCU Stadium | ESPN2 Parker Houston , junior center Keith Ismael , senior linebacker Kyahva Tezino , junior Warrior (safety) Tariq Thompson and at Hawai’i* 6 p.m. HT senior running back/KOR Juwan Washington ) on watch lists for national honors and/or named first-team all conference. Sat., Nov. 23 | Honolulu, Hawaii n Head coach Rocky Long , the all-time winningest coach in Mountain West history, has guided San Diego State to a bowl game in Brigham Young 6 p.m. PT each of his first eight seasons as head coach. He is one of six active coaches to lead their current team to a bowl game in each of Sat., Nov. 30 | SDCCU Stadium | CBSSN the first eight seasons (others: Mark Dantonio (Michigan State), Brian Kelly (Notre Dame), Nick Saban (Alabama), David Shaw (Stanford) and Dabo Swinney (Clemson)). :: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. SDSU CAREER RUSHING FEWEST YARDS ALLOWED COMBINED FB & MBB Media Opportunities / Weekly Schedule 2 Schedule / Results 3 LEADERS PER RUSH ATTEMPT WINNING PCT. / SINCE 2010 General Notes 3-12 Rk. Name Seasons Yds. Fewest yards allowed per opponent rush Highest combined football and men’s bas- 98-99-00-01 since the start of the 2015 season (enter - Mountain West / Opponent Standings 13 4. Larry Ned 3,562 ketball winning pct. since the start of the 5. Ronnie Hillman 10-11 3,243 ing 2019 season). 2010 FB season (entering 2019 season). Head Coach Rocky Long 14 6. Adam Muema 11-12-13 2,852 Rk. School YPC W-L Rk. School Pct. Coaching Staff 15 7. Jonas Lewis 96-97-98-99 2,843 1. Alabama 2.7 55-4 1. Ohio State .750 Roster 16-17 8. George Jones 95-96 2,810 2. Clemson 3.2 55-4 2. Michigan State .732 Depth Chart 18 9. Norm Nygaard 52-53-54 2,619 3. San Diego State 3.2 39-15 3. Duke .725 Player Profiles 19-45 10. Wayne Pittman 91-92-93-94 2,363 4. Washington 3.3 39-15 4. Oregon .720 Statistics 46-59 11. Chris Hardy 83-84-85-86 2,341 5. Troy 3.4 35-16 5. Wisconsin .718 Last Time it Happened 60-62 12. David Turner 76-77 2,234 Since ’15, SDSU opponents have rushed 6. San Diego State .717 13. Juwan Washington 16-17-18-19 2,199 for 6,116 yards in 54 games (113.3). 7. Kentucky .709 SAN DIEGO STATE GAME NOTES / vs. Weber State / Aug. 31, 2019 page 2 SAN DIEGO STATE MEDIA AVAILABILITY: WEBER STATE 25 SUN 26 MON 27 TUE 28 WED 29 THU 30 FRI 31 SAT No practice. 3:45 p.m. (approxi - FINAL MEDIA DAY FOR FINAL MEDIA DAY FOR Closed Practice Closed Practice Weber State at San Diego mate) - Practice STUDENT-ATHLETES COACHES State, 6 p.m. PT on Face - First 20 minutes open to No media availability. No media availability. book. Coordinator availability media who cover SDSU on a SDSU Media Luncheon Closed Practice (contact media relations of - regular basis (must contact Noon - Food Aztec Football with Postgame News Con - 12:15 p.m. - Coach Long fice for details). media relations office). TV show on ference - San Diego State 12:30 p.m. - Student-Ath - 5 p.m. (approximate) - Rocky Long letes Post-practice availability FOX Sports San Diego. locker room is closed. Coach 5:15 p.m. (approxi - (requests due by noon Check local listings for spe - Long and selected players mate) - Post-practice 3:30 p.m. - Practice PT; staff will only be cific broadcast time. will be available in the press availability (requests First 20 minutes open to available if requested): conference area after a due by noon PT; stu - media who cover SDSU on a - Coach Long brief cooling off period. regular basis (must contact dent-athletes and staff - Assistant coaches media relations office). will only be available if Live: Game requested): 5 p.m. (approximate) - 6 p.m. - The Rocky Long Live: Stats - Assistant coaches Post-practice availability Show live on XTRA 1360. Game Stats - Selected players (no Tues- (requests due by noon Postgame Notes day media luncheon partici- PT; student-athletes Broadcast Flip Card Postgame Quotes pants) and staff will only be News Conference Archive available if requested): - Assistant coaches Highlights Game Notes Available - 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.