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
New Mexico Bowl, W 48–11 vs. Central Michigan
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	West Division
2019 record	10–3 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Rocky Long (9th as HC, 11th overall season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Horton (5th as OC, 9th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Zach Arnett (2nd as DC, 9th overall season)
Home stadium	SDCCU 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)
1	Fresno State	122 (17)
2	San Diego State	106 (3)
3	Nevada	74
4	Hawaii	67 (1)
5	UNLV	51
6	San Jose State	21

Mountain

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Boise State	120 (15)
2	Utah State	108 (6)
3	Air Force	73
4	Wyoming	66
5	Colorado State	52
6	New Mexico	22

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 (FCS) Weber State*		SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	Stadium on Facebook	W 6–0	40,222
September 7	1:15 p.m.	at UCLA*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	P12N	W 23–14	36,951
September 14	5:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State*		Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	FloSports/FSNAZ+	W 31–10	10,123
September 21	7:30 p.m.	Utah State		SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 17–23	27,367
October 5	7:00 p.m.	at Colorado State		Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	W 24–10	29,767
October 12	7:30 p.m.	Wyoming		SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 26–22	28,758
October 19	4:00 p.m.	at San Jose State		CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA	Stadium on Facebook	W 27–17	18,285
October 26	7:30 p.m.	at UNLV		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	CBSSN	W 20–17	19,652
November 9	7:30 p.m.	Nevada	No. 24	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN2	L 13–17	27,973
November 15	6:30 p.m.	Fresno State		SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN2	W 17–7	26,876
November 23	8:00 p.m.	at Hawaii		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	L 11–14	24,911
November 30	6:00 p.m.	BYU*		SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 13–3	28,180
December 21	11:00 a.m.	vs. Central Michigan*		Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	W 48–11	18,823
*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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
5	156	Keith Ismael	C	Washington 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.