American college football season
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.
On January 8, 2020, head coach Rocky Long resigned.
Preseason [ edit ] Mountain West media days [ edit ] Mountain West Media Days were held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan at the Las Vegas Strip .
Media poll [ edit ] 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.[1]
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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. No. 8 (FCS ) Weber State * Stadium on Facebook W 6–040,222 September 7 1:15 p.m. at UCLA * P12N W 23–1436,951 September 14 5:00 p.m. at New Mexico State * FloSports , FSNAZ+ W 31–1010,123 September 21 7:30 p.m. Utah State SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA CBSSN L 17–2327,367 October 5 7:00 p.m. at Colorado State ESPN2 W 24–1029,767 October 12 7:30 p.m. Wyoming SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA CBSSN W 26–2228,758 October 19 4:00 p.m. at San Jose State Stadium on Facebook W 27–1718,285 October 26 7:30 p.m. at UNLV CBSSN W 20–1719,652 November 9 7:30 p.m. Nevada No. 24 SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA ESPN2 L 13–1727,973 6:30 p.m. Fresno State SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA ESPN2 W 17–726,876 November 23 8:00 p.m. at Hawaii SPEC HI L 11–1424,911 November 30 6:00 p.m. BYU * SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA CBSSN W 13–328,180 December 21 11:00 a.m. vs. Central Michigan * ESPN W 48–1118,823 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries [ edit ] Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 (FCS ) Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 Aztecs 0 3 0 3 6
At UCLA [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 10 0 10 3 23 Bruins 7 0 7 0 14
At New Mexico State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 7 10 7 7 31 Aggies 0 0 10 0 10
Utah State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 7 13 3 0 23 Aztecs 3 0 0 14 17
At Colorado State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 3 7 7 7 24 Rams 3 0 0 7 10
Wyoming [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 0 14 0 8 22 Aztecs 3 3 13 7 26
At San Jose State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 7 6 14 0 27 Spartans 7 0 3 7 17
At UNLV [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 14 3 3 0 20 Rebels 0 7 3 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 3 0 7 7 17 No. 24 Aztecs 0 3 7 3 13
Fresno State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 0 0 0 7 Aztecs 7 3 0 7 17
At Hawaii [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 0 3 0 8 11 Rainbow Warriors 7 0 7 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 0 0 0 3 Aztecs 0 7 3 3 13
Vs. Central Michigan (New Mexico Bowl) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Chippewas 3 0 8 0 11 Aztecs 7 13 21 7 48
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP — — — — — — — RV RV 25 24 RV RV — — — RV Coaches — — — — — — RV RV RV RV 24 RV 25 RV RV RV RV CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Venues College Field / Aztec Field (1921, 1923–1925, 1927–1928, 1934–1935) Navy "Sports" Field (1922, 1926, 1929–1931, 1933–1934) Balboa Stadium (1921–1925, 1927–1929, 1932, 1934–1935, 1940–1941, 1945–1947, alternate in several other seasons) Aztec Bowl (1936–1942, 1947–1966) San Diego Stadium (1967–2019) Dignity Health Sports Park (2020–2021) Snapdragon Stadium (2022–present) Bowls & rivalries Seasons National championship seasons in bold