Nov. 15, 2005
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Game No. 11
Wyoming (4-6/2-5) at San Diego State (4-6/3-4)
Media Coverage
SportsWest. Eddie Doucette (play-by-play), Blaine Fowler (analysis), Jesse Christensen (producer), Russ Merrill (director). The game can be seen in the San Diego market on Channel 4 San Diego. The contest is available nationally through ESPN's GamePlan package.
Radio
XPRS 1090-AM, San Diego. Ted Leitner (play-by-play), John Kentera (analysis), Jack Cronin (sidelines) and Dave Marcus (producer). Josh Rosenberg serves as host for the pregame show.
San Diego State Ends 2005 Home, Conference Slate Saturday At Qualcomm Stadium Against Wyoming
The San Diego State football team closes out its 2005 home and Mountain West Conference schedule Saturday against Wyoming with a lot still on the line. The Aztecs (4-6 overall, 3-4 in the MWC) are coming off an impressive win at Colorado State and with a victory this week over the Cowboys, can finish as high as third in the final league standings.
Game time for the SDSU-Wyoming contest is set for a 5 p.m. PST start and it will be televised by SportsWest. The match-up can be seen locally on Channel 4 San Diego and can be heard on SDSU's flagship station, The Mighty 1090 AM. It marks the 21st consecutive San Diego State game that has been available either on television or nationally via broadband.
The Aztecs put themselves in position for an upper-division MWC finish by downing Colorado State in Fort Collins, 30-10. SDSU led from wire-to-wire, as two touchdown passes from Kevin O'Connell to Chaz Schilens and Jeff Webb, along with a pair of Garrett Palmer field goals led to a 20-3 Aztec advantage at the half.
A third-quarter touchdown by the Rams got them to within 10 points, but SDSU got a third Palmer field goal and the defense ended three straight CSU possessions with interceptions from safety Marcus Demps, cornerback Terrell Maze and linebacker Russell Allen. Maze's takeaway in the endzone on fourth and eight made sure there would be no Ram comeback, as did Aztec running back Lynell Hamilton's 47-yard touchdown with 50 seconds remaining.
The SDSU victory ended Colorado State's three-game winning streak in the series, and was the first loss at home this season for Rams. Along with its 28-19 win at Utah last month, the Aztecs claimed back-to-back wins on the road for the first time since the 2000 campaign.
Wyoming, which began the season with four wins in five outings enters its final contest of 2005 having lost each of its last five contests. Excluding a 43-13 defeat to Utah in Salt Lake City, the Cowboys have dropped the other four games during that span by a combined 39 points, including 35-21 loss at home versus BYU last Saturday. Wyoming's MWC victories this year have come at Air Force (29-28) and at home against UNLV (42-17).
Wyoming leads the all-time series between the two schools by a slim, 14-12 margin. The Cowboys' claimed the most recent match-up in Laramie a year ago, 20-10, ending a five-game Aztec win streak. SDSU's streak in San Diego remains in tact, however, and currently stands at four, dating back to a 34-31 Wyoming victory in 1995.
With just two games left on their 2005 schedule, San Diego State can still tally its second .500 finish overall in the last three years. As previously mentioned, the Aztecs can finish as high as third, but no lower than fifth in the final MWC standings with a victory Saturday. Win or lose, SDSU can't fall below a tie for sixth place.
The odds already seem to be in favor of an Aztec victory Saturday, as the team is 6-3 in their last nine games against non-ranked teams and 5-3 in its last eight contests against unranked MWC foes. SDSU has also won each of its last two home finales and is a combined 5-2 overall in games played during the month of November the last three seasons.
Saturday's game is the final home contest for SDSU's 19 seniors, while the newest class to be inducted into the Aztec Hall of Fame will be honored at halftime.