Sept. 14, 2010
SDSU Football Game Notes - Game No. 3 at No. 25 Missouri in PDF Format
GAME INFORMATION
San Diego State (2-0; 0-0 Mountain West)
at (rv/25) Missouri (2-0; 0-0 Big 12)
Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010
Kickoff: 6:00 p.m. CT/4 p.m. PT
Location: Columbia, Mo. | Stadium: Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field
Capacity: 71,004
Series: Missouri leads, 2-0
Television: Pay Per View (check local listings). Dan McLaughlin (play-by-play), Richard Baldinger (analyst), Todd Donoho (sidelines)
Radio: AM 600 KOGO. Ted Leitner (play-by-play), Chris Ello (analyst), Mike Costa (sidelines)
Internet: Live stats and radio broadcast available at GoAztecs.com.
OFF TO BEST START SINCE 1994, AZTECS TRAVEL TO COLUMBIA TO FACE NO. 25 MISSOURI
San Diego State (2-0), which is undefeated after two games for the first time in 16 years, plays its second consecutive road game when the Aztecs travel to Columbia, Mo., to face fellow unbeaten No. -/25 Missouri on Saturday evening at Memorial Stadium.
The game is available nationally on a pay-per-view basis, with additional details to be released as they become available. The game can be heard throughout southern California on AM 600 KOGO.
Saturday's contest features two of the 46 remaining undefeated teams at the FBS level and two of the 43 teams that own a 2-0 record. The contest is one of 10 games this week (nine on Saturday) between undefeated FBS teams.
With its 41-21 victory at New Mexico State last Saturday, San Diego State posted its first 2-0 start since 1994, and its first 2-0 start with at least one of those victories coming on the road since 1986. The Aztecs took a 13-7 lead just prior to intermission and led the entire second half. Freshman running back Ronnie Hillman became the 71st player in school history to record a 100-yard rushing game, carrying 22 times for 150 yards and four touchdowns. He is the first Aztec to score four rushing touchdowns since Nov. 17, 2001, and also set a Mountain West Conference single-game record for a freshman.
The Aztec defense recorded seven three-and-out series and held the Aggies to 169 yards of total offense over the final three quarters of the contest.
San Diego State's special teams enjoyed another big day, with senior punter Brian Stahovich booming four punts of 50 or more yards (50.8 average), including two that pinned New Mexico State inside the 20, a forced turnover by the punt coverage unit, and six of eight kickoffs resulting in touchbacks.
It is early in the season, but the drastic improvement in the Aztec football program is evident under second-year head coach Brady Hoke. Through Saturday, San Diego State ranks among the top 25 nationally in six major statistical categories - total offense (6th), scoring defense (14th), passing offense (14th), scoring offense (16th), total defense (20th) and rushing offense (21st).
Saturday's game between the Tigers and Aztecs is just the third all-time meeting between the teams, with Missouri sweeping a home-and-home series in 1979 (45-15 in Columbia) and 1980 (31-7 in San Diego). Although the Aztecs have faced a slew of teams from the Midwest over the past nine years (Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State (three times), and Wisconsin), this will mark SDSU's first encounter with a member of the Big 12 Conference since suffering a 34-14 defeat at 17th-ranked Colorado on Sept. 7, 2002.
The Aztecs are looking for their first 3-0 start to a campaign since 1981 and their eighth such start in their 42nd season at the Division I level.