Aug. 27, 2015
SAN DIEGO -
The San Diego State football team will play Eastern Michigan in a home-and-home series beginning in 2018, the two schools announced today. The Aztecs and Eagles will first play on Sept. 22, 2018 at Qualcomm Stadium with the return game slated for Sept. 28, 2019 in Ypsilanti, Mich.
SDSU and EMU have never met with San Diego State going 10-0-1 all-time against schools from the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Eastern Michigan is coming off a 2-10 season in 2014.
The addition of the Eagles to the schedule gives the Aztecs four non-conference games in 2018 (at Stanford, home vs. Arizona State, Sacramento State and EMU) and three in 2019 (at UCLA and Eastern Michigan, home vs. Weber State).
SDSU, which is one of 27 schools to play in a bowl game each of the last five seasons and one of just three from the "Group of 5" conferences, has been picked to win the West Division of the Mountain West by the league's media and multiple publications. San Diego State finished 2014 with a 7-6 record and a 5-3 mark in MW play, and returns eight starters on a defense that ranked 10th in passing, 13th in scoring, 16th in total and 19th in pass efficiency, and Donnel Pumphrey, who rushed for a school-record 1,867 yards and 20 touchdowns as a true sophomore, on offense.
The Aztecs kick off their season Sept. 5 at Qualcomm Stadium vs. San Diego.
Season tickets and mini-plan tickets are on sale to the general public. They can be purchased at GoAztecs.com, by calling (619) 283-7378 or visiting the Aztec Athletic Ticket Office at Qualcomm Stadium Window E.