Sept. 11, 2016
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San Diego State-California Postgame Notes
Big Notes
- With 281 rushing yards, Donnel Pumphrey broke Marshall Faulk's (4,589) SDSU career rushing record. Pumphrey now has 4,651 career yards.
- San Diego State claimed its 12th consecutive victory, it is the second-longest active win streak nationally (Alabama, 14) and the longest in school history since a 21-game streak from 1968-70.
- SDSU snaps an eight-game losing streak against teams from "Power 5" conferences, dating back to Washington State on Sept. 17, 2011.
- Rashaad Penny recorded his fourth career kickoff return for a touchdown, which passed Colin Lockett (2010-12) for the most in school history.
- The Aztecs improved to 2-1 in their last three home games against "Power 5" conference schools.
- Rocky Long has led SDSU to two victories over "Power 5" schools. Long has tied the school record for most wins against the Pac-12 in the Division I era (Ted Tollner, Doug Scovil and Claude Gilbert each had two wins over Pac-12 teams).
- Rocky Long now has seven wins against "Power 5" teams during his head coaching career, tied with Skip Holtz for the second most in the country among active head coaches of "Group of 5" schools (wins only count if head coach was at a "Group of 5" school and beat a "Power 5" school).
- San Diego State won its 24th straight game and improved to 32-2 in the Rocky Long era when rushing for at least 200 yards.
- The Aztecs improved to 2-0 on the season for the first time since 2011.
- SDSU opened a season 2-0, with at least one win over a Power 5 school, for the first time since the 1994 season.
- San Diego State has won four consecutive "revenge" games (avenging a loss from the previous season).
- Ten of the 12 Aztec wins during the streak have come by at least 14 points.
- SDSU hasn't lost a game since Sept. 26, 2015 at Penn State, a period of 351 days.
- During San Diego State's 12-game winning streak, it has outscored the opposition, 434-161. That is an average of 36.2 to 13.4.
- The Aztecs won their seventh straight home game, outscoring its opponents, 241-102 (34.4-14.6).
- SDSU has an offensive, defensive and special teams touchdown in the same game for the third time since the beginning of 2015 (16 games total).
Look-Ahead Notes
- Since the beginning of the 2010 season, the Aztecs' opponent next week - Northern Illinois - has the best home record in the nation. In fact, the Huskies have won 35 of their last 37 games.
- Since 2009, NIU has five wins over Big Ten schools and one over a Big 12 school.
Team Notes
- San Diego State had its streak of allowing less than 400 yards snapped at 11 games. The 11 straight games only trailed Wisconsin (14).
- The Aztecs threw an interception, snapping a streak of 13 straight games without throwing a pick. It was the longest streak in its Division I history (since 1969) and the longest by an FBS school in at least 20 years (since 1996).
- SDSU also had its streak of 404 snaps without a turnover snapped (dates back to third quarter of Nov. 14, 2015 game vs Wyoming).
- San Diego State allowed a point in the first quarter for just the sixth time over its last 16 games.
- The Aztecs allowed 14 points in the first quarter for first time since Sept. 21, 2013, vs. Oregon State.
- SDSU now has 12 special teams touchdowns in the Rocky Long head coaching era (since 2011), including eight kick return scores and four punt return TDs.
- The Aztecs outscored California, 31-21 in the first half and has now outscored the opposition, 248-73, in the first half over its 12-game winning streak.
- SDSU now has five interception returns for a touchdown (by four players) since the beginning of 2015.
- San Diego State has 11 interceptions returned for a touchdown since Rocky Long became the defensive coordinator in 2009.
- The Aztecs have forced three or more turnovers in seven of the last nine contests.
- SDSU's 31 points were its most in the first half since scoring 31 en route to a 52-14 win at UNLV on Nov. 21, 2015.
- The Aztecs have a rushing touchdown in 14 straight games (36 total) and in 24 of their last 25 games, and 11 straight with multiple rushing scores (33 total).
- SDSU improved to 27-3 over its last 30 games when recording at least two rushing touchdowns.
- The Aztecs improved to 44-11 in the Rocky Long era when scoring just 20 or more points.
Trends
- SDSU did not start with the ball for just the fifth time over the last 57 games.
- San Diego State lost the toss for just the eighth time over the last 26 games.
- The Aztecs have now gone 119 games without suffering a shutout (Nov. 18, 2006 at TCU), which is the third-longest streak among current Mountain West schools (Air Force at 287 and Boise State at 240). That is the only time SDSU has been shut out in their last 211 games.
- The Aztecs held an opponent scoreless on their opening drive for the 12th time over the last 13 games.
- SDSU has scored a point in 15 consecutive quarters.
- San Diego State improved to 33-11 in the Rocky Long era when scoring first.
- SDSU improved to 29-7 in the Rocky Long era when leading at the half.
- San Diego State improved to 37-8 in the Rocky Long era when leading after three quarters.
The Series
- SDSU improved to 4-4 all-time against California.
- San Diego State is now a perfect 4-0 vs. the Bears in San Diego as the home team has won every meeting in the series.
Player Notes
* Christian Chapman, So., QB (14-for-23, 129 yds., 1 TD, 1 INT)
- Was 14-for-23 with a touchdown and 129 yards in his fourth career start.
- Improved to 4-0 as a starting quarterback.
- Threw his third touchdown pass of the season and fifth of his career.
- Had gone 87 passes without throwing an interception until the fourth quarter.
* Donnel Pumphrey, Sr., RB (29 att., 281 yds., 3 TD) | 4 rec., 29 yds.)
- Rushed 29 times for a career-high 281 yards (9.7 avg.) and three touchdowns, while adding four catches for 29 yards.
- Broke Marshall Faulk's (4,589) career rushing record and now has 4,651 for his career.
- Moved from 64th in NCAA history to 39th with 4,651 career yards, passing the likes of Earl Campbell (4,443), Eric Dickerson (4,450) and Marshall Faulk (4,589).
- Broke 100 yards rushing for the 23rd time of his career, which ties Marshall Faulk for the most in program history.
- Broke 200 yards rushing for the third time of his career. The three times is tied for fifth most in school history.
- The 281 yards is the fifth most in a game in SDSU history.
- Scored his 47th rushing touchdown of his career and 52nd overall touchdown of his career.
- SDSU improved to 23-7 when he scores at least one rushing touchdown and 11-2 when he has multiple rushing scores.
- His 29 carries were one shy of matching his career high.
* Rashaad Penny, Jr., RB (8 att., 28 yds. | 1 rec., 25 yds., 1 TD | 1 KR, 100 yds., 1 TD)
- Scored two touchdowns (both in the first quarter) on a 25-yard pass from Christian Chapman and a 100-yard kick return.
- The kickoff touchdown was the fourth of his career, which passed Colin Lockett (2010-13) for the most in school history.
- The 100-yard kick return was the third of his career and sixth 100-yard kick return in SDSU history.
- Now has 11 overall touchdowns (five rushing, four kick return, two receiving).
* Ronley Lakalaka, So., LB (4 tackles (2 solo), 1 INT, 1 TD
- Recorded his first career interception and returned it back 21 yards for his first career touchdown.
* Calvin Munson, Sr., LB (14 tackles (9 solo), 1.5 TFL, 1.0 sacks)
- Set a career high with 14 tackles.
- Recorded his seventh career double-digit tackle game of his career and second of the season.
- Now has 3.5 tackles for loss on the season after posting 1.5 tonight.
* Derek Babiash, Jr., CB (8 tackles (6 solo), 3 PBUs)
- Set a career high with eight tackles, besting his previous high of two, which coincidentally came at California last season.
- Established a personal best with three pass breakups. His previous best was two vs. Wyoming last year.
* Damontae Kazee, Sr., CB (6 tackles (5 solo), 1 INT, 3 PBUs)
- Tied his career high with three PBUs.
- Recorded his 11th interception of his career, which is three shy of the school record held by Kack Kaiser (1946-47-48).
Other Notes
- CB Damontae Kazee, LB Calvin Munson, RB Donnel Pumphrey, LG Nico Siragusa and WAR Malik Smith each started for the 29th straight game, the longest streaks on the team (does not include specialists).
- RT Daniel Brunskill, RB Donnel Pumphrey and LG Nico Siragusa each played in their 42nd consecutive game, the longest streak on the team.
- Kameron Kelly recorded his third interception (first of season).
- Randy Ricks forced his third career fumble (first of season).
- Parker Baldwin forced his second career fumble (first of season).
- Na'im McGee recovered a fumble for the first time of his career.
- Tonight's game temperature was 71 degrees.
- Tonight's attendance was 42,473.
- Tonight's Honor Warrior was Akbar Gbaja-Biamila (1999-02).