NEWS AND NOTES (through games of Oct. 13)
* San Diego State, winners of five consecutive games (tied for the 11th longest active win streak in the nation), faces San José State on Saturday night at SDCCU Stadium. Following the game, the Aztecs will play their next two games on the road (next home contest is Nov. 10).
* Saturday's contest is the annual homecoming game for the University and has been designated as a Red Out, with fans encouraged to wear red to the game.
* Saturday marks the 100th game with Rocky Long as SDSU head coach. The three-time conference coach of the year, who has led the Aztecs to three Mountain West titles is an impressive 69-30 at SDSU, including an eye-popping 36-7 in his last 43 contests. The only other SDSU head coach to lead the Aztecs for at least 100 games was Don Coryell (1961-72, 125 games).
* The Aztecs and Spartans are meeting for the 42nd time with SDSU owning a 20-19-2 edge. San Diego State has won five straight in the series, leads 11-6-1 in games played in San Diego and is 9-1 against the Spartans at SDCCU Stadium (formerly Jack Murphy and Qualcomm).
* As previously noted, SDSU has won five straight games (tied for the 11th-longest active win streak). Other notable win streaks include: six straight conference wins (tied for 6th nationally) and six straight home wins (tied for 15th nationally).
* San Diego State's 5-1 record is rated as the 20th best strength of record according to ESPN. This week, the Aztecs have 53 points in the AP Top 25 poll (good for a tie for 27th position) and 71 points in the Coaches Poll (29th).
* Once again this season, Long and defensive coordinator Zach Arnett have assembled one of the nation's best defenses. The unit ranks among the national leaders in rushing defense (87.2, 5th), total defense (308.8, 12th) and points allowed (19.3, 26th).
* No SDSU opponent has accumulated 400 yards of total offense this season. San Diego State's streak of holding six consecutive opponents to less than 400 yards is tied for the fifth-longest active FBS streak (leader: Michigan, 13).
* The Aztecs are 36-7 in their last 43 overall games and 24-4 in their last 28 games against MW opponents.
* San Diego State is 4-0 this season in games decided by one score. That figure is tied for the most close wins (=<8) without a loss (also: Notre Dame and Northern Illinois). The Aztecs have won eight of their last nine (8-1) games decided by eight points or less.
* The Aztecs have won 25 consecutive games when owning a TO advantage. That is the nation's longest active streak, five more than the second-longest streak (Oklahoma, 20).
* Last Friday, San Diego State defeated Air Force, 21-17 at SDCCU Stadium. It was the eighth consecutive victory for the Aztecs over the Falcons, the longest active streak in the FBS. SDSU limited Air Force to just 276 total yards.
* Junior quarterback Ryan Agnew improved to 4-0 as a starter, passing for a career-high 213 yards on just nine completions (23.67 yards per completion). It was the eighth time in the last four seasons that an SDSU QB has passed for at least 200 yards. On the game-winning drive, Agnew accounted for 93 of the 94 yards, going 2-for-4 for 61 yards and a TD and adding a career-long 32-yard rush on third-and-9 at the SDSU 7-yard line. Agnew now has three fourth-quarter game-winning drives.
Football Ready for Homecoming Game vs. San Jose State
