NEWS AND NOTES (through games of Oct. 27)
* San Diego State looks to respond to its first loss in 57 days on Saturday when it faces New Mexico in Albuquerque.
* Despite the loss last Saturday in Reno, San Diego State still controls its own destiny within the West Division of the Mountain West.
* The teams will meet for the 42nd time with the Aztecs owning a 26-15 advantage. San Diego State has won the last six games in the series (UNM's last win came on Oct. 18, 2008 with Rocky Long coaching the Lobos).
* The composite score of the 41 all-time meetings: San Diego State 1,053, New Mexico 1,046.
* SDSU has won its last two visits to Albuquerque (2014 and 2010), but prior to that lost its previous four contests. All-time, the Aztecs are 12-7 playing at New Mexico.
* SDSU head coach and New Mexico graduate Rocky Long has been on the winning sideline of this game each of the last 14 times the teams have met (four as the SDSU head coach, two as the SDSU defensive coordinator and eight as the UNM head coach).
* During the series win streak, Long's teams have outscored the opponent, 444-202, and have limited the opposition to an average of 14.4 points and 284.1 yards of offense.
* In addition to Long, defensive coordinator Zach Arnett is also a graduate of New Mexico. Arnett was a linebacker for Coach Long from 2005-08 in Albuquerque and earned first-team Academic All-America honors in 2008.
* The Aztecs are 37-8 in their last 45 overall games and 25-5 in their last 30 regular-season games against MW opponents (27-5 in last 32 against MW opponents, including MW championship games).
* San Diego State has played six consecutive games that have been decided by seven points or less. This is the longest active streak in the FBS and the longest streak for the Aztecs since a seven-game stretch in 2013.
* Among schools that have played at least four games decided by seven points or less this season, SDSU has the nation's best record (5-1, .833).
* San Diego State has put together a win streak of at least six games in each of the last four seasons. Only four teams in the country have a 6-plus game win streak in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 - San Diego State, Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State.
* SDSU, which has played in a school-record eight consecutive bowl games (including all seven seasons under Rocky Long), is bowl eligible for a ninth straight year.
* San Diego State is one of only seven schools nationally to record 10 or more victories in each of the last three seasons (San Diego State, Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Wisconsin).
* No SDSU opponent has accumulated 400 yards of total offense this season. San Diego State's streak of holding seven consecutive opponents to less than 400 yards is tied for the fourth-longest active FBS streak (leader: Michigan, 14).
* The Aztecs have won 25 consecutive games when owning a turnover advantage. That is the nation's longest active streak, three more than No. 2 (Oklahoma, 22).
Football Looks to Start New Win Streak at New Mexico
