SCENE SETTER (through games of Nov. 17)
* San Diego State honors 14 seniors who have presided over one of the most successful tenures of football in school history on Saturday when it plays host to Hawai'i. Kickoff for the regular-season finale is set for 7:30 p.m. PT.
* In the last four-plus seasons (since some of the seniors arrived in 2014), the Aztecs have won two Mountain West championships, won or shared three division titles, played in four bowl games and posted a 46-19 record for the 11th-best winning percentage (.708) nationally during that span.
* SDSU has won seven of its last eight Senior Day games (7-1) since 2010.
* San Diego State has won six straight games against Hawai'i by a combined score of 211-66 (35.2-11.0) and 15 of the last 17 meetings in the series.
* The Aztecs are 21-9-2 all-time against the Rainbow Warriors, including a 10-3 record at home.
* SDSU has played nine consecutive games that have been decided by single digits (San Diego State is 6-3 in those games).
* The Aztecs are 2-1 this season in the game following a loss and is 6-3 in the game following their last eight in-season defeats.
* SDSU has not lost three straight games since Sept. 12-26, 2015. San Diego State finished 11-3 that season, starting a streak of three consecutive double-digit winning campaigns. Prior to that stretch, the last time the Aztecs lost three straight games in the same season was the first three of the 2013 campaign (SDSU went onto finish 8-5).
NEWS AND NOTES (through games of Nov. 17)
* San Diego State is 38-10 in its last 48 overall games and 26-7 in its last 33 regular-season games against Mountain West opponents (28-7 against MW opponents, including conference championship games).
* The Aztecs are 10-4 in their last 14 games decided by eight points or less and 24-11 in one-score games in the Rocky Long era.
* SDSU is currently 12th nationally in total defense, allowing only 310.3 yards per game. San Diego State has been particularly effective on that side of the ball of late, holding five of its last seven opponents to 297 yards or less. Since 2015, the Aztecs are 36-4 when holding their opponent to 380 yards of total offense or less.
* SDSU is sixth nationally in rushing defense per game at 97.3 yards (fifth in rush average defense (2.7). San Diego State is 33-5 since 2015 (11-1 in last 12) when the opponent has a 3.7 yards per rush average or lower.
* The Aztecs have won 25 consecutive games when owning a turnover advantage, the longest active streak in FBS.
* SDSU is averaging 14.94 yards per completion, the ninth-highest average nationally. Of all San Diego State quarterbacks in the last 22 seasons (since 1996), junior Ryan Agnew has the highest career yards per completion (14.69, min. 100 completions).
* Senior PK John Baron II has three game-winning field goals this season (defined as a field goal in the last five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime that put a team in the lead for good), tied for the most in the FBS overtime era (since 1996). He also is tied for the national lead in 50-plus yard field goals this season (4) and is one of two kickers who are 4-for-4 from 50-plus yards.
Football Hosts Hawai'i Saturday for Senior Night
