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San Diego State Resumes Play Saturday at Hawai‘i

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San Diego State Resumes Play Saturday at Hawai'i

  • San Diego State continues its Mountain West play with its second consecutive road game Saturday at Hawai'i.
  • Saturday will be just the third road contest of the year so far for the Aztecs (2-4, 0-2 MW).
  • Amazingly, after having four home games in a 27-day span to start the season, SDSU goes 28 days (starting Sept. 23) in between its next home game on Oct. 21 vs. Nevada.
  • San Diego State is coming off its first of two idle weeks in the month of October. The Aztecs played six straight weeks to start the season, beginning with a week zero game against Ohio on Aug. 26. SDSU had its first open date on Oct. 7, then plays two games (Saturday at Hawai'i and Oct. 21 against Nevada) before another open date on Oct. 28. San Diego State then ends its regular season with four consecutive games in November.
  • The Aztecs are coming off a 49-10 loss at Air Force on Sept. 30. It was the 10th straight win for the Falcons (5-0, 3-0 MW) and fifth consecutive home victory.
  • AFA was already the fifth opponent in six games this season for SDSU against a team that had at least nine wins and played in a bowl game a year ago.
  • San Diego State is playing one of the toughest schedules in the country this season with five games against 10-win teams - vs. Ohio, at Oregon State, vs. Boise State, at Air Force and vs. Fresno State - and eight vs. bowl teams from a year ago - also vs. UCLA, vs. Utah State and at San Jose State.
  • The beginning of the Aztecs' schedule has been particularly tough as five of their first six opponents made a bowl in 2022, including games vs. Ohio (10-4) on Aug. 26 (W, 20-13), UCLA (9-4) on Sept. 9 (L, 35-10), at Oregon State (10-3) on Sept. 16 (L, 26-9), vs. Boise State (10-4) on Sept. 22 (L, 34-31) and at Air Force (10-4) on Sept. 30 (L, 49-10).
  • SDSU's five FBS opponents so far have combined to go 22-6 (.786). When you take away the games vs. San Diego State, those opponents are still 18-5 (.783).
  • Thirteen (13) players have earned their first career Division I start this season for the Aztecs and 16 players overall have made their first start at SDSU.
  • In San Diego State's last game at Air Force, the Aztecs used a season-long 9-minute, 32-second drive over 17 plays to take a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter when quarterback Jalen Mayden found wide receiver Joshua Nicholson, who streaked into the end zone. The Falcons, however, scored on their next six possessions and also added an interception return for another score.
  • Senior kicker/punter Jack Browning closed out the first half with a 61-yard field goal, which is a school record, Mountain West record, Falcon Stadium record, tied for the longest field goal in the country this season and tied for the 20th in NCAA FBS history.
  • Browning is now 4-for-5 for his career on 50-yard field goal attempts, the highest percentage (.800) among active FBS kickers (min. 5, 50-yard attempts).
  • SDSU has already played three of the top-5 defenses in the country this year, including No. 2 Air Force (223.8 yards allowed per game), No. 4 Ohio (235.7) and No. 5 UCLA (254.2), while Oregon State is ranked 30th (325.7). In those games, San Diego State totaled 318 against Ohio, 259 vs. UCLA, 227 against Air Force and 326 at Oregon State.
  • The Aztecs have lost four straight games for the first time since falling in the final four contests of the 2018 season. SDSU played 50 consecutive games without a four-game losing streak prior to the latest stretch.
  • Saturday is the 38th meeting between San Diego State and Hawai'i with the Aztecs owning a 24-11-2 advantage.
  • SDSU has won nine of the last 11 games in the series and 18 of the last 22 outings dating back to 1990.
  • Saturday will mark the seventh visit to Hawaii for San Diego State since 2015. The Aztecs have played at Hawai'i in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021, and have played bowl games in the Aloha State in 2015 and 2022.