2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team
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Conference | Mountain West Conference |
2020 record | 4–4 (4–2 MW) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Jeff Hecklinski (1st as OC, 3rd overall season) |
Defensive coordinator | Kurt Mattix (1st season) |
Home stadium | Dignity Health Sports Park[1]
(Capacity: 27,000) |
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 San Jose State y$ | 7 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State y | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by head coach Brady Hoke, in the first season of his second stint, and played their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, as a member of the Mountain West Conference.
On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] However, the conference later reversed course and announced plans to resume play on October 24.[4]
Dignity Health Sports Park, also home to LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer and Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL, as well as a former home stadium of the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers (which once coincidentally represented San Diego), served as the team's temporary home. The program's former home venue, SDCCU Stadium, is being demolished and will be replaced by Aztec Stadium. This was originally announced when the Mountain West planned to postpone its season.[5]
After finishing their season with a 4–4 record (4–2 in conference games), Hoke announced on December 16 that the program was removing itself from consideration for a bowl game.[6]
Schedules[]
Original[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 5 | Sacramento State* |
| No Contest | |||||
September 12 | at Toledo* | No Contest | ||||||
September 19 | UCLA* |
| No Contest[7] | |||||
September 26 | at Nevada | Rescheduled | ||||||
October 3 | UNLV |
| Rescheduled | |||||
October 10 | at Utah State | Rescheduled | ||||||
October 17 | at Wyoming | No Contest | ||||||
October 24 | San Jose State |
| Rescheduled | |||||
November 7 | Colorado State |
| Rescheduled | |||||
November 14 | at BYU* | Rescheduled | ||||||
November 21 | at Fresno State | Rescheduled | ||||||
November 28 | Hawaii |
| Rescheduled | |||||
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Revised[]
Following cancellation of the Fresno State game scheduled for November 27, a replacement game against Colorado was scheduled for November 28; Colorado had been scheduled to play USC, which was also canceled.[9]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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October 24 | 7:30 p.m. | UNLV | CBSSN | W 34–6 | 0 | |||
October 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at Utah State | CBSSN | W 38–7 | 5,116 | |||
November 6 | 6:00 p.m. | San Jose State |
| CBSSN | L 17–28 | 0 | ||
November 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Hawaii![]() |
| SPEC HI | W 34–10 | 0 | ||
November 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at Nevada | CBS | L 21–26 | 50 | |||
| | | | No Contest | ||||
November 28 | 2:00 p.m. | at Colorado* | P12N | L 10–20 | 0 | |||
December 5 | 4:00 p.m. | Colorado State |
| CBSSN | W 29–17 | 0 | ||
December 12 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 18 BYU* | ESPN2 | L 14–28 | 0 | |||
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Players drafted into the NFL[]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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4 | 108 | Darren Hall | CB | Atlanta Falcons |
References[]
- ^ "FB to Play at Dignity Health Sports Park in 2021". SDSU Athletics. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
- ^ "WE'RE BACK". twitter.com/MountainWest. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Fall Sports". TheMW.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Mountain West Football Season to Begin on October 24". Mountain West Conference. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "FB to Play at Dignity Health Sports Park in 2021". SDSU Athletics. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "San Diego State Withdraws from Bowl Consideration". SDSU Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ "2020 San Diego State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "SDSU Faces Colorado Saturday – Replaces Game Canceled Due to Pandemic". Times of San Diego. November 26, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "2020 San Diego State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
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