2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team

The 2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were coached by Chuck Long and played their home games at Qualcomm Stadium. The 2008 season was expected to be rough for the Aztecs after losing several key offensive players to the National Football League (NFL). The team looked to redshirt freshman quarterback Ryan Lindley to replace star quarterback Kevin O'Connell. The team also lost two of its leading wide receivers in Brett Swain and Chaz Schilens along with four starting offensive linemen.

2008 San Diego State Aztecs football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2008 record	2–10 (1–7 MW)
Head coach	Chuck Long
Offensive coordinator	Del Miller
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Bob Elliott
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Qualcomm Stadium (Capacity: 54,000)

2008 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Utah $		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 7 TCU		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 25 BYU		6	–	2					10	–	3
Air Force		5	–	3					8	–	5
Colorado State		4	–	4					7	–	6
UNLV		2	–	6					5	–	7
New Mexico		2	–	6					4	–	8
Wyoming		1	–	7					4	–	8
San Diego State		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:30 PM	Cal Poly*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	4SD	L 27–29	26,851
September 6	12:30 PM	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 13–21	80,795
September 13	5:00 PM	at San Jose State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		L 10–35	17,185
September 27	5:00 PM	Idaho*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA		W 45–17	21,401
October 4	3:00 PM	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	mtn.	L 7–41	30,620
October 11	6:30 PM	Air Force	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	mtn.	L 10–35	43,630
October 18	3:00 PM	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	mtn.	L 7–70	26,695
October 25	7:30 PM	Colorado State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	mtn.	L 34–38	17,185
November 1	11:00 AM	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	mtn.	L 10–35	11,779
November 8	11:00 AM	at No. 17 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	mtn.	L 12–41	64,107
November 15	5:00 PM	No. 7 Utah	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	mtn.	L 14–63	19,342
November 22	5:00 PM	UNLV	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSCS	W 42–21	17,846
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	9	7	7	6	29
Aztecs	0	7	14	6	27

Notre Dame

See also 2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	7	6	0	13
Fighting Irish	0	7	0	14	21

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	7	3	0	10
Spartans	7	14	0	14	35

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	3	0	14	17
Aztecs	7	17	14	7	45

TCU

See also 2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	0	7	0	7
Horned Frogs	3	17	7	14	41

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	0	14	14	35
Aztecs	0	10	0	0	10

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	0	7	0	7
Lobos	21	28	7	14	70

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Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	7	21	7	38
Aztecs	7	10	14	3	34

Wyoming

See also: 2008 Wyoming Cowboys football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	3	0	7	0	10
Cowboys	7	21	7	0	35

BYU

See also 2008 BYU Cougars football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	0	6	6	12
Cougars	7	13	7	14	41

This will be the 33rd game between San Diego State and BYU.

BYU Leads Series 25-7-1

Utah

See also 2008 Utah Utes football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	14	21	0	28	63
Aztecs	0	7	7	0	14

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Running Rebels					0
Aztecs					0

Statistics

Passing
Player	COMP	ATT	Pct.	YDS	TD	INT	QB Rating

Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD

Receiving
Player	REC	YDS	YPC	TD

Tackles & Interceptions
Player	Solo	Asst	Total	TFL	Sacks	Int

Awards

1st Team Preseason All Mountain West- LB Russell Allen[1]

2nd Team Preseason All Mountain West- WR Darren Mougey and LB Luke Laolagi

3rd Team Preseason All Mountain West- WR Vincent Brown and DB Corey Boudreaux

References

1. San Diego State University Official Athletic Site