2013 San Diego State Aztecs football team

The 2013 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by third-year head coach Rocky Long and played their home games at Qualcomm Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in Mountain West play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they defeated Buffalo.

2013 San Diego State Aztecs football
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl champion
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, W 49–24 vs. Buffalo
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
2013 record	8–5 (6–2 MW)
Head coach	Rocky Long (3rd as head coach, 5th overall season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Toledo (1st season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Rocky Long (5th season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Qualcomm Stadium (Capacity: 54,000)

2013 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
Utah State x		7	–	1					9	–	5
Boise State		6	–	2					8	–	5
Colorado State		5	–	3					8	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	5					5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
Air Force		0	–	8					2	–	10
West Division
Fresno State x$		7	–	1					11	–	2
San Diego State		6	–	2					8	–	5
UNLV		5	–	3					7	–	6
San Jose State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Nevada		3	–	5					4	–	8
Hawaii		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	5:00 p.m.	No. 21 (FCS) Eastern Illinois*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA		L 19–40	42,978[1]
September 7	12:30 p.m.	at No. 3 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 7–42	104,984[2]
September 21	4:30 p.m.	Oregon State*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 30–34	32,133[2]
September 28	5:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	FSSD	W 26–16	16,113[2]
October 4	6:00 p.m.	Nevada	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN	W 51–44 ^OT	22,475[2]
October 10	6:00 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	W 27–20	17,280[2]
October 26	7:30 p.m.	No. 15 Fresno State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Battle for the Oil Can)	ESPN2	L 28–35 ^OT	32,707[2]
November 2	5:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	RTRM/FSSD	W 35–30	35,890[2]
November 9	7:30 p.m.	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	CBSSN	W 34–30	17,932[2]
November 16	8:30 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	W 28–21 ^OT	28,530[2]
November 23	7:30 p.m.	Boise State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 34–31 ^OT	33,161[2]
November 30	7:30 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ESPNU	L 19–45	15,884[2]
December 21	2:30 p.m.	vs. Buffalo*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)	ESPN	W 49–24	21,951[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

Source:[3]

Game summaries

Eastern Illinois

See also: 2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2001	SDSU, 40–7

1 2 3 4 Total • #21 (FCS) Panthers 7 12 7 14 40 Aztecs 13 3 3 0 19 Date: August 31 Location: Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA Game start: 5:00 PM PST Game attendance: 42,978

Scoring summary 1 12:57 SDSU 41-yard field goal by Wes Feer SDSU 3–0 1 11:14 EIU Erik Lora 37-yard touchdown reception from Jimmy Garoppolo, Cameron Berra kick good EIU 7–3 1 9:11 SDSU Colin Lockett 48-yard touchdown run, Feer kick good SDSU 10–7 1 4:25 SDSU 35-yard field goal by Feer SDSU 13–7 2 13:43 EIU Lora 4-yard touchdown reception from Garoppolo, Berra kick no good Tied 13–13 2 3:22 EIU Keiondre Gober 62-yard touchdown reception from Garoppolo, Berra kick blocked EIU 19–13 2 :16 SDSU 22-yard field goal by Feer EIU 19–16 3 10:57 SDSU 38-yard field goal by Feer Tied 19–19 3 7:36 EIU Taylor Duncan 2-yard touchdown run, Berra kick good EIU 26–19 4 13:43 EIU Punt returned 60 yards for touchdown by Shephard Little, Berra kick good EIU 33–19 4 4:30 EIU Duncan 45-yard touchdown run, Berra kick good EIU 40–19

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@ Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	0	7	0	7
#3 Buckeyes	21	14	7	0	42

See also: 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2005	OSU, 27–6

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	14	0	0	20	34
Aztecs	14	10	3	3	30

See also: 2013 Oregon State Beavers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2000	ORST, 35–3

@ New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	5	6	15	26
Aggies	10	6	0	0	16

See also: 2013 New Mexico State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–1–1	2010	SDSU, 41–21

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Wolf Pack	7	10	6	21	0	44
Aztecs	7	16	21	0	7	51

See also: 2013 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2012	SDSU, 39–38^OT

@ Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	6	0	0	21	27
Falcons	0	10	10	0	20

See also: 2013 Air Force Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–19	2012	SDSU, 28–9

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#15 Bulldogs	7	0	7	14	7	35
Aztecs	0	7	7	14	0	28

See also: 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and Fresno State–San Diego State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–21–4	2012	FRES, 52–40

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	7	0	10	13	30
Aztecs	14	0	7	14	35

See also: 2013 New Mexico Lobos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–15	2012	SDSU, 35–7

@ San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	12	0	22	34
Spartans	10	10	3	7	30

See also: 2013 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–19–2	2012	SJSU, 38–34

@ Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Aztecs	0	7	7	7	7	28
Rainbow Warriors	7	7	0	7	0	21

See also: 2013 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–9–2	2012	SDSU, 52–14

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Broncos	7	0	14	7	3	31
Aztecs	7	7	0	14	6	34

See also: 2013 Boise State Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2012	SDSU, 21–19

@ UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	7	0	6	6	19
Rebels	7	17	7	14	45

See also: 2013 UNLV Rebels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–8	2012	SDSU, 24–13

vs Buffalo–Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	10	0	14	24
Aztecs	7	21	14	7	49

See also: 2013 Buffalo Bulls football team and 2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Jeff Hilyer from the Sun Belt Conference was the referee.

References

1. "Eastern Illinois Panthers at San Diego State Aztecs (August 31, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. August 31, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
2. "SDSU 2013 Football Statistics". San Diego State Athletics. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
3. "2013 San Diego State Aztecs Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 29, 2013.