2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team

American college football season

2008 San Diego State Aztecs football

Conference| Mountain West Conference
Record| 2–10 (1–7 MW)
Head coach|

* Chuck Long (3rd season)

Offensive coordinator| Del Miller (3rd season)
Offensive scheme| Spread
Defensive coordinator| Bob Elliott (3rd season)
Base defense| 4–3
Home stadium| Qualcomm Stadium

Seasons

<- 2007

2009 ->

2008 Mountain West Conference football standings

* v
* t
* e

| 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

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.

## Schedule

[edit]

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

[1][2]

## Game summaries

[edit]

### Cal Poly

[edit]

See also 2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

Mustangs | 9  | 7  | 7  | 6 | 29
Aztecs  | 0  | 7  | 14  | 6 | 27

### At Notre Dame

[edit]

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

### At San Jose State

[edit]

See also 2008 San Jose State Spartans football team

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

Aztecs  | 0  | 7  | 3  | 0 | 10
Spartans | 7  | 14  | 0  | 14 | 35

### Idaho

[edit]

See also 2008 Idaho Vandals football team

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

Vandals  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 14 | 17
Aztecs | 7  | 17  | 14  | 7 | 45

### At TCU

[edit]

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

[edit]

See also 2008 Air Force Falcons football team

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

Falcons | 7  | 0  | 14  | 14 | 35
Aztecs  | 0  | 10  | 0  | 0 | 10

### At New Mexico

[edit]

See also 2008 New Mexico Lobos football team

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

Aztecs  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 0 | 7
Lobos | 21  | 28  | 7  | 14 | 70

### Colorado State

[edit]

See also 2008 Colorado State Rams football team

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

Rams | 3  | 7  | 21  | 7 | 38
Aztecs  | 7  | 10  | 14  | 3 | 34

### At Wyoming

[edit]

See also: 2008 Wyoming Cowboys football team

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

Aztecs  | 3  | 0  | 7  | 0 | 10
Cowboys | 7  | 21  | 7  | 0 | 35

### At No. 17 BYU

[edit]

See also: 2008 BYU Cougars football team

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

Aztecs  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 6 | 12
No. 17 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

[edit]

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

[edit]

See also: 2008 UNLV Rebels football team

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

|
|
|
|
|

Running Rebels  | 7  | 0  | 7  | 7 | 21
Aztecs | 7  | 7  | 7  | 21 | 42

## Awards

[edit]

1st Team Preseason All Mountain West- LB Russell Allen

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

[edit]

1. ^ "San Diego State Aztecs Schedule 2008". ESPN. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
2. ^ "2008 Football Schedule". San Diego State University Athletics. Retrieved August 22, 2023.

* v
* t
* e

San Diego State Aztecs football

Venues|

* College Field / Aztec Field (1921, 1923–1925, 1927–1928, 1934–1935)
* Navy "Sports" Field (1922, 1926, 1929–1931, 1933–1934)
* Balboa Stadium (1921–1925, 1927–1929, 1932, 1934–1935, 1940–1941, 1945–1947, alternate in several other seasons)
* Aztec Bowl (1936–1942, 1947–1966)
* San Diego Stadium (1967–2019)
* Dignity Health Sports Park (2020–2021)
* Snapdragon Stadium (2022–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Fresno State
* NFL draftees

Seasons|

* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943–1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

National championship seasons in bold
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template
*[Conf]: Conference record
*[W]: Wins
*[L]: Losses
*[No.]: Number