# 2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team

The 2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by ninth year head coach Rocky Long and played their final home games at SDCCU Stadium. San Diego State competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division.
On January 8, 2020, head coach Rocky Long resigned.

## Preseason
### Mountain West media days

Mountain West Media Days were held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan at the Las Vegas Strip.

#### Media poll

The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Aztecs were predicted to finish in second place in the MW West Division.
West :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Fresno State | 122 (17) |
| 2 | San Diego State | 106 (3) |
| 3 | Nevada | 74 |
| 4 | Hawaii | 67 (1) |
| 5 | UNLV | 51 |
| 6 | San Jose State | 21 |
Mountain :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Boise State | 120 (15) |
| 2 | Utah State | 108 (6) |
| 3 | Air Force | 73 |
| 4 | Wyoming | 66 |
| 5 | Colorado State | 52 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 22 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 8 (FCS) Weber State* | | SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA | Stadium on Facebook | W 6–0 | 40,222 |
| September 7 | 1:15 p.m. | at UCLA* | | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | P12N | W 23–14 | 36,951 |
| September 14 | 5:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State* | | Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces, NM | FloSports, FSNAZ+ | W 31–10 | 10,123 |
| September 21 | 7:30 p.m. | Utah State | | SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA | CBSSN | L 17–23 | 27,367 |
| October 5 | 7:00 p.m. | at Colorado State | | Canvas StadiumFort Collins, CO | ESPN2 | W 24–10 | 29,767 |
| October 12 | 7:30 p.m. | Wyoming | | SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA | CBSSN | W 26–22 | 28,758 |
| October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at San Jose State | | CEFCU StadiumSan Jose, CA | Stadium on Facebook | W 27–17 | 18,285 |
| October 26 | 7:30 p.m. | at UNLV | | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | CBSSN | W 20–17 | 19,652 |
| November 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Nevada | No. 24 | SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA | ESPN2 | L 13–17 | 27,973 |
| November 15 | 6:30 p.m. | Fresno State | | SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA | ESPN2 | W 17–7 | 26,876 |
| November 23 | 8:00 p.m. | at Hawaii | | Aloha StadiumHalawa, HI | SPEC HI | L 11–14 | 24,911 |
| November 30 | 6:00 p.m. | BYU* | | SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA | CBSSN | W 13–3 | 28,180 |
| December 21 | 11:00 a.m. | vs. Central Michigan* | | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl) | ESPN | W 48–11 | 18,823 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 8 (FCS) Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aztecs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |

### At UCLA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aztecs | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Bruins | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aztecs | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Aggies | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |

### Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Aztecs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |

### At Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aztecs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| Aztecs | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 26 |

### At San Jose State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aztecs | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| Spartans | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |

### At UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aztecs | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Rebels | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |

### Nevada

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wolf Pack | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| No. 24 Aztecs | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |

### Fresno State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Aztecs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### At Hawaii

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aztecs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| Rainbow Warriors | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### BYU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Aztecs | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |

### Vs. Central Michigan (New Mexico Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| Aztecs | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 48 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |

## Players drafted into the NFL

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
| 5 | 156 | Keith Ismael | C | Washington Redskins |