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 | |
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Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Record | 2–10 (1–7 MW) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Del Miller (3rd season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Bob Elliott (3rd season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Qualcomm Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule edit
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:30 pm | Cal Poly* | 4SD | L 27–29 | 26,851 | |
September 6 | 12:30 pm | at Notre Dame* | NBC | L 13–21 | 80,795 | |
September 13 | 5:00 pm | at San Jose State* | L 10–35 | 17,185 | ||
September 27 | 5:00 pm | Idaho* |
| W 45–17 | 21,401 | |
October 4 | 3:00 pm | at TCU | mtn. | L 7–41 | 30,620 | |
October 11 | 6:30 pm | Air Force |
| mtn. | L 10–35 | 43,630 |
October 18 | 3:00 pm | at New Mexico | mtn. | L 7–70 | 26,695 | |
October 25 | 7:30 pm | Colorado State |
| mtn. | L 34–38 | 17,185 |
November 1 | 11:00 am | at Wyoming | mtn. | L 10–35 | 11,779 | |
November 8 | 11:00 am | at No. 17 BYU | mtn. | L 12–41 | 64,107 | |
November 15 | 5:00 pm | No. 7 Utah |
| mtn. | L 14–63 | 19,342 |
November 22 | 5:00 pm | UNLV |
| CBSCS | W 42–21 | 17,846 |
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Game summaries edit
Cal Poly edit
See also 2008 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Rams | 3 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 38 |
Aztecs | 7 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
At Wyoming edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aztecs | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Cowboys | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
At No. 17 BYU edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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 | |
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Utes | 14 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 63 |
Aztecs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
UNLV edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Running Rebels | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Aztecs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
Statistics edit
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Player | COMP | ATT | Pct. | YDS | TD | INT | QB Rating |
Rushing | ||||
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Player | ATT | YDS | YPC | TD |
Receiving | ||||
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Player | REC | YDS | YPC | TD |
Tackles & Interceptions | ||||||
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Player | Solo | Asst | Total | TFL | Sacks | Int |
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
- ^ "San Diego State Aztecs Schedule 2008". ESPN. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ^ "2008 Football Schedule". San Diego State University Athletics. Retrieved August 22, 2023.