2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team

The 2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by head coach Brady Hoke, in the first season of his second stint, and played their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, as a member of the Mountain West Conference.

2020 San Diego State Aztecs football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record4–4 (4–2 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Hecklinski (1st as OC, 3rd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorKurt Mattix (1st season)
Home stadiumDignity Health Sports Park[1]
(Capacity: 27,000)
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 San Jose State y$  7 –0   7 –1  
Boise State y  5 –0   5 –2  
Nevada  6 –2   7 –2  
San Diego State  4 –2   4 –4  
Hawaii  4 –4   5 –4  
Fresno State  3 –3   3 –3  
Air Force  2 –2   3 –3  
Wyoming  2 –4   2 –4  
New Mexico  2 –5   2 –5  
Colorado State  1 –3   1 –3  
Utah State  1 –5   1 –5  
UNLV  0 –6   0 –6  
Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the season, but later decided to begin play on October 24.[2]
Rankings from AP Poll

On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] However, the conference later reversed course and announced plans to resume play on October 24.[4]

Dignity Health Sports Park, also home to LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer and Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL, as well as a former home stadium of the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers (which once coincidentally represented San Diego), served as the team's temporary home. The program's former home venue, SDCCU Stadium, is being demolished and will be replaced by Aztec Stadium. This was originally announced when the Mountain West planned to postpone its season.[5]

After finishing their season with a 4–4 record (4–2 in conference games), Hoke announced on December 16 that the program was removing itself from consideration for a bowl game.[6]

Schedule

Original
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 Sacramento State*
No contest
September 12 at Toledo*
No contest
September 19 UCLA*
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
 No contest[7]
September 26 at Nevada
Rescheduled
October 3 UNLV
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
 Rescheduled
October 10 at Utah State
Rescheduled
October 17 at Wyoming
No contest
October 24 San Jose State
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
 Rescheduled
November 7 Colorado State
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
 Rescheduled
November 14 at BYU*
Rescheduled
November 21 at Fresno State
Rescheduled
November 28 Hawaii
  • SDCCU Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
 Rescheduled

[8]

Revised

Following cancellation of the Fresno State game scheduled for November 27, a replacement game against Colorado was scheduled for November 28; Colorado had been scheduled to play USC, which was also canceled.[9]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
October 24 7:30 p.m. UNLV
CBSSN W 34–6 0
October 31 7:00 p.m. at Utah State
CBSSN W 38–7 5,116
November 6 6:00 p.m. San Jose State
  • Dignity Health Sports Park
  • Carson, CA
 CBSSN L 17–28 0
November 14 1:00 p.m. Hawaiidagger
  • Dignity Health Sports Park
  • Carson, CA
 SPEC HI W 34–10 0
November 21 12:30 p.m. at Nevada
CBS L 21–26 50
November 27 6:00 p.m. at Fresno State
FS1 No contest
November 28 2:00 p.m. at Colorado*
P12N L 10–20 0
December 5 4:00 p.m. Colorado State
  • Dignity Health Sports Park
  • Carson, CA
 CBSSN W 29–17 0
December 12 7:00 p.m. at No. 18 BYU*
ESPN2 L 14–28 0

[10][11]

Players drafted into the NFL
See also: 2021 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
4108Darren HallCBAtlanta Falcons

References
  1. "FB to Play at Dignity Health Sports Park in 2021". SDSU Athletics. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. "WE'RE BACK". twitter.com/MountainWest. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Fall Sports". TheMW.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  4. "Mountain West Football Season to Begin on October 24". Mountain West Conference. September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  5. "FB to Play at Dignity Health Sports Park in 2021". SDSU Athletics. September 15, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  6. "San Diego State Withdraws from Bowl Consideration". SDSU Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  7. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  8. "2020 San Diego State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  9. "SDSU Faces Colorado Saturday – Replaces Game Canceled Due to Pandemic". Times of San Diego. November 26, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  10. "San Diego State Aztecs Schedule 2020". ESPN. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  11. "2020 Football Schedule". San Diego State University Athletics. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
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