2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team

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

2008 Mountain West Conference football standings

	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

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

Game summaries

Cal Poly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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