Game notes: Utah State at San Diego State
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The matchup
- Utah State (2–4, 1–1 in conference) at San Diego State (3–4, 2–1 in conference), Saturday, November 14, 9:30 p.m. ET, Snapdragon Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 19th meeting; San Diego State leads the series 13–5.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, November 23, 2024: Utah State 41, San Diego State 20.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1947: San Diego State 24, Utah State 19.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- San Diego State is 8–4 at home against Utah State.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2024: Utah State 41–20 (at Utah State); 2023: Utah State 32–24 (at San Diego State); 2021: Utah State 46–13 (at San Diego State); 2020: San Diego State 38–7 (at Utah State); 2019: Utah State 23–17 (at San Diego State).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Utah State
- Utah State is 2–4 (1–1 in conference games), 0–3 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 17–29 vs. Idaho State; L 14–16 at No. 19 Washington; L 0–33 at No. 17 Utah; W 21–10 vs. Troy; L 18–37 at No. 22 Boise State; W 17–16 vs. Washington State.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Utah State is No. 103 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Bronco Mendenhall is two wins from 150 as a head coach (148 so far).resultsA sitting FBS head coach within two wins of a multiple of 50 career wins, counting the head-coaching seasons on file.
- Bronco Mendenhall is 8–11 in his second season at Utah State and 148–99 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Bronco Mendenhall is 7–1 against San Diego State.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Grady Brosterhous (QB): 914 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Eli Wood (WR): 36 catches, 472 yards, 5 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Asher Cunningham (LB): 51 tackles, 1.5 sacks, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2020, Utah State lost to Fresno State 35–16.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
San Diego State
- San Diego State is 3–4 (2–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 53–20 vs. Portland State; L 10–28 at UCLA; L 13–26 vs. James Madison; L 16–41 at Toledo; W 31–29 vs. Texas State; L 14–66 at Oregon State; W 26–23 vs. Fresno State.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- San Diego State is No. 94 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Sean Lewis is 15–17 in his third season at San Diego State and 39–48 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Sean Lewis is 1–1 against Utah State.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Javion Kinnard (RB): 432 rushing yards, 1 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jayden Denegal (QB): 896 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Sione Hala (LB): 62 tackles, 2 sacks, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 1992, San Diego State beat No. 24 Hawai’i 52–28.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Sean Lewis is 0–1 against Bronco Mendenhall’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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