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Senior safety Kameron Kelly intercepts an NIU pass at the goal line during the fourth quarter of SDSU's 34-28 win.

Football enters new era of team success

by Kyle Saunders, Staff Columnist // October 4, 2017

Good football at San Diego State is nothing new. Fans have been spoiled in recent years with two consecutive Mountain West Conference championships,...

SDSU redshirt sophomore cornerback Ron Smith participating in a drill during fall practice.

Smith will need to step up for SDSU football

by Zach Engberg, Sports Editor // August 16, 2017

Then redshirt freshman cornerback Ron Smith stepped in front of the pass from University of Houston senior quarterback Greg Ward Jr., mid-sprint, intercepting...

SDSU senior running back Rashaad Penny runs a route during the team's practice at Miramar MCAS.

The future may be now for SDSU football

by Zach Engberg, Sports Editor // August 16, 2017

The constant turnaround is what makes college sports exciting. Aside from the rare outlier, maybe players compete at this level for a maximum of four years...

Aztecs begin to hear names on Day 3 of NFL Draft

by Anthony Reclusado, Sports Editor // April 29, 2017

After two days and three rounds without a single San Diego State, or any other Mountain West prospect, hearing their name from Philadelphia, the birds...

Junior running back Rashaad Penny pushes off a Colorado State defender on his way to a first down run.

Aztecs avenge losses, defeat Wyoming 27-24 to take home MW title

by Zach Engberg, Assistant Sports Editor // December 3, 2016

Champions are made in Laramie, Wyoming. Well, Mountain West champions that is. After falling to the University of Wyoming in devastating fashion...

Junior wide receiver Quest Truxton returns a punt.

SDSU outdueled by Wyoming, 34-33

by Zach Engberg, Assistant Sports Editor // November 19, 2016

All great things must come to an end. And on Saturday in Laramie, Wyo., No. 24 San Diego State football's 17-game Mountain West conference winning streak...

Aztecs set to clash with the Cowboys in Wyoming

by Austin Gayle, Staff Columnist // November 16, 2016

San Diego State football (9-1, 6-0 MW) is set to take on the University of Wyoming (7-3, 5-1 MW) on Saturday, Nov. 19 for the second consecutive road contest...

Sophomore linebacker Ronley Lakalaka (39) and junior safety Kameron Kelly (7) celebrate after Lakalaka's interception.

Aztecs complete first shutout in MW play with 55-0 win over Hawaii

by Zach Engberg, Assistant Sports Editor // November 5, 2016

Fittingly, in San Diego State football's 55-0 victory over University of Hawaii, its most dominant win of the 2016 season, no one player stole the spotlight. Seven...

Senior running back Donnel Pumphrey (19) evading UC Berkeley tacklers with the help of junior wide receiver Mikah Holder (6).

Pumphrey powers SDSU football past Fresno, 17-3

by Zach Engberg, Assistant Sports Editor // October 14, 2016

There is nothing sexy about a 17-3 win. But it did not have to be for San Diego State football, which extended its Mountain West Conference winning streak...

Pumphrey Runs Wild in the Aztecs’ 45-40 Win Over Berkeley

by Zach Engberg, Assistant Sports Editor // September 10, 2016

It was only a matter of time. In what may have been the biggest game of his San Diego State football career, senior running back Donnel Pumphrey broke...

West title at stake for SDSU against UNLV

by Anthony Reclusado, Senior Staff Writer // November 20, 2015

With a berth in the Mountain West Championship game on the line, the San Diego State football team is going all in when it takes on UNLV in Sin City. The...

2nd half adjustments key in SDSU’s blowout over Colorado State

by Ryan Posner, Assistant Sports Editor // October 31, 2015

For the first time since 1967, when San Diego State football was still in Division II, the Aztecs are 5-0 in conference, after beating Colorado State 41-17...