With 25-3 win over San Jose State, Aztecs perfect at Snapdragon on season
The Aztecs were a perfect - on the season at home after a win over San Jose State on Nov at Snapdragon Stadium Photo by Adrian Childress Times of San Diego San Diego State continued their season-long dominance of the Mountain West conference on Saturday by defeating San Jose State - in SDSU s last regular-season home competition The win puts SDSU - - MW in prime position to win the conference with one gameleft on the year The Aztecs started the tournament with a bang and almost directly On just the third play with less than two minutes having ticked by in the first quarter safety Dwayne McDougle intercepted Spartans quarterback Walker Eget at the San Jose -yard line and returned theball yards to the Spartans San Diego State then methodically marched down the field via a sparse run plays and scoredon a one-yard rush by running back Lucky Sutton a San Diego native The battle was SDSU s Senior Night and a number of the players in their final season withthe crew contributed in meaningful strategies After its first touchdown SDSU made the highlyunusual decision to go for a two-pointer which was converted when special teams star DJHerman a departing senior converted a pass to fellow senior Brady Anderson making thescore - San Diego State increased its lead with a sparse seconds left in the first when another senior kicker Gabriel Plascencia converted a -yard field goal to make the tally - San Jose State - - MW got on the scoreboard when kicker Mathias Brown drilled a -yard field goal with minutes left in the second quarter to make the count - But with less than a minute remaining in the first half San Diego State pounced again At fourth and goal from the one-yard line Aztec quarterback Jayden Denegal rushed up the middle for a touchdown The point after by Plascencia was good making the amount - at the half It s amazing Denegal revealed during the post-game news conference describing his squad s play But we ve just got to keep getting better day-by-day Through the first two quarters Denegal completed seven of passes for yards He alsohad eight yards rushing on four attempts Sutton picked up yards rushing on attempts in the first half while wideout DonovanBrown had receiving yards on five targets two receptions With about two minutes left in the meeting the Aztecs scored their final touchdown of the night Chris Washington rushed up the middle to reach the end zone from the Spartans eight-yard-line Plascencia s extra point made the total - Tonight meant a lot I ve been here all four years Washington reported SDSU now winners of eight of their last nine finished the season with a perfect - record at Snapdragon Stadium It feels great to show people that when we play at home we mean business Washingtonsaid This is the last time the teams will face off as members of the Mountain West because San Diego State along with Boise State Colorado State Fresno State and Utah State are jumping from the MWC to the Pac- conference effective July San Jose State however is staying put meaning this was potentially the last competition played between the programs for specific time if not ever That was fun a good way to send off our seniors head coach Sean Lewis declared A lot ofhard work has led up to this moment This has been a journey he added The reward for the work that we ve done is more work The work is the reward Up next the Aztecs end their regular season schedule on the road against New Mexico at p m Friday airing on CBS Sports Arrangement They can control their own destiny with a win over New Mexico but the Lobos beat Air Force Saturday and have won five straight for an - record overall while going - in the conference Then all eyes turn to the Mountain West Championship championship on Dec
