HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i football team will travel to San Diego to open Mountain West play against rival San Diego State, Saturday, Oct. 5 at Snapdragon Stadium. The Rainbow Warriors (2-2, 0-0 MW) are coming off a bye week while the Aztecs (1-3, 0-0) dropped their third straight following a loss at Central Michigan. SDSU has a 12-4 advantage in the series at home, including 10 wins in the last 11 match-ups on the continent.
    

HAWAI'I (2-2, 0-0 MW) vs. SAN DIEGO STATE (1-3, 0-0 MW)
Date | Time				Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. PT/2:00 p.m. HT
Location | Stadium				San Diego, Calif. | Snapdragon Stadium (35,000)
Live Stream				CBS Sports Network. Chris Lewis (play-by-play), Robert Turbin (analyst) and Amanda Guerra (sideline).
Radio				ESPN Honolulu (1420AM/92.7FM). John Veneri (play-by-play) and Mark Veneri (analyst).
Streaming Audio				ESPNHonolulu.com & Sideline Hawaii app
Live Stats				HawaiiAthletics.com
Game Notes				Hawai'i | SDSU | Mountain West
Social Media				@HawaiiFootball  | #HawaiiFB | @RainbowWarriorsFootball  | Facebook

      
SERIES VS SAN DIEGO STATE 
All-Time Record: SDSU leads 25-11-2
            In Honolulu: SDSU leads 13-7-2
            In San Diego: SDSU leads 12-4*
            *includes 2020 game in Carson, Calif.

GAME STORYLINES

• This week's match-up is the 39th meeting between the teams with San Diego State holding a 25-11-2 advantage.
• The Aztecs have won 10 of the last 12 in the series and 19-of-23. SDSU has won four straight overall after UH won back-to-back games in 2018 and '19.
• SDSU has a 12-4 advantage in the series at home, having won 10 of the last 11. (includes 2020 game in Carson, Calif.)
• Five of the last six meetings have been decided by seven points or less.
• The teams have met every year since 2012 as members of the Mountain West, which the Aztecs have won 10 of the 12 match-ups. In those 12 meetings, UH has been held to 14 points or less nine times.
• UH (2-2, 0-0 MW) is coming off a bye week. Two weeks ago, Hawai'i evened its record following a 36-7 victory over Northern Iowa. The Warriors set season highs for points (36), total yards (528), passing yards (379), rushing yards (149) and first downs (29) in the win.
• Under head coach Timmy Chang, UH is 0-3 following bye weeks, including 0-1 this season. Hawai'i, which had one bye week in each of the past two seasons, has three bye weeks this season (Weeks 2, 5, 13).
• In the teams' last match-up in San Diego in 2022, UH was also coming off a bye week and the Aztecs pulled out a come-from-behind 16-14 victory with a field goal with 0:07 remaining.
• UH is 5-7 in Mountain West openers since joining the league in 2012, including a 3-5 mark in MW openers on the road. UH had won three straight MW openers on the road (2018, '19, '20) before dropping its last two (2022, '23).
• UH is 1-12 on the road under Chang, including 0-1 this season.
• Hawai'i has dropped its last 11 games on national television and 14 of its last 15 dating back to the start of the 2021 season.
• SDSU (1-3, 0-0) dropped its third straight game after a 22-21 setback at Central Michigan last week when the Chippewas kicked a last second field goal to win it. The Aztecs led 21-10 before CMU scored the final 12 points of the game and shutout SDSU in the second half.