San Diego State — Pac-12
HC
Sean Lewis · Snapdragon Stadium · San Diego, CA · 35,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.12 / -0.02
2025
Class rank
#83
class of 2026
Returning PPA
99%
returning production
| 2013 |
OSU W 42–7 | Columbus |
| 2005 |
OSU W 27–6 | Columbus |
| 2003 |
OSU W 16–13 | Columbus |
| 2001 |
OSU W 27–12 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (9–4)
Statistical comps — 2025 San Diego State's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (26 in / 26 out)
| Incoming |
|---|
| Evan Lawrence | OT | ← Indiana | ★★★ |
| Justius Lowe | WR | ← Oregon | ★★★ |
| Ayo Shotomide-King | WR | ← Oklahoma State | ★★★ |
| Mike Lindsay | CB | ← Idaho State | ★★★ |
| Gavriel Lightfoot | DL | ← Colorado | ★★★ |
| Djibril Rahman | EDGE | ← Rutgers | ★★★ |
| Cameron Cooper | LB | ← Western Colorado | ★★★ |
| Stone Saunders | QB | ← Kentucky | ★★★ |
| + 18 more |
Origins
Coryell went 104-19-2 and invented the passing offense that the NFL still runs under his name. Marshall Faulk ran for 386 yards in a single game here as a freshman.
Founded 1897 · State normal school, founded to train San Diego's teachers · first football 1921 · defined by Don Coryell
All-time record
All-time
388–323–11
1931–2025
Win %
54.5%
85 seasons played
Winning seasons
42
49% of seasons
By level: ii/iii 4–5–1 (1931–1937) · D-II 12–21–2 (1939–1968) · FBS 372–297–8 (1969–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2021 | 12 | 2 | Mountain West |
| 1969 | 11 | 0 | PCAA |
| 2016 | 11 | 3 | Mountain West |
| 2015 | 11 | 3 | Mountain West |
| 1977 | 10 | 1 | FBS Independents |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1931 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 326 | 65% |
46% | 43 of 136 | 6.7 | 13% |
| 2nd down | 246 | 66% |
42% | 76 of 136 | 6.3 | 13% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 44 | 77% |
70% | — | 3.1 | 0% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 50 | 40% |
24% | — | 3.9 | 8% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 55 | 38% |
13% | — | 3.7 | 9% |
| 4th down | 25 | 40% |
52% | — | 4.0 | 12% |
163 drives · 33% ended in points · 6.7 plays and 38.7 yards per drive · 0.65 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| CFP | North Texas |
B. Emanuel Jr. run for 72 yds, for a TD (G. Plascencia KICK) |
72 | 6.37 |
| 2 | Washington State |
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jacob Bostick for 35 yds for a TD (Gabriel Plascencia KICK… |
35 | 5.00 |
| 4 | California |
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jordan Napier for 80 yds to the CAL 10 for a 1ST down |
80 | 4.72 |
| 10 | Wyoming |
Lucky Sutton 50 Yd Run (Gabriel Plascencia Kick) |
50 | 4.54 |
| 6 | Colorado State |
Jayden Denegal pass complete to Jordan Napier for 61 yds to the CSU 14 for a 1ST down Colo… |
61 | 4.23 |
| 11 | Hawai'i |
End of 1st quarter. |
47 | 4.11 |
| 9 | Fresno State |
(04:20) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 J.Denegal pass complete short right to #21 B.Cardwell caught … |
54 | 4.06 |
| 14 | New Mexico |
(10:49) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 J.Denegal pass complete deep middle to #82 J.Hawkins caught a… |
35 | 4.03 |