List of San Diego State Aztecs football seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by the San Diego State Aztecs football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The team began competition in 1921.

San Diego State has been a member of a conference for all but a few seasons since it started play

When the NCAA first started classification in 1937, San Diego State was part of the NCAA College Division (Small College). While playing in the College Division under College Hall of Fame coach Don Coryell, they were voted the football National Champion for three consecutive years, 1966–1968. They moved to the NCAA University Division (Major College) in 1969.

Seasons

YearCoachOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Southern California Junior College Conference (1921–1924)
C.E. Peterson(Southern California Junior College Conference)(1921–1924)
1921 Peterson4–61–34th
1922 Peterson6–44–01st
1923 Peterson8–22–01st
1924 Peterson7–1–23–01st
C.E. Peterson(Independent)(1925)
1925 Peterson5–3–1
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1926–1938)
C.E. Peterson(Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1926–1929)
1926 Peterson3–4–11–3–17th
1927 Peterson4–32–3T–5th
1928 Peterson3–32–35th
1929 Peterson3–51–56th
Peterson:43–31–4 (.577)16–17–1 (.485)
W.B. Herreid(Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1930–1934)
1930 Herreid5–43–33rd
1931 Herreid5–3–22–2–1T-4th
1932 Herreid3–5–12–4–15th
1933 Herreid4–4–14–2–14th
1934 Herreid3–5–12–1–12nd
Herreid:20–21–5 (.489)13–12–4 (.517)
Leo Calland (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1935–1938)
1935 Calland3–4–12–2–1T–3rd
1936 Calland6–1–15–01st
1937 Calland7–14–11st
1938 Calland5–2–13–2–13rd
California Collegiate Athletic Association (1939–1967)
Leo Calland(California Collegiate Athletic Association)(1939–1941)
1939 Calland2–70–24th
1940 Calland5–3–11–1–1T-2nd
1941 Calland6–40–34th
Calland:34–22–4 (.600)15–11–3 (.569)
John Eubank (California Collegiate Athletic Association)(1942)
1942 Eubank0–6–10–2n/a
Eubank:0–6–1 (.071)0–2 (.000)
No team(World War II)(1943–1944)
Bob Breitbard(California Collegiate Athletic Association)(1945)
1945 Breitbard2–51–0n/a
Breitbard:2–5 (.286)1–0 (1.000)
Bill Terry (California Collegiate Athletic Association)(1946)
1946 Terry6–42–35th
Terry:6–4 (.600)2–3 (.400)
Bill Shulte(California Collegiate Athletic Association)(1947–1955)
1947 Shulte7–3–12–2–14thL Harbor
1948 Shulte4–71–4T-5th
1949 Shulte6–33–12nd
1950 Shulte5–3–13–0–11st
1951 Shulte10–0–14–01stW Pineapple
1952 Shulte4–52–23rd
1953 Shulte5–3–13–1–12nd
1954 Shulte5–42–22nd
1955 Shulte2–81–1n/a
Shulte:48–36–4 (.568)21–13–3 (.608)
Paul Governall(California Collegiate Athletic Association)(1956–1960)
1956 Governall4–3–22–1T–2nd
1957 Governall2–70–25th
1958 Governall3–52–34th
1959 Governall1–6–10–56th
1960 Governall1–6–10–56th
Governall:11–27–4 (.310)4–16 (.200)
Don Coryell (California Collegiate Athletic Association)(1961–1967)
1961 Coryell7–2–12–2–14th
1962 Coryell8–26–01st
1963 Coryell7–24–11st
1964 Coryell8–24–12nd
1965 Coryell 8–2 3–23rd
1966 Coryell 11–0 5–01stW Camellia 11
1967 Coryell 10–1 5–01stW Camellia 11
Don Coryell(Independent)(1968)
1968 Coryell 9–0–1 12
Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1969–1975)
Don Coryell(Pacific Coast Athletic Association)(1969–1972)
1969 Coryell 11–0 6–01stW Pasadena
1970 Coryell 9–2 5–11st
1971 Coryell 6–5 2–3T–4th
1972 Coryell 10–1 4–01st
Coryell:104–19–2 (.840)46–10–1 (.816)
Claude Gilbert (Pacific Coast Athletic Association)(1973–1975)
1973 Gilbert 9–1–1 3–0–11st
1974 Gilbert 8–2–1 4–01st
1975 Gilbert 8–3 3–23rd
Independent(1976–1977)
Claude Gilbert(Independent)(1976–1977)
1976 Gilbert 10–1
1977 Gilbert 10–1 1816
Western Athletic Conference (1978–1998)
Claude Gilbert(Western Athletic Conference)(1978–1980)
1978 Gilbert 4–7 2–46th
1979 Gilbert 8–3 4–2T–2nd
1980 Gilbert 4–8 4–44th
Gilbert:61–26–2 (.697)20–12–1 (.621)
Doug Scovil (Western Athletic Conference)(1981–1985)
1981 Scovil 6–5 3–56th
1982 Scovil 7–5 4–3T–3rd
1983 Scovil 2–9–1 1–6–18th
1984 Scovil 4–7–1 4–3–1T–4th
1985 Scovil 5–6–1 3–4–16th
Scovil:24–32–3 (.432)15–21–3 (.423)
Denny Stolz (Western Athletic Conference)(1986–1988)
1986 Stolz 8–4 7–11stL Holiday 25
1987 Stolz 5–7 4–45th
1988 Stolz 3–8 3–5T–6th
Stolz:16–19 (.457)14–10 (.583)
Al Luginbill (Western Athletic Conference)(1989–1993)
1989 Luginbill 6–5–1 4–3T–5th
1990 Luginbill 6–5 5–23rd
1991 Luginbill 8–4–1 6–1–12ndL Freedom
1992 Luginbill 5–5–1 5–34th
1993 Luginbill 6–6 4–4T–6th
Luginbill:31–25–3 (.551)24–13–1 (.645)
Ted Tollner (Western Athletic Conference)(1994–1998)
1994 Tollner 4–7 2–68th
1995 Tollner 8–4 5–35th
1996 Tollner 8–3 6–2T–2nd Pacific
1997 Tollner 5–7 4–4T–4th Pacific
1998 Tollner 7–5 7–1T–1st PacificL Las Vegas
Mountain West Conference (1999–present)
Ted Tollner(Mountain West Conference)(1999–2001)
1999 Tollner 5–6 3–4T–5th
2000 Tollner 3–8 3–4T–5th
2001 Tollner 3–8 2–57th
Tollner:43–48 (.473)32–29 (.525)
Tom Craft (Mountain West Conference)(2002–2005)
2002 Craft 4–9 4–3T–3rd
2003 Craft 6–6 3–4T–4th
2004 Craft 4–7 2–57th
2005 Craft 5–7 4–4T–4th
Craft:19–29 (.396)13–16 (.448)
Chuck Long (Mountain West Conference)(2006–2008)
2006 C. Long 3–9 3–5T–6th
2007 C. Long 4–8 3–56th
2008 C. Long 2–10 1–7T–8th
C. Long:9–27 (.250)7–17 (.292)
Brady Hoke (Mountain West Conference)(2009–2010)
2009 Hoke 4–8 2–69th
2010 Hoke 9–4 5–3T–3rdW Poinsettia
Hoke 1st tenure:13–12 (.520)7–9 (.438)
Rocky Long (Mountain West Conference)(2011–2019)
2011 R. Long 8–5 4–34thL New Orleans
2012 R. Long 9–4 7–1T–1stL Poinsettia
2013 R. Long 8–5 6–22nd WestW Famous Idaho Potato
2014 R. Long 7–6 5–3T–1st WestL Poinsettia
2015 R. Long 11–3 8–01st WestW Hawaii
2016 R. Long 11–3 6–21st WestW Las Vegas 2525
2017 R. Long 10–3 6–22nd WestL Armed Forces
2018 R. Long 7–6 4–44th WestL Frisco
2019 R. Long 10–3 5–3T–1st WestW New Mexico
R. Long:81–38 (.681)51–20 (.718)
Brady Hoke(Mountain West Conference)(2020–present)
2020 Hoke4-44-24th
2021 Hoke 12-2 7-11st WestW Frisco 25
2022 Hoke 7-6 5-3T–2nd WestL Hawaii
Hoke 2nd tenure:23-12 (.657)16-6 (.727)
Hoke:36–24 (.600)23–18 (.561)
Total:575–437–32 (.566) [1]
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. "San Diego State 2016 Football Media Guide". Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.