Feb. 26, 2015
SAN DIEGO -
The San Diego State football team will play host to UC Davis in 2017, the two schools announced today. The game will take place on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at Qualcomm Stadium and will kick off the Aztecs' season.
It will be the first meeting between SDSU and the Aggies.
UCD is coming off a 2-9 season in 2014, including a 49-21 loss to Mountain West member Colorado State on Sept. 13.
San Diego State's 2017 slate now includes home non-conference games vs. UC Davis (Sept. 2) and Northern Illinois (Sept. 30), and a road non-league contest at Arizona State (Sept. 9).
The Aztecs, who are one of 27 schools to play in a bowl game each of the last five seasons and one of just three from the "Group of 5" conferences, finished 2014 with a 7-6 record and 5-3 in MW play. SDSU returns eight starters on a defense that finished the year ranked 10th in passing, 13th in scoring, 16th in total and 19th in pass efficiency, and Donnel Pumphrey, who rushed for a school-record 1,867 yards and 20 touchdowns as a true sophomore, on offense.