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SDSU Football and Stanford to Start Series in 2017
Aztecs to play host to Cardinal in 2017 before traveling to Stanford in 2018
SAN DIEGO -- San Diego State and Stanford have agreed to start a home-and-home series in football beginning in 2017, the two schools announced Tuesday.
The Aztecs and Cardinal will first play at Qualcomm Stadium on Sept. 16, 2017 with the return game slated for Sept. 1, 2018 in Stanford, Calif.
SDSU will play at least one Pac-12 school in every season through the 2022 campaign, all home-and-home series. After playing Oregon State each of the past two years (2013-14), San Diego State will begin a home-and-home series with California on Sept. 12 in Berkeley (also 2016 at Qualcomm Stadium). The Aztecs are also slated to play a series with Arizona State (2017 in Tempe, 2018 at Qualcomm Stadium), a home-and-home with Stanford (2017 at Qualcomm Stadium, 2018 in Stanford), a series with UCLA (2019 in Los Angeles, 2020 at Qualcomm Stadium) and finally a series with Arizona (2021 in Tucson, 2022 at Qualcomm Stadium).
SDSU and the Cardinal have met four times with Stanford owning a 3-1 series advantage. The last meeting was a 31-10 win by the Cardinal on Sept. 17, 1988 in Stanford, Calif.
Stanford is coming off an 8-5 season, including a 5-4 record in the Pac-12. The Cardinal won its final three games of the season, culminating with a 45-21 victory over Maryland in the Foster Farms Bowl at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
San Diego State and Stanford are the only two teams from California - FBS or NFL - to advance to the postseason each of the past five years.
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 with national ranks of 10th in passing, 13th in scoring, 16th in total and 19th in pass efficiency, as well as running back Donnel Pumphrey, who rushed for a school-record 1,867 yards and 20 touchdowns as a true sophomore, on offense.
San Diego State kicks off the 2015 season at home against San Diego on Sept. 5.
Deposits for new season tickets are currently underway and can be secured by calling the Aztec Ticket Office at (619) 283-7378 or online at GoAztecs.com.