SDSU Football: SDSU vs. Boise State (Game Preview)
NCAA SEASON LEADERS FBS
| Team | Total Offense | Pass OFF |
Rush OFF | Pass Def | Run Def |
| SDSU | 70th | 105th | 31st | 33rd | 45th |
| Boise State | 8th | 14th | 32nd | 46th | 61st |
Photo Credit: Jonathan Aquino Bayani
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San Diego State Overall (5-4) Conf (3-2)
The top four offensive players to look out for would be QB Quinn Kaehler, RB Donnel Pumphrey, WR Ezell Ruffin and WR Eric Judge. Kaehler has completed 120 of 207 passes for 1,483 yards and seven touchdowns. Pumphrey has had 183 carries for 1,216 yards (135.1 YPG) and 13 touchdowns. Eric Judge and Ezell Ruffin are both the favorite targets for San Diego State’s QB Quinn Kaehler. So far this season Judge and Ruffin have combined for 31 receptions, 562 yards and four of the seven receiving touchdowns thrown by Kaehler.
SDSU will have to defend Kaehler a lot better than they did against Idaho this past weekend as they gave up more than five sacks. The Boise State defensive line has some big bodies who can get after the quarterback. The Aztecs are going to need to have a balanced game if they plan on beating Boise State for the third straight season. The Boise State defense gave up more than 500 yards rushing to New Mexico last week and are going to be looking to shut down the run game of San Diego State. Look for SDSU to throw more this game than they normally would. If I was SDSU I would throw the five to seven yard slants and let Judge and Ruffin go one on one with the Boise State secondary.
Win vs. Northern Arizona = 38 – 7
Loss at. North Carolina = 31 – 27
Loss: at. Oregon State = 28 – 7
Win: vs. UNLV = 34 – 17
Loss: at. Fresno State = 24 – 13
Win: at. New Mexico = 24 – 14
Win: vs. Hawaii = 20 – 10
Loss: at. Nevada = 30 – 14
Win: vs. Idaho = 35 – 21
at. Boise State
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San Diego State Injury Report (Link)
Date POS Player Injury Status 09/01/14 LB Tyler Morris Knee out for the season
Boise State Overall (7-2 and Conf 4-1)
Now let’s break down Boise State’s schedule up to this point in the season. Boise State lost to a very good Ole Miss squad who is ranked 10th in the nation and to a very good Air Force squad. Boise State killed bad teams such as Louisiana-Lafayette and Fresno State. Boise State beat good teams such as Colorado State, Connecticut, BYU and Nevada.
Boise State’s offense is one of the best in the nation when it comes to the national stats.The Boise State offense is ranked 8th in total offense as shown in the chart above. Look for Boise State to target the lack of pass rush and give Grant Hedrick the green light to run for the 1st down if he has space. San Diego State gave up six rushing first downs last week in the 1st half of the game to Idaho. I am expecting Boise State to exploit this fact. Idaho QB Chad Chalich picked up 80 yards on the ground in last weekend’s loss to SDSU. SDSU has major problems stopping running quarterbacks.
The Boise State offense is going to have to play a flawless game in the turnover battle and the Boise State defense is going to have to shut down the San Diego State run game if they want to have any chance at beating the Aztecs. This piece of information is going to be disheartening to Boise State fans but SDSU has another great two-headed monster in the kick return game. Rashaad Penny and Kameron Kelly have had 16 returns for 394 yards an average of 25 yards per return this season. Both Penny and Kelly have broken returns of 40 yards plus multiple times this season and have been named Elite Football Network’s kick returners of the week multiple times this season. The Aztecs also have Lloyd Mills who has 16 punt returns for 179 yards (APR 11.2 yards) and one touchdown. The Aztecs have one thing in common when you look at the last two victories over Boise State, special teams touchdowns. SDSU has scored one special teams touchdown in each of their victories against Boise State. Boise will need to slow down the Aztec special teams attack if they wish to come out on top.
Loss vs. Ole Miss = 35 – 13
Win vs. Colorado State = 37-24
Win at. Connecticut = 38 – 21
Win vs. Louisiana-Lafayette = 34 – 9
Loss at. Air Force = 28 – 14
Win at. Nevada 51 – 46
Win vs. Fresno State = 37 – 27
Win vs. BYU = 55 – 30
Win at. New Mexico = 60 – 49
vs. San Diego State
at. Wyoming
vs. Utah State
Boise State Injury Report (Link)
| Date | POS | Player | Injury | Status |
| 11/09/14 | Dylan Sumner-Gardner | Leg | “?” Saturday vs. San Diego State | |
| 11/02/14 | CB | Mercy Maston | Shin | out for season |
| 10/12/14 | WR | Matt Miller | Ankle | out for season |
| 09/16/14 | CB | Kevin Person | Academics | left team |
| 09/05/14 | DT | Tyler Horn | Knee | out for season |
| 08/28/14 | DL | Justin Taimatuia | Undisclosed | out for season |
| 08/28/14 | DB | Taylor Loffler | Undisclosed | out for season |
Now before we check out some of the current stats from both teams let’s check out the Stats from SDSU’s last victory in Boise, Idaho in 2012.
The most important thing for SDSU is going to be keeping up with Boise State play calling. When SDSU beat Boise State they both ran the same number of plays at 61. When you look at this years statistics you will see that Boise State lead’s SDSU in almost every category and almost by double. SDSU will need to keep the game close. They will need to keep Boise State under 200 yards passing as the did in 2012. SDSU has done a great job converting on third down conversions this season and will need to keep that up in order to beat Boise State.
Final Game Stats
| QUICK STATS | SDSU | BSU |
| First Downs | 14 | 18 |
| Total Yards | 269 | 276 |
| Passing Yards | 105 | 164 |
| Rushing Yards | 164 | 112 |
| Number of Plays | 61 | 61 |
| Penalties-Yards | 10-61 | 1-9 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 7-15 | 4-12 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 1-3 | 3-3 |
| Kick Return Yards | 151 | 62 |
| Punt Return Yards | 20 | 16 |
| Punts-Average | 3-50.3 | 5-27.0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Time of Possession | 30:34 | 29:26 |
Current Offensive Stats for San Diego State & Boise State
Total Offensive Stats
| Team | Total Passing | Total Rushing | Total Offensive |
| SDSU | 1630 | 1885 | 3515 |
| Boise State | 2814 | 1876 | 4690 |
Total Offensive Plays
| Team | Total Offense | Total Plays | Average Per Play | Average Per Game | |
| SDSU | 3515 | 589 | 6.0 | 390.6 | |
| Boise State | 4690 | 717 | 6.5 | 521.1 |
Rushing Stats
| Team | Yards | Attempts | YPC | YPG | TD |
| SDSU | 1885 | 344 | 5.5 | 209.4 | 17 |
| Boise State | 1876 | 392 | 4.8 | 208.4 | 20 |
Passing Stats
| Team | Yards | Comp/Att/Int | APC | APG | TD |
| SDSU | 1630 | 133-245-11 | 12.3 | 181.1 | 8 |
| Boise State | 2814 | 226-325-12 | 12.5 | 312.7 | 20 |
Penalties
| Team | Penalties Yards | Avg Yards Per Game |
| SDSU | 58-541 | 60.1 |
| Boise State | 65-565 | 62.8 |
San Diego State and Boise State score by Quarters in 2014
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| SDSU | 62 | 62 | 52 | 36 |
| Boise State | 84 | 117 | 57 | 81 |
Highlight’s From San Diego State’s Victory over Boise State in 2013.
Highlight’s From San Diego State’s Last Trip to Boise, Idaho in 2012.
GAME DAY INFORMATION
Game information: Kickoff 8:15 p.m. MT Boise, Idaho.
Odds: Boise State by 14
TV: ESPNU
Tablet: Watch ESPN
Radio: Mighty 1090
Weather Report
Photo Credit: Derek Allen
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