San Diego State and University of San Diego announced on Wednesday that they will open 2015 football season against each other at Qualcomm Stadium on Sept. 5.
It will be the second time that the schools have played each other in football, the last time being on Nov. 8, 1961, when the Aztecs won 42-12 in Don Coryell’s first season of his tenure as SDSU’s head coach.
“We are excited to be playing San Diego State in football for our season opener,” said Ky Snyder, USD Vice President for Athletics and Facilities Management. “It’s a great opportunity for our student-athletes to play in Qualcomm Stadium in a unique environment. This is part of a cooperative between us and San Diego State on a number of initiatives that we’ll be releasing over the next couple of months.”
The game against USD rounds out the Aztecs’ 2015 schedule with six home games against the Toreros, South Alabama, Fresno St., Utah St., Wyoming and Nevada.
USD head coach Dale Lindsey isn’t sure if his team is more talented than the Aztecs, but still has confidence in his players.
“We will have to play our very best to compete against them,” said Dale Lindsey. “I don’t know that we have the same amount of talent the Aztecs have, but we do have some very good, smart, hard-working guys.”
