HONOLULU – The University of Hawai’i football team will travel to San Diego to open Mountain West play against rival San Diego State, Saturday, Oct. 5 at Snapdragon Stadium. The Rainbow Warriors (2-2, 0-0 MW) are coming off a bye week while the Aztecs (1-3, 0-0) dropped their third straight following a loss at Central Michigan. SDSU has a 12-4 advantage in the series at home, including 10 wins in the last 11 match-ups on the continent.

GAME STORYLINES

This week’s match-up is the 39th meeting between the teams with San Diego State holding a 25-11-2 advantage.

The Aztecs have won 10 of the last 12 in the series and 19-of-23. SDSU has won four straight overall after UH won back-to-back games in 2018 and ’19.

SDSU has a 12-4 advantage in the series at home, having won 10 of the last 11. (includes 2020 game in Carson, Calif.)

Five of the last six meetings have been decided by seven points or less.

The teams have met every year since 2012 as members of the Mountain West, which the Aztecs have won 10 of the 12 match-ups. In those 12 meetings, UH has been held to 14 points or less nine times.

UH (2-2, 0-0 MW) is coming off a bye week. Two weeks ago, Hawai’i evened its record following a 36-7 victory over Northern Iowa. The Warriors set season highs for points (36), total yards (528), passing yards (379), rushing yards (149) and first downs (29) in the win.

Under head coach Timmy Chang, UH is 0-3 following bye weeks, including 0-1 this season. Hawai’i, which had one bye week in each of the past two seasons, has three bye weeks this season (Weeks 2, 5, 13).

In the teams’ last match-up in San Diego in 2022, UH was also coming off a bye week and the Aztecs pulled out a come-from-behind 16-14 victory with a field goal with 0:07 remaining.

UH is 5-7 in Mountain West openers since joining the league in 2012, including a 3-5 mark in MW openers on the road. UH had won three straight MW openers on the road (2018, ’19, ’20) before dropping its last two (2022, ’23).

UH is 1-12 on the road under Chang, including 0-1 this season.

Hawai’i has dropped its last 11 games on national television and 14 of its last 15 dating back to the start of the 2021 season.

SDSU (1-3, 0-0) dropped its third straight game after a 22-21 setback at Central Michigan last week when the Chippewas kicked a last second field goal to win it. The Aztecs led 21-10 before CMU scored the final 12 points of the game and shutout SDSU in the second half.