The 2021 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the

2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 152nd season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision. The r ...

. The Aztecs were led by head coach Brady Hoke in the second season of his second stint as head coach and played their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park in

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. They competed as members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season

In a season initially canceled and then later reinstated due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the

Aztecs The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those g ...

finished the 2020 season 4–4, 4–2 in Mountain West play to finish fourth place. The school announced the team would not accept a bowl bid.

Schedule

Game summaries

New Mexico State

at Arizona

Utah

Towson

New Mexico

at San Jose State

at Air Force

Fresno State

at Hawai'i

Nevada

at UNLV

Boise State

Utah State

vs. UTSA

Honors

Conference

* Defensive Player of the Year:

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, DL, Jr. * Special Teams Player of the Year: Matt Araiza, P/ PK, Jr. * Coach of the Year: Brady Hoke

Rankings

References

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