San Diego State, in big first step, thrashes Stony Brook 42-0

The Aztecs trounced Stony Brook - in their season opener Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego A cloudy rainy day gave way to sunny and clear skies Thursday at Snapdragon Stadium perhaps symbolically signaling the start of a bright new season for San Diego State That season got off to a rousing start as the Aztecs dominated Stony Brook University for a - win to kick off their season Proud of the efforts from the guys tonight noted Sean Lewis entering his second year as SDSU s head football coach Anytime you can pitch a shutout you re doing particular things that are really good Highlights from San Diego State's - shutout win over Stony Brook MWFB MWPathToThePlayoff pic twitter com OSnxyN Blh Mountain West MountainWest August The Aztecs were coming off a - season when they kicked off against the Seawolves an FCS band part of the Coastal Athletic Association that had an - record last year The home squad wasted no time in trying to erase the sting of last season jumping out to a - lead after a run up the middle by returning running back Lucky Sutton New starting quarterback Jayden Denegal was efficient in that first drive throwing only one incompletion and guiding the band down the field But just five plays into the match Lewis subbed out Denegal brining in Bert Emanuel for a couple of plays in the drive Denegal who would finish the event with passing yards was soon back in leading an up-tempo offense that went on a -play drive of yards capped by Sutton s touchdown run Stony Brook was unable to do anything with the ball during its possession and with Denegal again behind center San Diego State drove down the field near the end of the first quarter A big -yard catch by wide receiver Jacob Bostick and a -yard run by Byron Cardwell Jr set the stage Lucky Sutton Appreciation Post Quarters Rush Attempts Rush Yards Rush TDS AztecFAST x BeTheA pha x TheClimb MountainWest pic twitter com JpBX mXlE San Diego State Football AztecFB August Denegal followed with a -yard passing touchdown again caught by Bostick That gave the Aztecs a - lead to close the quarter As the second quarter started the teams traded punts But with about nine minutes left in the half Denegal engineered a drive highlighted by a -yard pass to wide receiver Mikey Welsh along the sideline The Aztecs eventually settled for a -yard field goal from kicker Gabriel Plascencia that gave them a - lead The Aztecs went on another long drive this one for plays and yards leading to a Plascencia -yard field goal that made it - Aztecs as the first half ended In the half the Aztecs defense limited Stony Brook to just three first downs and a total of offensive yards The defense kept it up in the third quarter forcing the Seawolves to punt despite Stony Brook switching quarterbacks turning to backup Casey Circumstance to get the offense going The encounter settled into a defensive struggle with six punts in the third quarter But then Denegal broke through with a -yard pass to wide receiver Donovan Brown that took the Aztecs into the red zone From there Sutton ran it in for a touchdown and the Aztecs completed a two-point conversion to take a - lead Sutton would total rushing yards for the encounter We talked about running the ball this event and that just really set the tone for the offense as a whole and the competition in general Sutton noted in the post-game press conference We drove down ran the ball and that was our whole competition plan The Aztecs added more points in the fourth quarter with a -yard touchdown run by running back Christian Washington With the extra point it made the figure - Later they wrapped up the scoring with a touchdown run by wide receiver Parker Threatt It s just the start reported Lewis It s just the first step NOTES This was the first meeting between the two schools which are separated by miles The Aztecs broadcasted attendance at File this under time flies this is already the fourth season for SDSU playing its home games on Bashor Field at Snapdragon Next up for the Aztecs is an away tournament at Washington State The meeting at p m Sept is scheduled to be broadcast by the CW structure