FINAL SCORE
Portland State Vikings at San Diego State Aztecs game details
Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM ET
Snapdragon Stadium · Attendance 26,913
Put the final score in perspective.
San Diego State finished 33 points ahead. The teams combined for 73 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Portland State 6, San Diego State 29. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, San Diego State outscored its opponent in 4 and Portland State in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Portland State | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
 San Diego State | 7 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 53 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 21 | 22 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 7-19 | 6-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 3-5 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 375 | 394 |
| Passing | 280 | 157 |
| Comp/Att | 31/52 | 14/21 |
| Yards per pass | 5.4 | 7.5 |
| Rushing | 95 | 237 |
| Rushing Attempts | 30 | 42 |
| Yards per rush | 3.2 | 5.6 |
| Penalties | 12-98 | 6-55 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 2 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
| Possession | 33:25 | 26:35 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Portland State Vikings
passing
| Gabe Downing | 31/52 | 280 | 5.4 | 1 | 2 | -- |
rushing
| Delon Thompson | 20 | 80 | 4.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Derrick Blanche Jr. | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Cru Newman | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Niall Raby | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Devon Anderson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Terence Loville | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Downing | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 1 | 1 |
receiving
| Terence Loville | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 1 | 30 |
| Tanner Beaman | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 24 |
| Darius Bailey | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 15 |
| Cru Newman | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 10 |
| Jason Robinson Jr. | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Tyson Hunt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Delon Thompson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Landon Bailey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Niall Raby | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Andre Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
| Niall Raby | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonah Henry | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colton Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Logan Lisherness | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lono Solomon | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxton Helmstetler | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Redford | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dionte West | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deryk Farmer | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terahiti Wolfe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcellous Ryan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeliah Wade | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Ducsik | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamarr Stephens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Henry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanborne Melson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon McDaniel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brogan De'Asis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zui Shelton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Beaman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Epperson Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zyon Floyd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Macy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niall Raby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kekama Cosma | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbert Ware | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javon Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Kaleb Jammer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Cru Newman | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
kicking
| Joshua Hossmann Lees | 2/2 | 100.0 | 35 | 2/2 | 8 |
punting
| Emiliano Rodriguez | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| Team | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
San Diego State Aztecs
passing
| Jayden Denegal | 12/17 | 137 | 8.1 | 2 | 1 | 42.6 |
| Stone Saunders | 2/4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
rushing
| Javion Kinnard | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 0 | 55 |
| Lucky Sutton | 18 | 58 | 3.2 | 3 | 13 |
| Jordin Thomas | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 1 | 18 |
| Josiah Lucas | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 27 |
| Jayden Denegal | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Christian Washington | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Bert Emanuel Jr. | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Stone Saunders | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Justius Lowe | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 1 | 40 |
| Nathan Acevedo | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 1 | 29 |
| Donovan Brown | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Daishaun Davis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Carson Diehl | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jordan Napier | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Javion Kinnard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
fumbles
defensive
| Sione Hala | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavriel Lightfoot | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carsten Mamaril | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jelani McLaughlin | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josiah Cox | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tano Letuli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Cooper | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Krishna Clay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hunter | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Thomeson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Ricks | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jelani Whitmore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lindsay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amari Comier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Henrich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malachi Finau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Djibril Rahman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kai Wallin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oberhiri Eyafe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tainoa Lave | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylon Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
interceptions
| Isaiah Green | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Lindsay | 1 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Jaylon Hawkins | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 100 | 1 |
| Parker Threatt | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Jelani McLaughlin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Nathan Acevedo | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Oberhiri Eyafe | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
kicking
| Cooper DiLeva | 1/1 | 100.0 | 31 | 6/6 | 9 |
punting
| Tashi Dorje | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 6:46 | Joshua Hossmann Lees 22 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 0 |
| 1 | 2:14 | Joshua Hossmann Lees 35 Yd Field Goal | 6 – 0 |
| 1 | 0:33 | Nathan Acevedo 9 Yd pass from Jayden Denegal (Cooper DiLeva Kick) | 6 – 7 |
| 2 | 14:04 | Lucky Sutton 1 Yd Run (Cooper DiLeva Kick) | 6 – 14 |
| 2 | 8:40 | Justius Lowe 40 Yd pass from Jayden Denegal (Bert Emanuel Jr. Run for Two-Point Conversion) | 6 – 22 |
| 2 | 2:37 | Lucky Sutton 13 Yd Run (Cooper DiLeva Kick) | 6 – 29 |
| 3 | 11:48 | Terence Loville 10 Yd pass from Gabe Downing (Joshua Hossmann Lees Kick) | 13 – 29 |
| 3 | 11:31 | Jaylon Hawkins 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Cooper DiLeva Kick) | 13 – 36 |
| 3 | 6:16 | Lucky Sutton 5 Yd Run (Cooper DiLeva Kick) | 13 – 43 |
| 4 | 14:18 | Cooper DiLeva 31 Yd Field Goal | 13 – 46 |
| 4 | 5:16 | Gabe Downing 1 Yd Run (Joshua Hossmann Lees Kick) | 20 – 46 |
| 4 | 3:03 | Jordin Thomas 2 Yd Run (Cooper DiLeva Kick) | 20 – 53 |
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