Opening drive
• UTSA will make its second straight and third overall bowl appearance when it meets San Diego State in the Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl on Dec. 21.
• The Roadrunners are 0-2 in bowl games, dropping a 31-24 decision to Louisiana in the 2020 First Responder Bowl and a 23-20 contest to New Mexico in the 2016 New Mexico Bowl.
• UTSA is 4-3 all-time in non-Saturday contests and this will mark the first time the Roadrunners have played on a Tuesday.
• The Roadrunners are ranked No. 24 in the AP Top 25 and 25th in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.
• Conference USA Coach of the Year Jeff Traylor is 19-6 at the helm of the Roadrunners, the best 25-game start for a UTSA coach.
• UTSA has won 15 of its last 17 contests dating back to last season.
• This will mark the first meeting between UTSA and San Diego State and the Roadrunners’ first matchup against a ranked team since facing No. 16 Louisiana on Dec. 26, 2020, in the First Responder Bowl.
• UTSA will make its second straight and third overall bowl appearance when it meets San Diego State in the Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl on Dec. 21.
• The Roadrunners are 0-2 in bowl games, dropping a 31-24 decision to Louisiana in the 2020 First Responder Bowl and a 23-20 contest to New Mexico in the 2016 New Mexico Bowl.
• UTSA is 4-3 all-time in non-Saturday contests and this will mark the first time the Roadrunners have played on a Tuesday.
• The Roadrunners are ranked No. 24 in the AP Top 25 and 25th in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.
• Conference USA Coach of the Year Jeff Traylor is 19-6 at the helm of the Roadrunners, the best 25-game start for a UTSA coach.
• UTSA has won 15 of its last 17 contests dating back to last season.
• This will mark the first meeting between UTSA and San Diego State and the Roadrunners’ first matchup against a ranked team since facing No. 16 Louisiana on Dec. 26, 2020, in the First Responder Bowl.
