Just 12 Football Championship Division (formerly Division I-A) schools have gone longer without playing in a bowl game than San Diego State. A look at the longest droughts:

SCHOOL LAST BOWL SEASON

Louisiana-Lafayette Never (Div. I-A since 1973)

Louisiana-Monroe Never (Div. I-A since 1994)

New Mexico State 1960 (Sun)

Kent State 1972 (Tangerine)

Temple 1979 (Garden State)

SMU 1984 (Aloha)

Vanderbilt 1984 (Hall of Fame)

Eastern Michigan 1987 (California)

Duke 1993 (Hall of Fame)

Baylor 1994 (Alamo)

Army 1996 (Independence)

Utah State 1997 (Humanitarian)

Arizona 1998 (Holiday)

Idaho 1998 (Humanitarian)

SDSU 1998 (Las Vegas)