FOOTBALL NEWS CONTACT: Lawrence Fan, Athletics Media Relations Director (408) 924-1217 (office), (408) 768-3424 (cell), [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2014 SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FACT SHEET San José State University (GAME #1 - North Dakota) Schedule & Results Upcoming game: San José State vs. North Dakota 8/28 North Dakota (ESPN3) Thursday, August 28, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Spartan Stadium, San José, Calif., 7:00 p.m. (PDT) 9/6 @Auburn (ESPN2/ESPNU) ESPN3 6:00 p.m. 9/20 @Minnesota TBA 2013 San José State record: 6-6, 5-3 Mountain West. The Spartans finished tied for third 9/27 *Nevada 7:30 p.m. in the Mountain West’s West Division. (CBS Sports Network) 10/4 *UNLV TBA 2013 North Dakota record: 3-8, 2-6 Big Sky. North Dakota finished 10th in the Big Sky (ESPN Networks) Conference. 10/18 *@Wyoming TBA ( ESPN Networks) San José State head coach Ron Caragher: In his second season as the San José State 10/25 @Navy 1:00 p.m. head coach. Has a record of 6-6 with the Spartans. Overall, he is in his eighth season as a (CBS Sports Network) major college head coach with a 50-28 record. He is 0-0 as a head coach against North 11/1 *Colorado State 4:00 p.m. Dakota. Caragher’s first six seasons as a head coach were at the University of San Diego. (CBS Sports Network) 11/8 *@Fresno State 7:30 p.m. North Dakota head coach Bubba Schweigert: In his first season at North Dakota. Has a (CBS Sports Network) major college coaching record of 22-21, all at Minnesota Duluth during the 2004 through 11/15 *Hawai’i 1:30 p.m. 2007 seasons. He is 0-0 as a head coach against San José State. (Oceanic Cable) 11/21 *@Utah State 7:30 p.m. San José State-North Dakota series: This is the first meeting between these teams. (ESPN2) 11/29 *@San Diego State12:30 p.m. 2014 schedule compared to 2013: San José State’s 2014 opponents combined for a .552 (CBS Sports Network) (85-69) winning percentage last season. Auburn (12-2) and Fresno State (11-2), are the two teams on the 2014 schedule to win 10 or more games and compete in a bowl game. local time listed for all games Minnesota (8-5), UNLV (7-6), Navy (9-4), Colorado State (8-6), Utah State (9-5) and San North Dakota Schedule Diego State (8-5) played in a 2013 bowl game. 8/28 @San Jose State 9/6 Robert Morris Opponent Composite Winning Percentage 9/13 @Missouri State Season Previous Season Previous Season SJSU 9/20 Stony Brook W-L Pct. # of Bowl Teams Record 9/27 *@Montana State 2014 85-69 in 2013 .552 8 in 2013 TBD 10/4 *Montana 2013 81-71 in 2012 .533 7 in 2012 6-6 10/11 *Portland State 2012 72-75 in 2011 .489 5 in 2011 11-2 10/25 *@Southern Utah 2011 83-70 in 2010 .542 6 in 2010 5-7 11/1 *@Eastern Washington 2010 100-65 in 2009 .605 7 in 2009 1-12 11/8 *Weber State 2009 87-64 in 2008 .576 7 in 2008 2-10 11/15 *Northern Arizona 2008 67-81 in 2007 .453 5 in 2007 6-6 11/22 *@Northern Colorado Opening a regular season: San José State has a 39-51-6 record in season-opening games. The Spartans won last year’s season-opener with a 24-0 victory over Sacramento State in Spartan Stadium. The shutout win was the first San José State in an opener since 2003 when the Spartans defeated Grambling State, 29-0. San José State’s last four season-opening victories at home are against Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) teams. The Spartans defeated Sacramento State, UC Davis in 2008, Eastern Washington in 2005 and Grambling in 2003. San José State’s last four losses in season-opening games were against preseason top- 25 ranked teams including #1-Alabama in 2010, #4-USC in 2009, #6-Stanford in 2011 and #21-Stanford in 2012. San José State University football fact sheet/add 1 Play-by-Play Radio Coverage: KLIV Caragher could become the third: Ron Caragher could become just the third San José (1590 AM, San José) originates San State football head coach to lead the Spartans to season-opening victories in each of his José State football broadcasts. Justin first two seasons. Allegri is the play-by-play voice. Kevin E.R. Knollin, the Spartans’ coach from 1924 through 1928, directed San José State to Richardson offers commentary. The just 13 victories, but the first two came in the 1924 and 1925 season openers against North Dakota broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. (PST). Hollister Junior College and Santa Rosa Junior College, respectively. More recently, Darryl Rogers, the most school’s most successful football coach of the For the first time, San José State has 1970’s, led the Spartans to season-opening triumphs against Santa Clara in 1973 and 1974. four network affiliates. Rogers’ teams posted a composite 22-9-3 win-loss record in three seasons. Caragher’s first win at San José State was the 2013 opener against Sacramento State. KION (1460 AM/101.1 FM, Salinas) KFIV (1360 AM, Modesto) Going for two consecutive carryovers: San José State can make it two seasons in a row KWSX (1280 AM, Stockton) ending a previous year with a victory and starting the next one with a triumph. Between ESPN Desportes 2012 and 2013, the Spartans defeated Bowling Green in the Military Bowl to end 2012 and (860 AM, San Francisco) shutout Sacramento State at the start of the 2013 season. San José State closed last sea- KSJS (90.5 FM, San José) also will son with a win over #16-Fresno State. broadcast the North Dakota game. Air time with a pregame show is 6:45 Spartans seek to continue scoring flurry: San José State ended the 2013 season scoring p.m. 114 points in its final two games. The Navy (52) and Fresno State (62) games marked the first time the Spartans scored 50 or more points in consecutive games and the most points Live Audio Streaming: www.kliv.com scored in back-to-back contests since the end of the 1948 and start of the 1949 seasons. provides a live audio stream of San San José State topped the University of Mexico 71-19 to close 1948 and shutout the José State football radio broadcasts. University of Mexico squad, 103-0, in the 1949 opener. Click on the “Listen Live” located on the top right corner of the home The most points scored by a San José State team in three consecutive games against page. American-based four-year institutions only were 151 in wins at Pepperdine (61-6) and at Cal Poly (47-7) and a Homecoming victory over UC Santa Barbara (43-13) from October 9 IPhone App: San José State football through October 22, 1948. radio broadcasts also are available to IPhone owners by downloading a Season captains named: Defensive tackle Travis Raciti and center David Peterson were KLIV app and clicking on “Live named team captains for the 2014 season. Head coach Ron Caragher indicated game cap- Stream.” tains would be added throughout the season. Raciti becomes the seventh player in the program’s history to be named a team captain in more than one season. Television: The San José State-North Dakota game will be broadcast nationally by ESPN3. Paul Loeffler calls Two-time team captains at San José State the play-by-play. Pat Hill makes his Paul Thompson (1924, 1925) Casey LeBlanc (2000, 2001) broadcasting debut as an analyst. Awbrey Laws (1927, 1928) Neil Parry (2000, 2003) ESPN3’s coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. Howard Hornbuckle (1929, 1930) Noel Grigsby (2012, 2013) (PT). Travis Raciti (2013, 2014) Ron Caragher Radio Show: Personnel turns over: Not counting placekicker Austin Lopez, San José State has seven The weekly one-hour Ron Caragher projected starters for the North Dakota game that started in the 2013 season opener Radio Show airs on KLIV (1590 AM, San José), Wednesdays, at 8:00 p.m. against Sacramento State. The 60-minute show is taped at 5:00 p.m. normally at Willow Street Pizza in OT Wes Schweitzer DE Eugene Taylor CB Jimmy Pruitt San José’s Willow Glen district. TE Billy Freeman DT Travis Raciti S Forrest Hightower DT Tony Popovich Ron Caragher on KRTY FM: San Jose State head coach Ron Possible first since 2007 in the offensive line: With redshirt freshmen Jeremiah Kolone Caragher also is heard weekly on and Nate Velichko listed as the possible starters at left and right guard, respectively, they KRTY (95.3, San Jose), Tuesdays at 6:30 could be the first pair of freshman to start at the two guard positions since 2007. That year, a.m. Morning show hosts Gary Scott Thomas and Julie Stevens host the true freshman Moa Ngatuvai earned the starting right guard for the season opener. Fred Spartans’ coach. Koloto, also a true freshman, started at left guard for the third game in 2007 before finish- ing the season as the starting left tackle. One of the youngest offensive lines: Left tackle Wes Schweitzer and center David Peterson are the only San José State offensive linemen with starting experience. Their 23 starts rank San José State as fourth fewest among FBS schools at the start of the season.