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San José State University Schedule & Results FOOTBALL NEWS 10/24 *Air Force (FS1) 17-6 (W) 10/31 *New Mexico CONTACT: Lawrence Fan, Associate Athletics Director for Football Communications (FS1) 38-21 (W) (408) 924-1217 (office), (408) 768-3424 (cell), [email protected] 11/6 *@San Diego State 6:00 p.m. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (CBS Sports Network) November 1, 2020 11/14 *UNLV (FS1 or FS2) SAN José STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FACT SHEET (Game #3) 11/21 *@Fresno State 4:00 p.m. San José State vs. San Diego State (CBS Sports Network) Dignity Health Sports Complex, Carson, Calif. 11/28 *@Boise State Friday, November 6, 2020, 6:00 p.m. (PST) (FS1 or FS2) CBS Sports Network 12/5 *Hawai’i 1:00 p.m. (Spectrum Sports) San José State record: 2-0, 2-0 Mountain West. Most recently, the Spartans defeated 12/11 *Nevada 7:00 p.m. New Mexico, 38-21, in a Mountain West game on October 31. San José State has wins in (CBS Sports Network) its last thee games dating back to the 17-16 victory over Fresno State to conclude the 2019 season and a 17-6 victory over Air Force in the 2020 season opener. San Diego State Schedule & Results (2-0) San Diego State record: 2-0, 2-0 Mountain West. Most recently, the Aztecs won their 10/24 *UNLV 34-6 (W) first road game of the season defeating Utah State, 38-7, on October 31. 10/31 *@Utah State 38-7 (W) 11/6 *San José State San José State head coach Brent Brennan: In his fourth season as the Spartans’ head (@Dignity Health Stadium Park) coach. Has a major college coaching record of 10-29, all at San José State. Received a 11/14 *Hawai’i three-year contract extension through the 2024 season in December 2019. Brennan 11/21 *@Nevada returned to San José State for 2017 after six seasons as a receivers coach at Oregon State. 11/27 *@Fresno State He was a Spartan assistant coach during the 2005 through 2010 seasons. Brennan is 0-3 12/5 *Colorado State as a head coach against San Diego State. 12/12 @BYU San Diego State head coach Brady Hoke: In his third season as the Aztecs’ head coach. * - Mountain West contest Has a record of 13-12 at San Diego State. Overall, he is in his 14th season as a major col- lege head coach and has a record of 80-72. Hoke is 0-0 as a head coach against San José Play-by-Play Radio Coverage: State and 1-0 as an assistant against the Spartans. KNEW (960 AM, San Francisco) will broadcast the San Diego State game Series history: San José State leads the series, 22-19-2. The Aztec have won the last live in place of KDOW (1220 AM, Palo seven contests between these teams including a 27-17 decision at San Jose’’s CEFCU Alto). Justin Allegri calls the play- Stadium on October 19, 2019. by-play. Kevin Richardson provides The Spartans’ last win in the series was a 38-34 victory at Qualcomm Stadium in San commentary. The San Diego State Diego. broadcast begins at 5:30 p.m. (PT) with a pregame show. Aiming for a 3-0 start to the season: The last time a San José State team began a season with a 3-0 record was in 1982 when the Spartans won at Oregon, 18-13; outlasted Television: The CBS Sports Network Stanford and John Elway, 35-31; and topped Oregon State on the road, 17-13. will provide broadcast coverage. Rich Waltz calls the play-by-play. A 3-0 conference start is possible: The 2020 San Jose State football team can become Aaron Murray serves as the ana- the university’s first to post a 2-0 record in conference play since joining the Mountain lyst. Sherree Burriss is the sidelines West. reporter. The CBS Sports Network The last time the Spartans had a 3-0 conference record was in 2008 as a Western telecast begins at 6:00 p.m. (PT). Athletic Conference member after wins at Hawai’i, over Utah State at home, and on the road at New Mexico State. Weekly Press Conference: The weekly San José State foot- The last four-game winning streak: With wins over Fresno State to end the 2019 sea- ball Zoom press conference is on son and Air Force and New Mexico to open 2020, San José State has an opportunity to Mondays at 1:00 p.m. (PT). Contact win four consecutive games for the first time since 2013. That year, the Spartans won at Lawrence Fan at lawrence.fan@sjsu. Hawai’i, at Colorado State, and at home against Wyoming, and at UNLV. edu to participate. The last road win: San José State’s last road win was a 34-29 win at Army West Point The Zoom press conference will be on October 26, 2019. Since then the Spartans lost their last two road games in 2019 at archived at sjsuspartans.com. Hawai’i and at UNLV. Brent Brennan Show Election Day 2020: Every San Jose State University football player and coach eligible to Facebook Live: vote is registered to vote in the November 3 general election. Like other college pro- The Brent Brennan Show will be grams nationally, the Spartans will not participate in any athletically-related activities on shared weekly on Twitter and Face- election day in order to focus on casting one’s ballot. book. All shows will be available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Google One of 17: San José State heads into the San Diego State game as one of 17 Football podcast. Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams with an undefeated record in games played through Octo- ber 31. Recent San José State-San Diego State 7-0: BYU games 6-0: Alabama Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Liberty (San Diego State leads, 22-19-2) 5-0: Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Marshall 10/19/19 SDSU 27, @SJSU 17 2-0: Indiana, Ohio State, Northwestern, Purdue, Boise State, Nevada, 10/20/18 @SDSU 16, SJSU 13 San Diego State, San Jose State 11/4/17 SDSU 52, @SJSU 7 1-0: Wisconsin 10/21/16 @SDSU 42, SJSU 3 10/17/15 SDSU 30, @SJSU 7 One of three games with two unbeaten teams the weekend of November 7: The San 11/29/14 @SDSU 38, SJSU 7 José State-San Diego State game is one of three Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) games 11/9/13 SDSU 34, @SJSU 30 in three different time zones this weekend matching teams with an undefeated record of 9/22/12 SJSU 38, @SDSU 34 at least 2-0. 2020 Mountain West Standings Fri., Nov. 6 San Jose State (2-0) at San Diego State (2-0) 6:00 p.m. (PST) Conference Overall Sat., Nov. 7 Clemson (7-0) at Notre Dame (5-0) 4:30 p.m. (EST) San Diego State 2-0 2-0 Sat., Nov. 7 BYU (7-0) at Boise State (2-0) 7:45 p.m. (MST) Boise State 2-0 2-0 San José State 2-0 2-0 This year’s game is the second time San Jose State is facing San Diego State with an Nevada 2-0 2-0 undefeated record. When the 1939 Spartans finished with a perfect 13-0 win-loss mark, Wyoming 1-1 1-1 San Jose State topped San Diego State, 42-0, to improve its record to 6-0. The Aztecs had Fresno State 1-1 1-1 a 2-1 record entering the 1939 game between these teams. Hawai’i 1-1 1-1 New Mexico 0-1 0-1 San José State-San Diego State connections: Two men, Claude Gilbert and Olympic Colorado State 0-1 0-1 Games gold-medalist Willie Steele, are members of both school’s athletics or sports New Mexico 0-1 0-1 Halls of Fame. Air Force 0-2 1-2 UNLV 0-2 0-2 Steele was a member of the 1942 San José State freshman football team and 1942 Utah State 0-2 0-2 track and field team. He set the school record in the broad jump (long jump) with a 25-feet-7 mark that stood number for 24 years until 1968 Olympic Games gold medal November 5 games winner Tommie Smith bettered the mark in 1966. Following World War II, Steele complet- *Utah State at Nevada ed his college career at San Diego State competing in basketball, football and track and *Wyoming at Colorado State field. He won the broad jump at the 1948 London Olympics with a 25-feet-8 mark. November 6 games San José State grad Claude Gilbert was an assistant coach and head coach at both *San José State at San Diego State schools. Gilbert compiled a 61-26-2 record at San Diego State during the 1973-80 BYU at Boise State seasons. At San José State, Gilbert had a 38-30-1 mark during the 1984 through 1989 sea- sons. He is one of just two Spartan football head coaches to lead teams to back-to-back November 7 games seasons of 10 or more wins (1986 and 1987). Gilbert is the only San José State football Air Force at Army player to earn a varsity letter, serve as a team captain (1958), later become an assistant *Fresno State at UNLV coach and eventually be named head coach. *New Mexico at Hawai’i Gary Bernardi, San Jose State’s offensive line coach during the 2010 through 2012 * - Mountain West game seasons, is in his second season as an offensive analyst on the San Diego State football coaching staff.