FOOTBALL NEWS CONTACTS: Tom Hastings, Associate Athletics Director for Media Services (408) 924-1720 (office), (408) 829-8500 (cell), [email protected] Lawrence Fan, Sports Information Director 2008 Football Schedule (408) 924-1217 (office), (408) 768-3424 (cell), [email protected] 8/30 @UC Davis, 13-10 (W) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2008 9/6 @Nebraska, 11:30 a.m. 9/13 San Diego State, 5:00 p.m. SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FACT SHEET 9/20 @Stanford, 6:00 p.m. (GAME #2 – Nebraska) 9/27 *@Hawai’i, 6:05 p.m. 10/11 *Utah State, 5:00 p.m. Next game: San Jose State at Nebraska, 10/18 *@New Mexico St., 6:00 p.m. Saturday, September 6, Memorial Stadium, 10/24 *Boise State, 6:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. (CDT)/9:30 a.m. (PDT) 11/1 *@Idaho, 2:00 p.m. 11/8 *Louisiana Tech, 5:00 p.m. 2008 San Jose State record: 1-0. The Spartans opened the season with a 13-10 non- 11/15 *@Nevada, 1:05 p.m. conference victory over UC Davis. 11/21 *Fresno State, 6:30 p.m. 2008 Nebraska record: 1-0. The Cornhuskers kicked off the season with a 47-24 non- Local time listed for all games conference triumph over Western Michigan. Nebraska Schedule & Results San Jose State head coach Dick Tomey: In his fourth season with the Spartans. Has 8/30 Western Michigan, 47-24 (W) an 18-19 win-loss record at San Jose State. His 17 wins in his first three seasons as 9/6 San Jose State the Spartans head coach are the most by the team since the 1990 through 1992 sea- 9/13 New Mexico State sons when those San Jose State teams combined to win 22 games. 9/27 Virginia Tech Overall, Tomey now is in his 28th season as a major college head coach and 10/4 *Missouri has a record of 176-129-7. He ranks in top-10 for coaching victories both in WAC 10/11 *@Texas Tech and the Pacific-10 Conferences. 10/18 *@Iowa State As a head coach, Tomey is 1-2 against Nebraska. The Cornhuskers defeated 10/25 *Baylor the Tomey-led Hawaii teams in 1978 (56-10 in Lincoln) and in 1982 (37-16 in 11/1 *@Oklahoma Honolulu). Tomey directed Arizona to the 1998 Culligan Holiday Bowl title in a 23- 11/8 *Kansas 20 decision. With the Wildcats’ postseason win, Tomey became the only head coach 11/15 *@Kansas State 11/28 *Colorado in the decade of the 1990’s to lead a team to bowl victories over both Nebraska and Miami (Fla.). Arizona defeated Miami (Fla.), 29-0, in the 1994 Fiesta Bowl. * – conference game Head coaching victories in Football Bowl Subdivision games by active coaches Radio Coverage: KLIV (1590 AM, Coach, School(s) Wins San Jose) originates San Jose State Joe Paterno, Penn State 373 University football broadcasts. Bobby Bowden, Florida State, West Virginia 342 Mike Chisholm calls the play-by- Mack Brown, Texas, North Carolina, Tulane 184 play. Kevin Richardson offers com- Dick Tomey, San Jose State, Arizona, Hawai’i 176 mentary. The pregame show for the Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 167 Nebraska game begins at 9:00 a.m. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina, Florida, Duke 164 (PDT). Broadcasts also are available Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee 147 on a subscription basis on Dennis Erickson, Arizona State, Idaho, Oregon State, Miami, www.sjsuspartans.com and Washington State, Wyoming 127 Yahoo!Broadcast. Gary Pinkel, Missouri, Toledo 123 Joe Tiller, Purdue, Wyoming 122 Television Coverage: The San Jose Active coaching longevity records State-Nebraska game will be avail- Coach, School Games as a head coach able on a pay-per-view basis in Joe Paterno, Penn State 501 games Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Bobby Bowden, Florida State 496 games Iowa. Ron Thulin calls the play-by- Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 322 games play. Dave Lapham provides com- mentary. Joel Goldberg is the side- Dick Tomey, San Jose State 312 games line reporter. DirecTV and DISH Network subscribers should check their listings for the telecast. San Jose State University football fact sheet/add 1 Dick Tomey Show: Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini: In his first full season as the head coach at The Dick Tomey Show will be seen Nebraska. Has a major college coaching record of 2-0, all with the Cornhuskers. He on Comcast Cable (Channel 30, San was Nebraska’s interim head coach in the 2003 Alamo Bowl win over Michigan Jose) Mike Chisholm is the host of State. the show. Pelini once was an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers and head coach George Seifert during the 1995 through 1997 seasons. The 49ers won their fifth Super San Jose State-Nebraska games Bowl championship in 1995 with Pelini serving as an assistant secondary coach. 9/2/00 @Nebraska 49, SJSU 13 San Jose State vs. the Big-12 San Jose State-Nebraska series: The Cornhuskers lead the series, 1-0. Nebraska won 9/6/07 @Kansas State 34, SJSU 14 the only meeting between these teams, 49-13, on September 2, 2000, at Memorial 9/8/01 @Colorado 51, SJSU 15 Stadium. That contest is the only time in San Jose State history that the Spartans took 9/2/00 @Nebraska 49, SJSU 13 on the number-one ranked team in a nationally-recognized poll. 9/11/99 @Colorado 65, SJSU 35 9/10/94 Baylor 54, @SJSU 20 San Jose State vs. the Big-12: The Spartans are 3-10 against current Big-12 member 11/1/80 SJSU 30, @Baylor 22 schools. The Nebraska game marks the second season in a row that San Jose State is 9/20/80 @Iowa State 27,SJSU 6 playing its second game of the season against a Big-12 opponent. In 2007, the 9/23/77 @Colorado 22, SJSU 7 Spartans lost at Kansas State, 34-14. 9/28/63 @SJSU 16, Kansas State 0 San Jose State’s last victory over a Big-12 school was in Waco, Texas on 11/14/59 @Iowa State 55, SJSU 0 November 1, 1980 against then-Southwest Conference member Baylor featuring 11/21/58 Iowa State 9, @SJSU 6 Mike Singletary and Walter Abercrombie and ranked #10 by the Associated Press. 9/20/52 @Colorado 20, SJSU 14 The Spartans trailed, 15-0, in the second quarter and came back for a 30-22 triumph. 12/31/49 *SJSU 20, Texas Tech 13 * – Raisin Bowl Tomey In Exclusive Coaching Group: In 2007, Dick Tomey became the 25th coach (Note: Baylor and Texas Tech were in college football history to be a head coach in at least 300 major college football Southwest Conference members at games. All of his games have been at the Division I-A/ FBS level. the time of each game) All-Time FBS Coaching Longevity Records Weekly Press Conference: (At least 10 seasons at the major college, Division I-A or FBS levels) Coach Dick Tomey and selected Rank ### Coach team members participate in the 1. 548 Amos Alonzo Stagg (53 seasons, 1890-1946) Spartans’ weekly press conference, 2. 501 Joe Paterno (42+ seasons, 1966-present) Mondays, at 1:00 p.m. in the 3. 496 Bobby Bowden (42+ seasons, 1966-present) Simpkins Stadium Center. This week’s press conference is Tuesday, 4. 457 Pop Warner (44 seasons, 1895-1938) September 2 due to Labor Day. Call 5. 425 Bear Bryant (38 seasons, 1945-1982) (408) 924-1217 or (408) 924-1720 for 6. 420 Hayden Fry (37 seasons, 1962-1998) more information. 7. 402 Jess Neely (40 seasons, 1924-27, 1931-66) 8. 388 Lou Holtz (33 seasons, 1969-75, 1977-96, 1999-2004) Weekly WAC Teleconference: 9. 361 LaVell Edwards (29 seasons, 1972-2000) Coach Dick Tomey will participate 10. 358 Jim Sweeney (32 seasons, 1963-77, 1980-96) in the weekly Western Athletic 11. 344 Eddie Anderson (39 seasons, 1922-42, 1946-64) Conference’s Monday teleconfer- 12. 338 Don Nehlen (30 seasons, 1968-76, 1980-2000) ence beginning August 25 through 13. 332 Johnny Majors (29 seasons, 1968-96) November 24. Telephone number is (913) 312-6688. Replays begin at 14. 329 Grant Teaff (30 seasons, 1960-65, 1969-92) 2:00 p.m. (PT) and can be accessed 15. 325 George Welsh (28 seasons, 1973-2000) by calling (402) 280-9027. 16. 322 Frank Beamer (27+ seasons, 1981-present) 17. 320 Woody Hayes (33 seasons, 1946-78) 9:30 a.m. (PT) - Dave Chaffin, WAC 18. 312 Ken Hatfield (27 seasons, 1979-2005) 9:32 a.m. (PT) - Hawai’i 312 Dick Tomey (27+ seasons, 1977-2000, 2005-present) 9:39 a.m. (PT) - Louisiana Tech 20. 310 Warren Woodson (31 seasons, 1935-42, 1946-1973) 9:46 a.m. (PT) - New Mexico State 21. 309 Jerry Claiborne (28 seasons, 1961-89) 9:53 a.m. (PT) - Utah State 22. 307 Tom Osborne (25 seasons, 1973-1997) 10:00 a.m. (PT) - Idaho 10:07 a.m. (PT) - San Jose State 307 Bo Schembechler (27 seasons, 1963-89) 10:14 a.m. (PT) - Nevada 10:21 a.m. (PT) - Boise State Going for 2-0: With the win over UC Davis, San Jose State is in position to start a 10:28 a.m. (PT) - Fresno State season 2-0 for the first time since 1987. Since then, the Spartans have won season- 10:35 a.m. (PT) - WAC opening games in 1988, 1998, 2002 and 2005, but have not been able to win the sec- Commissioner ond game in those seasons.