San José State University Schedule & Results FOOTBALL NEWS 8/28 Southern Utah (CBS SN) 7:00 p.m. (PT) CONTACT: Lawrence Fan, Associate Athletics Director for Football Communications 9/4 USC 2:00 p.m. (PT) (408) 924-1217 (office), (408) 768-3424 (cell), [email protected] (Pac-12 Network) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2021 9/18 *@Hawai’i 6:30 p.m. (HT) (CBS SN) SAN José STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FACT SHEET (Game #1) 9/25 @Western Michigan TBA San José State vs. Southern Utah 10/2 New Mexico State TBA Saturday, August 28, 2021, 7:00 p.m. (PDT) 10/9 *@Colorado State TBA CEFCU Stadium, San Jose, Calif. (FOX Sports) CBS SN 10/15 *San Diego State TBA (CBS SN) 2020 San José State record: 7-1, 6-0 Mountain West. The Spartans won the Mountain 10/21 *@UNLV 8:00 p.m. (PT) West football championship defeating Boise State, 34-20, at Sam Boyd Stadium, in Las (CBS SN) Vegas, Nev., and lost to Ball State, 34-13, in the Offerpad Arizona Bowl in Tucson, Ariz. 10/30 *Wyoming TBA The Spartans finished #24 in the final Associated Press and Amway/USA Today (FOX Sports) coaches polls and #22 in the College Football Playoff rankings. 11/6 *@Nevada TBA Before 2020, the last time San José State finished a season ranked nationally was in (FOX Sports) 2012 when the Spartans posted an 11-2 win-loss record in their final season in the West- 11/13 *Utah State TBA ern Athletic Conference and was ranked 21st in both final polls. (FOX Sports) 11/25 *Fresno State TBA 2021 spring Southern Utah record: 1-5, 1-5 Big Sky Conference. The Thunderbirds fin- (FOX Sports) ished seventh in the Big Sky Conference standings and seek to end a three-game losing streak from the end of the 2021 spring season. * - Mountain West contest Local time listed for all games San José State head coach Brent Brennan: Beginning his fifth season as the Spartans’ head coach. Has a major college coaching record of 15-30, all at San José State. Brennan Southern Utah Schedule returned to San José State for 2017 after six seasons as a receivers coach at Oregon State. 8/28 @San José State 7:00 p.m. (PT) He was a Spartan assistant coach during the 2005 through 2010 seasons. He is 0-0 as a 9/2 @Arizona State head coach against Southern Utah and 1-0 against the Thunderbirds as a Spartan assis- 9/18 @Tarleton State tant coach. 9/25 #Eastern Washington Brennan was named the 2020 Lombardi Foundation College Football Coach of the 10/2 #Portland State Year, Mountain West Coach of the Year and the American Football Coaches Association 10/9 #@Sacramento State (AFCA) Region 5 Coach of the Year. He is the first San Jose State football coach to be 10/16 #@Northern Arizona named a national coach of the year and the first Spartan to earn Mountain West Coach of 10/23 #Northern Colorado the Year honors and receive first-place votes in balloting for the Associated Press Coach 10/30 #@Montana of the Year. He received three first-place votes in the 2020 Associated Press Coach of the 11/6 #@Idaho Year balloting. 11/13 Weber State Southern Utah head coach Demario Warren: Embarking on his sixth season as the # - Big Sky Conference game Thunderbirds’ head coach. Has a major college coaching record of 20-32, all at Southern Utah. He is 0-0 as a head coach against San José State and 0-1 against the Spartans as a Play-by-Play Radio Coverage: KTRB Southern Utah assistant coach. (860 AM, Fremont) will broadcast the Southern Utah game. Justin Allegri Series history: San Jose State leads the series, 2-0. In both instances, Southern Utah was calls the play-by-play. Kevin Rich- the Spartans’ third game of the season and a home opener. ardson provides commentary. The San Jose State won the most recent meeting, 16-11, on September 18, 2010, for their Southern Utah broadcast begins at only win of the season under then-first-year head coach Mike MacIntyre. The Spartans 6:30 p.m. (PT) with a pregame show. opened 2010 at #1-Alabama and at #11-Wisconsin. Current Spartan football head coach The broadcast also is available on Brent Brennan was the wide receivers coach for San Jose State that season. Demario War- the TuneIn app. ren of Southern Utah was in his third season as the Thunderbirds defensive backs coach. The Spartans won the first meeting between these teams, 47-7, on September 16, KSJS (90.5 FM, San José) also will 2000 after playing #1-Nebraska and Stanford in back-to-back road games. broadcast the Southern Utah game. Air time is 6:45 p.m. (PT) with a pre- Season-opening games: San Jose State embarks on its 105th season of college football. game show. The Spartans are 43-54-7 in season-opening games. San Jose State has wins in its last two season openers defeating Northern Colorado, 35-18, in 2019, and Air Force, 17-6, in 2020. San Jose State seeks three consecutive season opening wins for the first time since the 2013, 2014, and 2015 seasons. Television: The CBS Sports Network The 2021 season opener with Southern Utah marks the fifth consecutive season and will televise the Southern Utah eighth in the last nine years San Jose State begins a season with a home game. game. Jason Knapp calls the play- by-play. Aaron Murray is the ana- Quest for consecutive winning seasons: After last year’s 7-1 win-loss record, San Jose lyst. Amanda Guerra is the sideline State seeks back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1989, 1990, 1991, and reporter. The CBS Sports Network 1992. In those years, the Spartans were 6-5 in 1989, 9-2-1 in 1990, 6-4-1 in 1991, and 7-4 telecast begins at 7:00 p.m. (PT). in 1992. Between 1992 and 2020, San Jose State had two winning seasons, but found consecutive winning seasons out of its reach. Weekly Press Conference: The next San José State football Year Record Following Year Record weekly Zoom press conference with 2000 7-5 2001 3-9 head coach Brent Brennan will be 2012 11-2 2013 6-6 Monday, August 23, 1:00 p.m. (PT). 2020 7-1 2021 ---- The Zoom press conference will be Following a championship season: Since 1975 as a charter member of the Pacific Coast archived at sjsuspartans.com. Athletic Association, now known as the Big West Conference, San Jose State had eight outright conference championships and one shared conference title. Brent Brennan on KRTY Radio: In six of the eight subsequent seasons after a conference crown, the Spartans had a Brent Brennan is a guest on KRTY winning record. Radio (95.3 FM, San Jose) each Tues- day prior to a home game. The next Season - Conference Overall Next show is Tuesday, August 24, at 6:30 Record Year a.m. (PT). Show co-hosts are Gary 1975 - Pacific Coast Athletic Association champion 9-2 7-4 Scott Thomas and Julie Stevens. 1976 - Pacific Coast Athletic Association champion 7-4 4-7 1978 - Pacific Coast Athletic Association champion 7-5 6-4-1 Tickets: 1981 - Pacific Coast Athletic Association champion 9-3 8-3 • sjsuspartans.com/tickets 1986 - Pacific Coast Athletic Association champion 10-2 10-2 • ticketmaster.com. 1987 - Big West Conference champion 10-2 4-8 1990 - Big West Conference champion 9-2-1 6-4-1 Athletics Ticket Office, 1393 S. 7th 1991 - Big West Conference co-champion 6-4-1 7-4 Street, San José, CA 95112, week- 2020 - Mountain West champion 7-1 ----- days, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Best 20-game stretch since 2012 & 2013: In San Jose State’s last 20 games covering Ticket prices range from $20.00 for a the 2019 and 2020 seasons, the Spartans have a 12-8 win-loss record. San Jose State was general admission seat to $75.00 for 5-7 in 2019 and 7-1 in 2020. a reserved seat. The last time the Spartans had a better span of 20 games was in 2012 and the first seven games of 2013 when San Jose State was 15-5. The Spartans were 11-2 in 2012 and • Three-game “mini plans” starting at 4-3 in 2013 after a 51-44 comeback home win over Wyoming. $39.00 Coaching continuity: For the first time since the designations of offensive and de- 2020 Mountain West Standings fensive coordinators became part of the college football coaching landscape, San Jose Conference Overall State has the same head coach, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator for four San José State 6-0 7-1 consecutive seasons. Boise State 5-0 5-2 Brent Brennan was named head coach in December 2016 and hired Derrick Odum Nevada 6-2 7-2 as the defensive coordinator. Odum is entering his fifth season as the Spartans’ defensive San Diego State 4-2 4-4 coordinator. Kevin McGiven joined the coaching after the 2017 season and is beginning Hawai’i 4-4 5-4 his fourth year as the San Jose State offensive coordinator. Fresno State 3-3 3-3 Air Force 2-2 3-3 Large returning group: Typically, San Jose State would begin a season with 11 to 15 Colorado State 2-3 1-3 returning starters and between 43-48 returning letterwinners.