FOOTBALL NEWS CONTACT: Lawrence Fan, Athletics Media Relations Director (408) 924-1217 (office), (408) 768-3424 (cell), [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2015 SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FACT SHEET San José State University (GAME #8 - New Mexico) Schedule & Results (3-4, 2-2 MW) Upcoming game: San José State vs. New Mexico 9/3 New Hampshire 43-13 (W) Saturday, October 24, 2015, 9/12 *@Air Force 37-16 (L) Spartan Stadium, San José, Calif., 4:00 p.m. (PT) (ESPNU) ROOT Sports 9/19 @Oregon State 35-21 (L) (Pac-12 Network) San José State record: 3-4, 2-2 Mountain West. Most recently, the Spartans lost to San 9/26 *Fresno State 49-23 (W) Diego State, 30-7, on October 17. (CBS Sports Network) 10/3 @Auburn 35-21 (L) New Mexico record: 4-3, 2-1 Mountain West. The Lobos have three wins in their last four (SEC Network) games after defeating Hawai’i, 28-27, on October 17. 10/10 *@UNLV 33-27 (W-OT) (Mountain West Network/ San José State head coach Ron Caragher: In his third season as the San José State head Campus Insiders) coach. Has a record of 12-19 with the Spartans. Overall, he is in his ninth season as a major 10/17 *San Diego State 30-7 (L) college head coach with a 56-41 record. Caragher’s first six seasons as a head coach were (ESPNU) at the University of San Diego. He is 0-0 as a head coach against New Mexico. 10/24 *New Mexico 4:00 p.m. (ROOT Sports) New Mexico head coach Bob Davie: In his fourth season at New Mexico. Has a coaching 11/6 #BYU 8:30 p.m. record of 15-29 with the Lobos. Overall, Davie is in his ninth season as a major college (CBS Sports Network) head coach and has a record of 50-54. He is 0-0 as a head coach against San José State. 11/14 *@Nevada 1:00 p.m. (Mountain West Network/ Series history: The Spartans lead the series, 11-4-1. These teams are meeting for the first Campus Insiders) time since San Jose State defeated New Mexico, 20-12, in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl 11/21 *@Hawai’i 6:00 p.m. on December 23, 2006. The Spartans carry a two-game winning streak in the series and (Time Warner Oceanic PPV) are winners of six of the last seven games between these teams. The Lobos last win in the 11/27 *#Boise State series was a 36-30 victory in Albuquerque on October 9, 1976. (CBS Sports Network) 12:30 p.m. Two Spartan greats led the Lobos: Dud DeGroot, the most successful head coach in San local time listed for all games Jose State football history, and Bob Titchenal, captain of the 1939 undefeated Spartan New Mexico team, would eventually become the football head coach at the University of New Mexico. Schedule & Results (4-3, 2-1 MW) DeGroot compiled a 60-19-8 record during the 1932 through 1939 seasons. In his first 9/5 Mississippi Valley State season at San Jose State, the Spartans were undefeated for the first time with a 7-0-2 66-0 (W) record. In his final season, San Jose State was 13-0 scoring 322 points while yielding just 9/12 Tulsa 40-21 (L) 29. His Spartans had eight shutouts that season. 9/19 @Arizona State 34-10 (L) DeGroot was New Mexico’s head coach from 1950 through 1952. His teams compiled 9/26 *@Wyoming 38-28 (W) a 13-15 win-loss record topped by the 1952 team that posted a 7-2 overall mark. The 1952 10/3 New Mexico State 38-29 (W) Lobos had five shutouts and gave up just 46 points. 10/10 *@Nevada 35-17 (L) Titchenal was an All-American center at San Jose State and would go on to play in the 10/17 *Hawai’i 28-27 (W) NFL for Washington (1940-42) and for San Francisco (1946) and Los Angeles (1947) in the 10/24 *@San José State All-American Football Conference. He was New Mexico’s head coach from 1953 through 11/7 *Utah State 1955. The Lobos were 12-15-1 in those three seasons including losses to San Jose State in 11/14 *@Boise State 1954 (26-14) and 1955 (14-0). 11/21 *Colorado State Titchenal was San Jose State’s head coach from 1957 through 1964. The Spartans had 11/28 *Air Force a combined 33-45-1 win-loss record in those seasons and lost to the Lobos in 1962 (25-13). The best-known player he coached was quarterback Dick Vermeil who would go on to * – Mountain West game lead the St. Louis Rams to the Super Bowl XXXIV championship. .500 is the target again: For the third time this season, San José State can return to the .500 plateau for the season with a victory. The Spartans did it twice so far with wins over Fresno State (49-23) on September 26 and at UNLV (33-27, OT) on October 10. San José State University football fact sheet/add 1 Play-by-Play Radio Coverage: KLIV Opportunity to exceed 2014 win total: A San José State win over New Mexico would (1590 AM, San José) originates San give the Spartans their fourth win of the season, one more than in 2013 when the team José State football broadcasts. Justin finished with a 3-9 overall record. Allegri calls the play-by-play. Kevin Richardson offered commentary. Air Three consecutive home games: The New Mexico game on October 24 is the second of time for the KLIV broadcast is 7:00 three consecutive San José State home games over a four-week span. The Spartan hosted p.m. (PT). San Diego State in a Mountain West contest on October 17 and has BYU in a non-confer- ence encounter on Friday, November 6. San José State has four network affili- The last time San José State played three consecutive home games was in the 2007 ates. season when the Spartans posted a non-conference win over UC Davis, beat Idaho and KION (1460 AM/101.1 FM, Salinas) lost an overtime game to #16-Hawai’i. KFIV (1360 AM, Modesto) KWSX (1280 AM, Stockton) Seeking an offensive rebound: San José State looks to bounce back on the scoreboard ESPN Desportes against New Mexico State after being limited to season lows of one touchdown, seven (860 AM, San Francisco) points and 148 yards of total offense in the October 17 loss to San Diego State. The last time a Spartan team was limited to less than 200 yards of total offense was a November Broadcast: ROOT Sports will televise 20, 2010 loss at Hawai’i. That night San José State was limited to 164 yards of total offense. the San José State-New Mexico game. Drew Goodman calls the play-by- Interceptions factor into equation: In each of San José State’s four losses, the Spartans play. Sed Bonner serves as the game analyst. Marc Stout is the sideline were on the short end of two intercepted passes per game. In San José State’s three wins, reporter. The telecast begins at 4:00 the Spartans were intercepted just once. San José State enters the New Mexico game with p.m. (PT)/5:00 p.m. (MT). a minus-7 turnover ratio. ROOT Sports, a subsidiary of DirecTV, Red Zone offense still producing TDs: San José State raised its rate of touchdowns when is available on DirecTV Channels 674 in the “red zone” to 79.2 percent with its one touchdown in the San Diego State game. and 683 and DISH Network Channels Only North Carolina State and Georgia Tech have a higher rate of scoring touchdowns 414 and 426. once in the “red zone.” The Spartans rank tied with Nevada for 18th nationally in red zone offense with their San Jose State-New Mexico games since 1970 .917 conversion rate (22-of-24) scoring either a touchdown or a field goal. 12/23/06 SJSU 20, @UNM 12 9/26/98 @SJSU 37, UNM 20 Red zone offense/touchdowns scored Red zone offense/points scored 10/9/76 @UNM 36, SJSU 30 1. Georgia Tech (22-of-27) .815 1. Idaho 21-of-21 (13 TD, 8 FGs) 1.000 11/8/75 @SJSU 29, UNM 20 North Carolina State (22-of-27) .815 2. Memphis 33-of-34 (26 TDs, 7 FGs) .971 10/12/74 SJSU 13, @UNM 11 3. San José State (19-of-24) .792 3. Oklahoma St. 28-of-34 (17 TDs, 11 FGs) .966 10/27/73 @SJSU 15, UNM 0 4. Baylor (29-of-37) .784 4. BYU 24-of-25 (16 TDs, 8 FGs) .960 11/4/72 SJSU 14, @UNM 7 5. Army (14-of-18) .778 5. Michigan 24-of-25 (17 TDs, 7 FGs) .960 10/16/71 @SJSU 21, UNM 21 10/10/70 @UNM 48, SJSU 25 Punting stays up: San José State enters the New Mexico game second nationally in net punting with a 44.96 yard figure. The Spartans are second for the third week in a row. Ron Caragher Radio Show: Punter Michael Carrizosa continues is the individual national leader among Football Bowl The weekly one-hour Ron Caragher Subdivision (FBS) players with a 50.2 per punt average. Radio Show airs on KLIV (1590 AM, San José), Wednesdays, at 9:00 p.m.