Upcoming game: San José State vs. Colorado State
Saturday, October 6, 2018
CEFCU Stadium, San Jose, Calif., 7:30 p.m. (PT)
CBS Sports Network
San José State record: 0-4, 0-1 Mountain West. Most recently, the Spartans lost to Hawai'i, 44-41 in five overtimes on September 29.
Colorado State record: 1-4, 0-1 Mountain West. The Rams lost to Illinois, 34-19, on September 22. Colorado State had a bye week for the week ending September 29.
Play-by-Play Radio Coverage: KLIV (1590 AM, San José) originates San José State football broadcasts. Justin Allegri calls the play-by-play. Kevin Richardson provides commentary. The Colorado State broadcast begins at 3:30 p.m. (PT) with a pregame show.
San José State's network affiliate is KION (1460 AM/101.1 FM, Salinas).
Television: The CBS Sports Network will provide play-by-play coverage of the San José State-Colorado State game. Rich Waltz calls the play-by-play. Aaron Murray provides analysis and commentary. Jordan Daigle is the sideline reporter.
The live telecast is scheduled for 7:32 p.m. (PT).
Tickets:
• sjsuspartans.com/tickets & ticketmaster.com.
Athletics Ticket Office, 1393 S. 7th Street, San José, CA 95112, weekdays, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For home games at CEFCU Stadium:
• New modern family plan
• Spartan alumni season ticket
pricing in a distinct seating section
Series history: Colorado State leads the series, 5-4. The Rams have wins in the last two meetings between these teams including a 42-14 triumph last year in Fort Collins.
The Spartans' last win in the series was a 34-27 road victory in 2013.
Five overtimes: San Jose State's recent 44-41 five overtime loss to Hawai'i on September 29 is the longest game in Spartan football history and by a Mountain West member since the overtime rule was enacted prior to the 1997 season.
The game was the third time in San Jose State's 10 overtime games that more than one overtime period was necessary. The Spartans lost a double overtime game to Boise State at home, 56-49, on November 13, 2004, and a triple overtime contest to Navy at home, 58-52, on November 22, 2013.
Of San Jose State's 10 overtime games, three are against Hawai'i and all of them were played in San Jose. The Rainbow Warriors are 3-0 against the Spartans in overtime games.
San Jose State now has played 18 periods of overtime in its 10 games.
Four hours, four minutes: Each of San Jose State's first two home games this season lasted four hours and four minutes. The UC Davis game on August 30 did not have a commercial format while the Hawai'i encounter on September 29 did through Spectrum Sports/Stadium.
Best of the week: Quarterback Josh Love's 451 passing yards in the five-overtime loss to Hawai'i was the best by a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) player in games played the week ending September 29, 2018. The 451 yards ranks seventh best through five weeks of regular-season action.
Passing Yardage Totals for Games Played the Week Ending September 29
Quarterback, School Opponent Yardage
Josh Love, San Jose State Hawaii 451
Gardner Minshew, II, Washington State Utah 445
Jon Wassink, Western Michigan Miami (Ohio) 439
Kyler Murray, Oklahoma Baylor 432
Riley Neal, Ball State Kent State 402
Charlie Brewer, Baylor Oklahoma 400
Trend broken vs. Hawai'i: The Hawai'i game marked the first time this season only one quarterback played for San Jose State. Josh Love played the entire game against Hawai'i and passed for a career best 451 yards and matched a career high with three TDs.
In each San Jose State's first three games, the Spartans used at least two quarterbacks. Love, Michael Carrillo and Montel Aaron played in the opener vs. UC Davis. Aaron and Carrillo were the quarterbacks at Washington State. Love and Aaron called the signals for the Spartans at Oregon.
Tops of the week: Josh Oliver led all Football Bowl Subdivision tight ends in single-game receiving yardage for games played the week ending September 29. Oliver had 158 yards and a touchdown on eight receptions - the second time this season he had eight catches in a game.
Tops at his position: For the fourth consecutive week, Josh Oliver is the leading pass receiver among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) tight ends. Oliver is averaging 6.75 receptions a game and has 27 catches for the season.
He and Missouri's Albert Okwuegbunam (5.75/game) are the only two tight ends listed among the Football Bowl Subdivision's (FBS) top-50 pass receivers in games played through September 29.
20 of Oliver's 27 receptions this season resulted in a San José State first down.
Oliver's 336 receiving yards are the most of FBS tight ends.
Most in FBS: San Jose State, Texas State and Utah State are the three schools this season to attempt six field goals in a game. Texas State and Utah State attempted six field goals in games ending the week of September 8. The Spartans' six field goal tries occurred in their five-overtime loss to Hawai'i, 44-41, on September 29.
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