SAN José STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FACT SHEET (Game #2)
San José State vs. New Mexico
CEFCU Stadium, San Jose, Calif.
Saturday, October 31, 2020, 4:00 p.m. (PT)
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San José State record: 1-0, 1-0 Mountain West. The Spartans opened the 2020 season defeating Air Force, 17-6. San José State has wins in its last two games dating back to the 17-16 victory over Fresno State to conclude the 2019 season.
New Mexico record: 0-0, 0-0 Mountain West. The Lobos' season-opening game at Colorado State on October 24 was canceled.
Television: FS1 will provide broadcast coverage beginning at 4:00 p.m. (PT)/5:00 p.m. (MT). Guy Haberman calls the play-by-play. Charles Arbuckle serves as the analyst. The FS1 telecast begins at 4:00 p.m. (PT).
Play-by-Play Radio Coverage: KDOW (1220 AM, Palo Alto, 95.3 FM, San Francisco), is the 2020 flagship radio station for San Jose State University football. Justin Allegri calls the play-by-play. Kevin Richardson provides commentary. The New Mexico broadcast begins at 3:30 p.m. (PT) with a pregame show.
Weekly Press Conference: The weekly San José State football Zoom press conference is on Mondays at 1:00 p.m. (PT). Contact Lawrence Fan at lawrence.fan@sjsu.edu to participate. The Zoom press conference will be archived at sjsuspartans.com.
Series history: San José State leads the series, 13-5-1. The Spartans have wins in four of the last five contests.
The home team won the last three meetings between these squads. The Spartans came away with a 32-21 victory in CEFCU Stadium on October 4, 2019.
New Mexico''s most recent win in the series was a 48-41 win on October 11, 2016.
The last time the visiting team won in this series was when San José State posted a 20-12 triumph in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl.
Aiming for a 2-0 start to the season: The last time a San José State team began a season with a 2-0 record was in 1987 when the Spartans defeated Eastern Illinois, 24-3, and topped California, 27-25.
A 2-0 conference start is possible: The 2020 San Jose State football team can become the university's first to post a 2-0 record in conference play since joining the Mountain West. The last time the Spartans had a 2-0 conference record was in 2011 as a Western Athletic Conference member after wins over New Mexico State and Hawai'i.
The last three-game winning streak: With wins over Fresno State to end the 2019 season and Air Force to open 2020, San José State has an opportunity to win three consecutive games for the first time since 2013. That year, the Spartans won at Hawai'i, at Colorado State, and at home against Wyoming.
Limiting the opponent: The 17-6 win over Air Force marked the first time since a 24-0 season-opening win over Sacramento State in 2013 that San Jose State limited an opponent to fewer than 10 points. Eighty-five (85) consecutive opponents scored 10 or more points against the Spartans between the Sacramento State and Air Force wins.
San José State heads into the New Mexico game ranked tied for second nationally in scoring defense at 6.0 per game.
Goal line stands in consecutive games: In each of San Jose State's last two games, the 2019 finale hosting Fresno State and the 2020 opener against Air Force, the San José State defense stopped its opponent at the end of the second quarter inside the Spartans' 5-yard line and returned the ball to the offense on downs.
In the 2019 Fresno State win, the defense made stops on the 6, 8 and 1-yard lines on the final three downs of the half.
In the 2020 victory over Air Force, the Falcons' possession ended with stops at the 1-yard line on second, third and fourth down. Safety Tre Webb, who finished the game with 11 tackles, was credited with an assisted tackle on third down and a 1-yard tackle for loss on fourth down from 1-yard line.
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