Spartans Set Sights On Hawai'i

SAN José STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FACT SHEET (Game #5)
San José State vs. Hawai'i
Saturday, December 5, 2020, 1:00 p.m. (HT)/3:00 p.m. (PT)
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Spectrum Sports

San José State record: 4-0, 4-0 Mountain West. The Spartans have not played since defeating UNLV, 34-17, in a Mountain West game on November 14. San Jose State's road games with Fresno State on November 21 and Boise State on November 28 were canceled due to COVID-19 issues with its opponent and declared "no contests." San José State has wins in its last five games dating back to the 17-16 victory over Fresno State to conclude the 2019 season.

Hawai'i record: 3-3, 3-3 Mountain West. Most recently, the Rainbow Warriors ended a two-game losing streak with a 24-21 home victory over Nevada on November 28.



Play-by-Play Radio Coverage: KDOW (1220 AM, Palo Alto; 95.3 FM, San Francisco) will broadcast the Hawai'i game. Justin Allegri calls the play-by-play. Kevin Richardson provides commentary. The Hawai'i broadcast begins at 2:30 p.m. (PST) with a pregame show.

Television:  Spectrum Sports will provide broadcast coverage.  Robert Kekaula calls the play-by-play. Rich Miano is the analyst. The Spectrum Sports telecast begins at 3:00 p.m. (PT).

Series history: Hawai'i leads the series, 22-19-3. The Rainbow Warriors have won the last four meetings between these teams including last year's 42-40 decision in Honolulu.

San Jose State's last win in the series was a 42-23 victory in Honolulu on November 21, 2015. The Spartans' last triumph at home versus Hawai'i was a 28-27 decision on October 14, 2011. Since then, Hawai'i won the last three games played in San Jose.

The 2019 game marked the first time a NCAA Division I  Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) contest was played in which neither team punted. There were 17 possessions in the game with San Jose State scoring every time it had the ball. Hawai'i scored six touchdowns, fumbled once with a Spartan recovery and had the ball when time expired at the end of each half.  The only other NCAA Division I game on record without a punt was the Georgia Southern-James Madison contest on November 15, 1986.

Also, the 1941 game between these teams was canceled due to the start of World War II. The San Jose State team was in Honolulu on December 7 when Pearl Harbor was attacked preparing for a December 13 contest against Willamette College prior to playing Hawai'i on December 16.  

Playing for the Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy: Though San Jose State and Hawai'i have faced each other in football since 1936, this year's game marks the second time the two schools are playing for the Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy, named after the late head coach of each team during a 29-year NCAA Division I head coaching career. He passed away on May 10, 2019 in Tucson, Ariz., at age 80.

Mr. Tomey's head coaching record was 183-145-7. His first head coaching position was at Hawai'i where his teams from 1977 through 1986 compiled a 63-46-3 win-loss record in 10 seasons. He departed Hawai'i for the University of Arizona where his Wildcat teams had a 95-64-4 win-loss record from 1987 through 2000. His third and final head coaching position was at San Jose State during the 2005 through 2009 seasons. The Spartans were 25-35 in those five seasons.

Mr. Tomey was the winningest head coach in Hawai'i football history at the time of his departure. When he retired from San Jose State, he had more coaching victories in five seasons than any of his predecessors since 1989.

In the San Jose State-Hawaii series as a head coach, he had a 2-5 win-loss record. The Rainbow Warriors were 1-1 against the Spartans in 1977 and 1978. The Spartans were 1-4 during he 2005 through 2009 seasons winning 20-17 at Aloha Stadium in 2008. He also was an assistant coach at Hawaii when San Jose State posted a 28-27 triumph in the 2011 game in San Jose.

Entering the 2020 season, his 183 victories ranked 41st among all head coaches at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. His 335 games as a head coach ranks 20th among all NCAA Division I FBS head coaches.

One of 13: San José State heads into the Hawai'i game as one of 13 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams with an undefeated record in games played through November 28. Ten (10) teams, including San José State, have records of 4-0 or better.

9-0: BYU, Coastal Carolina, Notre Dame
8-0: Alabama, Cincinnati
7-0: Marshall
4-0: Buffalo, Ohio State, San Jose State, Western Michigan
3-0: Colorado, Southern California, Washington

Completing November & the Spartans are undefeated: In one of the most unpredictable college football seasons, the 2020 San Jose State football team is the school's first squad since 1939 to complete the month of November as an undefeated team at 4-0. The last Spartan team to play in November as unbeaten is the 1939 squad that had a perfect 13-0 record.

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