Spartans Head to UNM for First Time Since 2016

SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State football (1-5, 0-2 Mountain West) heads to New Mexico (2-3, 0-1 Mountain West) on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. (PT) on the Mountain West Network and KTRB 860 AM.

SEASON TICKETS | 2023 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 

• SJSU is 14-5-1 all-time against the Lobos and haven't played in Albuquerque since 2016.
• The Spartans have lost only four turnovers this season which is good for 10th in the nation and second in the Mountain West. Their +5 turnover margin is good for 16th in the country and third in the MW.
• The FBS teams the Spartans have played this season are a combined 24-5 (USC 6-0, OSU 5-1, Toledo 5-1, Air Force 5-0, Boise State 3-3).
• Kairee Robinson is averaging 5.95 yards per carry this season which is good for third in the MW and 34th in the country. Robinson has a career 1,864 rushing yards which is 10th all-time in SJSU history.
• Chevan Cordeiro has 10,765 total passing yards during his career and passed 10,000 yards against Toledo (9/16). Cordeiro is fifth all-time on the Mountain West career passing yards list and is behind John Beck for fourth who threw for 11,201 yards at BYU. Cordeiro is eighth in career yards in the NCAA with players currently playing.
• Cordeiro has thrown six touchdowns this season and is seventh on the all-time Mountain West Conference list with 74 career touchdown passes. BYU's Max Hall owns the MW record after throwing for 94 touchdowns from 2007-09. Cordeiro is two touchdowns from tying Wyoming's Brett Smith for sixth.
• Cordeiro went 117 passing attempts without throwing an interception this season. Cordeiro made 170 passing attempts last season before throwing his first pick.
• Cordeiro has thrown for 1,347 yards this season which is good for fourth in the MW and 38th in the country.
• SJSU beat Cal Poly 59-3 on Sept. 9, 2023. The last Spartan 50-point win was on Sept. 3, 1988 when they took down New Mexico State 51-0. The 59 points were the most points scored for the Spartans since Sept. 9, 2016 when they scored 66 points against Portland State. The 56-point margin of victory is the largest in the modern era for the Spartans and was the most for the Spartans since 1949 when they beat the University of Mexico, 103-0. This was also the most points scored under head coach Brent Brennan.
• The attendance for the Spartans' game against No. 18 Oregon State (9/3) was 20,337, the most since Nov. 30, 2013 against Fresno State. It is the 25th-highest attended game at San José State and was the first sellout since Aug. 23, 2003 against Grambling State.
• The Spartans have the 18th best pass defense in the nation and second best pass defense in the MW averaging just 173.5 yards per game.
• Junior linebacker Bryun Parham had a career-high two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble, plus added 12 tackles. Parham is second in the MW with 52 tackles and  37th in the country. He is also second in the MW and third in the country in fumbles recovered.
• The Spartans special teams have blocked a punt, have a punt return touchdown and have recovered multiple onside kicks this season.
• Sophomore Jay'Vion Cole has six pass deflections this season which is good for 13th in the country and third in the Mountain West.
• Nick Nash had a career-high seven receptions against No. 18 Oregon State. He had career-highs with three touchdown receptions and 89 yards receiving against No. 6 USC (8/26). He is the second Spartan with three touchdown receptions in a game under Cordeiro at quarterback (Elijah Cooks, 11/19/22).
• The Spartans had two players who played their 52nd career game against Boise State (10/07) in Jaime Navarro and Tre Jenkins. The record for most games played at SJSU is held by Jack Snyder (2017-21) and Cade Hall (2018-23) who both played in 55.
• The Spartans' 267 rushing yards against Cal Poly (9/9) were the most since Dec. 5, 2020 against Hawai'i when they ran for 288 yards. It was also the first time with at least five rushing touchdowns for the Spartans since Sept. 9, 2016 against Portland State.
• According to 24/7 sports, the Spartans have played the No. 2 high school quarterback in 2020 in DJ Uiagalelei (OSU), the No. 2 high school quarterback in 2021 Caleb Williams (USC) and the No. 3 high school quarterback in 2021 Sam Huard (Cal Poly).
• Redshirt freshman Matthew Coleman returned his first career punt for a 75-yard touchdown against Cal Poly (9/9). Coleman was named MW Freshman of the Week and it was the first punt return TD for the Spartans since Tre Jenkins took one back against Utah State on Nov. 10, 2018. The Spartans lead the nation punt return average and are the only MW school to return a punt for a TD this season.
• Nash earned his first Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week honors following his three touchdown performance against No. 6 USC (8/26) and his second touchdown was the No. 2 play on SportsCenter.
• Brennan led the Spartans to his second bowl game as head coach and is the first head coach to lead the Spartans to two bowl games since Claude Gilbert in 1986 and 1987 last season. Brennan is the first SJSU head coach to lead the Spartans to two above .500 seasons since Terry Shea in 1990 and 1991.
• Brennan is in his seventh season at SJSU and is tied for second all-time with Bob Bronzan (1950-56). Dudley S. DeGroot (1932-39) and Robert Titchenal (1957-64) both coached at SJSU for eight seasons.

NEXT GAME: The Spartans host Utah State for homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. (PT) and it can be seen on CBS Sports Network and heard on KTRB.

MEDIA AVAILABILITY:

• Tuesday: Practice 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• Brent Brennan Weekly Press Conference: 1 p.m. (SAC)
• Wednesday: Practice 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• Thursday: Practice 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• Friday: No media availability