SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State football (3-1, 1-0 Mountain West) hosts Nevada (2-3, 0-0 Mountain West) on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. presented by Donor Network West on TruTV/MAX and KTRB 860 AM.
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- The defending co-regular season Mountain West champions look for their fourth bowl game in the last five years and a third bowl game in a row.
- The Spartans are 9-2 in their last 11 games overall and have won seven straight conference games.
- The Spartans have won seven bowl games ever, new head coach Ken Niumatalolo has six bowl wins as a head coach.
- The Spartans had 11 first-time FBS starters in their game vs. Sac State (8/29/24), which was the fifth most in the country. The Spartans have started 16 first-time FBS starters through four games, the country's fifth-most.
- The Spartans have seven home games for the first time since 2006 and are 12-2 in their last 14 games at CEFCU Stadium and 18-5 at CEFCU Stadium since 2020.
- The Spartans had five takeaways against Sac State (8/29/24), which was the most takeaways for SJSU since having six against New Mexico on Oct. 4, 2019.
- SJSU has forced 12 turnovers this season, which is good for fifth in the nation. The Spartans' eight interceptions are good for sixth in the nation and second in the Mountain West.
- The Spartans' +2 turnover margin is good for third in the conference.
- This season, Nick Nash leads all FBS players outright in receptions (50), receptions per game (12.5) and receiving touchdowns (eight). Nash is the third FBS player since 1996 to have 50+ receptions and 8+ touchdown receptions through the team's first four games of the season (Texas Tech's Michael Crabtree in 2007 and Louisiana Tech's Troy Edwards in 1998).
- Nash is second in FBS in receiving yards per game (159.3) and fourth in the country with 637 receiving yards.
- Nash was named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (9/16/24) following his career-high17 receptions for a career-best 225 yards with three touchdown catches in the game. It was the second time in his career Nash has caught three touchdown passes in a game (8/26/23 at No. 6 USC).
- With double-digit receptions against Nevada, Nash would be the first Spartan with three consecutive games of double-digit receptions.
- Nash is tied for fifth in SJSU history with 17 receiving touchdowns and has only been a true wide receiver for 18 games.
- Nash broke the SJSU regular-season reception record of 15 against Kennesaw State with 17 receptions (9/14/24) set by Tuati Wooden (vs. Tulsa, 2003), Steven Pulley (vs. Stanford, 1999), and Guy Liggins (vs. Fresno State, 1986).
- Nash has 17 and 16 receptions (9/20/24 at WSU) in his last two games. The 17 receptions are the most for an FBS wide receiver in a single game since Nevada's Romeo Doubs had 19 receptions in 2021 against Fresno State.
- Pro Football Focus (PFF) has Nash ranked as the third-best wide receiver in the country with a grade of 90.1.
- Nash also threw his first touchdown pass since Oct. 30, 2021, and the 11th of his career when he found Jacob Stewart for a 26-yard score (8/29/24 vs. Sac State). Nash is the first non-quarterback to throw a touchdown pass for the Spartans since Tre Walker threw a 54-yard touchdown pass in 2017 against San Diego State.
- Nash is only the third FBS player in the last three years to throw a passing touchdown and have two receiving touchdowns in the same game (KJ Concepcion of NC State in 2023 and Xavier Worthy of Texas in 2022).
- Emmett Brown started for the first time in his SJSU career (Sac State 8/29/24) and threw for 298 yards which is the most since Clint Carlson in 2001, who threw for 366 yards against Texas-El Paso in his first SJSU start.
- Brown is at the top of the Mountain West, second in the country with 13 passing touchdowns, and tops in the MW, and 5th in the country with 1,290 passing yards. He also leads the conference with a 152.7 passing efficiency which is good for 47th in the nation.
- The Spartans are averaging 329 yards passing per game which is good for eighth in the country and first in the Mountain West. Only one game this year the Spartans haven't hit 324 or more yards passing.
- The Spartans' most passing yards in a game last year was 325.
- Jordan Pollard led the Spartans with a career-high 17 tackles against Air Force (9/7/24) on his way to winning his first Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week award (9/9/24).
- Pollard's 17 tackles in the game are the fifth most in a game this season.
- Pollard has 47 total tackles this season to lead the Mountain West and sixth in the country.
- Pollard has back-to-back-to-back games with double-digit tackles and also had his first career sack and interception against Kennesaw State (9/14/24).
- Pollard also had his first career carry at Wash. State (9/20/24) thanks to a fake punt as he ran nine yards for the first down.
- The Spartans have 31 tackles for loss which is good for second in the Mountain West and 12th in the nation.
- Kicker Kyler Halvorsen has made 55 extra points in a row which is an SJSU record.
- The Spartans recovered a successful onside kick at Washington State (9/20/24). Last season the Spartans recovered three onside kicks.
- SJSU's tight ends have combined for 21 catches, 232 yards and three touchdowns this season to lead the conference.
NEXT GAME: The Spartans head to Colorado State on Oct. 12th at 12:30 p.m. (PT) on TruTV/Max.
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: (Practices are closed to the public, media following practice)
- Tuesday: Practice 9:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- Ken Niumatalolo Weekly Press Conference: 1:00 p.m. (SAC)
- Wednesday: Practice 9:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- Thursday: Practice 9:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Friday: No media availability
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