SAN JOSE, Calif. - Walker Eget threw his first career touchdown in his first career start, and Nick Nash had a touchdown reception for the seventh consecutive game to lead San José State football (5-2, 3-1 MW) in a 24-14 win against Wyoming (1-6, 1-2 MW ) on homecoming presented by El Camino Health from CEFCU Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
- Eget went 20-for-38 with 318 passing yards and one touchdown pass in his first career start.
- Eget’s touchdown pass is the first of his career.
- Eget’s 318 passing yards set a new career high for the redshirt junior.
- Eget’s 57-yard completion to Justin Lockhart in the third quarter is a career-long for Eget and a season-long for Lockhart.
- Eget’s 32-yard scramble early in the second quarter is the longest of his career.
- Nash finished with 10 receptions for 98 yards and one touchdown catch in this game.
- Nash has a receiving touchdown in seven consecutive games so far this season, an SJSU record.
- Nash’s 10 receptions make this his fourth game this season with 10 or more receptions, which ties the SJSU record set by Evan Jurovich in 2007.
- Nash is alone for second in SJSU history with 20 receiving touchdowns. He is now nine touchdowns away from a tie for first.
- Nash’s touchdown reception adds to his Mountain West-leading total of 11.
- Nash is four touchdown receptions away from Chandler Jones’ SJSU record for touchdown receptions in a season and nine away from Chandler Jones’s record for most career touchdown receptions.
- Nash is now 19 receptions away from the SJSU record for receptions in a single season.
- Floyd Chalk IV led the Spartans in rushing in this game with 12 rushes for 91 yards and one rushing touchdown.
- Chalk IV's 39-yard touchdown rush opened the scoring for the Spartans.
- Chalk IV now has eight rushing touchdowns on the season, just one off of his career high in a season, which is nine.
- Jabari Bates had three rushes for 36 yards, including a 19-yard touchdown rush in the fourth quarter, his first rushing touchdown of the season and the first of his career.
- John Ward led the Spartan defense with eight total tackles, including one solo tackle, two tackles for loss, and one sack.
- Ward's sack in the second quarter was the second of his career and the second sack in back-to-back games.
- Noah McNeal-Franklin led the defense along with Ward, tallying eight total tackles, including two solo tackles and one tackle for loss.
- Amir Wallace’s interception in the fourth quarter is his first at SJSU and fifth of his career.
- Robert Rahimi's interception in the fourth quarter is his team-leading third of the season and ninth of his career.
- Jalen Apalit-Williams's interception at the end of the fourth quarter to seal this game is his first of the season and first of his career.
- Soane Toia had a sack in the fourth quarter, his second of the season.
- Toia’s sack now gives him nine and a half for his career.
- Kyler Halvorsen’s 3-for-3 afternoon now gives him 66 consecutive extra points made.
- The Spartans' 499 yards of total offense and 177 rushing yards are both season-highs.
- The Spartans gave up a season-low 56 rushing yards on 38 attempts, averaging 1.5 yards per rush.
- The Spartans' three interceptions in this game are the most in a single game since they had four against New Mexico in 2019.
UP NEXT: The Spartans will travel to take on Fresno State on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Valley Children's Stadium in Fresno, Calif. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. and it can be watched on TruTV/MAX and heard on 860 AM.
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