FRESNO, Calif. - Nick Nash grabbed a touchdown reception for the eighth consecutive game this season to lead San José State football (5-3, 3-2 MW) in a 33-10 loss against Fresno State (5-3, 3-1 MW) in the Battle for the Valley from Valley Children’s Health Stadium on Saturday night.
- Nash finished with eight receptions for 91 yards with one touchdown catch.
- Nash now has a receiving touchdown in eight consecutive games so far this season, an SJSU record.
- Nash is alone in second in SJSU history with 21 receiving touchdowns. He is eight touchdowns away from a tie for first.
- Nash’s touchdown reception adds to his Mountain West-leading total of 12.
- Nash is three touchdown receptions away from Chandler Jones’ SJSU record for touchdown receptions in a season and eight away from Chandler Jones’s record for most career touchdown receptions.
- Nash is nine receptions away from the SJSU record for receptions in a single season.
- Walker Eget went 14-for-31 with 202 passing yards and one touchdown pass in his second career start.
- Eget’s touchdown pass is the second of his career and the longest when he found Nash.
- Floyd Chalk IV led the Spartans in rushing with 10 rushes for 89 yards.
- Chalk IV's 10 rushes is his fifth consecutive game with 10 or more carries.
- Xavier Ward made his career debut at quarterback going 1-for-3 with 16 yards passing.
- Taniela Latu led the Spartan defense with nine total tackles, including six solo tackles, two tackles for loss, and one sack.
- Latu’s sack is his first of the season and first of his career.
- Ethan Powell had a sack in this game, the first of his career
- Powell would finish with four total tackles with three solo tackles, one tackle for loss, and a sack.
- Robert Rahimi had an interception, his fourth of the season and 10th of his career.
- Rahimi would finish with five total tackles, including two solo tackles.
- Kyler Halvorsen’s 1-for-1 night now gives him 67 consecutive extra points made.
- The Spartans have had over 300 yards of total offense in all eight games so far this season.
UP NEXT: The Spartans will return home to rest with a bye week before they head back out on the road to take on Oregon State on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Reser Stadium from Corvallis, Ore. Kickoff is scheduled for either 12:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. (PT), and it can be watched on The CW and heard on 860 AM.
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