SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State football (0-0, 0-0 Mountain West) hosts Central Michigan (0-0, 0-0 MAC) to open the 2025 season on Friday at 7:30 p.m. on FS1 and KTRB 860 AM.
San José State University Athletics has officially transitioned to a cashless-only payment system for all ticketing purchases at all Spartan athletic venues. Fans will be able to use all major debit or credit cards for purchases at the Ticket Office. Those wanting to secure tickets in advance can do so via sjsuspartans.com and the official San Jose State Athletics app.
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- The Spartans are wearing an "89" decal on their helmets this season in remembrance of SJSU great Chandler Jones, who passed away in June at the age of 33. Jones is the SJSU career leader in receiving touchdowns (29), receptions (248), and second in career receiving yards with 3,087.
- The Spartans have been to three bowl games in a row and four bowl games in the last five years for the first time as they open the 2025 campaign.
- SJSU has won five straight home openers that start the season.
- In 2025, the Spartans have nine transfers who come from "power four" schools (Arizona, USC (2), UCLA, Cal, Washington, Purdue, Utah, and Boston College.
- SJSU has forced one turnover in 13 consecutive games, and according to Stats Perform, they are tied for the sixth-longest active streak in FBS and longest in the MW.
- Eleven of the Spartans' 12 regular-season games will be nationally televised for the second season in a row.
- Since 2020, the Spartans have 33 wins, including 23 conference wins, four bowl appearances, and one Mountain West Championship.
- The Spartans are 13-7 in their last 20 games overall and are 9-4 in their last 13 conference games.
- This five-year stretch is the best in SJSU football history, and only three other schools in the MW have had more wins in the last five seasons (BSU 42, FS 38, AF 37).
- SJSU, Boise State, and Fresno State are the only MW schools that have been to four bowl games in the last five seasons, and all three have at least one MW Championship.
- The Spartans return 13 bowl game starters, which is the 14th most in college football and the second most in the Mountain West. Michigan and Illinois have 18 returning to lead college football. SJSU has 27 who started at least one game last year returning overall.
- SJSU returns 66 from last year's team, lost 34, and gained 37 new players for a total of 103.
- The Spartans had the best passing offense in the MW and were fifth in the country in 2024, averaging 321.8 yards per pass.
- The Spartans threw for 31 passing touchdowns in 2024, which was good for tops in the MW and 10th in the country. The 31 passing touchdowns were the most for SJSU since they had 34 in 2013.
- The Spartans only let up 12 sacks in 2024, which was third best in the MW and had the second-lowest quarterback sacked percentage in the country at 1.71%, and the third-lowest sacks per game in the country at 0.8.
- This marks the fifth straight season the Spartans have hosted a Friday night contest at CEFCU Stadium. Notably, the CMU game will be the program’s first Friday season opener since 2012 at Stanford, and the first Friday season home opener since 1960 against BYU.
- Head football coach Ken Niumatalolo is 8-8 in season openers as a head coach (1-0 at SJSU).
NEXT GAME: The Spartans head to No. 1 Texas on Sept. 6 at 9:00 a.m. (PT) on ABC or ESPN
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