STANFORD, Calif. – Walker Eget completed 36-of-58 passes for a career-high 473 yards and three touchdowns and three Spartan wide receivers, Leland Smith, Danny Scudero and Kyri Shoels, surpassed 100 receiving yards, to lead the San José State football team (1-3, 0-0 MW) in a 30-29 loss to Stanford (2-3, 1-1 ACC) in the Bill Walsh Legacy Game Saturday afternoon from Stanford Stadium.
San José State built a 20–14 halftime advantage, highlighted by Eget’s touchdown strikes to Scudero and Shoels, and extended the lead to 26–14 early in the fourth quarter after Scudero’s second touchdown grab. Kicker Denis Lynch added three field goals, including a 31-yarder that gave SJSU a 29–21 edge with under eight minutes to play. Lynch, though, missed two field goals from 28 and 29 yards out in the contest.
Stanford rallied late. A 36-yard field goal cut the deficit to five, and with less than a minute remaining, the Cardinal took the lead with a one-yard rushing touchdown to secure the win.
Defensively, San José State recorded four sacks and six tackles for loss. Jaylen Thomas led the Spartans with nine tackles and three pass breakups.
The Spartans outgained Stanford in total offense (524–481) and controlled the ball for over 30 minutes.
- In addition to his 473 passing yards, Eget’s 36 completions were also a career-high.
- The 36 completions were the most for a Spartan quarterback since Nov. 29, 2013, against No. 16 Fresno State, when David Fales had 38 completions.
- The last time the Spartans threw for 473 yards was on Nov. 29, 2013, when David Fales threw for a school record 547 yards against No. 16 Fresno State.
- Eget’s 473 yards in a game is the seventh most all-time in SJSU history and the most by any quarterback in an FBS football game this season.
- Eget also ran for a career-high 19 yards.
- The last time the Spartans had three receivers over 100 yards was when Chandler Jones (eight receptions for 146 yards and three touchdowns), Tyler Winston (10 receptions for 164 yards and one touchdown) and Kyle Nunn (10 receptions for 160 yards and two touchdowns) all went over 100 when the Spartans beat No. 16 Fresno State, 62-52, on Nov. 29, 2013.
- Scudero finished with 11 receptions for 135 yards and two touchdowns. His 11 receptions and two touchdowns both set career-highs.
- Shoels tallied a career-high 10 receptions and 147 yards in the game.
- Shoels also scored his second career touchdown on a 29-yard strike in the second quarter and set a new career-long reception on the same play.
- Smith’s six receptions for 101 yards were also both career-highs.
- Jackson Canaan’s 44-yard reception in the first quarter was a season-long. Canaan finished with five receptions for 79 yards.
- Taniela Latu finished with a forced fumble, a sack, 1.5 tackles for a loss, and five total tackles.
- Jaylen Thomas finished the game with a career-high nine tackles and three pass breakups. He also notched his first career tackle for loss.
- The Spartans finished with four sacks in the game, a season-high.
- The four sacks were the most for the Spartans since Nov. 11, 2023, against No. 25 Fresno State, when the Spartans had five sacks.
- Gafa Faga recovered the first fumble of his career and also notched his first sack of the season.
- Quincy Likio and Jordan Pollard each recorded their first 0.5 sack of the season.
- Noa Siaosi and Solomone Langi each tallied their first career 0.5 sack.
- The Spartans have recorded a takeaway in 16 of 17 games under head coach Ken Niumatalolo.
- This game marked the first time this season the Spartans forced a takeaway before turning it over this season.
- Lynch made three field goals, marking his first multi-field goal game as a Spartan.
- The Spartans averaged 7.3 yards per play.
UP NEXT: The Spartans will open Mountain West conference play against New Mexico on Friday, October 3, at 7:00 p.m. from CEFCU Stadium presented by El Camino Health. The game can be watched on FS1, and tickets can be purchased here.
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