1928 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1928 San Jose State Spartans football
CCC co-champion
CCC Championship Game, T 21–21 vs. San Mateo Junior College
Conference California Coast Conference
Record6–2–1 (6–2 CCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Field
Seasons
  1927
1929  
1928 California Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
San Mateo + 7 0 0 ?  ?  ?
San Jose State + 6 2 06 2 1
Modesto 5 2 15 3 1
Sacramento 3 2 0 ?  ?  ?
Cal Poly 1 2 13 4 2
Santa Barbara State 1 2 04 5 0
Chico State 1 4 02 6 0
Santa Rosa 2 5 0 ?  ?  ?
Marin 0 4 0 ?  ?  ?
Championship: San Jose State 21, San Mateo 21
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1928 San Jose State Spartans football team represented State Teachers College at San Jose [note 1] during the 1928 college football season.

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San Jose State competed in the last year of the California Coast Conference (CCC). They had been a member since 1922, and would move to the Far Western Conference (FWC) in 1929. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Ernesto R. Knollin, and they played home games at Spartan Field in San Jose, California. The team finished the season with a record of six wins, two losses and one tie (6–2–1, 6–2 CCC). The Spartans outscored their opponents 123–64 for the season.

The CCC championship game was a rematch of the Spartans earlier loss vs. San Mateo Junior College. In the rematch, San Jose State tied San Mateo 21–21.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6 [note 2] Sacramento
W 6–0 [1]
October 13 San Mateo
L 14–24
October 20at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA W 6–0
October 27 Chico State
  • Spartan Field
  • San Jose, CA
W 6–0 [2]
November 3 Marin
  • Spartan Field
  • San Jose, CA
W 26–0
November 17 Santa Barbara State
  • Spartan Field
  • San Jose, CA
W 6–0 [3]
November 23at Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, CA W 32–6
November 29 Modesto
  • Spartan Field
  • San Jose, CA
L 6–13
December 12San Mateo*
  • Spartan Field
  • San Jose, CA (CCC Championship Game)
T 21–21 [4]
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes

  1. San Jose State University was known as State Teachers College at San Jose from 1921 to 1934.
  2. This game is missing from the 2016 San Jose State Media Guide.

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References

  1. "San Jose Defeats Sacramento, 6 to 0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 7, 1928. p. I.a-4. Retrieved April 11, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "Football Results". Modesto News-Herald. Modesto, California. October 29, 1928. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "San Jose Whips Santa Barbara by 6-0 Score". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. November 18, 1928. p. I.a-5. Retrieved April 11, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "San Mateo Will Play San Jose in Title Game". Modesto News-Herald. Modesto, California. December 5, 1928. p. 19. Retrieved April 10, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide" . Retrieved December 16, 2016.