2006 San Jose State Spartans football team

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2006 San Jose State Spartans football
San Jose State text logo 2006-2012.svg
New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl, W 20–12 vs. New Mexico
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record9–4 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Dave Fipp (2nd season)
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
Seasons
  2005
2007  
2006 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Boise State $  8 0   13 0  
Hawaii  7 1   11 3  
San Jose State  5 3   9 4  
Nevada  5 3   8 5  
Fresno State  4 4   4 8  
Idaho  3 5   4 8  
New Mexico State  2 6   4 8  
Louisiana Tech  1 7   3 10  
Utah State  1 7   1 11  
  • $ Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They participated as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They were coached by head coach Dick Tomey. The team clinched their first winning season since 2000 and their first bowl game since 1990.

Contents

Schedule

Source: [1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:30 pmat Washington *L 29–3552,256
September 93:00 pm Stanford * CSNW W 35–3429,321
September 233:00 pm Cal Poly *
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
WAC.tv W 17–715,684
September 303:00 pm San Diego State *
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
4SD [2] W 31–1014,361
October 143:00 pm Utah State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
WAC.tvW 21–1415,738
October 214:00 pmat Nevada ABC L 7–2319,636
October 283:00 pm Louisiana Tech
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
WAC.tvW 44–1012,897
November 45:00 pmat New Mexico State WAC.tvW 31–2115,308
November 113:00 pmNo. 13 Boise State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 20–2321,742
November 189:05 pmat Hawaii Oceanic PPV L 17–5433,622
November 252:00 pmat Idaho W 28–1310,435
December 21:00 pm Fresno State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA (rivalry)
CSNWW 24–1422,235
December 231:30 pmat New Mexico * ESPN W 20–1234,111
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

At Washington

1234Total
Spartans6361429
Huskies7147735

Stanford

1234Total
Cardinal13210034
Spartans71414035

Cal Poly

1234Total
Mustangs00077
Spartans0107017

San Diego State

1234Total
Aztecs0100010
Spartans7714331

Utah State

1234Total
Aggies770014
Spartans077721

At Nevada

1234Total
Spartans07007
Wolf Pack737623

Louisiana Tech

1234Total
Bulldogs037010
Spartans32071444

At New Mexico State

1234Total
Spartans8731331
Aggies1470021

No. 13 Boise State

1234Total
No. 13 Broncos0661123
Spartans076720

At Hawai'i

1234Total
Spartans0107017
Rainbow Warriors101027754

At Idaho

1234Total
Spartans7071428
Vandals0103013

Fresno State

1234Total
Bulldogs0140014
Spartans1470324

At New Mexico (New Mexico Bowl)

1234Total
Spartans0137020
Lobos030912

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at
San Jose State
Alma Mater
Dick Tomey Head coach2nd DePauw (1961)
Keith Burns Defensive coordinator3rd Arkansas (1982)
Brent Brennan Wide receivers/Recruiting coordinator2nd UCLA (1996)
Ken Margerum Co-offensive coordinator/Running backs2nd Stanford (1981)

Awards

References

  1. "2006 San Jose State Football: San Jose State Game Results (as of Jan 19, 2007)". January 19, 2007. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  2. "Football goes for three straight vs. San Diego State". SJSUSpartans.com. San Jose State University. September 24, 2006. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2019.