San Jose State Spartans football
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| First season | 1893 | ||
| Head coach |
Brent Brennan 1st year, 0–0 (–) |
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| Stadium | CEFCU Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 30,456 | ||
| Field surface | Field turf | ||
| Location | San Jose, California | ||
| Conference | Mountain West | ||
| Division | West | ||
| All-time record | 480–483–37 (.499) | ||
| Bowl record | 7–3 (.700) | ||
| Conference titles | 16 | ||
| Colors | Blue, White, and Gold |
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| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Rivals | Fresno State Bulldogs | ||
| Website | www.sjsuspartans.com | ||
The San Jose State Spartans represent San José State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The Spartans play all home games in CEFCU Stadium, which offers a seating capacity of just over 30,000.
In Mike MacIntyre's third season as head coach, the 2012 San Jose State Spartans football team finished the season with an 11–2 win-loss record, a victory over Bowling Green in the 2012 Military Bowl, and its first post-season national ranking since 1990.
On July 1, 2013, SJSU left the Western Athletic Conference, the Spartans' conference home of 17 years, to begin competing in the Mountain West Conference.
SJSU first fielded a football team in 1893 and has won 16 conference championships dating back to 1932.
The first regular football seasons began in 1898 and mostly consisted of games against local high schools and some colleges and junior colleges.
During the 1930s and 1940s, the Spartan football program was considered a powerhouse, posting 12 consecutive winning seasons and earning eight conference championship titles over an 18-year span. The 1932 and 1939 teams went 7–0–2 and 13–0 respectively, the only undefeated seasons in school history.
Spartan Stadium was completed in 1933 with a capacity of 18,000. The Spartans won the first football game played in the stadium, 44–6, over San Francisco State on October 7, 1933. Two stadium expansions and renovations in the 1980s increased the seating capacity from 18,000 to 30,456.
The San Jose State Spartans football team served unexpectedly with the Honolulu Police Department during World War II. The team had just arrived in Hawaii to play a series of post-season bowl games against the University of Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors and the Willamette University Bearcats when the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. The team was stranded on the islands for a number of weeks following the attack, and players were employed by the local police department to help improve island defenses against a possible Japanese amphibious assault and as guards for military bases on the island.
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