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As of July 2023, 143 San Jose State players have gone on to play in the NFL, [21] and eight former Spartans are actively playing in the NFL. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The 143 players include 125 draftees, six NFL Pro Bowl selections, six first-round draft picks, two MVP award winners, and one NFL Rookie of the Year.
The San Jose State Spartans football team represents San José State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football as a member of the Mountain West Conference.Since its first regular season in 1898, the team has produced over 90 All-America team members, won 18 conference championships, and sent 139 players to the NFL, including Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Bill Walsh and Dick ...
^A San Jose State forfeited 3 wins and 1 tie, including two PCAA conference wins, for using an ineligible player. This made San Jose State's adjusted record for 1979 3–8 overall (2–2 PCAA). [1] [2] [3] ^B The PCAA adjusted San Jose State's 1984 record to 7–4 overall (6–1 PCAA) after UNLV forfeited all 11 of its wins for 1984. [3] [4]
The Provident Credit Union Event Center, formerly and more commonly known as the Event Center Arena, [1] is a complex consisting of an indoor arena and a fitness club on the main campus of San José State University in downtown San Jose, California. The Event Center was built in 1989 for the purpose of supporting and providing entertainment as ...
San Jose was ranked at No. 74 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. [ 1 ] Famed football coach Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner was an advisory coach for the Spartans in 1939 and 1940, helping the team to a 24–1 record over the two seasons.
From 1976 to 1979, the Spartans played their home games at Independence High School, as the Civic Auditorium was being remodeled. [6] The team resumed play at the Civic beginning in the 1979–80 season. [7] In 1989, the on-campus Provident Credit Union Event Center became the primary home for San Jose State basketball. [5] [8]
Since the establishment of the team in 1898, San Jose State has appeared in 14 bowl games, [1] including four appearances in the California Bowl. [1] Their latest bowl appearance was the 2024 Hawaii Bowl, where San Jose State lost to the South Florida Bulls, 39–41 in five overtime periods, to give the Spartans an overall bowl record of 7–7.