The 2015 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans were led by third-year head coach Ron Caragher and played their home games at Spartan Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. Though they finished 5–7 on the regular season, they qualified for a bowl berth due to having the third highest eligible Academic Progress Rate (APR), after only 77 of the 80 bids for a bowl were filled. This was San Jose's first bowl berth since 2012. The Spartans defeated Georgia State 27–16 to win the inaugural Cure Bowl.
Personnel
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 3 |
7:00 PM |
#9 (FCS) New Hampshire* |
Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA |
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W 43–13 |
15,198 |
September 12 |
7:15 PM |
at Air Force |
Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO |
ESPNU |
L 16–37 |
22,389 |
September 19 |
5:00 PM |
at Oregon State* |
Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR |
P12N |
L 21–35 |
34,573 |
September 26 |
7:30 PM |
Fresno State |
Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA (Valley Trophy) |
CBSSN |
W 49–23 |
17,264 |
October 3 |
1:00 PM |
at Auburn* |
Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL |
SECN |
L 21–35 |
87,451 |
October 10 |
6:00 PM |
at UNLV |
Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV |
MWN |
W 33–27 OT |
19,190 |
October 17 |
7:30 PM |
San Diego State |
Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA |
ESPNU |
L 7–30 |
16,339 |
October 24 |
4:00 PM |
New Mexico |
Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA |
ROOT |
W 31–21 |
11,646 |
November 6 |
8:30 PM |
BYU* |
Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA |
CBSSN |
L 16–17 |
15,652 |
November 14 |
1:00 PM |
at Nevada |
Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV |
MWN |
L 34–37 OT |
17,215 |
November 21 |
8:00 PM |
at Hawaii |
Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI |
Oc 16 |
W 42–23 |
20,320 |
November 27 |
12:30 PM |
Boise State |
Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA |
CBSSN |
L 23–40 |
15,770 |
December 19 |
4:00 PM |
vs. Georgia State* |
Orlando Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Cure Bowl) |
CBSSN |
W 27–16 |
18,536 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time. |
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Game notes
New Hampshire
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Wildcats |
0 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
13 |
Spartans |
20 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
43 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at Air Force
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spartans |
7 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
16 |
Falcons |
7 |
7 |
3 |
20 |
37 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1–1 |
1997 |
SJSU, 25–22 |
at Oregon State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spartans |
7 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
Beavers |
7 |
7 |
21 |
0 |
35 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–3 |
1997 |
OSU, 26–12 |
Fresno State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs |
0 |
10 |
13 |
0 |
23 |
Spartans |
14 |
7 |
14 |
14 |
49 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
35–40–3 |
2014 |
FRES, 38–24 |
at Auburn
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spartans |
7 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
Tigers |
14 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
35 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–1 |
2014 |
AUB, 59–14 |
at UNLV
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
OT |
Total |
Spartans |
0 |
17 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
33 |
Rebels |
7 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
27 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
13–5–1 |
2014 |
SJSU, 33–10 |
San Diego State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Aztecs |
7 |
10 |
13 |
0 |
30 |
Spartans |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
19–17–2 |
2014 |
SDSU, 38–7 |
New Mexico
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Lobos |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
Spartans |
7 |
14 |
7 |
3 |
31 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
11–4–1 |
2006 |
SJSU, 20–12 |
BYU
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Cougars |
7 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
Spartans |
3 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
16 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
10–6 |
2012 |
SJSU, 20–14 |
at Nevada
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
OT |
Total |
Spartans |
0 |
14 |
7 |
10 |
3 |
34 |
Wolf Pack |
7 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
6 |
37 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
8–18–2 |
2012 |
NEV, 21–10 |
at Hawaii
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spartans |
21 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
42 |
Rainbow Warriors |
0 |
0 |
14 |
9 |
23 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
18–18–1 |
2014 |
HAW, 13–0 |
Boise State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Broncos |
0 |
9 |
7 |
24 |
40 |
Spartans |
3 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
23 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–11 |
2010 |
BSU, 48–0 |
Georgia State–Cure Bowl
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spartans |
0 |
10 |
3 |
14 |
27 |
Panthers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
9 |
16 |
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Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
References
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Bowl games & rivalries |
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Culture & lore |
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People |
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