2007 San Jose State Spartans football team

2007 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record5–7 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorMarcus Arroyo (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorSteve Morton (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorDave Fipp (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 19 Hawaii $   8 0     12 1  
Boise State   7 1     10 3  
Fresno State   6 2     9 4  
Nevada   4 4     6 7  
Louisiana Tech   4 4     5 7  
San Jose State   4 4     5 7  
Utah State   2 6     2 10  
New Mexico State   1 7     4 9  
Idaho   0 8     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season was the Spartans' third season with Dick Tomey as head coach.

Preseason

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At the end of the 2007 season, former assistant coach Marcus Arroyo, who was named co-offensive coordinator with Steve Morton in 2006, had to let Morton be in charge of the offense in cooperation.

In addition, at the end of the 2006 season, the Spartans had lost 17 lettermen, 9 from offense, and 8 from defense [1] San Jose State wide receivers James Jones and John Broussard entered the 2007 NFL draft at the end of the 2006 season. James Jones was picked early in the third round for the Green Bay Packers, and Broussard was picked in the seventh round for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Spartans opened spring drills in early March and the annual spring game took place on mid-April.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pmat Arizona State*L 3–4554,405
September 84:05 pmat Kansas State*L 14–3445,545
September 157:00 pmat Stanford*FSNBAL 0–3736,144
September 225:00 pmat Utah StateESPN+W 23–2013,685
September 291:00 pmUC Davis*FSNBAW 34–1417,431
October 61:00 pmIdaho
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 28–2016,289
October 125:00 pmNo. 16 Hawaii
ESPNL 35–42 OT20,473
October 202:00 pmat Fresno StateKFREL 0–3035,494
November 312:00 pmat No. 21 Boise StateKTVBL 7–4230,416
November 101:00 pmNew Mexico State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
ESPN+W 51–1710,452
November 174:00 pmat Louisiana TechL 23–2713,027
November 241:00 pmNevada
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 27–2412,678

Game summaries

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At Arizona State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 3 0 0 0 3
Sun Devils 10 21 7 7 45

At Kansas State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 7 0 7 14
Wildcats 10 7 0 17 34

At Stanford

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 0 0 0 0
Cardinal 3 6 7 21 37

At Utah State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 6 10 0 7 23
Aggies 0 13 0 7 20

UC Davis

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1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 0 0 7 14
Spartans 14 0 7 13 34

Idaho

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 3 3 0 14 20
Spartans 7 14 0 7 28

No. 16 Hawaii

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Warriors 7 7 7 14 42
Spartans 0 7 21 7 35

The Spartans held Hawaii to their closest game on October 12, 2007. In the rain-drenched Spartan Stadium, the Warriors and the Spartans clashed in front of 20,437 fans. The Spartans got off to a rocky start, letting Hawaii 's Kealoha Pilares score on a 6-yard run. The Hawaii offense also took advantage of another scoring opportunity in the second quarter, with Ryan Grice-Mullins' 16-yard reception touchdown from Colt Brennan. The Spartans rebounded, with Dwight Lowery returning a Will Johnson kick for 84 yards. That ended the scoring for the first half at 7–14. The Spartans gained enormous momentum in the third quarter. First, by having Lowery once again score, on a 24-yard interception run. Soon thereafter, Kevin Jurovich took advantage of a 16-yard pass from Adam Tafralis. The duo would be effective again, by scoring on a 68-yard pass from Tafralis on a drive that would only take four plays. Hawaii got their only touchdown that quarter CJ Hawthorne's 34-yard reception touchdown from Brennan. The Spartans started strong in the fourth quarter, by scoring on an 8-yard run by James T. Callier. Hawaii took advantage and scored on a Davone Bess 11-yard run from Brennan. Brennan scored the last touchdown in the fourth quarter making the score 35–35, and leading the game into overtime. The Warriors scored the first touchdown by a 9-yard pass from Brennan to Jason Rivers, ending the heart-pounding game at a score of 42–35. For the second straight season, San Jose State had a crushing home loss to a BCS hopeful. The Spartans lost a late eight-point lead against Boise State last year before falling 23–20 on a last-second field goal. "It was disappointing to lose to Boise State and this was even more disappointing," coach Dick Tomey said. But Tomey reassured the positives of the loss, "We played our butts off and that's good for us." Tafralis finished 27-for-47 for 302 yards and three interceptions. Jurovich had seven catches for 117 yards.

At Fresno State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 0 0 0 0
Bulldogs 3 3 21 3 30

At No. 21 Boise State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 7 0 0 7
No. 21 Broncos 0 21 14 7 42

New Mexico State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 3 7 0 7 17
Spartans 10 20 7 14 51

At Louisiana Tech

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 6 0 17 0 23
Bulldogs 21 3 0 3 27

Nevada

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack 7 17 0 0 24
Spartans 7 3 7 10 27

Personnel

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Coaching staff

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Name Position Seasons at
San Jose State
Alma Mater
Dick Tomey Head coach 3rd DePauw (1961)
Keith Burns Associate head coach/cornerbacks coach/special teams coordinator 4th Arkansas (1982)
Brent Brennan Tight ends and recruiting coordinator 3rd UCLA (1996)
Ken Margerum Wide receivers 3rd Stanford (1981)
Gary Emanuel Defensive line 1st Plymouth State (1982)
Dave Fipp Defensive coordinator 3rd Arizona (1997)
Steve Morton Co-offensive coordinator/offensive line 3rd Washington State (1977)
Jeff Hammerschmidt Linebackers 1st Arizona (1991)
Charles Nash Running backs 7th Arizona (1977)
Kinji Green Graduate/football operations assistant 2nd San Jose State (2005)
Jeff Gordon Graduate assistant 2nd San Jose State (2005)
Source:[1]

Roster

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Depth chart

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Defensive starters
FS
Andrew Ryan
Dimitrious Chattman
WLB MLB SLB
Ryno Gonzales Demetrious Jones Matt Castelo
Chris Reese Braden Stoaraasli Travis Jones
Brian Elledge Jason Swisher
SS
Dominique Hunsucker
Pompey Festejo
CB
Chris Owens
Devin Newsome
DE DT DT DE
Carl Ihenacho Jerome Pulu Adonis Davis Jarron Gilbert
David Lomu Kalvin Cressel Justin Willis Justin Cole
CB
Dwight Lowery
David Bowen
Offensive starters
WR
Michael Hooper
Jacob French
LT LG C RG RT
Jibri Sharp Ronnie Castillo Justin Paysinger John Booker Bradis Mcgriff
Brian Ybarra Isaac Leatiota Ryan Simone David Giesen Joseph Zusin
TE
Jeff Clark
Julian Harris
WR
Jalal Beauchman
Kevin Jurovich
QB
Adam Tafralis
Sean Flynn
FB
James T. Callier
Mohamed Marah
RB
Yonus Davis
Patrick Perry
Cameron Island
Special teams
P and PK
Waylon Prather
Jared Strubeck
LS
Grant Izokovic

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References

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  1. ^ "SJSU Athletics - Official Athletics Website". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
  2. ^ 2007 Depth Chart at Scout.com