San Jose State Spartans NCAA Football News

San Jose State offensive lineman Steve Lightsy was so caught up in the Spartans' win over Hawaii on Saturday that he wasn't able to put it into words as he sat in the visiting locker room.

The Spearfish football team gave No. 2-ranked Sioux Falls O'Gorman everything it wanted for the first half on Friday.

So far through five games, the San Jose State Spartans have proven to possess a solid defense, a big reason the team is off to a 3-2 start to the season.

A year ago, sophomore Jeremiah Masoli played his home games at Rams Stadium for City College of San Francisco.

The San Jose State Spartans' ol' ball coach returned to a place where he once made fans very happy, and had them leaving heartbroken.

Hawaii has started three different quarterbacks in its first three games, with no one completing all four quarters.

Jared Strubeck kicked a 47-yard game-winning field goal with 1:49 left in the game and the San Jose State defense forced five second-half turnovers to rally the Spartans to a 20-17 victory over Hawaii on ...

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The Roosevelt Rough Riders shook off homecoming-week rust to cruise past Spearfish, 45-0, Friday night at warm and breezy Howard Wood Field.

The Spartans had no timeouts left, and, with the new 40-second play clock, the Cardinal could have kneeled down twice and walked away.

I usually begin each column reviewing a huge upset or the key matchup from the previous week, but this time, the opening story involves the highs and lows of college football wagering.

It was close and low-scoring if not high-caliber football. But say this for Stanford and San Jose State: At least they didn't make the crowd sit there all night.

If either Spearfish or Douglas are to have any success during the second half of the season, today's game could be the springboard that propels them.

With quarterback Kyle Reed in charge, San Jose State's no-huddle spread offense can be confounding for any defense.

Spearfish took advantage of Douglas miscues, including six turnovers and a pair of muffed punts, to blank the Patriots, 41-0, in high school football Friday night.

The 2008 Bill Walsh Legacy Game, set for Saturday at Stanford Stadium, features a twist on the position closest to Walsh's heart.

"He had this amazing swagger to him," Rutley said. Reed recalls the Silver Bowl game against Yonus Davis two years earlier, when Reed was a sophomore, and Davis was a senior at Oakland's Skyline High School.

The San Jose State Spartans were looking for some consistency on offense this season and it looks like the unit is starting to play better.

A night game, a big crowd and a playoff atmosphere was found at Monument Mountain last night.

The Spartans' 35-10 victory over San Diego State on Saturday produced a memorable box score, with numbers by Kyle Reed, Yonus Davis and the defense that surely will impress next week's opponent, Stanford.