2007 San Jose State Spartans football team

2007 San Jose State Spartans football

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2007 record	5–7 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	Dick Tomey
Offensive coordinator	Marcus Arroyo, Steve Morton
Offensive scheme	Pro-Style
Defensive coordinator	Dave Fipp, Keith Burns
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 30,456)

2007 WAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#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

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 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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	at Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		L 3–45	54,405
September 8	4:05 pm	at Kansas State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS		L 14–34	45,545
September 15	7:00 pm	at Stanford*	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)	FSNBA	L 0–37	36,144
September 22	5:00 pm	at Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, UT	ESPN+	W 23–20	13,685
September 29	1:00 pm	UC Davis*	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA	FSNBA	W 34–14	17,431
October 6	1:00 pm	Idaho	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA		W 28–20	16,289
October 12	5:00 pm	#16 Hawaii	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA	ESPN	L 35–42 ^OT	20,473
October 20	2:00 pm	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Rivalry)	KFRE	L 0–30	35,494
November 3	12:00 pm	at #21 Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID	KTVB	L 7–42	30,416
November 10	1:00 pm	New Mexico State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA	ESPN+	W 51–17	10,452
November 17	4:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA		L 23–27	13,027
November 24	1:00 pm	Nevada	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA	ESPN	W 27–24	12,678
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game notes

Arizona State Sun Devils

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

Kansas State Wildcats

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

Stanford Cardinal

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

Utah State

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

UC Davis

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

Idaho

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

Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
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.

Fresno

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

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	7	0	0	7
Broncos	0	21	14	7	42

New Mexico State

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

Louisiana Tech

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

Nevada

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

Players

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

Coaching staff

Dick Tomey - Head Coach
Marcus Arroyo- Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Steve Morton - Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Dave Fipp - Defensive Coordinator
Brent Brennan - Tight Ends
Ken Margerum - Wide Receivers
Keith Burns- Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams/Cornerbacks
Gary Emanuel - Defensive Line
Jeff Hammerschmidt - Linebackers
Charles Nash – Running Backs
Kinji Green - Graduate Assistant
Jeff Gordon - Graduate Assistant

References

2007 media guide
- Coaching staff at SJSU
- 2007 Depth Chart at Scout.com

Notes

San Jose State Spartans football

Venues	Spartan Stadium (1933–present)

Bowl games & rivalries	Bowl games Fresno State (Valley Cup) San Diego State (El Camino Real Rivalry) Stanford (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)

Culture & lore	Sammy Spartan San Jose State Spartan Marching Band Read-2-Lead Classic

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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