San Jose State's Mata Hola (94) and San Jose State's Quincy Likio (91) watch Idaho in the fourth quarter at CEFCU Stadium in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
NEW MEXICO AT SAN JOSE STATE
Records: San Jose State 1-3, 0-0 MW; New Mexico 3-1, 0-0 MW
Tonight’s kickoff: 7 p.m.
TV: FS1
Radio: 860 AM KTRB
Series History: SJSU leads series 15-5-1. At home the Spartans are 8-2-1 against the Lobos
SJSU Storylines: The Spartans are still searching for their first win against an FBS team in 2025 as their only win of the season so far came against the FCS school Idaho. … Kicker Mathias Brown takes over field goal duties from Denis Lynch, who missed six of his first 10 attempts. Brown, in his second season, has never attempted a field goal in his collegiate career. … Running back Jabari Bates has been ruled out for the season after suffering a lower body injury against Stanford. Bates was the Spartans leading rusher against Texas (44 yards) and against Idaho (131 yards). … Spartans starting safety Jalen Apalit-Williams is ruled out for the game against New Mexico with an injury according to the official Mountain West injury report.
New Mexico Storylines: After being picked to finish eleventh in the Mountain West in the preseason media poll, New Mexico has gotten off to a 3-1 start under head coach Jason Eck in his first year with the program. His previous head coaching gig was at Idaho from 2022-24. … New Mexico’s only loss of the season is to then ranked No.14 Michigan. … Lobos quarterback Jack Layne played under Eck the previous three seasons at Idaho. … New Mexico has not defeated SJSU since 2016 and has not defeated SJSU at its home stadium since 1969.
Stats That Matter: SJSU wide receiver Danny Scudero is leading FBS in receiving yards per game with 128.5. … SJSU put up 524 total yards of offense against Stanford, which is the most yards SJSU has put up in a game since Oct. 14, 2023 where SJSU had 531 yards of offense against New Mexico. … SJSU’s 296.8 passing yards per game is the 2nd most in the Mountain West . … SJSU quarterback Walker Eget is coming off a career high 473 passing yards. … Despite this SJSU’s scoring offense is 9th in the conference (20.3 points per game). … New Mexico has 11 sacks on the season which is the 2nd most in the Mountain West conference. … Layne has thrown six touchdowns and no interceptions in his last three starts. … All three of his interceptions this year came in week one against Michigan.
— AARON JOHNSON
Originally published at Aaron Johnson