American college football season
The 2006 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They participated as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They were coached by head coach Dick Tomey. The team clinched their first winning season since 2000 and their first bowl game since 1990.
Schedule
Source:[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 12:30 pm | at Washington* | | | L 29–35 | 52,256 |
September 9 | 3:00 pm | Stanford* | | CSNW | W 35–34 | 29,321 |
September 23 | 3:00 pm | Cal Poly* | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA
| WAC.tv | W 17–7 | 15,684 |
September 30 | 3:00 pm | San Diego State* | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA
| 4SD[2] | W 31–10 | 14,361 |
October 14 | 3:00 pm | Utah State | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA
| WAC.tv | W 21–14 | 15,738 |
October 21 | 4:00 pm | at Nevada | | ABC | L 7–23 | 19,636 |
October 28 | 3:00 pm | Louisiana Tech | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA
| WAC.tv | W 44–10 | 12,897 |
November 4 | 5:00 pm | at New Mexico State | | WAC.tv | W 31–21 | 15,308 |
November 11 | 3:00 pm | No. 13 Boise State | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA
| | L 20–23 | 21,742 |
November 18 | 9:05 pm | at Hawaii | | Oceanic PPV | L 17–54 | 33,622 |
November 25 | 2:00 pm | at Idaho | | | W 28–13 | 10,435 |
December 2 | 1:00 pm | Fresno State | - Spartan Stadium
- San Jose, CA (rivalry)
| CSNW | W 24–14 | 22,235 |
December 23 | 1:30 pm | at New Mexico* | | ESPN | W 20–12 | 34,111 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries
At Washington
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spartans
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
14 |
29 |
Huskies
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
Stanford
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cardinal
|
13
|
21
|
0
|
0 |
34 |
Spartans
|
7
|
14
|
14
|
0 |
35 |
Cal Poly
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mustangs
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
Spartans
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
San Diego State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aztecs
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Spartans
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
3 |
31 |
Utah State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
Spartans
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
At Nevada
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spartans
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Wolf Pack
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
6 |
23 |
Louisiana Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Spartans
|
3
|
20
|
7
|
14 |
44 |
At New Mexico State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spartans
|
8
|
7
|
3
|
13 |
31 |
Aggies
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
21 |
No. 13 Boise State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 13 Broncos
|
0
|
6
|
6
|
11 |
23 |
Spartans
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
7 |
20 |
At Hawai'i
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spartans
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
Rainbow Warriors
|
10
|
10
|
27
|
7 |
54 |
At Idaho
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spartans
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
14 |
28 |
Vandals
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
0 |
13 |
Fresno State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
Spartans
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
24 |
At New Mexico (New Mexico Bowl)
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spartans
|
0
|
13
|
7
|
0 |
20 |
Lobos
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
9 |
12 |
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