2007 San Jose State Spartans football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2007 San Jose State Spartans football San Jose State text logo 2006-2012.svg Western Athletic Conference WAC 5–7 4–4 Dick Tomey 3rd Marcus Arroyo 1st Steve Morton 1st Pro-style Dave Fipp 3rd 4–3 Spartan Stadium 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 2007 Pacific September 1 7:00 pm l y y Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ 3–45 54,405 September 8 4:05 pm l y y Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS 14–34 45,545 September 15 7:00 pm l y y Stanford Bill Walsh Legacy Game Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA FSNBA 0–37 36,144 September 22 5:00 pm w y Utah State Romney Stadium Logan, UT ESPN+ 23–20 13,685 September 29 1:00 pm w y UC Davis Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA FSNBA 34–14 17,431 October 6 1:00 pm w Idaho Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA 28–20 16,289 October 12 5:00 pm l Hawaii 16 Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA Dick Tomey Legacy Game ESPN 35–42 OT 20,473 October 20 2:00 pm l y Fresno State rivalry Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA KFRE 0–30 35,494 November 3 12:00 pm l y Boise State 21 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID KTVB 7–42 30,416 November 10 1:00 pm w New Mexico State Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA ESPN+ 51–17 10,452 November 17 4:00 pm l y Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA 23–27 13,027 November 24 1:00 pm w Nevada Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA 27–24 12,678 Game summaries At Arizona State Spartans 3 0 0 0 Sun Devils 10 21 7 7 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team At Kansas State Spartans 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 14 Wildcats 10 7 0 17 34 2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team At Stanford Spartans 0 0 0 0 Cardinal 3 6 7 21 2007 Stanford Cardinal football team Bill Walsh Legacy Game At Utah State Spartans 6 10 0 7 Aggies 0 13 0 7 2007 Utah State Aggies football team UC Davis Aggies 7 0 0 7 Spartans 14 0 7 13 2007 UC Davis Aggies football team Idaho Vandals 3 3 0 14 Spartans 7 14 0 7 2007 Idaho Vandals football team No. 16 Hawaii No. 16 Warriors 7 7 7 14 7 42 Spartans 0 7 21 7 35 2007 Hawaii Warriors football team 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 Spartans 0 0 0 0 Bulldogs 3 3 21 3 2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry At No. 21 Boise State Spartans 0 7 0 0 No. 21 Broncos 0 21 14 7 2007 Boise State Broncos football team New Mexico State Aggies 3 7 0 7 Spartans 10 20 7 14 2007 New Mexico State Aggies football team At Louisiana Tech Spartans 6 0 17 0 Bulldogs 21 3 0 3 2007 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team Nevada Wolf Pack 7 17 0 0 Spartans 7 3 7 10 2007 Nevada Wolf Pack football team Personnel Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atSan 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:http://www.sjsuspartans.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=29300&SPID=2290&DB_OEM_ID=5600&Q_SEASON=2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081828/http://www.sjsuspartans.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=29300&SPID=2290&DB_OEM_ID=5600&Q_SEASON=2007 2011-07-16 SJSU Athletics - Official Athletics Website Roster Depth chart + 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 2007 Depth Chart at Scout.com References San Jose State Category:San Jose State Spartans football seasons San Jose State Spartans football Category:2000s in San Jose, California