List of San Jose State Spartans bowl games

The San Jose State Spartans college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the San Jose State University in the Mountain West Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1898, San Jose State has appeared in 13 bowl games,[1] including four appearances in the California Bowl.[1] Their latest bowl appearance was the 2023 Hawaii Bowl, where San Jose State lost against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 14–24, to give the Spartans an overall bowl record of 7–6. Their next bowl appearance will be at the 2024 Hawaii Bowl, where San Jose State will face the South Florida Bulls.

The Spartans pose with the trophy at the 2012 Military Bowl

Key

Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach
# Bowl Score Date Season Opponent Stadium Location Attendance[2] Head coach
1 Raisin Bowl W 20–0 January 1, 1947 1946 Utah State Aggies Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA 13,000 Bill Hubbard
2 Raisin Bowl W 20–13 December 31, 1949 1949 Texas Tech Red Raiders Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA 9,000 Bill Hubbard
3 Pasadena Bowl L 9–28 December 18, 1971 1971 Memphis State Tigers Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 15,244 Dewey King
4 California Bowl L 25–27 December 19, 1981 1981 Toledo Rockets Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA 15,565 Jack Elway
5 California Bowl W 37–7 December 13, 1986 1986 Miami Redskins Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA 10,743 Claude Gilbert
6 California Bowl L 27–30 December 12, 1987 1987 Eastern Michigan Hurons Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA 24,000 Claude Gilbert
7 California Bowl W 48–24 December 8, 1990 1990 Central Michigan Chippewas Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA 25,431 Terry Shea
8 New Mexico Bowl W 20–12 December 23, 2006 2006 New Mexico Lobos University Stadium Albuquerque, NM 34,111 Dick Tomey
9 Military Bowl W 29–20 December 27, 2012 2012 Bowling Green Falcons Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington, D.C. 17,835 Mike MacIntyre
10 Cure Bowl W 27–16 December 19, 2015 2015 Georgia State Panthers Orlando Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 18,536 Ron Caragher
11 Arizona Bowl L 13–34 December 31, 2020 2020 Ball State Cardinals Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ 0 Brent Brennan
12 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl L 27–41 December 20, 2022 2022 Eastern Michigan Eagles Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID 10,122 Brent Brennan
13 Hawaii Bowl L 14–24 December 23, 2023 2023 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex Honolulu, HI 7,089 Brent Brennan
14 Hawaii Bowl December 24, 2024 2024 South Florida Bulls Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex Honolulu, HI Ken Niumatalolo

References

  1. ^ a b "SJSU Athletics - Official Athletics Site" (PDF). SJSU Athletics - Official Athletics Website - San Jose State Spartans. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  2. ^ "BOWL/ALL STAR GAME RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. 2023.