List of San Jose State Spartans football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the San Jose State Spartans football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The team began competition in 1892.

Spartan Stadium, where the Spartans have played since 1933.

Originally an independent, San Jose State first joined a conference in 1922 when it joined the California Coast Conference. That conference only lasted three years, so the team became independent again in 1925. They joined the Far Western Conference in 1929. San Jose State became independent for the third time in 1935, before becoming a charter member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 1939. When the NCAA first started classification in 1937, San Jose State was part of the NCAA College Division (Small College). They became independent for the fourth time in 1950, also moving to the NCAA University Division (Major College) that year. They stayed independent until becoming a charter member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) in 1969. The conference was renamed the Big West Conference in 1988. San Jose State later moved to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 1996 and Mountain West Conference (MW) in 2013.

Timeline

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Seasons

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Year Coach Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Independent (1892–1921)
1892 Unknown 0–1–0
James E. Addicott (Independent) (1893–1900)
1893 Addicott 0–2–0
1894 No team
1895 Addicott 0–0–1
1896 No team
1897 No team
1898 Addicott 4–1–1
1899 Jess Woods 5–2–1
1900 Addicott
Fielding H. Yost
3–3–1
No team (1901–1920)
David Wooster (Independent) (1921)
1921 Wooster 1–5–0
California Coast Conference (1922–1924)
David Wooster (California Coast Conference) (1922)
1922 Wooster 2–5–1
H.C. McDonald (California Coast Conference) (1923)
1923 McDonald 0–6–0
Ernesto R. Knollin (California Coast Conference) (1924)
1924 Knollin 1–4–0
Independent (1925–1928)
Ernesto R. Knollin (Independent) (1925–1928)
1925 Knollin 2–5–0
1926 Knollin 1–6–1
1927 Knollin 4–5–0
1928 Knollin 5–2–1
Far Western Conference (1929–1934)
Walter Crawford (Far Western Conference) (1929–1931)
1929 Crawford 3–3–1
1930 Crawford 2–3–3
1931 Crawford 1–7–0
Dudley DeGroot (Far Western Conference/Independent/California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1932–1939)
1932 DeGroot 7–0–2
1933 DeGroot 5–4–0
1934 DeGroot 3–3–4
Independent (1935–1938)
1935 DeGroot 5–5–1
1936 DeGroot 5–4–0
1937 DeGroot 11–2–1
1938 DeGroot 11–1–0
California Collegiate Athletic Association (1939–1949)
1939 DeGroot 13–0–0 5–0–0 1st
Ben Winkelman (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1940–1941)
1940 Winkelman 11–1–0 3–0–0 1st
1941 Winkelman 5–3–3 2–0–1 T–1st
Glenn Hartranft (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1942)
1942 Hartranft 7–2–0 1–1–0 2nd
No team (World War II) (1943–1945)
Bill Hubbard (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1949)
1946 Hubbard 9–1–1 4–6–0 1st
1947 Hubbard 9–3–0 3–2–0 2nd
1948 Hubbard 9–3–0 5–0–0 1st
1949 Hubbard 9–4–0 4–0–0 1st
Independent (1950–1968)
Robert T. Bronzan (Independent) (1950–1956)
1950 Bronzan 6–3–1
1951 Bronzan 2–7–1
1952 Bronzan 6–3–0
1953 Bronzan 4–4–1
1954 Bronzan 7–3–0
1955 Bronzan 5–3–1
1956 Bronzan 2–7–1
Bob Titchenal (Independent) (1957–1964)
1957 Titchenal 3–7–0
1958 Titchenal 4–5–0
1959 Titchenal 4–6–0
1960 Titchenal 5–4–0
1961 Titchenal 6–4–0
1962 Titchenal 2–8–1
1963 Titchenal 5–5–0
1964 Titchenal 4–6–0
Harry Anderson (Independent) (1965–1968)
1965 Anderson 5–5–0
1966 Anderson 3–7–0
1967 Anderson 2–7–0
1968 Anderson 3–7–0
Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference (1969–1995)
Joe McMullen (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1969–1970)
1969 McMullen 2–8–0 1–1–0 4th
1970 McMullen
Dewey King
2–9–0 2–3–0 T–4th
Dewey King (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1971–1972)
1971 King 5–6–1 4–1–0 2nd L Pasadena
1972 King 4–7–0 1–3–0 T–3rd
Darryl Rogers (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1973–1975)
1973 Rogers 5–4–2 2–0–2 2nd
1974 Rogers 8–3–1 2–2–0 T–2nd
1975 Rogers 9–2–0 5–0–0 1st
Lynn Stiles (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1976–1978)
1976 Stiles 7–4–0 4–0–0 1st
1977 Stiles 4–7–0 2–2–0 3rd
1978 Stiles 7–5–0 4–1–0 1st
Jack Elway (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1979–1983)
1979 Elway 6–5–1[Note A] 4–0–1[Note A] T–1st
1980 Elway 7–4–0 3–2–0 3rd
1981 Elway 9–3–0 5–0–0 1st L California
1982 Elway 8–3–0 4–2–0 3rd
1983 Elway 5–6–0 3–3–0 T–3rd
Claude Gilbert (Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference) (1984–1989)
1984 Gilbert 6–5–0[Note B] 5–2–0[Note B] 3rd
1985 Gilbert 2–8–1 2–4–1 6th
1986 Gilbert 10–2–0 7–0–0 1st W California
1987 Gilbert 10–2–0 7–0–0 1st L California
1988 Gilbert 4–8–0 4–3–0 T–3rd
1989 Gilbert 6–5–0 5–2–0 T–2nd
Terry Shea (Big West Conference) (1990–1991)
1990 Shea 9–2–1 7–0–0 1st W California Raisin 20
1991 Shea 6–4–1 6–1–0 T–1st
Ron Turner (Big West Conference) (1992)
1992 Turner 7–4–0 4–2–0 T–2nd
John Ralston (Big West Conference/Western Athletic Conference) (1993–1996)
1993 Ralston 2–9–0 2–4–0 T–8th
1994 Ralston 3–8–0 3–3–0 T–6th
1995 Ralston 3–8–0 3–4–0 T–6th
Western Athletic Conference (1996–2012)
1996 Ralston 3–9 3–5 T–5th Pacific
Dave Baldwin (Western Athletic Conference) (1997–2000)
1997 Baldwin 4–7 4–4 T–4th Pacific
1998 Baldwin 4–8 3–5 T–5th Pacific
1999 Baldwin 3–7 1–5 7th
2000 Baldwin 7–5 5–3 4th
Fitz Hill (Western Athletic Conference) (2001–2004)
2001 Hill 3–9 3–5 8th
2002 Hill 6–7 4–4 4th
2003 Hill 3–8 2–6 8th
2004 Hill 2–9 1–7 10th
Dick Tomey (Western Athletic Conference) (2005–2009)
2005 Tomey 3–8 2–6 T–6th
2006 Tomey 9–4 5–3 3rd W New Mexico
2007 Tomey 5–7 4–4 T–6th
2008 Tomey 6–6 4–4 T–6th
2009 Tomey 2–10 1–7 T–9th
Mike MacIntyre (Western Athletic Conference) (2010–2012)
2010 MacIntyre 1–12 0–8 9th
2011 MacIntyre 5–7 3–4 T–4th
2012 MacIntyre
Kent Baer
11–2 5–1 2nd W Military 21 21
Mountain West Conference (2013–present)
Ron Caragher (Mountain West Conference) (2013–2016)
2013 Caragher 6–6 5–3 4th West
2014 Caragher 3–9 2–6 5th West
2015 Caragher 6–7 4–4 T–2nd West W Cure
2016 Caragher 4–8 3–5 T–4th West
Brent Brennan (Mountain West Conference) (2017–2023)
2017 Brennan 2–11 1–8 T–5th West
2018 Brennan 1–11 1–7 6th West
2019 Brennan 5–7 2–6 4th West
2020 Brennan 7–1 7–0 1st L Arizona 24 24
2021 Brennan 5–7 3–5 5th West
2022 Brennan 7–5 5–3 3rd West L Famous Idaho Potato
2023 Brennan 7–6 6–2 T–2nd W Hawaii Bowl
Total: 518–538–38
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

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^A San Jose State forfeited 3 wins and 1 tie, including two PCAA conference wins, for using an ineligible player. This made San Jose State's adjusted record for 1979 3–8 overall (2–2 PCAA).[1][2][3]
^B The PCAA adjusted San Jose State's 1984 record to 7–4 overall (6–1 PCAA) after UNLV forfeited all 11 of its wins for 1984.[3][4]

References

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General
  • 2013 San Jose State University Football, San Jose State Athletics, 2013, pp. 182–189
  • "San Jose State Spartans". sports-reference.com/cfb. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
Specific
  1. ^ "San Jose State must forfeit seven games". The Day. New London, Connecticut. Associated Press. December 18, 1979. p. 11. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  2. ^ Underwood, John (May 19, 1980). "The Writing Is On The Wall". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  3. ^ a b 2013 San Jose State Football Media Guide, p. 185.
  4. ^ McCurdie, Jim (March 13, 1985). "UNLV Punished for Using Ineligible Football Players". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 16, 2014.