What to know before San Jose State kicks off vs. New Mexico on Friday night
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