2005 San Jose State Spartans football team

The 2005 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A 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.

2005 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2005 record	3–8 (2–6 WAC)
Head coach	Dick Tomey (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Ken Margerum (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Keith Burns (2nd season)
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 30,456)

2005 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Boise State +		7	–	1					9	–	4
Nevada +		7	–	1					9	–	3
Louisiana Tech		6	–	2					7	–	4
Fresno State		6	–	2					8	–	5
Hawaii		4	–	4					5	–	7
San Jose State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Utah State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Idaho		2	–	6					2	–	9
New Mexico State		0	–	8					0	–	12
+ – Conference co-champions

Personnel

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at San Jose State	Alma Mater
Dick Tomey	Head coach	1st	DePauw (1960)
Keith Burns	Defensive coordinator	2nd	Arkansas (1982)
Brent Brennan	Wide receivers/Recruiting coordinator	1st	UCLA (1996)
Ken Margerum	Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks	1st	Stanford (1981)
Dave Fipp	Co-defensive coordinator & safeties	1st	Arizona (1997)
Marcus Arroyo	Graduate Assistant	2nd	San Jose State (2003)
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Roster

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:00 PM	Eastern Washington*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		W 35–24	11,878
September 10	11:00 AM	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 19–40	49,276
September 24	5:00 PM	at San Diego State*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	SPW	L 21–52	55,868
October 1	4:00 PM	Nevada	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ABC	L 23–30	17,492
October 8	12:00 PM	at Utah State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT		L 17–24	12,542
October 15	5:05 PM	at Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID		L 21–38	30,342
October 22	3:00 PM	Hawaii	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	FSNBA	L 38–45	18,129
October 29	4:00 PM	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA		L 14–31	12,758
November 5	6:00 PM	at No. 21 Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (rivalry)	SPW	L 7–45	41,039
November 19	3:00 PM	New Mexico State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	SPW	W 27–10	6,985
November 26	3:00 PM	Idaho	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	FSNBA	W 26–18	8,045
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	14	3	7	0	24
Spartans	7	7	21	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	0	12	19
Fighting Illini	21	6	10	3	40

See also: 2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1-0	2002	SJSU, 38-35

at San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	14	0	0	7	21
Aztecs	14	14	7	17	52

See also: 2005 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16-14-2	1998	SDSU, 34-6

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	13	7	0	10	30
Spartans	0	17	3	3	23

See also: 2005 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7-9-2	2004	NEV, 42-24

at Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	7	7	3	17
Aggies	7	14	3	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17-9-1	1995	SJSU, 32-30

at Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	0	14	21
Broncos	7	24	0	7	38

See also: 2005 Boise State Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-5	2004	BSU, 56-49 (2OT)

Hawai'i

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	10	21	7	7	45
Spartans	7	14	7	10	38

See also: 2005 Hawaii Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15-12-1	2004	HI, 46-28

at Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	14	0	0	0	14
Bulldogs	14	0	14	3	31

See also: 2005 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3-1	2002	SJSU, 42-30

at No. 21 Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	0	7	0	7
No. 21 Bulldogs	14	10	14	7	45

See also: 2005 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32-34-3	2004	FRES, 62-28

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	3	0	7	10
Spartans	0	10	10	7	27

See also: 2005 New Mexico State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10-2	1995	SJSU, 38-37

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	2	9	7	18
Spartans	7	7	9	3	26

See also: 2005 Idaho Vandals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8-7	1998	ID, 17-12

References

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