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2007 San Jose State Spartans football team

American college football season


American college football season

FieldValue
year2007
teamSan Jose State Spartans
sportfootball
imageSan Jose State text logo 2006-2012.svg
conferenceWestern Athletic Conference
short_confWAC
record5–7
conf_record4–4
head_coachDick Tomey
hc_year3rd
cooff_coach1Marcus Arroyo
cooc1_year1st
cooff_coach2Steve Morton
cooc2_year1st
off_schemePro-style
def_coachDave Fipp
dc_year3rd
def_scheme[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadiumSpartan 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20081010180344/http://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/4477.pdf 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

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Game summaries

At Arizona State

At Kansas State

At Stanford

At Utah State

UC Davis

Idaho

No. 16 Hawaii

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

At No. 21 Boise State

New Mexico State

At Louisiana Tech

Nevada

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at
San Jose StateAlma materSource:
Dick TomeyHead coach3rdDePauw (1961)
Keith BurnsAssociate head coach/cornerbacks coach/special teams coordinator4thArkansas (1982)
Brent BrennanTight ends and recruiting coordinator3rdUCLA (1996)
Ken MargerumWide receivers3rdStanford (1981)
Gary EmanuelDefensive line1stPlymouth State (1982)
Dave FippDefensive coordinator3rdArizona (1997)
Steve MortonCo-offensive coordinator/offensive line3rdWashington State (1977)
Jeff HammerschmidtLinebackers1stArizona (1991)
Charles NashRunning backs7thArizona (1977)
Kinji GreenGraduate/football operations assistant2ndSan Jose State (2005)
Jeff GordonGraduate assistant2ndSan Jose State (2005)

Roster

Depth chart

FS
Andrew Ryan
Dimitrious Chattman
WLBMLBSLB
Ryno GonzalesDemetrious JonesMatt Castelo
Chris ReeseBraden StoaraasliTravis Jones
Brian ElledgeJason Swisher
SS
Dominique Hunsucker
Pompey Festejo

|-

CB
Chris Owens
Devin Newsome
DEDTDTDE
Carl IhenachoJerome PuluAdonis DavisJarron Gilbert
David LomuKalvin CresselJustin WillisJustin Cole
CB
Dwight Lowery
David Bowen
}
-
WR
Michael Hooper
Jacob French

|

LTLGCRGRT
Jibri SharpRonnie CastilloJustin PaysingerJohn BookerBradis Mcgriff
Brian YbarraIsaac LeatiotaRyan SimoneDavid GiesenJoseph 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

|} |}

P and PK
Waylon Prather
Jared Strubeck
LS
Grant Izokovic

|}

References

References

  1. "SJSU Athletics - Official Athletics Website".
  2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080807133343/http://cfn.scout.com/2/643956.html 2007 Depth Chart at Scout.com]
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