The 2019 San Jose State Spartans football team represented

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in the

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. The Spartans were led by third year coach Brent Brennan and played their home games at

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. San Jose State was a member of the

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in the West Division. They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the West Division. On June 5, 2019, San Jose State broke ground on its new Football Operations Building. The first phase of the project involved replacing the bleachers on the east side of the stadium with grass, which reduced the seating capacity by 8,936. It will be demolished and rebuilt along with the new Football Operations Building by 2023. On September 21, 2019, San Jose State beat

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for its first win over a

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opponent since

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. This was also San Jose State's first ever win over an opponent from the

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Preseason

Mountain West media days

The Mountain West media days were held from July 23–24, 2019 at

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in Henderson, NV.

Media poll

The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Spartans were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW West Division.

Preseason All−Mountain West Team

The Spartans did not have any selections to the preseason All−Mountain West Team.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Schedule

Game summaries

Northern Colorado

Tulsa

At Arkansas

At Air Force

New Mexico

At Nevada

San Diego State

At Army

Boise State

At Hawaii

At UNLV

Fresno State

Awards and honors

Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year - Josh Love, QB

All-Conference Team

First Team Offense * Josh Love, QB, Senior *Tre Walker, WR, Junior Second-Team Defense *Ethan Aguayo, LB, Senior Honorable Mentions *

Bailey Gaither Bailey Gaither (born January 11, 1997) is an American football wide receiver. He played college football at San Jose State. Early years Gaither attended Paso Robles High School as a two-sport athlete, also excelling in baseball. As a senior ...

, WR, Senior *Troy Kowalski, OL, Senior *Matt Mercurio, PK, Freshman *Jack Snyder, OL, Junior

References

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San Jose State Spartans football seasons

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