The San Jose State Spartans college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the San Jose State University in the Mountain West Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1898, San Jose State has appeared in 14 bowl games, including four appearances in the California Bowl. Their latest bowl appearance was the 2024 Hawaii Bowl, where San Jose State lost to the South Florida Bulls, 39–41 in five overtime periods, to give the Spartans an overall bowl record of 7–7.
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+General Bowl game record attendance Former bowl game record attendance
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Bowl games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceHead coach1Raisin BowlW 20–0January 1, 19471946Utah State AggiesRatcliffe StadiumFresno, CABill Hubbard2Raisin BowlW 20–13December 31, 19491949Texas Tech Red RaidersRatcliffe StadiumFresno, CABill Hubbard3Pasadena BowlL 9–28December 18, 19711971Memphis State TigersRose BowlPasadena, CADewey King4California BowlL 25–27December 19, 19811981Toledo RocketsBulldog StadiumFresno, CAJack Elway5California BowlW 37–7December 13, 19861986Miami RedskinsBulldog StadiumFresno, CAClaude Gilbert6California BowlL 27–30December 12, 19871987Eastern Michigan HuronsBulldog StadiumFresno, CAClaude Gilbert7California BowlW 48–24December 8, 19901990Central Michigan ChippewasBulldog StadiumFresno, CATerry Shea8New Mexico BowlW 20–12December 23, 20062006New Mexico LobosUniversity StadiumAlbuquerque, NMDick Tomey9Military BowlW 29–20December 27, 20122012Bowling Green FalconsRobert F. Kennedy Memorial StadiumWashington, D.C.17,835Mike MacIntyre10Cure BowlW 27–16December 19, 20152015Georgia State PanthersOrlando Citrus BowlOrlando, FLRon Caragher11Arizona BowlL 13–34December 31, 20202020Ball State CardinalsArizona StadiumTucson, AZ0Brent Brennan12Famous Idaho Potato BowlL 27–41December 20, 20222022Eastern Michigan EaglesAlbertsons StadiumBoise, ID10,122Brent Brennan13Hawaii BowlL 14–24December 23, 20232023Coastal Carolina ChanticleersClarence T. C. Ching Athletics ComplexHonolulu, HI7,089Brent Brennan14Hawaii BowlL 39–41(5OT)December 24, 20242024South Florida BullsClarence T. C. Ching Athletics ComplexHonolulu, HI6,720Ken Niumatalolo
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