2007 San José State Spartans football team

The 2007 San Jose State Football Team represented San Jose State University

San José State University

San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...

in the 2007

2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 30, 2007, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 7, 2008, where the top...

college football

College football

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season. This season was the Spartans' third season with Dick Tomey

Dick Tomey

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as head coach

Head coach

A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...

Pre-Season

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 http://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/4477.pdf San Jose State wide receivers James Jones

James Jones (wide receiver)

James Deandre Jones is an American football wide receiver with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Packers in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft...

and John Broussard

John Broussard

John Broussard is a former American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at San José State.Broussard was a member of the New York Giants Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions...

entered the 2007 NFL Draft

2007 NFL Draft

The 2007 National Football League Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 28 and April 29, 2007. The draft was televised for the 28th consecutive year on ESPN and ESPN2. The NFL Network also broadcast coverage of the event, its second year doing so...

at the end of the 2006 season. James Jones was picked early in the third round for the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

, and Broussard was picked in the seventh round for the Jacksonville Jaguars

Jacksonville Jaguars

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.

The Spartans opened spring drills in early March and the annual spring game took place on mid-April.

Schedule

Arizona State Sun Devils

Kansas State Wildcats

Stanford Cardinal

Utah State

UC Davis

Idaho

Hawaii

The Spartans held Hawaii to their closest game on October 20, 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

Colt Brennan

Colton "Colt" James Brennan is an American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Hawaii....

. The Spartans rebounded, with Dwight Lowery

Dwight Lowery

-2008:Impressed with Lowery's versatility and ball skills, the New York Jets would draft him in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft as a cornerback/safety. An injury to cornerback Justin Miller would see Lowery debut in his first NFL game against the Miami Dolphins; Lowery performed modestly...

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

Adam Tafralis

Adam Tafralis is an American quarterback who currently a free agent. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2008...

. 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

Dick Tomey

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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.

Fresno

Boise State

New Mexico State

Louisiana Tech

Nevada

Players

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Defensive back

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| Andrew Ryan
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Linebacker

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Linebacker

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Linebacker

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| Ryno Gonzales

Demetrious Jones

Matt Castelo

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| Chris Reese

Braden Stoaraasli

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Brian Elledge

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Defensive back

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| Dominique Hunsucker
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| Pompey Festejo
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Cornerback

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| Chris Owens
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| Devin Newsome
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Defensive end

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Defensive end

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| Carl Ihenacho

Jerome Pulu

Adonis Davis

Jarron Gilbert

Jarron Gilbert is an American football defensive end for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bears in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Jose State....

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| David Lomu

Kalvin Cressel

Justin Willis

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Wide receiver

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| Michael Hooper
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| Jacob French
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Guard (American football)

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Center (American football)

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Guard (American football)

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| Brian Ybarra Isaac Leatiota Ryan Simone David Giesen

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Placekicker

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| Waylon Prather

Waylon Prather

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| Jared Strubeck
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Long snapper

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| Grant Izokovic
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Coaching staff

Dick Tomey
Dick Tomey
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- Head Coach
Marcus Arroyo
Marcus Arroyo
Marcus Arroyo, is an American football coach who is currently the quarterbacks coach for the California Golden Bears football team. He is a former coach and quarterback for his alma mater, San Jose State University.-1998-2002:Arroyo was the starting quarterback for the Spartans from the 1998 -...

- Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Steve Morton - Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Dave Fipp
Dave Fipp
Dave Fipp, , is an American football coach currently serving as assistant special teams coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.-Early years:...

- Defensive Coordinator
Brent Brennan - Tight Ends
Ken Margerum
Ken Margerum
Kenneth Margerum is a retired American football player. Margerum has coached in several capacities at the college level, as head football coach at Menlo College , wide receivers coach at Stanford University and University of Hawaii, and through the 2009 season as an assistant coach for the San...

- Wide Receivers
Keith Burns- Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams/Cornerbacks
Gary Emanuel - Defensive Line
Jeff Hammerschmidt - Linebackers
Charles Nash – Running Backs
Kinji Green - Graduate Assistant
Jeff Gordon - Graduate Assistant

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