San Jose State 23, GGSM{Utah State} 20

Argh, an agonizing loss for Utah State. Hosting another winless team provides a good opportunity to win your first game, and for a little while it seemed that Utah State might just do that. The San Jose State Spartans drew first blood with a first quarter touchdown, although they missed the extra point. In second quarter, SJSU extended this lead to 9-0, but Utah State countered by returning the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown. After another SJSU touchdown, the final three minutes of the second half ended with a flurry of a USU field goal, SJSU interception, USU field goal, SJSU punt, USU interception, and an SJSU missed field goal. Thus, SJSU took a 16-13 lead into the locker room.

After a scoreless third quarter, the Aggies of USU used an 18-play (17 rushes, 1 pass), 92-yard, 8:23 touchdown drive to grab a 20-16 lead. However with 2:01 remaining, SJSU Adam Tafralis led his team down the field and fired a 31-yard touchdown pass to David Richmond to take the 23-20 lead, a lead that was cemented by the onside kick that SJSU successfully executed with a 3 point lead with less than a minute left to play after a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

It was a big day for SJSU's Tafralis. His 35 completions and 426 yards passing were each more than he had gotten in the Spartans three previous games. On the other hand, USU's Leon Jackson III could only manage 78 passing yards. His 11 completions were however more than the number of times he punted (6).

Today, Utah State travels to in-state rival 1-3 Utah.