Nevada at San José State

Saturday, October 1, 2005

Nevada beat San José State 30–⁠23. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Nevada led the series 8–⁠3.

AwayNevada9–⁠3 in 2005
30
HomeSan José State3–⁠8 in 2005
23

Final at CEFCU Stadium, San JoseTV: ABCAttendance 17,492

At kickoff
75°F, mostly cloudy, wind 15 mph from the northWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; N Y. Mineta Sn Jo International Airport (KSJC), 7 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Nevada13701030
San José State0173323

Standouts

Player stats

Nevada

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Jeff Rowe20/3522620
RushingCarYdsTDLong
B.J. Mitchell23114117
Robert Hubbard62206
Jeff Rowe1316015
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Nichiren Flowers663031
Caleb Spencer453017
Kyle Sammons344123
Anthony Pudewell328016
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Nick Hawthrone1401
Roderick Stallings1160

San José State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Adam Tafralis20/3932822
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Yonus Davis217015
Patrick Perry101607
Al Guidry41106
Adam Tafralis6808
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Rufus Skillern5103129
Bryan Watje257041
Jason Lance548028
Al Guidry238025

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

NevadaSan José State
374Total yards377
254Passing yards331
148Rushing yards49
6.5Yards per pass8.2
3.4Yards per rush2.0
26First downs16
11–⁠17Third downs2–⁠15
0–⁠0Fourth downs1–⁠2
2Turnovers2
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
18:27Possession14:54

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Nevada 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Nevada leads 21–⁠8 in 29 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Nevada 55, San José State 10
2024San José State 35, Nevada 31
2022San José State 35, Nevada 28
2021Nevada 27, San José State 24
2020San José State 30, Nevada 20
2019Nevada 41, San José State 38

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