San Jose State vs. New Mexico Preview: Spartans Host 6-1 Lobos on Halloween
The Spartans try to bounce back from a loss at Nevada against a Lobos team that has won only once in San Jose since 1969, and that was a tie.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Palm trees and the Hotel Valencia at Santana Row in San Jose on a sunny day. Photo: Payton Chung / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
San Jose State hosts New Mexico at CEFCU Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 1 p.m. The game airs on NBC Sports Bay Area and streams on MW+, according to SJSU Athletics.
The matchup
Records: New Mexico is 6-1 (3-0 Mountain West). San Jose State is 4-4 (2-2), per the Albuquerque Journal.
Line: The Journal, citing DraftKings, lists UNM as a 14.5-point favorite with an over/under of 41.5.
Last week: SJSU lost 28-13 at Nevada.
A strange streak
The Journal reports New Mexico has played at San Jose State nine times since 1969 and has never won there. The only non-loss was a 21-21 tie in 1971. SJSU also beat the Lobos 35-28 last season, a result the Journal says kept UNM out of the Mountain West title game.
Also this week for the Spartans
SJSU women's basketball hosts Cal State East Bay in a free exhibition on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Provident Credit Union Event Center.
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