The injury bug has hit the Spartans hard to start the season. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) The San Jose State Spartans prepare to take the field to play Oregon State at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. “They were just more physical, they’re stronger and they battled,” said SJSU safety Tre Jenkins. SJSU recorded only three tackles for a loss. The Spartans struggled in their last game against USC, giving up 160 yards rushing on 4.6 yards per carry. The Beavers handed the ball off to starting running back Damien Martinez 18 times which resulted in 145 yards rushing. Oregon State averaged 5.6 yards per carry and had 197 total yards rushing. They were going to run the ball until they got stopped, and the Spartans had no answer. The Beavers’ point of attack was methodical. Now the Spartans have a short week to prepare for FCS opponent Cal Poly at CEFCU Stadium on Saturday. “We made some mistakes today on both sides of the ball. “When you’re playing a team that is consistently good and fundamentally sound as Oregon State, you have to match that,” said SJSU head coach Brent Brennan. The Spartans’ offense didn’t get into the end zone until the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach. There was no stopping Beavers, who led by as many as 32 points, and quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, the Clemson transfer who threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more. 6 USC in an eventual 56-28 loss, the Spartans (0-2) were dominated in all phases by Oregon State before a sellout crowd of 20,337, the largest since Novemagainst Fresno State and the 25th biggest crowd in school history. 18 Oregon State took full advance and pinned the Spartans with a 42-17 loss.Įight days after a competitive first half at No. Sunday, on a nationally televised game in front of one of the largest home crowds in SJSU history, No. SAN JOSE - Opening the season against two Top-20 ranked teams from the Pac-12 didn’t leave San Jose State much margin for error.
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