2006 San Jose State Spartans football team

The 2006 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They participated as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They were coached by head coach Dick Tomey. The team clinched their first winning season since 2000 and their first bowl game since 1990.

2006 San Jose State Spartans football
New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl, W 20–12 vs. New Mexico
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	9–4 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach	Dick Tomey (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dave Fipp (2nd season)
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium
Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Boise State $		8	–	0					13	–	0
Hawaii		7	–	1					11	–	3
San Jose State		5	–	3					9	–	4
Nevada		5	–	3					8	–	5
Fresno State		4	–	4					4	–	8
Idaho		3	–	5					4	–	8
New Mexico State		2	–	6					4	–	8
Louisiana Tech		1	–	7					3	–	10
Utah State		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Source:^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:30 pm	at Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		L 29–35	52,256
September 9	3:00 pm	Stanford*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry)	CSNW	W 35–34	29,321
September 23	3:00 pm	Cal Poly*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	WAC.tv	W 17–7	15,684
September 30	3:00 pm	San Diego State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	4SD[2]	W 31–10	14,361
October 14	3:00 pm	Utah State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	WAC.tv	W 21–14	15,738
October 21	4:00 pm	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ABC	L 7–23	19,636
October 28	3:00 pm	Louisiana Tech	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	WAC.tv	W 44–10	12,897
November 4	5:00 pm	at New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	WAC.tv	W 31–21	15,308
November 11	3:00 pm	No. 13 Boise State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		L 20–23	21,742
November 18	9:05 pm	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)	Oceanic PPV	L 17–54	33,622
November 25	2:00 pm	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID		W 28–13	10,435
December 2	1:00 pm	Fresno State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry)	CSNW	W 24–14	22,235
December 23	1:30 pm	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	W 20–12	34,111
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

At Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	6	3	6	14	29
Huskies	7	14	7	7	35

See also: 2006 Washington Huskies football team

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	13	21	0	0	34
Spartans	7	14	14	0	35

See also: 2006 Stanford Cardinal football team and Bill Walsh Legacy Game

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	0	0	7	7
Spartans	0	10	7	0	17

See also: 2006 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	10	0	0	10
Spartans	7	7	14	3	31

See also: 2006 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	7	0	0	14
Spartans	0	7	7	7	21

See also: 2006 Utah State Aggies football team

At Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	7	0	0	7
Wolf Pack	7	3	7	6	23

See also: 2006 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	3	7	0	10
Spartans	3	20	7	14	44

See also: 2006 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

At New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	8	7	3	13	31
Aggies	14	7	0	0	21

See also: 2006 New Mexico State Aggies football team

No. 13 Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Broncos	0	6	6	11	23
Spartans	0	7	6	7	20

See also: 2006 Boise State Broncos football team

At Hawai'i

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	10	7	0	17
Rainbow Warriors	10	10	27	7	54

See also: 2006 Hawaii Warriors football team

At Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	7	14	28
Vandals	0	10	3	0	13

See also: 2006 Idaho Vandals football team

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	14	0	0	14
Spartans	14	7	0	3	24

See also: 2006 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry

At New Mexico (New Mexico Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	13	7	0	20
Lobos	0	3	0	9	12

See also: 2006 New Mexico Lobos football team and 2006 New Mexico Bowl

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at San Jose State	Alma Mater
Dick Tomey	Head coach	2nd	DePauw (1961)
Keith Burns	Defensive coordinator	3rd	Arkansas (1982)
Brent Brennan	Wide receivers/Recruiting coordinator	2nd	UCLA (1996)
Ken Margerum	Co-offensive coordinator/Running backs	2nd	Stanford (1981)

Awards

• Safety Dwight Lowery was selected as an All-American.