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By Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose State opened the 2019 season with a 35-18 victory over Northern Colorado at CEFCU Stadium last Thursday. In addition, fifth-year linebacker Ethan Aguayo ranked second in the nation with 20 total tackles and one sack. But can the Spartans keep up in Saturday’s home game vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane? We’ll see.

Here’s the SJSU football weekly press release!

Game #2
SJSU vs. Tulsa
Saturday, September 7, 2019
CEFCU Stadium, 6:00 p.m. PT, ESPN3

SJSU record: 1-0, 0-0 Mountain West. The Spartans opened the season with a 35-18 win over Northern Colorado.

Tulsa record: 0-1, 0-0 American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane lost at Michigan State, 28-7, in their season opener.

Series history: Tulsa leads the series, 4-3. This game is the back-end of a two-game, home-and-home agreement. Most recently, Tulsa downed SJSU, 45-10, in the 2016 season opener for both teams.

Previously, the two squads faced each other annually between 1999 and 2004 when both schools were members of the Western Athletic Conference.

SJSU’s last win in the series was a 49-38 victory in Tulsa on November 16, 2002. The Spartans’ last victory against Tulsa at home was a 63-27 triumph on October 27, 2001.

Play-by-play radio coverage: KKSF (910 AM, Oakland), RealTalk 910, is the new flagship radio station for SJSU football. Justin Allegri calls the play-by-play. Kevin Richardson provides commentary. The Tulsa broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. PT with a pregame show.

Network affiliates are KION (1460 AM/101.1 FM, Salinas), KFIV (1360 AM, Modesto), KWSX (1280 AM, Stockton).

The SJSU-Tulsa broadcast with Justin Allegri and Kevin Richardson calling the action also will be carried on www.siriusxm.com Channel 991.

KSJS (90.5 FM, San Jose) also will broadcast the SJSU-Tulsa game starting at 5:45 p.m. PT.

Television: ESPN3 will provide broadcast coverage of the SJSU-Tulsa game. Trey Bender provides the play-by-play coverage. Al Groh offers analysis and commentary. The ESPN3 coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. (PT).

Weekly press conference: This week only, the weekly SJSU football press conference is in the Simpkins Stadium Center Gold Room on Tuesday, September 3, at 1:00 p.m. PT.

The Mountain West Network streams the press conference live through www.sjsuspartans.com/videos. The press conference also is archived at sjsuspartans.com.

Brent Brennan on KRTY FM: SJSU head coach Brent Brennan is heard weekly on KRTY (95.3 FM, San José), Tuesdays at 6:30 a.m. PT during home game weeks. Gary Scott Thomas and Julie Stevens serve as co-hosts.

Brent Brennan Show on Facebook Live: The Brent Brennan Show is available weekly on Facebook. The next show is Wednesday, September 4, at 5:30 p.m. All Brent Brennan Shows originate from the Hukilau restaurant located at 230 Jackson Street in San Jose’s Japantown district.

Game promotions: The Tulsa game is First Responders’ & Band Night. Pacific Gas & Electric will be providing free tickets to “first responders.” There will be a t-shirt giveaway to the first 1,000 SJSU students at the game courtesy of the Mountain West. Band Night will consist of local high school bands joining the Spartan Marching Band for a halftime performance.

Season-opening win: SJSU’s 35-18 triumph over Northern Colorado was its first season-opening victory since defeating New Hampshire, 43-13, to open the 2015 season.

Potential 2-0 start: SJSU has an opportunity to begin a season with a 2-0 record for the first time since 1987 as a result of its 35-18 victory over Northern Colorado. In 1987, the Spartans opened the season with a home win over Eastern Illinois, 24-3, and won the following week at California, 27-25, on a 20-yard field goal by Sergio Olivarez on the final play of the game.

Since 1987, SJSU had nine opportunities to be 2-0, but ended up 1-1. The Spartans now are 42-53-4 in season-opening games since 1898.

Opening a season with two home games: Since 1946, it has been the rare occasion for SJSU to begin a season with at least two home games. In 1947, the Spartans played their first three games at home and would finish with a 9-3 win-loss record.