2013 San Jose State Spartans football team

The 2013 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San José State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans were led by first year head coach Ron Caragher and played their home games at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans were first-year members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 6–6, 5-3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. Despite being bowl eligible, the Spartans were not invited to a bowl game.

2013 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
Record	6–6 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Ron Caragher (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jimmie Dougherty (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple[1]
Defensive coordinator	Kenwick Thompson (1st season)
Base defense	3–4[1]
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium
Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
Utah State x		7	–	1					9	–	5
Boise State		6	–	2					8	–	5
Colorado State		5	–	3					8	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	5					5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
Air Force		0	–	8					2	–	10
West Division
Fresno State x$		7	–	1					11	–	2
San Diego State		6	–	2					8	–	5
UNLV		5	–	3					7	–	6
San Jose State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Nevada		3	–	5					4	–	8
Hawaii		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 pm	Sacramento State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	MWN	W 24–0	13,136
September 7	8:00 pm	at No. 5 Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)	P12N	L 13–34	50,424
September 21	9:00 am	at Minnesota*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	L 24–43	45,647
September 27	6:00 pm	Utah State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ESPN	L 12–40	10,533
October 5	9:00 pm	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)	Oceanic PPV	W 37–27	27,146
October 12	12:30 pm	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	W 34–27	26,022
October 26	4:00 pm	Wyoming	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ROOT	W 51–44	16,123
November 2	1:00 pm	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	MWN	W 34–24	15,837
November 9	7:30 pm	San Diego State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	CBSSN	L 30–34	17,932
November 16	7:30 pm	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPNU	L 16–38	20,737
November 22	6:30 pm	Navy*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ESPN2	L 52–58 3OT	16,876
November 29	12:30 pm	No. 16 Fresno State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry)	CBSSN	W 62–52	23,574
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

Sacramento State

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

See also: 2013 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Scoring summary

1st quarter

SJSU—Lopez 37 yd field goal 8:30 SJSU 3–0

2nd quarter

SJSU—Jones 31 yd pass from Fales (Lopez kick is good) 13:10 SJSU 10–0

SJSU—Grigsby 15 yd pass from Fales (Lopez kick is good) 0:54 SJSU 17–0

3rd quarter

SJSU—Simpson 54 yd run (Lopez kicked is good) 8:20 SJSU 24–0

4th quarter

No scoring

At Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	3	3	7	0	13
No. 5 Cardinal	7	10	10	7	34

See also: 2013 Stanford Cardinal football team and Bill Walsh Legacy Game

1st quarter

STAN-Cajuste 40 yd pass from Hogan (Williamson kick is good) 10:12 STAN 7–0

At Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	17	0	7	24
Golden Gophers	7	13	9	14	43

See also: 2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	14	9	14	3	40
Spartans	3	3	6	0	12

See also: 2013 Utah State Aggies football team

At Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	10	17	7	3	37
Rainbow Warriors	14	0	7	6	27

See also: 2013 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

At Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	3	14	7	10	34
Rams	7	17	0	3	27

See also: 2013 Colorado State Rams football team

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	16	7	7	14	44
Spartans	0	14	22	15	51

See also: 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

At UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	14	10	0	10	34
Rebels	0	3	14	7	24

See also: 2013 UNLV Rebels football team

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	12	0	22	34
Spartans	10	10	3	7	30

See also: 2013 San Diego State Aztecs football team

At Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	10	6	0	0	16
Wolf Pack	7	14	14	3	38

See also: 2013 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Navy

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Midshipmen	0	10	14	14	7	7	6	58
Spartans	3	13	6	16	7	7	0	52

See also: 2013 Navy Midshipmen football team

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	27	14	3	8	52
Spartans	21	21	10	10	62

See also: 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry

After the season

Awards

Spartan quarterback David Fales won the Alan B. Simpkins Most Valuable Player Award at the San Jose State football awards banquet in December 2013. At the same event, Keith Smith won the Outstanding Defensive Player award, and Chandler Jones the Outstanding Offensive Player award.^[3]

Conference

Bené Benwikere, Chandler Jones, and Keith Smith were named to the All-MWC first team. Second-team All-MWC picks were David Fales, Nicholas Kaspar, and Austin Lopez. Billy Freeman and Ryan Jones were honorable mention All-MWC selections, and the MWC also named Tyler Winston the Freshman of the Year.^[4]

A record 16 San Jose State football players were selected to the Academic All-MWC Team for the Fall 2013 semester.^[5]

National

Chandler Jones and Bené Benwikere were invited to the 2014 East–West Shrine Game.^[6] David Fales was invited to the 2014 Senior Bowl and became the first San Jose State quarterback invited to the Senior Bowl.^[7]

Coaching changes

After Vanderbilt hired Kenwick Thompson as defensive coordinator shortly after the close of the 2013 season, San Jose State hired Greg Robinson to replace Thompson.^[8] Robinson was previously defensive coordinator at Texas in 2013, and his experience includes defensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos from 1995 to 2000, including the teams that won Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII.^[9]

Keith Carter replaced offensive line coach Hank Fraley, who left for the Minnesota Vikings. Carter previously served as offensive quality control coach for the Super Bowl XLVIII championship winning Seattle Seahawks. Terry Malley, formerly the tight ends coach in 2013, moved to wide receivers coach for 2014 and replaced Greg Lewis, who left for Pittsburgh. Joe Staab moved from coaching safeties to outside linebackers. In addition to being offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Jimmie Dougherty became assistant head coach. Graduate assistant Andrew Rolin was promoted to the full running backs coach position.^[10]

NFL Draft

See also: 2014 NFL draft

In the 2014 NFL draft, two San Jose State players were selected. Bené Benwikere was selected in the 5th round, 148th overall by the Carolina Panthers. David Fales was selected in the 6th round, 183rd overall by the Chicago Bears.

Rankings

See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Harris	Not released							—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
BCS	Not released								—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Personnel

After Mike MacIntyre resigned as head coach at San Jose State to accept the head coaching job at the University of Colorado Boulder, San Jose State hired University of San Diego head coach Ron Caragher on December 17, 2012,^[11] however, defensive coordinator Kent Baer served as interim head coach for San Jose State's victory in the 2012 Military Bowl on December 27, 2012. Several of Caragher's assistant coaches from San Diego followed Caragher to San Jose State, including Jimmie Dougherty, Donte Williams, and Joe Staab. Kenwick Thompson, a defensive assistant coach for San Jose State from 2001 to 2006 and for Cal from 2007 to 2012, returned to San Jose State as defensive coordinator.

Name	Position	Seasons at San Jose State	Alma Mater
Ron Caragher	Head coach	1	UCLA (1990)
Jimmie Dougherty	Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks	1	Missouri (2001)
Hank Fraley	Offensive line	1	Robert Morris (2012)
Fred Guidici	Special teams	2	San Jose State (1989)
James Jones	Defensive line	1	Texas Southern (1998)
Greg Lewis	Wide receivers	1	Illinois (2002)
Terry Malley	Tight ends, recruiting coordinator	5	Santa Clara (1976)
Joe Staab	Safeties	1	San Diego (2008)
Kenwick Thompson	Defensive coordinator, linebackers	7	Harding (1992)
Donte Williams	Cornerbacks	1	Idaho State (2006)
Reference:[1]

Returning starters

Offense Player Class Position Noel Grigsby Senior Wide receiver Jabari Carr Junior Wide receiver Ryan Jones Senior Offensive guard Reuben Hasani Senior Center Nicholas Kaspar Senior Offensive guard Jon Meyer Senior Offensive tackle David Fales Senior Quarterback Reference:[1]

Defense Player Class Position Travis Raciti Junior Defensive tackle Anthony Larceval Senior Defensive tackle Keith Smith Senior Linebacker Vince Buhagiar Senior Linebacker Derek Muaava Junior Linebacker Bené Benwikere Senior Cornerback Reference:[1]

Special teams Player Class Position Harrison Waid Senior Punter Austin Lopez Sophomore Placekicker Reference:[1]

References

General

• 2013 San Jose State University Football (PDF), San Jose State Athletics, 2013

Footnotes

1. 2013 San Jose State University Football, p. 28.
2. "2013 San Jose State Spartans Football Schedule". FBS Schedules. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
3. "Fales Named Alan B. Simpkins MVP At Football Awards Banquet". San Jose State Spartans. December 15, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
4. "K. Smith, C. Jones & Benwikere Mountain West 1st Team Selections; Six More Honored". San Jose State Spartans. December 10, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
5. "50 Fall Sports Student-Athletes Named Academic All-Mountain West". San Jose State Spartans. January 30, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
6. "Jones & Benwikere At East-West Shrine Game". San Jose State Spartans. January 14, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
7. "David Fales Ready For Senior Bowl". San Jose State Spartans. January 24, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
8. "San Jose State confirms Greg Robinson hire". NBC Sports. February 21, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
9. "Greg Robinson". San Jose State Spartans. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
10. "San Jose State Spartans Official Athletic Site". www.sjsuspartans.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014.
11. Durkin, Jimmy (December 18, 2012). "New San Jose State coach Ron Caragher no stranger to maintaining success". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved May 22, 2014.