Heartbreaker: San Jose State’s hopes of second straight win over Stanford dashed in final seconds
STANFORD Walker Eget passed for yards and three touchdowns including a sum early in the fourth quarter that gave the Spartans a -point lead but the Spartans hopes of defeating Stanford for the second year in a row were dashed in a - loss on Saturday night at Stanford Stadium It was the third time in four games SJSU s fate was decided in the final seconds The Spartans - missed a pair of field goal attempts in the final seconds of their season-opening - loss to Central Michigan and held off Idaho - a week ago on Denis Lynch s field goal as time expired San Jose State Spartans' Leland Smith catches a long pass against the Stanford Cardinal's Collin Wright in the first half of a football championship at Statanford Stadium in Stanford Calif on Saturday Sept Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group Saturday night the Spartans allowed nine points in the final in the Bill Walsh Legacy Match including Stanford s go-ahead touchdown with seconds remaining SJSU led - on Lynch s -yard field goal with remaining and had a chance to hold off the Cardinal on the final drive The Spartans had the Cardinal stalled near mid-field on th and but allowed a -yard pass to keep the drive alive Stanford s go-ahead result came four plays later San Jose State had just enough time to run three plays but didn t get beyond it s own yard line SJSU has a chance to defeat Stanford in back-to-back seasons for the first time since they won three three in a row from - The Spartans won - last year in San Jose Saturday night SJSU almost entirely abandoned the run against Stanford rushing times for yards In the first half the Spartans had negative one yards rushing on two attempts San Jose State Spartans' Kyri Shoels celebrates his touchdown with a teammate afteer scoring against the Stanford Cardinal in the first half of a football battle at Statanford Stadium in Stanford Calif on Saturday Sept Ray Chavez Bay Area News Group The gameplan coming in was to attack the Cardinal secondary that has struggled against the pass and it allowed for the Spartans to have three receivers over receiving yards Danny Scudero yards on catches Kyri Shoels yards on catches and Leland Smith yards on six catches Lynch coming off his winning kick the previous week against Idaho made his first two attempts against Stanford but then missed attempts from yards and yards before converting his fourth-quarter kick The Spartans led - at halftime and had sacked Stanford quarterback Ben Gulbranson four times by intermission but were unable to stop the Cardinal from scoring on its final three drives of the match Gulbranson passed for yards and two touchdowns The Spartans open Mountain West play on Friday night against New Mexico - - MW at CEFCU Stadium Related Articles What to know before SJSU kicks off at Stanford in Bill Walsh Legacy Championship What to know before Stanford takes on San Jose State in rivalry event SJSU kicker Lynch hits reset button at perfect time for Spartans Dramatic finish San Jose State wins on Lynch s -yard field goal What to know before San Jose State kicks off vs Idaho
