San José State — Mountain West
PPA off / def
0.17 / 0.20
2025
Class rank
#129
class of 2026
Returning PPA
4%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (3–9)
Statistical comps — 2025 San José State's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (17 in / 16 out)
Origins
Walsh coached here in 1979 before the 49ers, and Dick Vermeil played here. The 2020 team went undefeated in a pandemic season played entirely on the road.
Founded 1857 · California's oldest public university, founded as a normal school · first football 1893 · defined by Bill Walsh
All-time record
All-time
396–475–15
1933–2025
Win %
45.5%
90 seasons played
Winning seasons
35
39% of seasons
By level: ii/iii 5–6 (1933–1938) · D-II 17–10–1 (1939–1949) · FBS 374–459–14 (1950–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2012 | 11 | 2 | Western Athletic |
| 1987 | 10 | 2 | PCAA |
| 1986 | 10 | 2 | PCAA |
| 1990 | 9 | 2 | Big West |
| 1975 | 9 | 2 | PCAA |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1933 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 327 | 45% |
45% | 49 of 136 | 6.3 | 12% |
| 2nd down | 246 | 35% |
41% | 89 of 136 | 5.7 | 9% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 40 | 50% |
73% | — | 7.6 | 13% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 49 | 18% |
55% | — | 6.7 | 8% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 61 | 15% |
18% | — | 6.7 | 13% |
| 4th down | 23 | 35% |
26% | — | 1.9 | 4% |
150 drives · 29% ended in points · 6.9 plays and 40.5 yards per drive · 0.94 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 6 | New Mexico |
Walker Eget pass complete to Danny Scudero for 70 yds for a TD |
70 | 6.97 |
| 4 | Idaho |
Jabari Bates run for 87 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK) |
87 | 6.70 |
| 7 | Wyoming |
Walker Eget pass complete to Danny Scudero for 72 yds for a TD (Mathias Brown KICK) |
72 | 6.37 |
| 8 | Utah State |
Steve Chavez-Soto 66 Yd Run (Mathias Brown Kick) |
66 | 6.10 |
| 10 | Hawai'i |
(09:12) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 W.Eget pass complete deep right to #10 D.Scudero caught at UH… |
62 | 6.04 |
| 10 | Hawai'i |
(06:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 W.Eget pass complete deep right to #4 K.Shoels caught at UHM0… |
43 | 4.86 |
| 1 | Central Michigan |
Walker Eget pass complete to Danny Scudero for 45 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK) |
45 | 4.57 |
| 11 | Air Force |
End of 4th quarter. |
36 | 4.24 |