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HAWAII AT SAN JOSE STATE Records: San Jose State (2-5, 1-2 Mountain West); Hawaii (6-2, 3-1 MW) Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. TV: CBS Sports Network Radio: 860 AM KTRB Series History: SJSU leads 23-22-1, SJSU is 4-1 in last five meetings of the Dick Tomey Legacy Game. The game was renamed in 2019 in honor of the late former SJSU and Hawaii head coach. SJSU Storylines: San Jose State is coming off of consecutive road losses (35-28 loss to Wyoming, 30-25 loss to Utah State) and the Spartans return to CEFCU, where they are 2-1, for the first time in nearly a month. … Under head coach Ken Niumatalolo the Spartans are 7-3 at home. … Quarterback Walker Eget and Danny Scudero both battled through injury against Utah State and after a bye week, neither were listed on the Spartans’ injury report this week. Hawaii Storylines: After being projected to finish seventh in the Mountain West, the Rainbow Warriors are in third place heading into the game. … Kicker Kansai Matsuzawa needs one more field goal to tie a school record for most made in a season. He has started the year 20 for 20, including the game-winner against Stanford in the season opener. Stats That Matter: SJSU and Hawaii rank 1-2 in passing offense in the Mountain West respectively, but SJSU is eleventh (out of 12 teams) in passing defense. Hawaii is fifth. … Eget has gone 228 attempts since throwing his last interception, the third-longest streak in Mountain West history. … The Spartans put up 543 yards of total offense against the Aggies, but are 0-2 in games the offense has gone north of 500 yards (524 total yards in a 30-29 loss to Stanford). … Scudero still leads the FBS in receiving yards with 870. … Hawaii quarterback Micah Alejado has thrown for at least 300 yards and three TDs in each of the past three games. Hawaii averaging 505.3 total yards of offense and 39.7 points in those games.. — AARON JOHNSON
