SAN JOSE – With 1:55 left within the fourth quarter, Treyshun Hurry hauled in an 18-yard landing reception from Walker Eget and San Jose State would in the end maintain on for a 34-31 victory over Stanford within the 68th Invoice Walsh Legacy Sport.
However main as much as the ultimate drive, it didn’t appear to be a win was inside SJSU’s grasp.
It regarded like one other sport the place turnovers can be the Spartans’ downfall.
Stanford had the ball with simply 2:39 left within the sport and confronted a third-and-2 whereas SJSU had only one timeout remaining.
As an alternative of operating the ball for the primary first down or at the least making an attempt to burn the Spartans’ closing timeout, Stanford threw the ball and it resulted in an Isiah Revis interception of the Cardinal’s Ashton Daniel.
“It was a good feeling, giving the offense the ball in that situation. Making their offense pay for being risky,” SJSU security Isiah Revis stated.
It was the twentieth interception of the season for the protection.
Daniels harm SJSU via the period of the sport on the bottom with 17 carries for 91 yards and a landing. Stanford completed averaging greater than 4 yards a carry.
Daniels and Justin Lamson mixed for 114 yards and two touchdowns.
SJSU had not allowed quarterbacks to hurry for greater than 20 yards since Oct. 12 in opposition to Colorado State.
The Spartans’ secondary did a good job holding Daniels to simply 252 yards passing they usually additionally picked him off three tims. The opposite two interceptions had been from cornerback DJ Harvey and senior security Robert Rahimi.
“I was thinking he was gonna run the ball, trying to run the clock out but they tried us and Revis capitalized,” Harvey stated.
Eget’s game-winning go was part of a 33-for-49 passing afternoon for 385 yards, 4 touchdowns, one interception and a fumble. At one level within the second quarter, Eget had 13 straight completions. He was additionally cell whereas speeding for 14 yards and evading stress many of the night time.
”I used to be grateful he used his legs tonight. If that could possibly be a part that he can add to his sport, that will be superior,” San Jose State head coach Ken Niumatalolo stated.
Eget’s fumble was the second play of the fourth quarter. SJSU deal with Peseti Lapuaho picked the ball up, started to run after which fumbled the ball into the tip zone and it was recovered by Stanford.
”They don’t carry the ball in any respect throughout the week, they don’t work on ball safety. If you happen to get in these conditions simply go down,” Niumatalolo stated.
That play was the one sack allowed by the Spartans however Eget was underneath stress for a lot of the sport.
After that play, linebacker Ethan Powell was ejected for a deal with on Elic Ayomanor that was dominated focusing on that drained much more momentum out of the 19,000 plus crowd at CEFCU Stadium. Powell would even be dominated ineligible to play within the first half of SJSU’s future bowl sport.
Ayomanor walked off underneath his personal energy and resumed enjoying. He was Stanford’s main receiver and completed with 10 receptions for 109 yards.
Turnover margin, one thing that plagued the Spartans all yr, ended up within the optimistic column after the Revis interception. The Spartans completed the common season with a turnover margin of zero.
Stanford, although, scored touchdowns on each of Eget’s turnovers.
“We got given a second chance. God gave us that chance and we just made a hell of a play,” Eget stated.
Eget unfold the ball round to seven totally different receivers that included senior Sebastian Macaluso. Macaluso had 5 receptions for 62 yards.
The traditional quantity two for the Spartans, Justin Lockhart, was injured within the third quarter and didn’t return to the sport.
Lockhart additionally had a number of beneficial properties of 15 yards known as again on penalties. This included a 75-yard landing nullified by a holding name on Joseph Harbert in his first profession begin.
The main rusher was freshman Lamar Radcliffe, nicknamed, “Young Buck,” completed with seven carries for 43 yards.
SJSU began the sport off sluggish with simply seven performs within the first quarter that included a blocked punt. At one level, Stanford led the time of possession battle 15:23 to 2:32.
Stanford had the chance to increase its result in 10-0 within the second quarter when it was contained in the 5-yard line however went backwards three of the 4 performs.
Two of these tackles had been by Revis, which included the fourth-down cease that modified the momentum of the sport.
“Honestly, I was surprised they didn’t block me,” Revis stated.
An unsportsmanlike penalty on Stanford’s Emmett Mosley V additionally dug SJSU out from close to its personal aim line and as much as the 19-yard line.
Eget then began discovering his Biletnikoff Award finalist: Nick Nash.
Nash caught two touchdowns within the second quarter and completed the sport with eight receptions and 91 yards.
Nash’s 16 receiving touchdowns set a brand new SJSU single-season report, passing Chandler Jones’ whole of 15 in 2013. That whole additionally leads the nation.
”I couldn’t have requested for a greater option to finish the season. It was lovely,” Nash stated.
A seventh win helps San Jose State of their bowl push and offers Niumatalolo a profitable yr one.
Up subsequent:
The Spartans will await the announcement of the place it can play its bowl sport following their seven-win season. This could be the primary time in program historical past they’ve gone to a bowl sport in three straight seasons.
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