USF at SAN JOSE STATE
Saturday, Aug. 26 • 7:30 p.m. • CBS Sports Network
CEFCU Stadium (30,456/FieldTurf)
San Jose, California
Television
CBS Sports Network
Ben Holden, Randy Cross and John Schriffen
Radio
WWBA-AM 820 (USF flagship)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between USF and San Jose State … The Bulls are 1-2 all-time against Mountain West opponents, with a 32-31 win against Nevada in the 2012 season and losses to Utah (52-21 in 2001) and San Diego State (41-12 in 1999) … San Jose State’s only game against an American Athletic Conference opponent was a 45-10 setback to Tulsa in 2016.
USF
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Charlie Strong (Central Arkansas ’82)
0-0, first season at USF
53-37, eighth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
USF takes a five-game winning streak into the 2017 season, the first season for the Bulls under head coach Charlie Strong … Strong went 12-1 as head coach at Louisville in 2013, the first year of The American … USF went 11-2 last season, tying for first in The American’s East Division, and defeated South Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl … USF has 18 starters back from last season, including QB Quinton Flowers, the 2016 American Offensive Player of the Year … Flowers set a school record with 4,342 yards of total offense last season, ranked third in The American in rushing (117.7 ypg) and was the conference leaderin pass efficiency (153.6) … Flowers enters the 2017 season on the watch list for every major national honor … LB Auggie Sanchez registered 120 tackles in 2016 and is The American’s top returning tackler for the second straight year.
SAN JOSE STATE
0-0, 0-0 Mountain West
Head Coach
Brent Brennan (UCLA ’96)
0-0, first season
Notes
San Jose State looks to rebound from a 4-8 season as Brent Brennan makes his head coaching debut with the Spartans … Brennan was the wide receivers coach at Oregon State before taking over at San Jose State, where he served as an assistant from 2005-10 … San Jose State went 11-2 in the 2012 season, but have had four striaght sub-.500 seasons since … The Spartans have 17 starters back from last year, but will have to replace last year’s leading passer and receiver … RB Malik Roberson rushed for a team-high 508 yards with two touchdowns last season … LB Frank Ginda led the Spartans with 99 tackles and 6.5 sacks in 2016 … San Jose State had won three straight season-openers before last year’s loss at Tulsa.