Who: San Jose State (5-4) vs Oregon State (4-4)
When: 12:30 p.m.
Where: Reser Stadium - Corvallis, Ore.
Coaches: Trent Bray (1st season, 4-4) vs Ken Niumatolo (114-8 overall, 5-3 at SJSU)
Spread: Oregon State -3
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Against San José State
- Oregon State and San José State are meeting for the eighth time and fifth in Corvallis.
- OSU is 5-2 all-time in the series, carrying a five-game win streak into Saturday's matchup.
- Three of those five wins came in Corvallis, including the last meeting, a 35-21 victory in 2015.
- The Spartans won the first game between the two, 24-14, in 1979 but later forfeited the matchup.
- OSU led 21-3 at halftime in last season's 42-17 win at CEFCU Stadium. The Beavers matched that with 21 points in the second half.
- OSU limited SJSU to 279 yards of offense in last season's win.
- The Beavers were 35-21 winners in the 2015 matchup at Reser Stadium. Storm Woods ran for 151 yards in that victory and OSU, despite trailing 21-14 at half, posted 21 third-quarter points for the win. It was punctuated with a 41-yard interception return by Caleb Saulo.
- Offensive coordinator Ryan Gunderson coached at SJSU from 2017-20. He served as the quarterbacks coach during his tenure, and was a 2019 Broyles Award nominee. The Spartans ranked fourth nationally in passing in 2019 (338.0) and 19th in 2020 (298.4).
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