SAN JOSE – Misa Paiau and Jaden Green scored their first touchdowns of 2026 and quarterback Anthony Grigsby, Jr., completed 24 passes for 249 yards but the Cal Poly football program – after tying Saturday’s matchup with San Jose State early in the fourth quarter – sustained its first setback of the season, 30-20.
Playing its first road game of the year against its lone FBS opponent and facing a 20-13 deficit to open the fourth quarter, Cal Poly saw Paiau (below) – from one yard out – plunge over the pile of players at the goal line and kicker Josue Lopez squared the scoreline with the extra point.
San Jose State kicker Trajan Sinatra pushed the Spartans back in front on the next drive with his third field goal of the night – a 40-yard attempt with 10 minutes remaining.
On Cal Poly’s ensuing drive, however, Grigsby – looking for receiver Tayvion McCoy in the end zone – was intercepted. Regaining possession, San Jose State went 80 yards in three minutes as quarterback Luke Weaver found receiver Carson Clark from 41 yards as the Spartans finalized the scoring with seven-and-a-half minutes to play.
Following a scoreless first quarter, Cal Poly took Saturday’s initial lead a minute into the second as receiver Fidel Pitts – on his first rush of the season – scored from two yards. Pitts also led all receivers with 103 yards Saturday.