{"id":434888,"date":"2026-08-17T00:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434888\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T00:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:34:11","slug":"pack-preview-second-half-begins-with-spartans-repeat-trip-to-mackay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434888\/","title":{"rendered":"Pack preview: Second half begins with Spartans\u2019 repeat trip to Mackay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"story_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/San_Jose_State_t670.JPG\" alt=\"The Wolf Pack offense was in control during last season\u2019s meeting between Nevada and San Jose State. The Pack topped 400 yards and put 55 points on the scoreboard.\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n        The Wolf Pack offense was in control during last season\u2019s meeting between Nevada and San Jose State. The Pack topped 400 yards and put 55 points on the scoreboard.<br \/>Nevada Appeal File<\/p>\n<p>Below is a look at the Wolf Pack football team\u2019s Mountain West game against San Jose State. This is the seventh in a series of 12 previews of the teams on Nevada\u2019s upcoming football schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the Spartans, one of the Wolf Pack\u2019s oldest rivals:<\/p>\n<p>SAN JOSE STATE AT A GLANCE<\/p>\n<p>Coach: Ken Niumatalolo (third season, 10-15; 119-98 overall)<\/p>\n<p>Last year: 3-9 (2-6 Mountain West)<\/p>\n<p>Bowl: None<\/p>\n<p>Returning starters (O\/D): 2 (2\/0)<\/p>\n<p>KEY PLAYER<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans want to get the ball into the air with their \u201cspread-and-shred\u201d attack, but they were lacking a quarterback until plucking Hawaii transfer Luke Weaver from the portal. He threw for 628 yards and six TDs in five appearances a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>THREE MORE TO WATCH<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WR Jordan Anderson (24 receptions; 361 yards at Sacramento State)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 DL Jayland McGlothen (9.5 TFL at Sacramento State)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 LB Ethan Powell (37 tackles; 2.5 TFL)<\/p>\n<p>NUMBER TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p>7 \u2014 The Spartans\u2019 three wins were their fewest of the last seven seasons. The 3-9 season also broke a three-year bowl streak.<\/p>\n<p>PREDICTION<\/p>\n<p>Nevada 34, San Jose State 14<\/p>\n<p>The Wolf Pack\u2019s most eye-opening result from last season was its 55-10 walloping of the Spartans, Nevada\u2019s most complete game in coach Jeff Choate\u2019s 24 at the helm. The Pack pounced on five turnovers, put together 413 yards of total offense, and was never challenged in taking leads of 31-0 and 48-3. Due to scheduling weirdness \u2014 as with everything else, blame conference realignment \u2014 the teams\u2019 game this season is again at Mackay Stadium. Among San Jose State\u2019s multiple issues are a complete absence of returning starters on defense, so Nevada looks to have a great opportunity to put up a similar performance.<\/p>\n<p>WOLF PACK FOOTBALL<\/p>\n<p>Who: San Jose State at Nevada<\/p>\n<p>When: Oct. 24, 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Where: Mackay Stadium (27,000)<\/p>\n<p>TV: Mountain West-Plus<\/p>\n<p>Series: Nevada leads, 24-12-2<\/p>\n<p>Last time: Nevada 55, San Jose State 10 (2025)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wolf Pack offense was in control during last season\u2019s meeting between Nevada and San Jose State. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-434888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}