{"id":462365,"date":"2026-09-13T07:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T07:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462365\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T07:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T07:18:25","slug":"mustangs-outdistanced-in-fourth-quarter-at-san-jose-state-30-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462365\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustangs Outdistanced in Fourth Quarter at San Jose State, 30-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">SAN JOSE \u2013 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 \u2013 after tying Saturday\u2019s matchup with San Jose State early in the fourth quarter \u2013 sustained its first setback of the season, 30-20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">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) \u2013 from one yard out \u2013 plunge over the pile of players at the goal line and kicker Josue Lopez squared the scoreline with the extra point.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">San Jose State kicker Trajan Sinatra pushed the Spartans back in front on the next drive with his third field goal of the night \u2013 a 40-yard attempt with 10 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">On Cal Poly\u2019s ensuing drive, however, Grigsby \u2013 looking for receiver Tayvion McCoy in the end zone \u2013 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Following a scoreless first quarter, Cal Poly took Saturday\u2019s initial lead a minute into the second as receiver Fidel Pitts \u2013 on his first rush of the season \u2013 scored from two yards. Pitts also led all receivers with 103 yards Saturday. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2013 Misa Paiau and Jaden Green scored their first touchdowns of 2026 and quarterback Anthony Grigsby,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-462365","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\/462365","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=462365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}