{"id":522362,"date":"2026-11-08T03:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T03:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/522362\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T03:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T03:02:14","slug":"san-jose-state-tops-northern-illinois-30-19-closes-in-on-bowl-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/522362\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose State tops Northern Illinois 30-19, closes in on bowl bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    Daniel Rolovich compiled 231 passing yards as the Spartans snapped a two-game slide to move closer to bowl eligibility, handing the Huskies their 11th consecutive defeat.<\/p>\n<p>    Nov 7, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                    at<\/p>\n<p>    7:47 pm ET<\/p>\n<p>                \u2022<\/p>\n<p>            1 min read<\/p>\n<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)  Viliami Teu ran for two touchdowns and <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/SJST\/san-jose-state-spartans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose State<\/a> got closer to bowl eligibility with a 30-19 victory over winless <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/NILL\/northern-illinois-huskies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Illinois<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Trajan Sinatra&#8217;s third field goal of the game gave the Spartans (5-5, 3-3 Mountain West) a 16-13 halftime edge and the lead for good.<\/p>\n<p>After a muffed punt set the Spartans up deep in NIU territory in the third quarter, Teu eventually scored from a yard out. The Huskies (0-9, 0-5) turned the ball over on downs at their own 29-yard line and Daniel Rolovich hit Dominique McKenzie with a TD pass on the next play to lead 30-13.<\/p>\n<p>Rolovich threw for 231 yards and a score. Teu had just 42 yards on 17 carries but with the two TDs for San Jose State, which snapped a two-game skid.<\/p>\n<p>Taron Dickens threw for 198 yards with a TD and an interception for the Huskies, who have lost 11 straight dating to last season, the nation&#8217;s longest active losing streak in the Bowl Subdivision.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Illinois: Home against Nevada next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose State: At Air Force next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for Top 25 poll alerts here, visit the Top 25 here and see AP\u2019s full college football coverage here<\/p>\n<p class=\"StatsincCopyright\">\n    Copyright 2026 STATS LLC and Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and Associated Press is strictly prohibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Rolovich compiled 231 passing yards as the Spartans snapped a two-game slide to move closer to bowl&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1321,13615,88,90,89,997],"class_list":["post-522362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-college-football","tag-northern-illinois-huskies","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522362","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=522362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}