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Gray's Record Day Leads Spartans to Victory

Posted on January 19, 2015 at 05:56 PM.

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Colorado State Rams at San Jose State Spartans
Jan 19, 2015	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Colorado State Rams (1-3)(1-1)	7	3	3	0	13
San Jose State Spartans (1-2)(1-1)	14	14	14	10	52

Colorado State Rams

San Jose State Spartans

Joe Gray had a record performance and San Jose State played well in all phases of the game to defeat Colorado State 52-13.

A convincing win for San Jose State who just two weeks ago were dominated by New Mexico. Junior QB Joe Gray set the tone for the Spartans with an unbelievable game on the ground, scoring a school record 4 rushing TDs and adding one through the air for 5 total TDs. Gray had 233 total yards, of which 135 came on the ground, before being pulled at the start of the 4th quarter in favor of freshmen Patrick Scott.

Gray was not the only story of the game however as the Spartan defense had their best game of the season in limiting the Rams' offense to 280 total yards. Senior QB Conner Smith was harassed all game and sacked 5 times. Senior CB Jimmy Pruitt also recorded an INT for his first of the season.

Although 5 TDs came from Joe Gray, earlier in a 7-7 game right after Colorado State had tied the game up with a long TD drive the electric Tim Crawley broke his own record of longest kick return with a 104 yard return for a TD to seize the momentum for SJSU. Also true freshmen QB Patrick Scott was able to get some playing time late and connected with junior TE Billy Freeman for a 52 yard TD.

Following the game, Colorado State head coach Jim McElwain did not seem very happy about a late TD pass and criticized SJSU head coach Zach Fanko.

"I don't know where he[Fanko] coached before SJSU," said McElwain. "But here in the Mountain West we respect each other as head coaches and I didn't think that was necessary to run up the score late. You know? Show some class."

Coach Fanko fired back later in his press conference.

"Is this pee-wee football or division 1? I just was just wondering because I'm not going to tell my true freshmen QB to stop playing football because we're up by a lot of points."

Coach Fanko later discussed the game and his first win as head coach of San Jose State.

"It feels great to get that first win for sure," said Fanko. "Our guys showed tremendous effort in all aspects of the game. Joe played outstanding and seemed a step ahead of everyone. We knew it was going to take a huge effort against Colorado State to stop the run like we did and kudos to our guys on a great couple weeks of practice. Huge game coming up next week so we have to get back to it."

After a dominating win over Colorado State, the Spartans head back onto the road to face the Auburn Tigers.