# List of San Jose State Spartans football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the San Jose State Spartans football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The team began competition in 1892.
Originally an independent, San Jose State first joined a conference in 1922 when it joined the California Coast Conference. That conference only lasted three years, so the team became independent again in 1925. They joined the Far Western Conference in 1929. San Jose State became independent for the third time in 1935, before becoming a charter member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 1939. When the NCAA first started classification in 1937, San Jose State was part of the NCAA College Division (Small College). They became independent for the fourth time in 1950, also moving to the NCAA University Division (Major College) that year. They stayed independent until becoming a charter member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) in 1969. The conference was renamed the Big West Conference in 1988. San Jose State later moved to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 1996 and Mountain West Conference (MW) in 2013.

## Seasons

| Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches$^#$ | AP$^°$ |
| Independent (1892–1921) ||||||||
| 1892 | Unknown | 0–1–0 | | | | | |
| James E. Addicott (Independent) (1893–1900) ||||||||
| 1893 | Addicott | 0–2–0 | | | | | |
| 1894 | No team | | | | | | |
| 1895 | Addicott | 0–0–1 | | | | | |
| 1896 | No team | | | | | | |
| 1897 | No team | | | | | | |
| 1898 | Addicott | 4–1–1 | | | | | |
| 1899 | Jess Woods | 5–2–1 | | | | | |
| 1900 | Addicott Fielding H. Yost | 3–3–1 | | | | | |
| No team (1901–1920) ||||||||
| David Wooster (Independent) (1921) ||||||||
| 1921 | Wooster | 1–5–0 | | | | | |
| California Coast Conference (1922–1924) ||||||||
| David Wooster (California Coast Conference) (1922) ||||||||
| 1922 | Wooster | 2–5–1 | | | | | |
| H.C. McDonald (California Coast Conference) (1923) ||||||||
| 1923 | McDonald | 0–6–0 | | | | | |
| Ernesto R. Knollin (California Coast Conference) (1924) ||||||||
| 1924 | Knollin | 1–4–0 | | | | | |
| Independent (1925–1928) ||||||||
| Ernesto R. Knollin (Independent) (1925–1928) ||||||||
| 1925 | Knollin | 2–5–0 | | | | | |
| 1926 | Knollin | 1–6–1 | | | | | |
| 1927 | Knollin | 4–5–0 | | | | | |
| 1928 | Knollin | 5–2–1 | | | | | |
| Far Western Conference (1929–1934) ||||||||
| Walter Crawford (Far Western Conference) (1929–1931) ||||||||
| 1929 | Crawford | 3–3–1 | | | | | |
| 1930 | Crawford | 2–3–3 | | | | | |
| 1931 | Crawford | 1–7–0 | | | | | |
| Dudley DeGroot (Far Western Conference/Independent/California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1932–1939) ||||||||
| 1932 | DeGroot | 7–0–2 | | | | | |
| 1933 | DeGroot | 5–4–0 | | | | | |
| 1934 | DeGroot | 3–3–4 | | | | | |
| Independent (1935–1938) ||||||||
| 1935 | DeGroot | 5–5–1 | | | | | |
| 1936 | DeGroot | 5–4–0 | | | | | |
| 1937 | DeGroot | 11–2–1 | | | | | |
| 1938 | DeGroot | 11–1–0 | | | | | |
| California Collegiate Athletic Association (1939–1949) ||||||||
| 1939 | DeGroot | 13–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 1st | | | |
| Ben Winkelman (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1940–1941) ||||||||
| 1940 | Winkelman | 11–1–0 | 3–0–0 | 1st | | | |
| 1941 | Winkelman | 5–3–3 | 2–0–1 | T–1st | | | |
| Glenn Hartranft (Independent) (1942) ||||||||
| 1942 | Hartranft | 7–2–0 | | | | | |
| No team (World War II) (1943–1945) ||||||||
| Bill Hubbard (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1949) ||||||||
| 1946 | Hubbard | 9–1–1 | 4–6–0 | 1st | | | |
| 1947 | Hubbard | 9–3–0 | 3–2–0 | 2nd | | | |
| 1948 | Hubbard | 9–3–0 | 5–0–0 | 1st | | | |
| 1949 | Hubbard | 9–4–0 | 4–0–0 | 1st | | | |
| Independent (1950–1968) ||||||||
| Robert T. Bronzan (Independent) (1950–1956) ||||||||
| 1950 | Bronzan | 6–3–1 | | | | | |
| 1951 | Bronzan | 2–7–1 | | | | | |
| 1952 | Bronzan | 6–3–0 | | | | | |
| 1953 | Bronzan | 4–4–1 | | | | | |
| 1954 | Bronzan | 7–3–0 | | | | | |
| 1955 | Bronzan | 5–3–1 | | | | | |
| 1956 | Bronzan | 2–7–1 | | | | | |
| Bob Titchenal (Independent) (1957–1964) ||||||||
| 1957 | Titchenal | 3–7–0 | | | | | |
| 1958 | Titchenal | 4–5–0 | | | | | |
| 1959 | Titchenal | 4–6–0 | | | | | |
| 1960 | Titchenal | 5–4–0 | | | | | |
| 1961 | Titchenal | 6–4–0 | | | | | |
| 1962 | Titchenal | 2–8–1 | | | | | |
| 1963 | Titchenal | 5–5–0 | | | | | |
| 1964 | Titchenal | 4–6–0 | | | | | |
| Harry Anderson (Independent) (1965–1968) ||||||||
| 1965 | Anderson | 5–5–0 | | | | | |
| 1966 | Anderson | 3–7–0 | | | | | |
| 1967 | Anderson | 2–7–0 | | | | | |
| 1968 | Anderson | 3–7–0 | | | | | |
| Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference (1969–1995) ||||||||
| Joe McMullen (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1969–1970) ||||||||
| 1969 | McMullen | 2–8–0 | 1–1–0 | 4th | | | |
| 1970 | McMullen Dewey King | 2–9–0 | 2–3–0 | T–4th | | | |
| Dewey King (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1971–1972) ||||||||
| 1971 | King | 5–6–1 | 4–1–0 | 2nd | L Pasadena | | |
| 1972 | King | 4–7–0 | 1–3–0 | T–3rd | | | |
| Darryl Rogers (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1973–1975) ||||||||
| 1973 | Rogers | 5–4–2 | 2–0–2 | 2nd | | | |
| 1974 | Rogers | 8–3–1 | 2–2–0 | T–2nd | | | |
| 1975 | Rogers | 9–2–0 | 5–0–0 | 1st | | | |
| Lynn Stiles (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1976–1978) ||||||||
| 1976 | Stiles | 7–4–0 | 4–0–0 | 1st | | | |
| 1977 | Stiles | 4–7–0 | 2–2–0 | 3rd | | | |
| 1978 | Stiles | 7–5–0 | 4–1–0 | 1st | | | |
| Jack Elway (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1979–1983) ||||||||
| 1979 | Elway | 6–5–1 | 4–0–1 | T–1st | | | |
| 1980 | Elway | 7–4–0 | 3–2–0 | 3rd | | | |
| 1981 | Elway | 9–3–0 | 5–0–0 | 1st | L California | | |
| 1982 | Elway | 8–3–0 | 4–2–0 | 3rd | | | |
| 1983 | Elway | 5–6–0 | 3–3–0 | T–3rd | | | |
| Claude Gilbert (Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference) (1984–1989) ||||||||
| 1984 | Gilbert | 6–5–0 | 5–2–0 | 3rd | | | |
| 1985 | Gilbert | 2–8–1 | 2–4–1 | 6th | | | |
| 1986 | Gilbert | 10–2–0 | 7–0–0 | 1st | W California | | |
| 1987 | Gilbert | 10–2–0 | 7–0–0 | 1st | L California | | |
| 1988 | Gilbert | 4–8–0 | 4–3–0 | T–3rd | | | |
| 1989 | Gilbert | 6–5–0 | 5–2–0 | T–2nd | | | |
| Terry Shea (Big West Conference) (1990–1991) ||||||||
| 1990 | Shea | 9–2–1 | 7–0–0 | 1st | W California Raisin | 20 | |
| 1991 | Shea | 6–4–1 | 6–1–0 | T–1st | | | |
| Ron Turner (Big West Conference) (1992) ||||||||
| 1992 | Turner | 7–4–0 | 4–2–0 | T–2nd | | | |
| John Ralston (Big West Conference/Western Athletic Conference) (1993–1996) ||||||||
| 1993 | Ralston | 2–9–0 | 2–4–0 | T–8th | | | |
| 1994 | Ralston | 3–8–0 | 3–3–0 | T–6th | | | |
| 1995 | Ralston | 3–8–0 | 3–4–0 | T–6th | | | |
| Western Athletic Conference (1996–2012) ||||||||
| 1996 | Ralston | 3–9 | 3–5 | T–5th Pacific | | | |
| Dave Baldwin (Western Athletic Conference) (1997–2000) ||||||||
| 1997 | Baldwin | 4–7 | 4–4 | T–4th Pacific | | | |
| 1998 | Baldwin | 4–8 | 3–5 | T–5th Pacific | | | |
| 1999 | Baldwin | 3–7 | 1–5 | 7th | | | |
| 2000 | Baldwin | 7–5 | 5–3 | 4th | | | |
| Fitz Hill (Western Athletic Conference) (2001–2004) ||||||||
| 2001 | Hill | 3–9 | 3–5 | 8th | | | |
| 2002 | Hill | 6–7 | 4–4 | 4th | | | |
| 2003 | Hill | 3–8 | 2–6 | 8th | | | |
| 2004 | Hill | 2–9 | 1–7 | 10th | | | |
| Dick Tomey (Western Athletic Conference) (2005–2009) ||||||||
| 2005 | Tomey | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–6th | | | |
| 2006 | Tomey | 9–4 | 5–3 | 3rd | W New Mexico | | |
| 2007 | Tomey | 5–7 | 4–4 | T–6th | | | |
| 2008 | Tomey | 6–6 | 4–4 | T–6th | | | |
| 2009 | Tomey | 2–10 | 1–7 | T–9th | | | |
| Mike MacIntyre (Western Athletic Conference) (2010–2012) ||||||||
| 2010 | MacIntyre | 1–12 | 0–8 | 9th | | | |
| 2011 | MacIntyre | 5–7 | 3–4 | T–4th | | | |
| 2012 | MacIntyre Kent Baer | 11–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | W Military | 21 | 21 |
| Mountain West Conference (2013–present) ||||||||
| Ron Caragher (Mountain West Conference) (2013–2016) ||||||||
| 2013 | Caragher | 6–6 | 5–3 | 4th West | | | |
| 2014 | Caragher | 3–9 | 2–6 | 5th West | | | |
| 2015 | Caragher | 6–7 | 4–4 | T–2nd West | W Cure | | |
| 2016 | Caragher | 4–8 | 3–5 | T–4th West | | | |
| Brent Brennan (Mountain West Conference) (2017–2023) ||||||||
| 2017 | Brennan | 2–11 | 1–8 | T–5th West | | | |
| 2018 | Brennan | 1–11 | 1–7 | 6th West | | | |
| 2019 | Brennan | 5–7 | 2–6 | 4th West | | | |
| 2020 | Brennan | 7–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L Arizona | 24 | 24 |
| 2021 | Brennan | 5–7 | 3–5 | 5th West | | | |
| 2022 | Brennan | 7–5 | 5–3 | 3rd West | L Famous Idaho Potato | | |
| 2023 | Brennan | 7–6 | 6–2 | T–2nd | L Hawaii Bowl | | |
| Total: | Total: | 518–538–38 | | | | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||||
| $^†$Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. $^#$Rankings from final Coaches Poll. $^°$Rankings from final AP Poll. ||||||||