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Rivalry History

Battle for the Valley

Fresno State and San José State have met 87 times since 1921. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
38-31
Current streak
Fresno State 1 game
Longest streak
Fresno State 12 games (1991-2005)
Avg. margin / points
1.7 / 49.0

Series overview

Fresno State 38-31 San José State. Current streak: Fresno State 1 game.

Last five meetings

Fresno State 3 | San José State 2

Largest margin

51 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1921 through 2024.
  • 69 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Oct 27, 2024.

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Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Oct 27, 2024San José State at Fresno StateFresno State 33, San José State 10Venue unavailableFresno State
Nov 12, 2023Fresno State at San José StateFresno State 18, San José State 42Venue unavailableSan José State
Oct 16, 2022San José State at Fresno StateFresno State 17, San José State 10Venue unavailableFresno State
Nov 25, 2021Fresno State at San José StateFresno State 40, San José State 9Venue unavailableFresno State
Dec 1, 2019Fresno State at San José StateFresno State 16, San José State 17Venue unavailableSan José State
Nov 25, 2018San José State at Fresno StateFresno State 31, San José State 13Venue unavailableFresno State
Oct 7, 2017Fresno State at San José StateFresno State 27, San José State 10Venue unavailableFresno State
Nov 26, 2016San José State at Fresno StateFresno State 14, San José State 16Venue unavailableSan José State
Sep 27, 2015Fresno State at San José StateFresno State 23, San José State 49Venue unavailableSan José State
Nov 9, 2014San José State at Fresno StateFresno State 38, San José State 24Venue unavailableFresno State