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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
16.5 / 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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What this rivalry is

Fresno State and San José State have a tracked series that starts in 1921 and spans 87 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Valley Trophy gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1921-2024
Busiest era
1950s, 10 games
Longest pause
2 years (1991-1994)
  • 1950s10 games
  • 1970s10 games
  • 1980s10 games
  • 2000s10 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2024 - Oct 27, 2024

Fresno State 33, San José State 10. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

2019 - Dec 1, 2019

Fresno State 16, San José State 17. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

2013 - Nov 29, 2013

Fresno State 52, San José State 62. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

1999 - Nov 20, 1999

Fresno State 63, San José State 12. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Fresno State 3, San José State 2 across 5 games
Last ten
Fresno State 6, San José State 4 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Balanced scoring profile; average total 49.0, average margin 16.5.
Current streak
Fresno State 1 game

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Bryson Donelson

    Fresno State, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 472

  • Mac Dalena

    Fresno State, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 998

  • Mikey Keene

    Fresno State, 2024

    Passing Yards: 2887

  • Floyd Chalk IV

    San José State, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 721

  • Nick Nash

    San José State, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 1382

  • Walker Eget

    San José State, 2024

    Passing Yards: 2504

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Brent Brennan

    San José State - 2019-2023 - 24-25

  • Jeff Tedford

    Fresno State - 2022-2023 - 19-8

  • Tim Skipper

    Fresno State - 2024 - 6-7

  • Lee Marks

    Fresno State - 2021 - 1-0

Weather, rankings, and research links

5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 65F, 1 windy.

Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.

Fresno State team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

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Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Fresno State season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

San José State season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Fresno State weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

San José State weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.

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

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